BENHS Members' Day 2026 is nearly here!
Excellent talks, our Gold Medal presentation, chance to see fellow members in person as well as our Annual Meeting (held online in recent years).
Saturday 21st March 10am to 4pm.
See the full programme on our website: www.benhs.org.uk/event/member...
Missed our Brad Ashby lecture 'One Mother For Two Species: The Complex Lifecycle of Harvester Ants' last week? You can catch up on YouTube now!
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Any of our members not registered for the 2026 Brad Ashby lecture tonight? Access the Zoom link through the member’s area of our website (you’ll need to register if you haven’t accessed the member’s area before).
Missing the event? We’ll let you know when the recording is available!
Have you registered yet for our 2026 Brad Ashby lecture?
We'll be hearing about The Complex Lifecycle of Harvester Ants from Dr Jonathan Romiguier
7pm 29th Jan 2026
Free, online and open to all!
The 2026 Members Open Day calendar is published.
Beginning January 11th, Dr Gavin Broad will be on hand all day, members are welcome to drop in for help with Hymenoptera identification, advice on specimen preservation, general questions about biology.
www.benhs.org.uk/events/
Have you checked out our 4th edition of the popular Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland yet? Free to download in 3 digital formats!
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You can now register for free for our 2026 Brad Ashby Annual Lecture with @lnhs.bsky.social
7pm Thu January 29th 2026 on Zoom
We'll be hearing about The Complex Lifecycle of Harvester Ants from Dr Jonathan Romiguier, Université de Montpellier - with a special and fascinating example of xenoparity!
Finally a massive congratulations to the winners of our exhibit prizes: Julian Clarke, Hawk Honey and Melissa Banthorpe. You can catch highlights of the exhibits in our upcoming Journal.
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We were delighted to present the 2025 @marshawards.bsky.social to Mark Gurney, Laurence Clemons and David Brown for outstanding contributions to the field. More information on the award can be found on the Marsh Charitable Trust website: www.marshcharitabletrust.org/award/marsh-...
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It was wonderful to see many familiar and new faces at our Annual Exhibition yesterday, a great turn out of fascinating specimens, photographs and posters as well as lots of publications to browse and purchase 🪲🔬🦋
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Yesterday, @britentsoc.bsky.social published the 4th edition of the popular Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Completely updated and free to download in 3 digital formats: PDF, spreadsheet, and an Android App! Further details at www.benhs.org.uk/publications... #TeamMoth
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Are you joining us at our Exhibition this Saturday? A chance to meet other members and browse interesting displays! To find out more including contributing to the Exhibition visit our website
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Not a member?
30% discounts on handbooks are also available for non-RES members who are part of @amentsoc.bsky.social & @britentsoc.bsky.social.
We are happy to arrange this for other entomological societies - If interested, please get in touch to discuss with our team via info@royensoc.co.uk 🦋
Insect science is global 🌍 We're a signatory with 33 organisations representing 25,000 insect scientists committing to deepen our collaborative efforts to seek solutions to the world’s challenges and support the global entomological community
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Are you joining us for this year's Exhibition on the 1st November? This important part of the BENHS calendar is an opportunity to meet other members and our affiliated societies whilst perusing significant insect voucher specimens, photographs and posters www.benhs.org.uk/event/annual...
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@marctaylor.bsky.social
Weevil Identification workshop – Angela Marmont Centre November 8 10:30 am - 4:00 pm Tutor: Mark Gurney
For beginners to those wanting to get familiar with trickier groups.
Book a place; email, supplying a contact phone: indoormeetings@benhs.org.uk
Image: Mark Gurney
BENHS ID Workshop
Dinton Pastures, Nr. Reading December 6th 2025 10:30 am - 4:00 pm
Wasps with a single forewing sub-marginal cell – Mike Edwards
To book a place please mail, supplying a contact phone: indoormeetings@benhs.org.uk
Image: Mike Edwards
BENHS Dinton Pastures – October 4th 2025
An Introduction to the Identification of UK Spiders – Michael Davis and William Blumsom
Gain the knowledge to identify common spider families and species.
Book a place by mailing, with contact phone: indoormeetings@benhs.org.uk
Image: Steven Falk
@britentsoc.bsky.social
BENHS Dinton Pastures-An introduction to myriapods and isopods - Duncan Sivell November 22
Workshop on centipedes, millipedes and woodlice that will give an overview of the British fauna.
Book a place by mailing, supplying a contact phone: indoormeetings@benhs.org.uk
Are you a member and interested in accessing our library, collections and equipment? Our Members Open Days are a great way to visit our Headquarters at Dinton Pastures and the next is this Sunday! www.benhs.org.uk/event/member...
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Enjoying the warm weather and interested in joining others in the field? We have some exciting field meetings across the summer to get involved in - see events marked in green on the website www.benhs.org.uk/events/
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Beetling into a week of leave with @britentsoc.bsky.social 🐞🪲, #DeepPurple 🤘🤘, and #ArborAles 🍻
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New digital publication available for free on our website! A checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles (2nd Edition): covering all British macro-moths, micro-moths and butterflies, this is an indispensable reference for any serious lepidopterist. www.benhs.org.uk/publications...
01.06.2025 09:25 — 👍 44 🔁 19 💬 1 📌 0Deadline on Saturday to apply for this funding round, if you're interested get in touch!
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Bookings are going well so don’t miss out on the BENHS Harvestman workshop with Meg Skinner and her new test British key to ID them . . .
To book: mail indoormeetings@benhs.org.uk providing a mobile contact number.
Are you looking for funding for entomological research? This year we have an additional opportunity to submit to our Professor Hering and Maitland Emmet Funds by 31st May 2025. See more on our website www.benhs.org.uk/about/grants...
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BENHS Dinton Pastures - Soldierflies and Allies workshop - Martin Harvey May 3rd, 10:30 - 16:00. Dinton Pastures, Nr. Reading.
To book a place mail; indoormeetings@benhs.org.uk, please supply a mobile phone contact number
Image: Steven Falk
BENHS Harvestman ID workshop - Meg Skinner June 7 @ 10:30 am - 4:00 pm Dinton Pasture, Nr. Reading
Meg runs the UK recording scheme for Harvestmen through the British Arachnological Society
To book a place mail; indoormeetings@benhs.org.uk, supplying a mobile phone contact number
Only three weeks to go until our Annual Members' Day at Oxford University Museum of Natural History! Access the full programme here: www.benhs.org.uk/event/member...
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For those of you who missed our Annual Virtual Meeting on Saturday, you can watch the recordings now! The AGM is available through the website members' area and the guest speaker, Andrew Halstead, is available to all here youtu.be/IBjdj0OXa5U
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