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‘If we and the rest of the back-boned animals were to disappear overnight, the rest of the world would get on pretty well. But if the invertebrates were to disappear, the world’s ecosystems would collapse.’ Sir David Attenborough

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Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) © Ed Phillips

Brown Argus Butterflies (Aricia agestis) © Katie Waddington

Red Mason Bee (Osmia bicornis) © Ed Phillips

Speckled Bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) © Ed Phillips

Large Brook Dun (Ecdyonurus torrentis) © Matt Eastham

Hummingbird Hawk-moth caterpillar (Macroglossum stellatarum) © Katie Waddington

Scarlet Lily Beetle (Lilioceris lilii) © Ed Phillips

Philodromic Crab Spider © Katie Waddington

Pill Woodlouse (Armadillium vulgare) © Ed Phillips

Flesh Fly (Sarcophaga Species) © Ed Phillips

Green Leaf Web Spider (Nigma walckenaeri) © Ed Phillips

Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) © Katie Waddington

Pseudoscorpion (Chthonius ischnocheles) © Ed Phillips

Yellow-faced Bee (Hylaeus species) © Ed Phillips

Pond Mud Snail (Omphiscola glabra) © Jake Flood

Bloody-nosed Beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa) © Katie Waddington

Great Green Bush-cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) © Katie Waddington

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Bugs Matter

Bugs Matter is back and we need your help! Your participation in this nature survey is vital for us to monitor population trends, address causes of insect loss, halt and reverse them. Make every journey count.

Support Curtains for Light Pollution

Show your support to Nurture the Night Shift, pledge to close your curtains and blinds when you turn on your indoor lights, to keep the light inside and say Curtains for Light Pollution!

Middlewick Ranges

Help us defend the Middlewick Ranges from development. Known as the ‘Wonderful Wick’, the site is home to nearly 1,500 invertebrate species, including the Vulnerable Six-spotted Mouse-spider and the Endangered Necklace Beetle. We need your help to protect it!

Manifesto for Bugs

Last year saw a General Election take place in the United Kingdom. Prior to this we published our Manifesto for Bugs, setting out what our smallest and most numerous creatures need from our Government.

Black Mountains, Talgarth © Les Haines (CC BY 2.0)

Important Invertebrate Areas

Explore Important Invertebrate Areas (IIAs) and a fantastic suite of free to use information and web resources to help secure a better future of our invertebrate populations! Find out more…

B-Lines

Imagine trying to travel around Britain without our road and rail network. Or imagine if nine out of every ten miles of road just didn’t exist – life would be impossible!

Species on the Edge

Species on the Edge is an ambitious project for species recovery in Scotland, that aims to take action on over 37 declining and threatened species across Scotland’s coasts and islands.

Blue Ground Beetle (Carabus intricatus) mobile phone photo © John Walters

Blue Ground Beetle Hunt

Have you ever seen what you think might be a Blue Ground Beetle whilst out walking? If you have a photo of it, no matter how long ago it was taken, we’d love it if you could share it with us.

Don't Neglect the Night

Join Buglife in calling on governments to stop neglecting the night and embed the nocturnal environment in conservation plans.

50% of the time it is night, yet nearly no plans to protect nature recognise the nocturnal environment.

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