{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"2022 Archive of RENATURED, Marina Zurkow's Research Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022","author_name":"Marina","author_url":"https:\/\/o-matic.com\/blog-archive-2022\/blog\/author\/admin\/","title":"National Insect Week","html":"Well I'll be; who knew?\r\n\r\nThe Royal Entomological Society, that's who.\r\n\r\nI am sad they only do even years - the next National Insect Week is in 2010\r\n\r\nBut they continue to host competitions like Close Encounters:<\/a>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_703\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"230\" caption=\"TV presenter Kate Humble has a \u2018close encounter\u2019 with an elephant hawk moth. Photo from http:\/\/www.nationalinsectweek.com\/close_comp.php\"]\"TV[\/caption]\r\n\r\n...and to offer loads of information on the National Insect Week<\/a> web site.\r\n\r\nThere's some great contextual material on insects as pollution indicators, on insect-friendly gardens, and on participating in insect surveys.\r\n\r\nSeriously playful, and clearly in a long line of enthusiastic amateur naturalists. Here are some links -\r\n\r\nThe\u00a0 Royal Entomological Society<\/a> hosts events, conferences, and publishes pamphlets + books like this one:\r\n\r\n\"A Year in the Lives of British Ladybirds,\"\r\n
Iconically coloured, friends to farmers and gardeners alike, and named\r\nafter The Virgin Mary, Ladybirds are undoubtedly the most popular of all\r\nthe beetles...\r\n\r\nWritten by three hugely experienced \u2018ladybirders\u2019, the book provides\r\ninstructions of how, when and where to find different species of ladybird,\r\nhow to identify the adults, and facilitates involvement in current research\r\nprojects on ladybirds. Excitingly, the book sets out ways in which readers\r\ncan contribute to national surveys of ladybirds, initiated as a result of the\r\nrecent arrival of the invasive alien harlequin ladybird in 2004.<\/blockquote>","type":"rich"}