Learn To Love Ants is an introduction to to one of our planet’s most numerous insect groups, introducing aspects of their biology, ecology and behaviour. Important ecosystem engineers and highly successful social insects, ants can be found almost anywhere and they display a host of different behaviours depending on species, habitat, or caste (whether they’re queens, workers or soldiers). On this course, you will learn all about their hidden empires and their fascinating secret lives.

This course combines the use of classroom-led learning and outside learning opportunities led by… Read more

Research papers and other publications using BWARS data

BWARS is an organisation whose primary aim is to gather data on the distribution on the British and (to an extent) Irish aculeate faunas. The Society recognises that the true value of data is in its use and not its mere possession. To that end, BWARS makes its data available to researchers, conservation organisations, (both statutory and NGO) and other interested parties freely on the simple condition of due acknowledgement. The list below covers publications that have used BWARS data in their analyses,… Read more

Research papers and other publications using BWARS data

BWARS is an organisation whose primary aim is to gather data on the distribution on the British and (to an extent) Irish aculeate faunas. The Society recognises that the true value of data is in its use and not its mere possession. To that end, BWARS makes its data available to researchers, conservation organisations, (both statutory and NGO) and other interested parties freely on the simple condition of due acknowledgement. The list below covers publications that have used BWARS data in their analyses,… Read more

BWARS AGM and Members’ Day took place on Sunday 24th October 2021 from 10:00 am

Meeting was held over Zoom

AGM Agenda

There will be the opportunity to ask short questions via the Chat function on Zoom.

Voting will take place ‘en bloc’ at the end of each section, via Zoom poll. The poll question will read: ‘On the motion before us, do you agree?’ and the options will be ‘yes’, ‘no’, ‘abstain’.

1. Introduction to Tanyptera 10:00 Leanna Dixon will introduce the Tanyptera project and explain housekeeping in terms of Zoom.
2. Welcome. The… Read more

The primarily tropical genus Strumigenys Smith 1860 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) are minute predators with a growing history of global introductions but rarely able to establish in temperate zones outside of heated infrastructures. The Australasian Strumigenys perplexa has been recently found in Guernsey in outdoor locations. You can read full details here Matt Hamer et al 2021

Flying Ant Days - please enter your observations here Enter data page

Scientists from the University of Leeds are looking for assistence in collecting data on where and when "flying ant days occur". Please help by completing an online form at the link above. You can read more about this BioDAR Project to the right.

A crib sheet by Steven Falk to aid the identification of bumblebees with bands and red tails (i.e excluding those with unbanded black bodies and red tails) - 2021

A crib sheet by Steven Falk to aid in the identification of female cuckoo bumblebees - 2021

The eusocial wasp Polistes biglumis was formerly added to the British list on the basis of several females and males present in July to September 2020 at a country park on the Kent coast (Hazlehurst, 2020). The number present implied at least one nest. It is a larger species than other Polistes - queens can reach a length of up to 16 millimeters, worker up to 14 millimeters.

Species pages have been created for Polistes nimpha and Pemphredon fabricii. Both were added to the British list in 2021.