Share Your Experience on Ethics Applications
FeatureAre you a researcher working with insects? We need your insights!
The Royal Entomological Society is conducting a landmark survey to better understand current practices, challenges and experiences of UK researchers towards insect ethic applications.
Whether you currently submit ethics applications, voluntarily engage in the process, or do not submit applications at all, we want to hear from you.
Deadline to participate: 1 April 2025
Winning images revealed in RES Photography Competition 2024
FeatureThe Royal Entomological Society has announced the winners of its 2024 Photography Competition, unveiling a selection of amazing up-close images of fascinating insects.
The annual competition, organised by the UK’s leading insect science charity, celebrates the skill and creativity of amateur photographers, showcasing the diversity of insect life across the world. With interest in macro photography on the rise, the competition received almost a thousand entries from keen photographers from 44 countries.
View the gallery and enter your best three images to the 2025 photography competition now.
Identify an insect
FeatureNeed help identifying an insect you’ve seen?
Why not ask one of our experts.
This service is provided free of charge to the public as part of the Royal Entomological Society’s commitment to public benefit.
Commercial enquirers are encouraged to make a donation to the society towards this identification service.
Join our international community today
FeatureMuch like the diversity of insects, there are many ways to support us and our work. One of those is joining our community of insect scientists and enthusiasts.
We offer a range of membership types to suit the level of your interests and experience.
Continuous membership to the society offers credibility in the field of entomological study and shows devoted passion for insect science.
Antenna Volume 48 (3) 2024
FeatureAntenna Volume 48 (3) 2024 is now live for members to read online.
Read:
– The noisy, deceptive ultrasonic world of moths and bats
– ‘Theatre of Insects’: an exhibition of rare entomology books in the Old Library, Queens’ College
– A triumph for pollinator conservation in the Doon Valley
and much more.
Not a member? Read the free sample on the Antenna webpage.
RES responds to report on insect decline and food security
FeatureAfter giving written and oral evidence, the Royal Entomological Society responds to the House of Commons – Science, Innovation and Technology Committee report on insect decline and UK food security.
Our landmark grand challenges study, published 21 March 2023, in Insect Conservation and Diversity, sets out the ‘grand challenges’ facing insect scientists now and into the future. The report highlights areas of insect science that require the most urgent attention to conserve insects and the important services that they provide, helping people and global biodiversity to flourish.
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Meet the Editor: Sassan Asgari
Meet the Editor: Sassan Asgari Sassan Asgari has served as an Editor-in-Chief for Insect Molecular Biology since the beginning of 2023. Insect Molecular Biology is the RES journal that focuses on insect genomics/genes and proteomics/proteins, and this interview gives a glimpse into one of the key people behind the journal. Tell us a bit about the person behind the title Editor-in-Chief.…
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Laurence Mound Honoured
The Royal Entomological Society is delighted to congratulate Prof. Laurence Mound Hon.FRES, the globally renowned thripsologist, on his appointment as Officer of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours 2024. This prestigious recognition celebrates his outstanding contributions to entomology, particularly in the study of plant-feeding insects. Laurence Mound has dedicated his career to understanding thrips, describing over 640…
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Meet the Editor: Sheena Cotter
Meet the Editor: Sheena Cotter Sheena Cotter has been one of the Editors-in-Chief of RES journal Ecological Entomology since 2020. She is the first in our series of editor interviews, giving our members and the wider entomological community a peek into the person behind the role. Tell us a bit about the person behind the title Editor-in-Chief. I grew up in…
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