Latest Blog Posts

So, how big do insects get?

…blog by Nikki Banfield, Buglife Communications Officer. Originally written for BBC Wildlife in August 2023. Here in the UK we tend to think of insects as being quite small, with...

11/09/2023

What’s the difference between a cricket and a grasshopper?

…blog by Professor Karim Vahed, Buglife England Manager. Originally written for BBC Wildlife in August 2023. Crickets, bush-crickets and grasshoppers have been favourites of mine since early childhood. My encounter...

05/09/2023

The Grassland GAP

…a blog from the Buglife Team Grasslands. What comes to mind when you hear that word? Rolling expanses of wide-open space; something akin to a plain or a tundra? Maybe...

13/08/2023

Surveys for the Red-barbed Ant in Scilly – new adventures in entomology!

…guest blog by Holly Whitehouse. Never in my life had I taken the time to ponder the great delight that washes over a person who had just found an approximately...

12/08/2023

Strathmore B-Lines: Surveying Grasslands and Pollinating Insects in the Strathmore Valley

…blog by Claire Pumfrey, Buglife Conservation Officer, There is no denying the fact that our wildlife and climate are in trouble, research papers and scientific studies continue to highlight significant...

10/08/2023

Conservation Volunteering at Prawle Point with Buglife

…a guest blog from Buglife Life on the Edge volunteer Catherine Mitson The Long-horned Bee (Eucera longicornis) truly lives up to its name. The males sport bizarrely long antennae, and...

07/08/2023

Beauties in the Bog

…blog by Melissa Shaw, Buglife Peat Conservation Officer, written for National Dragonfly Week 2023 Scotland’s magnificent landscapes are known for their picturesque beauty, from rolling hills and pristine lochs to...

06/07/2023

Building for bees

…blog by Scarlett Weston, Buglife Get London Buzzing Engagement Officer, written for Solitary Bee Week 2023 With the sun shining down, hands caked in a mixture of clay soil, sand...

06/07/2023

Fantastic dragonflies and how to help them

…blog by Kaitlyn Elverson, Buglife Engagement Officer, written for National Dragonfly Week 2023 Superstition, myth, and folklore have given dragonflies countless names throughout history, such as the Devil’s Darning Needle...

06/07/2023

An introduction to the Large Scabious Mining Bee

…blog by Laura Larkin, Buglife North Cornwall B-Lines Conservation Officer, written for Solitary Bee Week 2023 I’m sure you can imagine a winter’s day on the North Cornwall coast. It’s...

06/07/2023