A rare house spider has been found for the first time in Northern Ireland. The Wood house-spider (Malthonica silvestris), closely related to the house spiders that people often find in...
07/10/2015
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Saving the small things that manage our water
Today on World River’s Day, Buglife are launching a strategy for freshwater invertebrates. The charity has long championed the small things that run the planet but are now turning the...
24/09/2015
Putting nature at the heart of plans for farming and for water
Environment sector sets out visions for farming and for water in two influential publications Voluntary organisations have come together to produce ambitious visions for England’s farmland and the country’s water. Wildlife...
15/09/2015
US Court rules out new neonicotinoid
Judges in the U.S. yesterday ruled that the pesticide regulator Environmental Protection Agency had erred in allowing the use of sulfoxaflor a new type of neonicotinoid, insecticides that have been...
11/09/2015
Flying Start for Fife’s Buzzing Project
One year into this exciting wildflower meadow project, the Fife’s Buzzing project has already created more than 3 hectares of native flower-rich grassland. Buglife are grateful to the 730 volunteers,...
26/08/2015
We don’t like crickets – we love them!
One of Britain’s most endangered insects is set to have a new home in Sussex thanks to work by South East Water and environment organisations Natural England and Buglife. The...
25/08/2015
Bee-utiful Bee calendar launched
Buglife have launched Bee-autiful Bees, a 2016 calendar which will help save these amazing insects. The Bee-utiful Bee calendar is packed with close-up photos of bees on flowers alongside interesting...
20/08/2015
Government authorised neonicotinoid pesticide use despite knowing they damage honeybee colonies
A Government study by their agency Fera has been published today. The study contains three key results, it shows:- A clear relationship across regions between imidacloprid use (the commonest neonicotinoid...
20/08/2015
Repair work begins to restore a beautiful bog for bugs
Exciting new work has begun to help the amazing wildlife on one of Scotland’s most iconic landscapes, the lowland raised bog. This week, wildlife charity Buglife Scotland has started on...
19/08/2015
‘Extinct’ insect rediscovered in Edinburgh
The Bordered brown lacewing (Megalomus hirtus) has been rediscovered on Arthurs Seat, Edinburgh after having not been seen for over 30 years, and feared to be extinct in the UK....
18/08/2015
