Help Buglife save the planet

‘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

Become a Member from £3/month Donate to support

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

Become a Member from £3/month Donate to support

Help save our bugs this Christmas!

This December, your donation to our Christmas appeal could have an even greater impact! Thanks to GiveMatch, your contribution could even be doubled!

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!

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

2024 has seen 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.

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.

Natur am Byth!

Natur am Byth! is Wales’ flagship conservation programme.

Made up of a partnership of nine environmental charities and Natural Resources Wales, the programme will take action for endangered species and build connections with Welsh communities and their natural heritage.

PotWatch

How far have flatworms spread?

Non-native land flatworms have been accidentally introduced to the UK in imported pot plants and newly arrived species continue to be discovered.

Be a Citizen Scientist; take photographs, record your sightings and help us map their locations!

Find out more

Campaign

Browse our current projects

Find out about our exciting range of active projects

Ways you can support

Get involved with Buglife’s fight to say No Insectinction take action to save sites, prevent invasive species or change policy by supporting our work.