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Our next webinar in our Sussex Research Series!

Dr. Ciaran Harris will be discussing how the honeybee can inform us about the seasons of the year that contain shortages of nectar or pollen. He will also explore how this information can improve our efforts to help bees & other pollinators.

Link 👇

Did you miss @dave.goulson Entolive webinar yesterday? Want to hear about the results of The Big Bee Hotel Experiment 2024?

You can watch the whole webinar for free here: youtu.be/6c_YhzKD0mo?...

Join Linda for a light-hearted look into some of her favourite strange insect stories, and find out:

😍about the anarchic ways of French chafer beetles
😍why Australia has monuments to moths
😍that time bee poo caused an international incident...

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#CrocusChallenge returns!

2024: 3333 crocuses planted 😍

Instructions:

🌷Plant your crocuses

🌷When they bloom, share your photos on socials by tagging us and #CrocusChallenge or email them to us at buzzclub@sussex.ac.uk

🌷Comment on this post with how many crocuses you have planted!

Another fun find for our Bug Bunkers Project - O. villosa is one of the largest springtails in the UK, reaching up to 5mm in length.

We now have recorded 7375 individual invertebrates as part of this survey - and still one month to go!

Thanks to Sabina George for this photo.

Who knew a barkfly nymph could be so adorable!?

A find from our Bug Bunkers project by Harriet & Tej - thanks 😍

Barkflies are an important part of your garden ecosystem - they make tasty snacks for predatory insects, spiders and some birds!

#citizenscience #research #bugs #critters #nymph #baby

🔔Introducing: The Buzz Club's Sussex Research Webinar Series! 🔔

Our first talk is called 'Meadow Spittlebug, the 'Foam Lover'!' and will be delivered by Susmita Aown.

Book your ticket now: www.tickettailor.com/events/thebu...

#research #phd #meadow #spittlebug #grass #insects #food #webinar

A different kind of morning for us today! Can you guess who we are next collaborating with?

Earwi’GO! ran from 2021 – 2024, focusing on making earwig ‘hotels’ (day time shelters) from easily-available materials. Join us for the Earwi’GO! retrospective, where our volunteers encounter record heatwaves, slug sabotage, wandering wiglets and the distracting allure of rattan lamps

Link below!

Great to hear that this bug bunkers find has sparked a local efforts to support glow worms by:

⭐️improving habitat for the mating season

⭐️ to make a more coordinated record of this species in the area.

Thanks to all involved!

#glowworms #bugs #winter #larvae

Starting the New Year off with a great finding in our Bug Bunkers Project.

This is a pirate spider egg sac, found in a bug bunker at Gosling Sike @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social ! Pirate spiders create these awesome structures which contain 5-15 eggs.

What have you found so far in 2025?

Ou Buzz Club Wrapped for 2024!

Thanks to everyone who volunteered, supported and partnered with us this year 🐝

Head to our website to learn how to make yummy reindeer food that is also safe for the environment!: www.thebuzzclub.uk/buzzkids

#reindeer #christmas #gardens #winter #fatherchristmas #sleigh #rudolphtherednosedreindeer

1 week to go until our online Christmas Quiz
Fundraiser Event!

This will be a fun, christmassy evening that will celebrate the Buzz Club in 2024 and test your insecty knowledge - there will even be a bonus round on the Buzz Club staff

So book your tickets now!: www.tickettailor.com/events/thebu...