• Millie Goes Wild

    Holton Heath, Poole
    Friday 27th June 2025, 10:00 to 16:30

    Join us for the "Millie Goes Wild" open day & learn about the wildlife locally in Dorset on site here at Holton Lee. With a beautiful 350 acre nature reserve, you can carry out your own wild walk, meet local organisations to learn more.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
    • Mayflies or upwing flies
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Interactive stand
    • Open day
    • Talk
    • Walk

  • Stand tall for the small: the little things that run the world

    Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
    Saturday 28th June 2025, 10:00 to 16:00 EEST

    Discover why insects rule the world! Learn their vital roles in biodiversity, ecosystem services, and how urban green spaces sustain them—and us.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Stick-insects
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Exhibition
    • Interactive stand
    • Walk

  • Meet the bees of Asturias: Taxonomy and Identification course

    Gijón/Xixón, Asturias
    Friday 13th June 2025, 16:00 to Sunday 15th June 2025, 14:00 CEST

    First edition of the taxonomy and identification course of bee species from Asturias…

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • 14-18 Years
    • Adults
    • Talk
    • Workshop

  • RHS Hilltop Live – Friday

    Wisley, Woking
    Monday 23rd June 2025, 11:30 to Friday 27th June 2025, 14:30

    Hilltop Live is a series of free daily talks, demonstrations and interactive sessions that take place in our magnificent RHS Hilltop building. For Insect Week, we have a range of talks delivered by our Science and Collections team.

    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Talk

  • Ant Walk at the Autonomous University of Madrid

    Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco
    Monday 23rd June 2025, 18:30 to 20:30 CEST

    Learn the basics of ant ID on the this walk with Sergio Ibarra.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Biological recording
    • Walk

  • Big Bug Day at Foxearth Meadows

    Sudbury
    Saturday 28th June 2025, 10:30 to 15:00

    Free family event celebrating Insect Week, with activities for all ages. Join in bug hunts, see moths up close, shake a bush.

    • Alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies
    • Angel insects
    • 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
    • Ice crawlers and heelwalkers
    • 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
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Open day
    • Tour
    • Walk

  • Bug Club day at Dinton Pastures

    Hurst, Berkshire
    Saturday 28th June 2025, 10:00 to 16:00

    The AES Bug Club will visit the BENHS rooms to look at moths caught the previous night, explore the BENHS library and collections and look for insects in the country park.

    • Butterflies and moths
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Biological recording
    • Open day
    • Talk
    • Tour

  • Battle for the Butterflies and Bumblebees – FarmED Lunchtime Talk

    Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
    Tuesday 24th June 2025, 11:45 to Thursday 24th April 2025, 14:00

    When was the last time your windscreen was splattered with insects? Our insects are in decline, so what can we do to help them? Join Alex, our resident entomologist, for a look at why our beloved bugs are declining and how we can help them.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Butterflies and moths
    • 14-18 Years
    • Adults
    • Talk

  • Butterfly I.D for beginners

    Gravesend
    Saturday 31st May 2025, 10:00 to 12:00

    Walk around the Silverhand Estate, admiring the views whilst identifying butterflies with Jenny Price.

    • Butterflies and moths
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Talk
    • Tour
    • Walk

  • Morning with Moths

    Gravesend, Kent
    Sunday 29th June 2025, 09:30 to Saturday 29th March 2025, 11:30

    A morning dedicated to moths at Silverhand Estate. The Estate is home to a ride range of species. Hosted by David Shenton…

    • Butterflies and moths
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Talk
    • Tour
    • Walk