Insects & invertebrates

Insect ID books

Insects & invertebrates

Best insect identification books

Close-up of bee flying by flowers

Rural honeybees fly further for food, finds study

Grape hyacinth (Muscari armeniacum) and bumble bee in the spring garden. /Credit: Dasha Kalinkova/Getty Images.

Wildlife gardening

Plant Britain: Spring bulbs to plant now for bees and butterflies

Emperor dragonfly ©Getty

Insects & invertebrates

Dragonfly and damselfly guide: common species in Britain, where to find and how to identify

Common wasp

Insects & invertebrates

British wasp guide: how to identify common species, lifecycle and why wasps sting in autumn

Asian hornet in flight/Getty Images

Wildlife stories

Asian hornet guide: how to identify and why it is important to report a sighting

Search for the chequered skipper butterfly in Rockingham Forest, Countryfile podcast

Hunting for a rare butterfly in Rockingham Forest in Northamptonshire

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Big Butterfly Count: common species to identify and how to take part

How to make a simple moth trap

Insects & invertebrates

Make a moth trap

Orange-tip. /Credit: Ian H Leach/Butterfly Conservation

Last year was ‘good’ for butterflies according to survey results

Insect on flower

Insects & invertebrates

Key insect pollinators of spring

Turkish crayfish. /Credit: Trevor Renals, via GB NNSS

Invasive crayfish species used in I’m A Celebrity… kept without licence

A feeding bumblebee. /Credit: PSkelton Photo/Getty Images

Insects & invertebrates

British bee identification guide: best plants to attract bees to your garden

A bee-wolf with its worker honeybee prey, perched on heather. /Credit: Sandra Standbridge/Getty Images

Insects & invertebrates

British insect guide: species to look out for, and why they’re so interesting

Frog guarding its spawn, in a Doncaster pond, South Yorkshire, Getty

Guide to frogs and toads: when do they spawn and how to care for them