bugs

Getting Whitleigh Buzzing

Buglife are looking for volunteers to help plant over 1800 wild flower plug plants at Whitleigh Meadow on Saturday 15 March.

The meadow is a part of the Plymouth's Buzzing project, funded by a grant of £45,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Over the last two years, Plymouth's Buzzing in partnership with Plymouth City Council has created nearly 6 hectares of wild flower meadow...

Soldier beetles under fire

The results of a new study carried out by Natural England in collaboration with Buglife, reveals that 15% of Britain’s soldier beetles and allied species are now sufficiently endangered to join a new “red list” of species under greatest threat of extinction.

The ‘Review of the scarce and threatened beetles of Great Britain’ published last week assesses the conservation status of...

Wild about Plymouth to look at mini beasts and bugs

Families will have a chance to get up close to insects and mini-beasts on Saturday 7 December, with natural history partnership Wild About Plymouth.

What’s Your Bug? has been organised by staff from the City Museum and Art Gallery and Plymouth University and will take place in the university's Davy Building from 10am to noon.

Youngsters and grown-ups will get to use the...