Insects & Invertebrates

European turtle dove drinking at water's edge in Spain. © Education Images/Universal Images Group/Getty

British wildlife in May

Short-necked oil beetle. © Annie Haycock

One of the UK’s rarest oil beetles found in Wales

Young European rabbit. © Andy Rouse/Nature Picture Library/Getty

British wildlife in April

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

Insects & Invertebrates

Cute and fluffy: meet the bee-flies

Peacock butterfly. © Megan Shersby

Insects & Invertebrates

Garden butterflies to spot in March and April

Katy Potts Longhorns_CMYK

Running a beetle recording scheme

Charlotte Rankin

Helping urban pollinators in Cornwall

Oleander hawk moth. © Gerard Cheshire

Moths and butterflies shift their symmetry to improve camouflage

Krill, the foundation of Antarctica's marine food chain, swim in a tank on Palmer Station, in Antarctica.

Insects & Invertebrates

Krill guide: what they are, and why they are so important

Colletes floralis

Northern Ireland’s bees under threat of extinction

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Monitoring and recording dragonflies in Scotland

Peacock butterfly on aster.

New study on the best garden plants for pollinators

The bog hoverfly.

Insects & Invertebrates

Fly of the month – bog hoverfly

Painted lady butterfly. © Andrew Cooper/Butterfly Conservation

The year of the painted lady

First recorded in the UK in 1879, false widow spiders have had a recent surge of media attention. © Alex Hyde/naturepl.com

Insects & Invertebrates

Truth or fiction: false widow spiders are a danger to children