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Bug Surveys - Get involved

One of the most valuable ways for you to help conserve our wildlife is to take part in a wildlife survey. Buglife host a number of surveys. Find out more here...

Bug surveys help us discover how some of our rarest and most spectacular bugs are doing. This essential information enables us to monitor the state of our wildlife and to deliver effective conservation action where it is most needed.

The more people get involved, the greater the benefit to wildlife. So what are you waiting for? There’s no better way to get close to nature!

For further information and to take part in a survey please click on the links below:

Buglife surveys

Click on the links below to take part in a Buglife survey:

Hornet hoverfly (Volucella zonaria) (c) Steven Falk.JPG Hornet hoverfly survey
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Oil beetle Survey

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Pollinator Survey

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Scarlet malachite beetle Survey

Jet black ants tending Giant aphid

The Giant Aphid Hunt

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Stick Insect Hunt

Other bug surveys

Click on the links below to find out how you can get involved in the bug surveys run by other organisations:

Oak Jewel Beetle survey

Flying ant survey

OPAL Bugs count survey

Glow-worm survey

National Moth Night

Harlequin ladybird survey

Photo credits: Hornet hoverfly © Steven Falk, Oil beetle © Phil Roxby, Cornflower © RHS, Scarlet malachite beetle © Tristan Bantcock, Giant aphid © Dr Bernhard Seifert, Stick insect © Malcolm Lee.