Insects & Invertebrates

Achrioptera maroloko, one of two newly discovered colourful Madagascan species. Maroloko means "colorful" in the Madagasy language. © Dr Frank Glaw.

Two new flamboyant stick insect species discovered

Tachina ursina. © Nick Baldwin

Insects & Invertebrates

Fly of the Month – Tachina ursina

Large blue butterfly. © Gary Chalker/Getty

Butterflies bounce back in summer heatwave

Red-shanked bumblebee Bombus ruderarius. © Steven Falk

Widespread losses of pollinators in Britain

Female Bombylius major in Regent's Park, London. © Steven Falk

Insects & Invertebrates

Fly of the month – bee-flies

Jellyfish. © Wendy Northway

Jellyfish are more beneficial to marine life than we realised

Yellow cellar slug. © Emma Griffith/RHS

Gardeners asked to help on springtime slug hunt

High brown fritillary butterfly. © Iain Leach/Butterfly Conservation

Conserving the UK’s most threatened butterfly

Fonseca's seed fly. © NHM Trustees

Insects & Invertebrates

Fly of the month – Fonseca’s seed fly

Female Aposthonia ceylonica: nymphs remain with females until they are almost adults.

First new insect order in Britain for 100 years

Composite image showing the size difference between a European honeybee work and the female Wallace's giant bee. © Clay Bolt

The world’s largest bee rediscovered by scientists

Conservationists plant elm trees for rare butterflies

Winter gnats. © Buglife

Insects & Invertebrates

Fly of the month – winter gnats

Harlequin ladybirds emerging on a sunny spring day in the UK. © Ian Redding/Getty

Insects & Invertebrates

Truth or fiction: we should be scared of harlequin ladybirds