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National Insect Week returns in 2022

Wonderful World of Insects from Leeds Museums

Learn about how we identify insects using keys and get up close to nature with your very own garden safari adventure!

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Who is it for

Primary Secondary

What is it

Activities sheet Factsheet

Insect group

Multiple groups

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.

Can't wait?

Discover insects now

News

Great Bug Hunt 2020 winners
National Insect Week 2020 Photography Competition Open
National Insect Week 2020 is Here!
Entomology at Home for National Insect Week #EntoAtHome  #NIW2020
Great Bug Hunt 2019 winners announced

Did you know?

Hottest and most explosive

Bombardier beetles spray boiling phenolic liquid at predators like shrews, at several squirts per second!

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