FSC Beginners Guide to Terrestrial Invertebrates

This free course aims to introduce learners to the terrestrial insect orders found in the UK and the morphological features used to differentiate them. This course equips learners with the basic knowledge needed to begin their journey into the further study of the UK’s terrestrial invertebrate fauna.

2 Module online course for adults, with a weekly time commitment of 3-5 hours per module.
Access to study content, activities and auto-graded assignments through the FSC virtual learning platform.
E-certificate upon course completion.
Please note that this course is NOT a species identification course.
Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.

This course is aimed at adults only and course attendees must be at least 18 years old in order to attend.

Register on the Field Studies Council website.

Field Studies Council website

Who is it for

Adults

What is it

Lesson plan

Insect group

Multiple groups

What is Insect Week?

Insect Week encourages people of all ages to learn more about insects.

The Royal Entomological Society organises the week, supported by a large number of partner organisations with interests in the science, natural history and conservation of insects.