Great example of a wildflower meadow strip in a new housing estate in Leicester! Whoever did this should get an #ActionForInsects medal Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust Helen OBrien BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland Plantlife Dave Goulson

One day full of Cinnabar moth caterpillars, the next a lifeless dusty mess. When will we learn that we don't need to flatten the field margins just because we've finished harvesting? #actionforinsects .

The hollow stems of plants like hogweed and bramble are very important places for insects like solitary wasps to overwinter in. Flailing verges and hedge margins destroys them. #hedgerow #actionforinsects 📷 Rob Wolton

The #Aster bush in the #garden bursting with beautiful #autumn visitors, Lang's Short-tailed Blue and Common Blue. #insect #butterfly #nature #wildlife #ActionForInsects #lycaenidae

My home-made bug hotel is really humming with activity today. Can you do something for insects in your garden too? Essex Wildlife Trust #ActionForInsects The Wildlife Trusts

My ivy flowers were covered in feeding insects today as they're in full bloom!
If you have ivy please let it grow for the sake of our insects 💚🐝🪰🦋
You can read about bumblebees and ivy on my blog: berrietree.wordpress.com
#bumblebees #ivy #savethebees #actionforinsects

#Freedom and #grace embodied in the captivating flights of the Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius) and the Small White (Pieris rapae).
#Butterflies #Entomology #nature #NaturePhotography #nature lovers #wildlife #wildlife photography #ActionForInsects #insect #garden

Nature never ceases to amaze me!
A Shoeburyness underpass, a fantastic newly discovered invertebrate site. I’ve never seen so many Dasypoda hirtipes (Pantaloon Bee) with Andrena pilipes (Black mining bee) also present.
Truely made my day! Essex Wildlife Trust #actionforinsects

Spotted at our Hoe Grange Nature Reserve today, the first time this year, a Dark Green Fritillary, a speciality species of the Peak District. #butterflies #actionforinsects #Derbyshire

It's #NoMowMay - time to relax and welcome the wildlife! #LetItGrow #MiniMeadow #ActionForInsects #BeeTheChange #KentPlanBee

This is a Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris). Other species can look quite similar but you can identify Common Wasps from the black 'anchor-shaped' mark on their face...
05/09/2020
Highbury Park

#wasp #wildlife #autumnwatch #ActionForInsects

It's a joy to see what happens when you have lots of insect friendly plants in your chemical free garden! (as seen by Helen from the Bat Team). Devon Wildlife Trust Buglife #ActionforInsects

I saved this poor #ladybird from my #Somerset #garden pond & it rewarded me with a good view as it stretched and dried its wings! It looked a little wounded, but flew away...hooray! 🐞💚
#ladybird s #nature #wildlife #ActionForInsects #beetles

It's National Insect Week!
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Thees incredible creatures pollinate our crops, help break down our waste materials and provide the base for the food web, helping to support all other life on Earth!

Find out how you can take #ActionForInsects
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avonwildlifetrust.org.uk/action-for-ins…

Meet Prof Dave Goulson, a leading authority on #bumblebees . He's a man on a mission to reverse the decline of insects and reckons us gardeners can do a lot to help. Tune into #GardenersWorld tonight to find out more 🐝🦋🐞 #ActionForInsects #BeesNeedsWeek #EveryFlowerCounts

An eye-popping 9 species of #butterfly have been spotted at our Hoe Grange Nature Reserve in the last 2 weeks! Can you guess all 9 of these stunning beauties?! #butterflies #actionforinsects #Derbyshire #Quarries #Wildlife Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Derbyshire Wildlife Trust

Since the 1970s 41% of U.K species have declined & 15% of all U.K species face extinction. #WarrenFarmNR & surrounding meadows support a vast wealth of plants & insects. We can do better. Pls #CareSignShare our petition 🐝 chng.it/gBPLb2HW #insectinction #ActionForInsects

As part of the The Wildlife Trusts #actionforinsects campaign, I’m planting some wildflower window boxes in my shed!

In a month or so they should be teeming with bees and butterflies collecting nectar!

There really isn’t any space too small to cater for insects!

So you have to get your eye in but this sunny bank in my garden is starting to heat up and with it the mining bees! Every year they nest here and I manage this little patch just for them #ActionForInsects Buglife Little Green Space 🐝 Somerset Wildlife Trust

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away.” Maya Angelou #wildflowerhour #pollinators #ActionForInsects #colour #artist #quote #TwitterNatureCommunity