Webinars
Garden Insects and their Habitats Webinar
Garden Insects and their Habitats with Gail Ashton The garden is an extension of the home; a private outdoor space upon which the homeowner can proudly make their own mark and shape to their own... Read more »
Plant Galls Webinar
An introduction to plant galls in Britain. Peter Shirley will cover what galls are, where on plants they occur, examples of galls caused by different groups of causers (such as wasps, midges and mites) and... Read more »
Ants Webinar
As a consequence of their often high numbers, ants are amongst the most conspicuous of insects. In the UK however, due to our northerly location, they are not very diverse. The up-side of this is... Read more »
Mayflies Webinar
Mayflies can be seen emerging from the water, resting in nearby vegetation, and most commonly ‘dancing’ above head height, along the shores of stillwaters and rivers. Of course, the word ‘mayfly’ is slightly misleading, as... Read more »
Springtails Webinar
This webinar aims to introduce the group of soil arthropods known as the springtails – the order Collembola. A brief review of their ecology will be followed by introductions to the major UK families in... Read more »
Bug Assemblages Webinar
This webinar with Jim Flanagan & Tristan Bantock will look at a range of habitats where terrestrial Heteroptera bugs form a major component of the invertebrate fauna, as well as those species which are representative... Read more »
Recognising British Spider Families Webinar
To successfully identify a spider it’s helpful to know which family your spider belongs to first. This online webinar will guide you through all the spider families that occur in Britain, providing helpful pointers to... Read more »
Slugs Webinar
Slugs are commonly encountered in gardens, but also occur in wild environments. Despite their reputation for feeding on plants, many species have diverse diets, exhibit unusual behaviours and perform a wide range of functions in... Read more »
Introduction to Wasps Webinar
This webinar will introduce the different families of UK aculeate wasps and explore their identification, including examples of some of the more commonly encountered and iconic species. Dr Liam Crowley is a postdoctoral researcher at... Read more »
Lacewings & Allies Webinar (Part 1)
These two webinars will give participants the confidence to be able to start identifying Lacewings and their allies and information on how to submit their records to the British Isles Lacewings and Allies Recording Scheme.... Read more »
Lacewings & Allies Webinar (Part 2)
These two webinars will give participants the confidence to be able to start identifying Lacewings and their allies and information on how to submit their records to the British Isles Lacewings and Allies Recording Scheme.... Read more »
Braconid Wasps Webinar
Braconidae is a large family of parasitoid wasps, with about 1,500 species in Britain. Their hosts include caterpillars, beetles, flies and many other insects, so they play critical roles in the environment. Recognising the subfamilies... Read more »
Social Wasps Webinar
Book here This webinar will introduce the 10 species of social wasps found in the UK. It will cover their identification and ecology, including diagnostic characters, general tips and interesting facts! Our tutor: Dr Liam Crowley... Read more »
Leafcutter Bees Webinar
Book here. Leafcutter bees are familiar garden insects that regularly use bee hotels. They are so-called due to the nesting behaviour of the females, who cut out leaf sections to create their linearly-arranged nest cells.... Read more »
Fly Larvae Webinar
Book here. Diptera comprise some of the most ecologically important animal species playing key roles in pollination, nutrient recycling and decomposition. But it is not just the adult flies we should be thanking but rather... Read more »
Assassin Bugs & Damsel Bugs Webinar
Book here. The Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae) and the Damsel Bugs (Nabidae) are two important groups of predatory terrestrial bugs but are relatively small in terms of species numbers in Britain and Ireland. The Assassin Bugs... Read more »
Mosquitoes Webinar
Book here. Mosquitoes are one of the most infamous of all insects, almost entirely because of a single feature of their behaviour, the taste for blood! They are synonymous with nuisance biting and the spread... Read more »
Fly Pupa Webinar
Book here. Diptera comprise some of the most ecologically important animal species playing key roles in pollination, nutrient recycling and decomposition. But it is not just the adult flies we should be thinking about but... Read more »
Freshwater Sponges Webinar
Book here. This webinar will outline what freshwater sponges are, their biology and life cycle, and the difficulties of identification. It will also discuss the distribution and biology of obligate feeders, particularly the spongeflies and... Read more »
What we know, and don’t know, about humane insect collection Webinar
Book here. This webinar has been jointly organised with the Insect Welfare Research Society For many reasons, we may want to lethally collect insects (and other arthropods). But increasing evidence suggests there's cause to consider... Read more »
