Insect Week returns in 2022
Activities sheet Factsheet
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.
For: Secondary Adults
Factsheet
A poster covering all the groups or taxonomic orders of insects in the Britain.
For: Secondary Whole School Adults Everyone
Activities sheet Factsheet
A guide to minibeast hunting by Marian Hill for Buzz & Scuttle.
For: Primary
Factsheet
Introduces the ecology of mosquitoes with a focus on invasive alien mosquitoes.
For: Everyone
Factsheet
The mosquiteers learn about the fantastic pollinators of Europe
For: Everyone
Activities sheet Factsheet
focussing on the plight of solitary bees in the UK
For: Everyone
Activities sheet Factsheet Lesson plan
Action for Insects has been created to help these special creatures.
For: Primary
Activities sheet Factsheet
What has a head, 3 pairs of legs and a thorax? It's an Insect.
For: Primary Secondary
Activities sheet Factsheet
Learn about how we identify insects using keys
For: Primary Secondary
Factsheet
Some highlights of our identification requests.
For: Everyone
The common ladybird has aposematic colouring, the bright red warns predators that it tastes bitter.
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