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An insect quiz for nature enthusiasts - how well do you know your insects?
Adopt an insect
Searching for an original gift for a nature lover? Sponsor an insect with the Wildlife Trusts to help fund conservation efforts. Perfect for adults and children! Adopt a stag beetle, a butterfly or a bee.
Insect Societies
This link will open on the Surrey Wildlife Trust website.
Learn about the complex ways in which bees, ants and wasps live, communicate and thrive.
Water stick insect
The water stick insect looks just like a mantis. An underwater predator, it uses its front legs to catch its prey. Its tail acts as a kind of 'snorkel', so it can breathe in the water.…
Drop in: Insect Home Making
This link will open on the Suffolk Wildlife Trust website.
Carlton Marshes: Come and make an insect home to put up in your garden.
Buzz Map: Insect DNA Mapping
This link will open on the London Wildlife Trust website.
Join Walthamstow's conservation team in a citizen science project discovering the diversity of insects from across the UK.
Family Events – Incredible Insects at Langford Lakes & Lower Moor
This link will open on the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust website.
Come along to either Langford Lakes or Lower Moor nature reserve to explore the world of insects.
Insect-friendly gardening
Insects can be the organic grower’s best friend. Whether pollinators or predators, they will help manage unwanted garden visitors and keep your garden healthy. This identification page will help you recognise seven of our favourite garden insects - one for each day of the week! Whatever you do, don’t spray or squash them ……
Incredible insects
Insects are everywhere, often overlooked, but playing vital roles in almost every ecosystem. Meet some of the miniature miracle-workers that help keep our world running.
Action for Insects campaign
The UK's insect populations are in trouble: 41% face extinction. To save them, we all need to act quickly. The Wildlife Trusts are calling for everyone to be insect champions and for a pesticide reduction target to help them recover.
Sign up to join 'Wild LIVE: Are we living through an insect apocalypse?' online
Sign up to join our Wild LIVE: Are we living through an insect apocalypse? online event on Friday 23rd September.
National Marine Week
Discover more about The Wildlife Trusts' National Marine Week celebration!