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Insect quiz

An insect quiz for nature enthusiasts - how well do you know your insects?
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Action for Insects campaign

The UK's insect populations are in trouble: 41% face extinction. To save them, we all need to act quickly. The Wildlife Trusts are calling for everyone to be insect champions and for a pesticide reduction target to help them recover.
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Adopt an insect

Searching for an original gift for a nature lover? Sponsor an insect with the Wildlife Trusts to help fund conservation efforts. Perfect for adults and children! Adopt a stag beetle, a butterfly or a bee.
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Insect Friendly Winter Gardening

This link will open on the Essex Wildlife Trust website.

Join us as we discover how to help beautiful butterflies and insects, with key actions from our Nature Neighbours campaign.

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Take action for insects with your school

Insects need our help! Your free Action for Insects school guide is full of learning plans and resources designed to engage children with insects, investigate local environments, and take action for insects in your school grounds and beyond.
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Water stick insect

The water stick insect looks just like a mantis. An underwater predator, it uses its front legs to catch its prey. Its tail acts as a kind of 'snorkel', so it can breathe in the water.…

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How to make a bee hotel

Solitary bees are important pollinators and a gardener’s friend. Help them by building a bee hotel for your home or garden and watch them buzz happily about their business.

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Buzz Map: Insect DNA Mapping

This link will open on the London Wildlife Trust website.

Join Walthamstow's conservation team in a citizen science project discovering the diversity of insects from across the UK.