• 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

  • STEM Learning resources

    Activities for primary and secondary aged pupils which can be used to support Insect Week 2022.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Butterflies and moths
    • True bugs
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Activities sheet
    • Lesson Plan

  • Bugs Matter survey

    We need lots of people to take part in Bugs Matter this summer.

    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Activities sheet

  • Let’s go live Insect Week 2021 special

    Watch a Let's go Live special for Insect Week 2021.

    • 0-5 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Video

  • Incredible Insects challenge badge

    A challenge badge for 4-18 year old budding entomologists and engaging for those who aren’t usually insect admirers!’…

    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Activities sheet

  • 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

  • Pollinators with the three mosquiteers

    The mosquiteers learn about the fantastic pollinators of Europe…

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