Learning resources

A range of learning resources relating to insects and entomology from the Royal Entomological Society, our National Insect Week partners and online resources we have spotted. Please browse through the list or use the tick boxes to select audience and resource type.

Getting to know your insects

Factsheet

Useful advice from an insect expert about how to get to know your insects better

For: Everyone
Glow-hunting: a must do in your lifetime

Activities sheet

Find out why glow worm hunting can be as magical as an African safari

For: Everyone
Get sweeping!

Activities sheet

If you want to catch a few insects at a time to look at, then why not make a sweep net?

For: Adults
Trees for insects

Activities sheet

Top tips for spotting insects in trees

For: Adults
Habitats at Home – Thinking big with a mini-beast mansion

Activities sheet

Mini-beast mansions can provide a varied range of nesting and resting sites for insects, any extra effort in construction will be much appreciated by a rich diversity of visitors and residents.

For: Adults
Habitats at Home – Bug boxes for smaller spaces

Activities sheet

The addition of a bug box to your garden is a great way to offer lodgings to your six-legged friends and suitable for even the smallest outside space.

For: Adults
Habitats at Home - Shrubs and hedges for insect-friendly edges

Activities sheet

Find out how you can encourage insect diversity in your garden through planting shrubs and hedges.

For: Adults
Habitats at Home - Buzzing borders and majestic meadows

Activities sheet

Including a patch of native wildflowers in your garden is a great way to create an insect-friendly habitat, be it a few metres of ‘buzzing border’ or a larger ‘majestic meadow’.

For: Everyone
Life in the Undergrowth book

Book

David Attenborough reveals a secret universe it is teeming with life and is all around us, yet we never see it. It is the world of the very small, and it is a world of sex, drugs and violence.

For: Adults
Bees for kids

Activities sheet Factsheet

Children are fascinated by Honey Bees. The British Beekeepers Association seeks to build on that fascination and encourage young people to learn more about the world of the Honey Bee.

For: Primary

What is National Insect Week?

National Insect Week encourages people of all ages to learn more about insects.

Every two years, the Royal Entomological Society organises the week, supported by a large number of partner organisations with interests in the science, natural history and conservation of insects.