Category: Invertebrates

 

Beaver habitat creation and benefits for Orthoptera

December 2025
Biological recording

The Yellow Meadow Ant: a small animal with a huge influence

December 2025
Natural history

Jellyfish and lookalikes in British and Irish seas

November 2025
Species identification

British land flatworms: identification and update

October 2025
Species identification

New bees on the block

April 2025
Species identification

Fisher’s Estuarine Moth: landscape-scale conservation action in response to coastal change

February 2025
Species conservation

An introduction to free-living soil nematodes

December 2024
Species identification

Dragonfly expansions- ten years on

December 2024
Natural history

The lost population of the Slender Pond snail at Bavelaw Marsh

November 2024
Species conservation

Thirty-five years of moth reports

August 2024
Natural history

Marine plankton in Milford Haven

June 2024
Natural history

Pulse grazing in rewilding projects and the effects on invertebrate diversity – a case study of Butcherlands

June 2024
Conservation practice

An introduction to snow fleas and scorpionflies

June 2024
Species identification

Blackflies of Britain: their biology and impacts on people and animals

December 2023
Natural history

Infamy and false threats: an introduction to the false widow spiders

October 2023
Species identification

A short history of snail-eating in Britain

October 2023
Natural history

The Sandhill Rustic moth in Britain and Ireland

August 2023
Natural history

The return of the native: the Great Fox-spider in Britain

June 2023
Species conservation

The mixed fortunes of the Azure Hawker in Britain

May 2023
Natural history

The Cotswold Water Park – can nature coexist with large-scale recreation?

April 2023
Regional ecology & conservation

The Grand Surprize – a short account of the long history of butterfly vagrancy in Britain

April 2023
Natural history

Yardley Chase Training Area, Northamptonshire: a hidden gem

February 2023
Regional ecology & conservation

The implications for Orthoptera of grazing in arable wilding schemes

October 2022
Conservation practice Wilding for Conservation

The Wye Gorge: an internationally important site for saproxylic invertebrates

August 2022
Regional ecology & conservation

Understanding Eristalis hoverflies: a guide to identification

May 2022
Species identification

Classic Wildlife Sites: Abernethy Forest

April 2022
Regional ecology & conservation

Hidden treasures: recording Britain’s lesser- known ladybirds

April 2022
Biological recording

Brilliant Emerald – a rare dragonfly with a bizarre distribution

April 2022
Natural history

The valley headwater fens of the Norfolk–Suffolk border

February 2022
Regional ecology & conservation

Keystone snails: the biology, behaviour, ecology and conservation of patellid limpets

December 2021
Natural history

On the trail of the Narrow-headed Ant in the UK

November 2021
Natural history

Death by one hundred droughts: is climate change already driving biodiversity declines in Britain?

October 2021
Conservation trends

The flower-visiting insects associated with old trees and dead wood

October 2021
Natural history

Hovering on the edge of extinction: efforts to save the Pine Hoverfly

August 2021
Species conservation

The Marsh Fritillary on the Lizard

August 2021
Natural history

How do solitary bees use urban gardens? A lockdown study

June 2021
Natural history

Biology and conservation on the Tansy Beetle – 20 years on

May 2021
Species conservation

Pollinators and pollination: myths, misunderstandings and much more to discover

April 2021
Natural history

Cephalopods in British seas – what krakens lie beneath?

December 2020
Natural history

Mapping moths: the first atlas of Britain & Ireland’s larger moths

December 2020
Biological recording

The Fen Raft Spider – from unknown past to uncertain future

November 2020
Species conservation

Comment: Take nothing but photographs… time for a reality check?

November 2020
Biological recording

‘By a fayre down’, the breck heaths of the West Midlands

October 2020
Regional ecology & conservation

The Speckled Bush-cricket – an unusual orthopteran

October 2020
Natural history

British Trilobites: glimpses of life from ancient seas

August 2020
Natural history

Editorial: British wildlife in lockdown

June 2020

Spittlebugs and cuckoo-spit insects: an introduction to British froghoppers

June 2020
Species identification

Snake heads and bird droppings – unusual cases of mimicry in the lepidopteran larvae of Britain and Ireland

April 2020
Natural history

The European Spiny Lobster in south-west Britain – back from the brink?

December 2019
Natural history

Re-establishing the Large Blue butterfly in Britain

October 2019
Species conservation

Comment: The insect decline – time to limit pesticide use?

October 2019

Norfolk Hawker and Water Soldier – a dilemma for conservation?

June 2019
Species conservation

A natural history of seabed habitats

October 2018
Biological recording

Scarce moths of the Borders

October 2018
Biological recording

Spiders in the grass: the effect on upland spider communities of grazing

August 2018
Natural history

Conservation of the Long-horned Bee in Cornwall

June 2018
Species conservation

The Asian Yellow-legged Hornet: the implacable advance of a bee-killer

December 2017
Natural history

In search of the larger water beetles of Britain and Ireland

December 2017
Natural history

Editorial: a bleak future for the creatures that make the world go around

October 2017
Biological recording

Securing the future of the Freshwater Pearl Mussel

August 2017
Species conservation

Editorial: the hammer blow poised above an ecosystem fizzing with life

August 2017
Conservation policy

Britain’s oldest butterfly – a ‘wonderful beautiful’ survivor from Tudor England

June 2017
Natural history

Crayfish in the Wyre Forest

April 2017
Natural history

Apocalypse unseen

October 2016
Conservation trends

Life imitates life: mimicry in British insects

August 2016
Natural history

The conservation status of British invertebrates

August 2016
Conservation trends

Invasive bivalve molluscs in Britain

June 2016
Species conservation

Lemon Slugs and Strawberry Spiders: a taste of Wyre Forest

December 2015
Regional ecology & conservation

The Heath Potter Wasp: a detailed study

December 2015
Natural history

Conserving Britain’s fastest-declining butterfly

December 2015
Species conservation

The art of bee illustration

October 2015
Natural history

Conserving the Aspen Hoverfly

October 2015
Species conservation

Bringing soldierflies to attention

August 2015
Species identification

Lost language: the forgotton cultural lives of butterflies

June 2015
Natural history

The reintroduction of the Short-haired Bumblebee

June 2015
Species conservation

The wings of change

April 2015
Natural history

Aspen: the disappearances

December 2014
Species conservation

Mollusc of the glen

October 2014
Natural history

Dragonfly expansions

August 2014
Biological recording

The Glanville Fritillary: a disappearing gem?

August 2014
Species conservation

Comb-horned craneflies: a glimpse of the exotic

June 2014
Species identification

Comment: Bees in the UK – are they all important pollinators and what can be done to support them?

October 2013
Species conservation

Conserving the Marsh Fritillary across the UK – lessons for landscape-scale conservation

August 2013
Species conservation

The Native Oyster: Britain’s forgotten treasure

June 2013
Natural history

Identification: British Tiger-beetles

June 2013
Species identification

Snow, Snowdrops, lawns and observers – Topics from Nature’s Calendar/UK Phenology Network

April 2013
Biological recording

Identification: Web-building moth larvae in the British Isles

April 2013
Species identification

Ash and its host species. A look at three groups that may be affected by Ash dieback

April 2013
Conservation trends

Invasive micro-moths from Australia

February 2013
Natural history

Conserving violet-feeding fritillary butterflies at Marsland Nature Reserve

October 2012
Species conservation

Wildlife crime and Scottish Freshwater Pearl Mussels

October 2012
Species conservation

The rose bedeguar

October 2012
Natural history

The Mole Cricket – rare native or regular import?

June 2012
Natural history

Adventures with caterpillars. The larval stage of the Purple Emperor butterfly

June 2012
Natural history

The state of the UK’s butterflies

April 2012
Conservation trends

The enigmatic Erebia – the Scotch Argus in Britain

February 2012

The Noble Chafer and traditional orchards – an old-growth species in the English cultural landscape

October 2011
Natural history

Large house spiders in the British Isles: past, present and future

October 2011
Natural history

Killer Shrimps in Britain: hype or horror? The facts about our latest invasive animal

August 2011
Natural history

The Horse-chestnut Leaf-miner and its parasitoids

June 2011
Natural history

Ecology and conservation of the Tadpole Shrimp Triops cancriformis in Britain

June 2011
Natural history

Observation of Chequered Skippers in Scotland in 2010

April 2011
Natural history

The Scarborough Snail and what it has to tell us about ancient semi-natural woodland

February 2011
Natural history

Living with the enemy: insects and their pathogens

December 2010
Natural history

Comment: Web-based natural-history recording

June 2010
Biological recording

Flies of exposed riverine sediments

June 2010
Natural history

The return of the native: loss and repatriation of the Short-haired Bumblebee Bombus subterraneus

December 2009
Species conservation

The Lesser Glow-worm in Britain: native or newcomer

October 2009
Natural history

The folk-names of invertebrates

August 2009
Natural history

Observations of Purple Hairstreaks at canopy level

June 2009
Natural history

British ticks

April 2009
Natural history

Sentinels of climate change – species of the rocky intertidal zone

April 2009
Biological recording

The Ladybird Spider in Britain – its history, ecology and conservation

February 2009
Natural history

Moths Count: the National Moth Recording Scheme

December 2008
Biological recording

Whirligigs in Britain and Ireland

October 2008
Natural history

Revealing the foundations of biodiversity: The Database of British Insects and their Foodplants

October 2008
Natural history

Bears in Britain

August 2008
Natural history

British mosquitoes

June 2008
Natural history

The Myth of the Master Tree – Mate-location strategies of the Purple Emperor butterfly

June 2008
Natural history

Man at the crossroads: butterflies, moths and climate warming on the Isle of Man

April 2008
Biological recording

The ladybird, the scale and the spindle – a highly specialised relationship

February 2008
Natural history

The Harlequin Ladybird marches on

February 2008
Species conservation

Life on the edge – key coastal soft cliffs for invertebrates in England and Wales

February 2008
Natural history

Darwin’s war-horse: beetle-collecting in 19th-century England

February 2008
Natural history

Dragonflies as climate-change indicators

December 2007
Biological recording

Identification: Longhorn beetles: Part 2

October 2007
Species identification

Identification: Longhorn beetles: Part 1

August 2007
Species identification

Invertebrates associated with coarse woody debris in streams and rivers in Britain

February 2007
Natural history

The value of ant-hills in grasslands

August 2006
Natural history

More on the rise and fall of the Holly Blue

August 2006
Natural history

Centipedes

June 2006
Natural history

Identification: Britan’s biggest hoverflies – the genus Volucella

April 2006
Species identification

Thirty years and counting. The contribution to conservation and ecology of butterfly-monitoring in the UK

February 2006
Biological recording

The Bog Hoverfly on Dartmoor

December 2005
Natural history

In search of the Land Caddis

October 2005
Natural history

Ecology of the Harlequin Ladybird – a new invasive species

August 2005
Natural history

British Moths: throwing light on a new conservation challenge

August 2005
Biological recording

Allaying public fears of health issues on wetlands

June 2005
Natural history

Gorse Mites and their predators

June 2005
Natural history

Identification – Clearwing moths

April 2005
Species identification

The Great Silver Water Beetle in Britain – a cry for help

April 2005
Natural history

Extreme butterfly-collecting: A biography of I R P Heslop

February 2005
Natural history

Identification: British land flatworms

February 2005
Species identification

Millipedes

December 2004
Natural history

The Downy Emerald – an enigmatic dragonfly?

December 2004
Natural history

Insects and fleshy fruits

December 2004
Natural history

Gardens and wildlife – the BUGS project

October 2004
Conservation & people

The three smallest British diving beetles

August 2004
Natural history

The English names of butterflies

August 2004
Natural history

Where have all the bumblebees gone, and could they ever return?

June 2004
Conservation trends

The ecology of the Pearl-bordered Fritillary in woodland

April 2004
Natural history

Cypress trees and their moths

April 2004
Natural history

The White-clawed Crayfish – a decade on

February 2004
Species conservation

The discovery of Large Cone-head Bush-cricket in the Isles of Scilly

December 2003
Natural history

The fan shell Atrina fragilis – a species of conservation concern

August 2003
Species conservation

Woodlice, chiselbobs and sow-bugs

August 2003
Natural history

The jewel of York – ecology and conservation of the Tansy Beetle

June 2003
Natural history

Coastal soft cliffs and their importance for invertebrates

June 2003
Natural history

Obituary – Max Nicholson 1904-2003

June 2003
Obituary

Chalkhill Blue on Therfield Heath, Hertfordshire

February 2003
Natural history

The amazing Amazonian Freshwater Jellyfish in Yorkshire

February 2003
Natural history

An introduction to British hoverflies and the Hoverfly Recording Scheme

October 2002
Biological recording

Identification: British oil beetles

October 2002
Species identification

Conserving the Marsh Fritillary in Britain

August 2002
Species conservation

Importance of habitat quality and isolation. Implications for the management of butterflies in fragmented landscapes

August 2002
Conservation practice

Flying earlier in the year – The phenological responses of butterflies and moths to climate change

June 2002
Biological recording

Are Glow-worms disappearing?

June 2002
Species conservation

The history, ecology and conservation of the New Forest Cicada

April 2002
Natural history

The affair of the ‘Long-willied (Real’s) Wood White

April 2002
Natural history

The status, conservation and use of the Medicinal Leech

April 2002
Natural history

Recording Britain’s spiders

February 2002
Biological recording

The conservation of the Blue Ground Beetle in south-west England

December 2001
Species conservation

The Coppice for Butterflies Challenge: a targeted grant scheme for threatened species

October 2001
Conservation policy

Springtails – in search of Britain’s most abundant insects

August 2001
Natural history

The wetland invertebrates of Ireland

April 2001
Natural history

The responses of European insects to climate change

February 2001
Biological recording

The Millenium Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland

February 2001
Biological recording

The East Thames Corridor: a nationally important invertebrate fauna under threat

December 2000
Regional ecology & conservation

Some observations on surveying Native and Signal Crayfish

August 2000
Biological recording

Identification – Red-eyed damselflies

June 2000
Species identification

Freshwater Pearl Mussels in peril

June 2000
Species conservation

Songs of bush-crickets and grasshoppers and the use of ultrasound detectors

June 2000
Biological recording

The Duke of Burgundy – conserving the intractable

April 2000
Species conservation

Assessing butterflies’ status and decline

April 2000
Biological recording

Conserving the Barberry Carpet moth

February 2000
Species conservation

Bare ground and the conservation of invertebrates

February 2000
Conservation practice

Snowdonia’s Silver-studded Blues

December 1999
Natural history

The invertebrates of Britain’s wood pastures

December 1999
Natural history

The Large Blue butterfly – a decade of progress

October 1999
Species conservation

Identification – Leaf-cutter bees

August 1999
Species identification

Anisus vorticulus – a rare and threatened water snail

August 1999
Natural history

The Suffolk ant-lion Euroleon nostras

June 1999
Natural history

Identifying insects

February 1999
Species identification

The Scaly Cricket in Britain – A complete history from discovery to citizenship

February 1999
Natural history

The English Names of Moths

October 1998
Natural history

British Wood-ants

October 1998
Natural history

Variation on a Theme – Butterfly Aberrations

August 1998
Natural history

A Short History of Butterfly-collecting in Britain

August 1998
Natural history

Identification – Fritillary Butterflies

April 1998
Species identification

Butterflies for the New Millennium – a New Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland

February 1998
Biological recording

British Tree Aphids – Natural History and Conservation

February 1998
Natural history

The Purbeck Mason-wasp – back from the brink?

December 1997
Species conservation

The Private Lives of British Ladybirds

April 1997
Natural history

Identification – British Bee-flies

February 1997
Species identification

Fresh- and Brackish-water Molluscs: Some Current Conservation Issues

February 1997
Species conservation

The Field Cricket – Preventing Extinction

December 1996
Species conservation

Ant Nests, Sun and Shade – their measurement and significance for invertebrate conservation

October 1996
Natural history

Identification – Skipper Butterflies

April 1996
Species identification

The Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly – the Conservation of a Wandering Opportunist

April 1996
Natural history

The Demise of Butterflies in the New Forest

April 1996
Conservation trends

The Effects of Mechanical Beach-cleaning on Invertebrate Populations

February 1996
Conservation trends

Persevering Pea Crabs

December 1995
Natural history

Identification – Tiger Moths

April 1995
Species identification

Insects of Scottish Mountains

February 1995
Natural history

The Sandhill Rustic – the Unanswered Questions

October 1994
Natural history

Identification – Social Wasps

June 1994
Species identification

Locating and Conserving the Elusive Purple Emperor

June 1994
Natural history

The Rise and Fall of the Holly Blue Butterfly

April 1994
Natural history

The Enigma of the Burnet Moths of Western Scotland

April 1994
Natural history

Moth Traps and their Use

February 1994
Biological recording

Illustrated Identification Guides to Insects – A Review

December 1993
Species identification

The Conservation of Britain’s Wart-biter Bush-cricket

October 1993
Species conservation

Identification – Darter Dragonflies

June 1993
Species identification

Joint Committee for the Conservation of British Invertebrates: Guidelines tor Invertebrate Surveys

June 1993
Biological recording

Ticks and Lyme Disease

June 1993
Natural history

Land Molluscs and their Conservation – an Introduction

February 1993
Species conservation

Dungeness – a Shingle Beach and its Invertebrates

February 1993
Regional ecology & conservation

Britain’s Vanishing Fritillaries

June 1992
Species conservation

Identification – Forester and Burnet Moths

June 1992
Species identification

ls Dr Blair’s Shoulder-knot here to stay?

April 1992
Natural history

Identification – Oak Galls

February 1992
Species identification

Stinging Nettle Butterflies

August 1991
Natural history

Invertebrate Conservation – Principles and their application to broad-leaved woodland

August 1991
Conservation practice

Identification – Britain’s Biggest Water Beetles

June 1991
Species identification

The Chequered Skipper in Scotland

June 1991
Natural history

Identification – British Bush-crickets

April 1991
Species identification

The Native Crayfish and Threats to its Existence

February 1991
Species conservation

The Mystery of the Isle of Man’s Endangered Grasshopper

October 1990
Natural history

Seasonal Pools – an overlooked invertebrate habitat

October 1990
Natural history

Conserving Britain’s Rarest Moths

June 1990
Species conservation

Identification – British Grasshoppers

April 1990
Species identification

European Butterflies on the Brink

April 1990
Conservation trends

Identification – Small Blue Damselflies

December 1989
Species identification

Return of the Large Blue Butterfly

October 1989
Species conservation
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