Unsung heroes: Incredible insects on our doorstep
National Insect Week (22-28 June) gave us an opportunity to celebrate some of the smallest but most important creatures in our environment.
It’s likely to be a bumper year for wasps. With a reputation as a serial ruiner of picnics, this may not feel like great news, but do they deserve a bit more love?
Despite the recent cold snap, there has been insect activity in our garden. A few tiny, pale moths have been flitting amongst the leaf litter under our bare apple trees, while a group of woodlice…
If you have been on a walk out in nature this summer, through your nearest nature reserve or down your local park, you might have noticed something missing. A lack of insects. The usual buzz from…
Bristol Beekeepers, along with the UK’s National Bee Unit, are calling on the public to help with looking out for Asian Hornets and their nests as we head into the warmer months. This is an…
Every year over the last full week of June, the Royal Society of Entomology organise National Insect Week, an event to celebrate insects and all the important things they do for us and the planet…
You might be aware that pollinators are vital to our diet and their own respective ecosystem, and that beetles are strange and beautiful - but you might not know that many beetles are indeed…
What does it mean to be a fly? True flies are a group of insects, which are characterized by their two wings. That gives them the name Diptera from the Greek “di” (two) and “Pteron” meaning wing…
On a warm, still summer’s evening, the My Wild City team met with residents to go in search of these elusive luminescent creatures. Find out more about how we got on and how you can look for glow-…