• Riverfly Partnership resources

    The Riverfly Partnership supports projects that are designed to assess the health of Britain’s rivers. Volunteers are trained to become citizen scientists and join a team to monitor their local river. They detect and report serious pollution incidents and create long-term data sets. Find resources for children and…

    • Caddisflies or sedge flies
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Mayflies or upwing flies
    • Stoneflies
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Activities sheet
    • Factsheet
    • Poster

  • Bioblitz Toolkit 2023 – Pollinator Week

    The NAPPC Pollinator Communications Task Force has created a new toolkit to help you participate and record observations during a Bioblitz on iNaturalist. Join the project Download the toolkit at: Bioblitz Toolkit 2023…

    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • Adults
    • Factsheet

  • Teacher’s Pet Minibeasts Hub

    Visit this marvellous Minibeast hub dedicated to the fascinating world of all things creepy and crawly! Discover the wonders of insects, bugs, and other captivating invertebrates, as we delve into their intriguing habitats and life cycles. Whether you’re teaching in EYFS, KS1, or KS2, you’ll be able to…

    • 0-5 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Activities sheet
    • Factsheet
    • Lesson Plan
    • Video
    • Website

  • 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

  • British Dragonfly Society

    Activities, posters, creative ideas and identification guides for Key Stage 1, 2 and 3 about dragonflies & damselflies. Find the resources on the British Dragonfly Society website.

    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Activities sheet
    • Factsheet
    • Website

  • NHM Fly Finder

    Join the NHM fly-spotting team this summer and improve our understanding of how some of these species, important as pollinators, are faring in the UK.

    • True flies
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • Adults
    • Activities sheet
    • Factsheet

  • RES British Insects poster

    A poster covering all the groups or taxonomic orders of insects in the Britain.

    • Alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies
    • 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
    • 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
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Factsheet

  • The Great Minibeast Hunt

    A guide to minibeast hunting by Marian Hill for Buzz & Scuttle.

    • Beetles
    • Butterflies and moths
    • True bugs
    • 0-5 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Activities sheet
    • Factsheet

  • Three Mosquiteers leaflet

    Introduces the ecology of mosquitoes with a focus on invasive alien mosquitoes.

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

  • air bee n’ bee – solitary bee resources

    focussing on the plight of solitary bees in the UK…

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Activities sheet
    • Factsheet