Insect Week

Ever really wanted to know an insect's name? The experts at @royentsoc can help 🦋 Just fill in the form and we'll contact you with more information about your find ⬇️ royensoc.co.uk/understanding-… #AskAnEntomologist #Entomology #Insects #AskAnExpert #InsectIdentification

🥈 We’re thrilled to announce our #InsectWeek Photography Competition Under 18 second place winner: Jack Brackley, age 13 👏 🐝 Subject: Four-banded flower bee (Anthophora quadrimaculata) 📍 Location: Suffolk, UK 🇬🇧 View the galleries 🔽 royensoc.co.uk/news/winning-i…

📸 🏆 The overall winner of the #InsectWeek Photography Competition Under 18 category is 12-year-old Benji Cook (Instagram: benjis_macroverse) 🐜🦁 Subject: Antlion larvae (Synclisis baetica) 📍 Location: France 🇫🇷 View the winners' galleries 🔽 royensoc.co.uk/news/winning-i…

🥈 2nd place winner in the #InsectWeek Photography Competition is Dara Ojo with a striking image captures a leafhopper overtaken by a green Metarhizium fungus, revealing the dramatic & often unseen interactions that shape tiny ecosystems. Galleries 🔽 royensoc.co.uk/news/winning-i…

📸 We’re delighted to unveil the winners of the RES #InsectWeek Photography Competition! 🏆 Overall Winner Raghuram Annadana (IG: macro_by_raghu). The image shows a parasitic wasp laying its eggs inside Banana Skipper butterfly eggs. Galleries 🔽 royensoc.co.uk/news/winning-i…

#InsectWeek may be over, but it's never too late to show the world how remarkable insects are - Take part in our #PhotographyCompetition by submitting your best insect selfie 🦋 Submit your best photos for the chance to win 🔽 insectweek.org/art-and-photog… #StandTallForTheSmall

Last chance to enter our #Giveaway 📚 In celebration of #InsectWeek & the release of our new book 'How to be a Ladybird' with @DKBooks, we’re offering a lucky winner their very own copy 🐞 Competition closes at midnight 7 July. ✨ Enter on Instagram 🔽 buff.ly/cp4tUyV

For the last day of #InsectWeek, we're celebrating the RES #Conservation Team and our ongoing project to support the future of the endangered #LargeBlue butterfly, with thanks to generous contributions from our @BigGive campaign. royensoc.co.uk/news/an-update… #StandTallForTheSmall

Celebrate the last day of #InsectWeek with something from our #Pride collection 🦋🌈 Shop the RES store 🔽 royentsoc.shop/collection/pri… @teemillstore

Got anything you’d like to share on #Insects? #InsectWeek hosts lots of #Entomological #LearningResources – Explore our list and keep sharing the love and knowledge of the #LittleThingsThatRunTheWorld throughout #InsectWeek 🐝 🔽 insectweek.org/learning-resou… #StandTallForTheSmall

Does your #research focus on #equality, #diversity & #inclusion? You may be eligible for #funding 🪲 Our #EDI #Grant is dedicated to projects that celebrate & encourage equality & diversity in #entomology 🔽 royensoc.co.uk/equality-diver… #CitizenScience #LGBTQA+ #WomenInSTEM

Interested in the impacts of #ClimateChange on #insects, #SustainableAgriculture or insect #Conservation? Why not get involved in one or more of our 20+ Special Interest Groups? Read more about our SIGs 🔽 royensoc.co.uk/membership-and…

RES’s animated ambassador @Aardman’s #LloydOfTheFlies joins us in celebrating our latest book – ‘How to be a Ladybird’, published with @DKbooks in time for #InsectWeek. 🐞 Get yours 🔽 royensoc.co.uk/shop/publicati… ✨ Want a free copy? Enter our Instagram giveaway (23 June-7 July)

Wear #InsectWeek! To help you share your love of insects, we have brand new designs for all the family to inspire your wild actions this June 🪲 Shop now 🔽 royentsoc.shop/collection/ins… @teemillstore #Entomology #Merchandise #InsectFashion #EntoFashion

Get creative this #InsectWeek 🪲 Share your insect sightings taken from your windowsills, gardens, local parks and ponds or on a walk and show the world how incredible insects are for the chance to win great prizes (T&Cs apply) 🔽 insectweek.org/art-and-photog… #StandTallForTheSmall

MPs gathered in Westminster this #InsectWeek to #StandTallForTheSmall & pledge their support for insect life at the launch of a new All Party Parliamentary Group (#APPG) 🐝 🪲🪶 Sign the #Pledge today & help insects thrive 🔽 royensoc.co.uk/news/mp-pledge… @BarryGardiner @libdemdaisy

"They are what I call 'the little things that run the world," - Dr. Edward O. Wilson Hon.FRES. Watch as E.O. Wilson discusses the importance of understanding the little things and the movement toward protecting them. youtube.com/watch?v=ihMipJ… #InsectWeek

In celebration of #InsectWeek, why not treat yourself to a game of cards? Discover incredible insects from around the world & learn as you play with this beautifully illustrated deck of insect-inspired playing cards. Get yours from @QuartoBooksUS now 🔽 ow.ly/5EXP50WbORW

Want to see some amazing #InsectPhotography up close? Visit @World_Museum for the Royal Entomological Society Photo Exhibition - Find the exhibition between 16 June and 20 July 2025 in the Museum’s Bug House gallery. Plan your visit 🔽 royensoc.co.uk/event/res-phot… #InsectWeek

This year, #InsectWeek focuses on addressing #InsectDecline. Celebrating the essential research we publish through our journals to support the #GrandChallenges, we've created a #VirtualIssue on insect decline & #conservation. Read the Virtual Issue 🔽 royensoc.co.uk/news/virtual-i…

Looking for something to do during #InsectWeek? Find an insect-related event near you with our events search page 🦋 Visit the website and see what you can do to get involved 🔽 insectweek.org/events/ #StandTallForTheSmall