Our collection of educational resources relating to insects and entomology from the Royal Entomological Society, Insect Week partners and other sources.

Have you created a fantastic insect-related learning resource that we can include here?  Contact Fran Sconce Senior Outreach & Learning Officer.

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  • Association of Animal Behaviour learning resources

    Free resources about animal behaviour…

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
    • True bugs
    • True flies
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Activities sheet
    • Lesson Plan

  • BBSRC teaching resources

    Teaching resources from the BBSRC…

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
    • True bugs
    • True flies
    • 0-5 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Activities sheet

  • Ento-Club Comic Book

    Meet Natasha, the travelling entomologist! She loves insects, and would like to share her wisdom with you!…

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Cockroaches and termites
    • True bugs
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Book

  • Insect morphology infographics

    The BioLinks team at the Field Studies Council has created some informative and accessible infographics highlighting different insect group’s key features. Find all the infographics on the ‘Bee, beetle, or bug? An introduction to insect morphology‘ blogpost on the Field Studies Council website. This project was supported National…

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Caddisflies or sedge flies
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Mayflies or upwing flies
    • Stoneflies
    • True bugs
    • True flies
    • 14-18 Years
    • Adults
    • Factsheet

  • Insects everywhere

    Find out how you can find insects just about anywhere.

    • True bugs
    • True flies
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Factsheet

  • Insects in green spaces

    This guide from the Royal Entomological Society gives you an overview of the different types of insects, with advice on how you might create a place for them to live in a green space near you. RES_A5 Insects_web artworkDownload…

    • Alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies
    • Angel insects
    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Booklice, barklice and parasitic lice
    • Bristletails
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Caddisflies or sedge flies
    • Cockroaches and termites
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Earwigs
    • Fleas
    • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
    • Ice crawlers and heelwalkers
    • Lacewings, antlions and mantidflies
    • Mantises
    • Mayflies or upwing flies
    • Scorpionflies
    • Silverfish and firebrats
    • Snakeflies
    • Stick-insects
    • Stoneflies
    • Thrips
    • True bugs
    • True flies
    • Twisted wing flies
    • Webspinners
    • 14-18 Years
    • Adults
    • Book

  • INSTAR – Magazine for Young Entomologists

    Magazine for Young Entomologists from the Royal Entomological Society.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
    • Lacewings, antlions and mantidflies
    • Mayflies or upwing flies
    • True bugs
    • True flies
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Activities sheet

  • Intriguing Insects Miniguide

    Some highlights of our identification requests.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Silverfish and firebrats
    • Snakeflies
    • True bugs
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Factsheet

  • Listening to insects

    Your opportunity to listen to some rarely heard sounds from the wonderful world of insects.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
    • True bugs
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Audio

  • LNHS London Wildlife Guides

    Guides to insects in the London area…

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • True bugs
    • Adults
    • Factsheet