Creepy crawlies…
The Society has extensive collections of butterflies and moths from both the UK and abroad, with smaller collections of other insect groups, such as dragonflies and beetles. We have regular, well illustrated talks, throughout the year and field trips and mothings at local sites, through the summer months.
Species List for Field Trips 2017
Species List for Field Trips 2016
Upcoming Insects events
Talk: Raised from the Dead
14th June 2022 at 7.30pm In-house and via ZoomSpeaker: Mark Spencer Mark is going to show us some of the beautiful South American Butterflies from our own collections, and develop their stories as life cycles.
Field meeting: Martin Down (SU057192)
29th May 2022 at 10.30am to 3.30pmLeader: Mark Spencer (mobile: 07538 800133) Meet at the top of Sillens Lane, accessed through Martin village, off the triangular green. The walk we will take will be on a steady rise over the chalk grassland and we will take lunch half way around the site. Then we will descend a steep slope back to […]
Insects NEWS
BNSS Launches 2021 Photographic Competition
March 31, 2021New Chair of Photography Eleni Dimitriou has launched the 2021 Photographic Competition with 3 categories Plants & Fungi, Landscapes and Wildlife. For full details see poster below.
Mosquitoes, covid-19 & dogs
March 1, 2021In a ‘Zoom’ talk in January entitled “From mosquito bites to sniffer dogs” new BNSS member and volunteer, entomologist Dr. Sophie Wulff, gave us insight into the work going on at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). She started by describing what is known about how female mosquitoes detect humans in order […]
