Join the Scottish oil beetle hunt in 2013! Black oil beetles, Violet oil beetles and very rare Short-necked oil beetles can all be found in Scotland from March through to...
16/07/2013
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The world’s greatest museum of art and design gets a new roof for wildlife
Wildlife charity Buglife – The Invertebrate Conservation Trust, are due to start work on a Living Roof project at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in central London this spring....
16/07/2013
Appeal for sightings of White-clawed crayfish on Exmoor
Buglife and Exmoor National Park Authority are appealing for sightings of White-clawed crayfish on Exmoor The two organisations are working together on a new project to map the species on...
12/07/2013
MSPs champion bugs under threat
Today MSPs are being asked by Scottish Environment to select a threatened species to champion. The species list includes a number of invertebrate species chosen by Buglife. Wildlife organisations put...
14/03/2013
Dutch Parliament calls for European suspension on dangerous pesticides
Yesterday, the Dutch Parliament called for a complete suspension on the use of Neonicotinoids. This follows a recent report by the European Food Safety Authority highlighting the insecticides as ‘high...
25/01/2013
Wildlife charity takes legal action over bee killing pesticides
Wildlife charity, Buglife – The Invertebrate Conservation Trust is asking Defra to justify their decision to allow the use of bee killing pesticides or face a court case. Yesterday Buglife,...
14/11/2012
European Commission proposes partial ban on bee poisoning Neonicotinoid insecticides
Today, the European Commission proposed a substantial ban on three neonicotinoids – clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam. They intend to ban use on crops that are ‘attractive to bees’, such as...
14/03/2012
