Items Tagged 'Insects'

• UK insects struggling to find a home make a bee-line for foreign plants
• Researchers united on international road map to insect recovery
• Freshwater insects recover while spiders decline in UK
• We are losing 9% of insects per decade
• Lack of insects in cities limits breeding success of urban birds
• New report calls for ambitious pesticide reduction target
• Record numbers of stag beetle sightings from Great Stag Hunt 2020
• New research reveals widespread contamination of English rivers with pesticides commonly used as flea treatments
• Breaking new ground with eco drive to bring the country’s verges to life
• Soaring invertebrate life at Three Hagges Woodmeadow bucks global trends
• Invasive harlequin ladybird causes severe decline of two-spotted ladybird, new long-term study shows
• Investigating the links between human activities and global insect declines
• Wildflowers to be contaminated with banned insecticide, UK Government says herbicide use will stop flowers poisoning bees
• In 25 years the number of hoverfly species has fallen sharply in German nature reserves
• £2.3m to help protect UK insects after Brexit
• Winners of 2020 National Insect Week Photography Competition
• Pioneering research reveals gardens are secret powerhouse for pollinators
• Stay of execution for bees in 2021
• Time for Climate Action in Northern Ireland
• Aid Requested for Bugs Battling Covid
• Researchers design new citizen science project to study the impact of air quality on honey bees
• New plan for UK-wide insect superhighways launched
• Rare insect found in Cairngorms
• Breeding programme for critically endangered pine hoverfly gets game-changing new home
• New network of living roof, bee-friendly bus stops springing up in Leicester
• On the ‘Bee Path’ – Europe progresses towards halting pollinator declines
• Public urged to record and help insects as UK enters ‘peak beetle’ season
• New population of one of UK’s rarest butterflies found in Kent
• Forestry Commission acts on bark beetle tree pest
• Exciting species discoveries made as locked-down UK public takes up mothing
• LED streetlights reduce insect populations by 50%
• ‘Bee Box’ provides stress-free insight into hidden life inside the hive
• State of Dragonflies 2021 report
• Study supports theory that dragonflies migrate across the Indian Ocean
• A boost for bees as Defra works with beekeepers to implement the Healthy Bees Plan 2030
• Lifting ban on bee-killing pesticide would be ‘disaster for nature’
• Study finds co-formulants used in commercial fungicide affects the health of bumblebees
• A Lesson in Habitat Management
• The sky’s the limit: Using airborne DNA to monitor insect biodiversity
• Solar parks could boost bumble bee numbers in a win-win for nature
• Rolling Wildflower Blocks instead flower strips: benefits for biodiversity and persistent species conservation
• Climate change has caused Britain's butterflies to get bigger
• Jumping spiders land at ZSL London Zoo
• Moths disappearing from UK woods faster than from farms or cities
• Bugs Matter survey finds that UK flying insects have declined by nearly 60% in less than 20 years
• Public urged to report sightings of the tree pest oak processionary moth
• Buglife’s B-Line events set to create a buzz for Cornwall’s rare and threatened bees
• Multiple habitats need protecting to save UK bumblebees, finds 10-year citizen science study
• Public urged to help bees, butterflies and other pollinators
• ‘Moth Motorways’ could help resist climate change impact
• Volunteers needed to report endangered stag beetle sightings
• Huge milestone for saving critically endangered pine hoverflies
• Butterfly scientists call on public for help
• Bees’ Needs Week buzzes into action
• Citizen Scientists across the UK demonstrate that “Bugs Matter” this summer
• Sixty years later, book that launched environmental movement exposes Government’s inaction on pesticides
• Conservation efforts establish new populations of critically endangered insect in Britain
• Air pollution threatens natural pest control
• New populations of rare bees discovered in Cornwall
• The State of the UK's Butterflies 2022 Report
• New Pollinator Monitoring partnership agreement
• The Natural History Museum is asking for the public’s help with a major new community science project ‘Nature Overheard’ this Earth Day
• The Wildlife Trusts and RHS call on gardeners to bring their lawns to life
• Moths are more efficient pollinators than bees, shows new research
• Exciting new Buglife project, “Pollinators Along the Tweed”, gets underway
• Bugs Matter - the National citizen science survey of flying insect abundance
• Virtual ‘splatometer’ makes it even easier for citizen scientists to contribute to Bugs Matter survey
• Saving moths may be just as important as saving the bees
• Bees get week early wakeup call from warming climate
• Rare butterfly finds home at military training area in Scotland
• Citizen scientists reveal how the common wasp spreads across UK
• Conservationists race to save critically endangered insect found in the River Dee in Wales
• Foresters create habitat in bid to save rare bee
• Network Rail celebrates World Habitat Day with biodiversity bonanza for rare butterfly
• “Cuckoo” of the ant world rediscovered on Deeside
• Rare butterfly survey shows ‘promising numbers’ in Ceredigion
• Warmer, wetter winters bring risks to river insects
• New review finds half of Britain’s crown jewels of nature at risk of global extinction
• Scotland’s butterflies increase by 35 percent, but some species at risk
• Climate change causing 60% of plants and insects to fall out of synch
• BBOWT nature reserves offering haven from climate change, survey results show
• Help blue beetles this Blue Monday
• Emergency authorisation of bee-killing pesticide is a “deathblow”, say The Wildlife Trusts
• Blue tit population booms with moths on the menu – study
• RHS calls on public to spot bumblebees on blooms
• New evidence shows UK solar parks can provide for bees and butterflies
• Bees need food up to a month earlier than provided by recommended pollinator plants
• Boost garden butterfly numbers by up to 93% with one simple step, new study reveals
• NRW to reduce mowing in May to help pollinators
• Bugs Matter Citizen Science survey shows further decreases in UK insect numbers
• Bee part of the solution and grow a bee banquet!
• Scientists ask the public to help find mosquitoes in Scotland
• ‘Stag beetle surveyors’ needed to spot these iconic insects, a priority species in the UK
• Swifts have potential to make a valuable contribution to insect control
• Highest number of heath fritillaries recorded
• A soaring success for ancient insects - Wicken Fen announced as new Dragonfly Hotspot
• Insect decline of 37% over 50 years shows support for farmers is crucial to biodiversity recovery
• Lifeline for bees creates city buzz
• Where have all the insects gone? Conservationists’ call to show that Bugs Matter
• Rare species found on Shapwick Moor Nature Reserve
• Pollution revealed as the greatest threat to healthy soils
• ‘Art for insects’ could help save pollinators
• Two species of butterfly make surprise new appearances in Scotland
• UN Report: Insect Population Decline Threatens Migratory Birds
• Butterfly partnership sets out to save rare species in Wales
• Bee killing pesticides polluting the vast majority of English rivers
• Study shows action to eradicate yellow-legged (Asian) hornet has been effective
• Help blue beetles this Blue Monday
• Santander and UK National Parks boost their partnership to restore biodiversity along North Yorkshire route
• Impact of nitrogen pollution on butterflies and moths revealed in new study
• BeeWalk – the national bumblebee monitoring scheme
• Science News: Long grass and flowering ivy in gardens benefit butterflies
• 1,400 species found in guts of Asian hornets
• Nature boost: Government launches first action plan on pesticides in a decade
• More ambition needed to reduce pesticides, say The Wildlife Trusts
• Migrating flies vital for people and nature
• £1.3m cash boost for nature projects
• New lease agreed with Church of England at flagship butterfly reserve
• New 5 Year Partnership with Forestry and Land Scotland
• “Give Dandelions a Chance!” – Public Urged to Rethink Wildflowers, as Plantlife Launches No Mow May
• #NoMowMay: 3,000 pledge to grow not mow this summer
• Bees face new threats, putting our survival & theirs at risk
• New Forest insects given new lease of life thanks to novel approach
• Small Blue butterfly numbers explode in Scotland with 523 at a single site
• Don’t Neglect the Night: Urgent call to protect the other half of nature
• Is that a hornet or is nature playing tricks on you?
• Let’s twist again: “Extinct” moth rediscovered in England at Kent Wildlife Trust reserve after 73 years
• Volunteers monitoring pollinators make interesting findings
• Mediterranean butterfly spotted in the UK for the first time - twice!
• Canvey Wick: the Essex oasis home to more than 3,200 species
• Butterfly numbers at historic forest hit 17 year high
• Volunteers wanted to help search north of England for rare butterfly
• Butterflies fail to shine despite hottest UK summer on record
• Declaration Issued to Halt UK Insect Declines as Evidence Mounts of National Crisis
• Insects in Britain facing local upheavals
• New species delight visitors at WWT’s first Dragonfly Festival
• Britain’s Rarest Cricket Gets a Helping Hand
• Number of European butterflies at risk of extinction increases
• Trillions of insects fly above the UK – but radar reveals night species are vanishing
• New Manifestos for Bugs in Scotland and Wales