• National Museums Scotland Collection Centre Tour 2

    Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
    Friday 28th June 2024, 14:00 to 15:15

    Discover our entomology collections at a behind the scenes tour of our state-of-the-art collections and research centre in Granton, Edinburgh.

    • 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
    • 14-18 Years
    • Adults
    • Tour

  • London Fields BioBlitz 2024

    London
    Saturday 29th June 2024, 10:00 to 15:00

    First annual BioBlitz event in London Fields, Hackney.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Earwigs
    • Lacewings, antlions and mantidflies
    • Thrips
    • True bugs
    • True flies
    • Adults
    • Biological recording
    • Interactive stand

  • Insects: who are they, where to find and what do they do?

    Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
    Saturday 29th June 2024, 10:00 to 16:00

    This event will take place in a public park of a tropical metropolis and aims to call the attention of the public about the importance of insects and the importance of them as ecosystem services providers in the whole ecosystem.

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

  • Dragonfly Walk

    Bishop's Stortford, Herts
    Wednesday 26th June 2024, 13:30 to 16:15

    A pleasant wander along the banks of the River Stort Navigation to find and record dragonflies and damselflies.

    • Butterflies and moths
    • Caddisflies or sedge flies
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Biological recording
    • Walk

  • Public Moth Night

    Bury Green, Little Hadham
    Friday 28th June 2024, 21:15 to 01:15

    An evening where several moth traps will be run in Millennium Wood, Bury Green, East Herts.

    • Butterflies and moths
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Biological recording

  • Insects in green spaces

    This guide from the Royal Entomological Society gives you an overview of the different types of insects, with advice on how you might create a place for them to live in a green space near you. RES_A5 Insects_web artworkDownload…

    • 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
    • 14-18 Years
    • Adults
    • Book

  • New Scientist Live 2023

    London
    Saturday 7th October 2023, 09:00 to Monday 9th October 2023, 17:00

    Come and see the RES at New Scientist Live…

    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • Adults
    • Exhibition

  • AES Annual Exhibition and Trade Fair 2023

    Sunbury-on-Thames
    Saturday 30th September 2023, 11:00 to 16:00

    Come and see the RES at the AES’s entomological fair…

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

  • Mini Documentary – Large Red Damselfly

    A brilliant short documentary on the Large Red Damselfly by Jamie (Eagle Eyed Girl), age 7 at the time of recording. Fantastic learning resource for those who want to know more about damselflies.

    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Video

  • The OM System Tips and Guide to Macro Photography

    “Insects in their natural habitat, spiderweb dew, petals on a flower — there’s a wonder-filled world in your backyard, your garden and the woods and fields near your home. Capture that world with macro photography.” Do you like taking pictures of insects? OM SYSTEM…

    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • Adults
    • Website