Hi, I’m Talay and I’m the curatorial assistant for NHM Coleoptera ( #Beetles ). Here's some highlights. Titan beetles are 17cm long (the largest). Burying beetles will bury small mammals or birds, lay their eggs on it so the larvae can feed on the carrion.

Our eBay UK auction of vintage #entomological books, and a few other items for which were donated to us ends tomorrow. All proceeds will go to running the Society. Items start at just 50p. Please take a look, and share. ebay.co.uk/usr/drvjburton

There's still space for #insect fans to present at our Young Entomologist's Day #yed2024 w/ Youngwilders Natural History Museum Sat 13th Apr - talk about a fav insect, recite a poem, present drawings - anything goes! For more info & sign up (it's free!) visit: amentsoc.org/events/listing…

We currently have some vintage entomological books, and a few other items for auction on eBay UK that were donated to us. All proceeds will go to running the Society. Please take a look, and feel free to share. ebay.co.uk/usr/drvjburton

Did you miss Rebecca Kilner's fab Young Verrall lecture with Royal Entomological Society at the StaffsInvertScience? It's now available on the #amentsoc YouTube channel, check out the amazing world of carrion beetles! youtube.com/watch?v=l5uEVi…

Come and say hi to us at the Staffordshire Invertebrate Science Fair StaffsInvertScience TOMORROW Sat 2nd March 2024 at the Catalyst Building Staffordshire University Science Campus & join us with Royal Entomological Society for the Young Verrall Lecture at 14:30 on the fantastic carrion beetles!

It's tomorrow!

Join us with AES - amentsoc.org at StaffsInvertScience for the Young Verrall Lecture given by Professor Rebecca Kilner Rebecca Kilner from Cambridge University

🗓️ Saturday 2 March, The Catalyst Building, Staffordshire Uni

royensoc.co.uk/event/young-ve…

Fancy knowing how to maximise your garden’s value to biodiversity? As Spring approaches, here are a few easy things you can do!…

Its now official, SISF 2024 will be our BIGGEST EVER!! We (so far) have 32 societies and contributors attending. Its going to be a really busy day so make sure you give yourselves plenty of time to have a look at all the exhibits, participate in activities & listen to the talks.

UK primary school teachers, WE NEED YOU. Please help us understand how you use #insects (or not) in your classroom by filling out this survey.

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/harper-adams…

Please RT or share to your networks if you can help us reach #teachersuk #teachersoftwitter

For those AES members wondering what happened to our December mailing: this was severely delayed at the printers, due to a failure of the binding machine, which meant that our house journal (Bull Amat Ent Soc) had to be reprinted. We hope the mailing will be despatched very soon!

🚨Verrall Lecture Venue Update

The 2024 Verrall Lecture will now be held in the Sir Alexander Fleming Building of Imperial College London’s South Kensington Campus.

Lecture hosted by Imperial College London's Centre for Environmental Policy, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial.

royensoc.co.uk/event/verrall-…

Hated. Ignored. Misunderstood. Learn more & appreciate the world of flies 🪰

Join the free webinar on 'Flies, the maligned pollinators' with Buglife & Dr Erica McAlister

🗓️ Thursday 22 February

Book now - It's free:
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#Diptera #pollinators #LoveFlies

Free webinar with Dr Abigail Lowe 🐝🌸🧬 from Community Science at the Natural History Museum about how you can help investigate the impact of noise pollution on insects #NatureOverheard BritEntSoc Royal Entomological Society Environmentjob.co.uk Field Studies Council Natural History Museum Science Buglife AES - amentsoc.org

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Looking forward to Nat Geo’s upcoming natural history series, A Real Bug’s Life, narrated by actress and comedian Awkwafina and premiering January 24 on Disney+. It's an innovative series that takes viewers far into the spellbinding world of insects. youtube.com/watch?v=1d8wOb…

Join us this #WildlifeWednesday as we meet the marvellously named...

🌭Sausage Ground Beetle (Carabus granulatus)🌭

...so named for the patterning on its wing cases that resemble strings of sausages!
👇
buglife.org.uk/bugs/bug-direc…

#Sausages #Beetle #Carabid

Happy New Year #HNY2024 to all our members, volunteers & followers! What are your 2023 #entomological highlights? What are you looking forward to this year? In 2024 we will be planning a big birthday for 2025!

Are you a current student studying #insects ?

Join us at our 2024 #StudentForum on 25-26 March to network and discuss ideas with your peers, consider options for your future #career and share your #research in a welcoming space.

royensoc.co.uk/event/student-…

Newcastle University #SF24

Dive into the future of freshwater research with Freshwater Biological Association (FBA)! 🌊 Join them in shaping a new project sampling lake invertebrates. Be part of the development phase - share your thoughts in a quick 2-minute survey: surveymonkey.com/r/Q5SLWMQ 🗣️ Your input matters! #CitizenScience

A new moth discovered in Ealing, South London by local resident is a match to an undescribed moth collected in 1886 in our collection. By conducting DNA sequencing on our historical collections we found the match - find out more: BBC London bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…