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DARK SECRETS: Buglife - The Real Truth

Say no to pesticides, mix up your lawn – and six more ways to help bees to thrive

Like so many flying insects, these essential pollinators are suffering because of habitat loss and the overuse of chemicals. Here’s how to give them a healthier, happier home

The Guardian - UK

‘Bee buffets’: the pollinator pathways turning drab alleys into insect havens

Corridors of nectar-rich plants encourage pollination and brighten up city streets at the same time

The Guardian - UK

‘Brownfields can be rich habitats’: the abandoned oil refinery where wildlife now thrives

Conservationists say Canvey Wick in Essex shows potential for brownfield sites as havens for nature

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Pot-plant trade is ‘hitchhiker pathway’ for invasive flatworms, say UK experts

Rise in sightings prompts call for ban on soil imports, to prevent entry of more species that eat earthworms and degrade soil

The Guardian - UK

‘Alarming’ bug splat decline on UK cars raises fears for flying insect numbers

Annual survey of numberplates from more than 25,000 journeys reveals 63% fall in squashed bugs since 2021

The Guardian - UK

UK conservation goals insufficient to save ants and bees, says expert

Science committee chair calls for monitored species to include groups such as moths, lice and hymenoptera

The Guardian - UK

Council set to drop Essex wildlife site from housing plan after eight-year fight

Middlewick Ranges in Colchester considered to be of national importance for nightingales and acid grassland

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Are some of your household products killing insects and wildlife?

Flea treatments for dogs, ant killer, washing-up liquid and herbicides may be partly to blame for decline in UK

The Guardian - UK

The frogs may be gone, but life goes on: how I regained my faith in gardening for wildlife

The extremes of the climate crisis mean it’s harder than ever to provide a garden haven for birds, insects and other animals

The Guardian - UK

Earthworm crowned UK invertebrate of the year by Guardian readers

Lumbricus terrestris claims landslide victory with 38% of vote, while Asian or yellow-legged hornet comes in last with 0.8%

The Guardian - UK

Medicinal leeches poised for comeback in Scottish Highlands

Project aims to release hundreds into lochs and streams after centuries of habitat loss and exploitation

The Guardian - UK

Fewer insects hitting your car windscreen? Here's why

Every summer for almost the last 20 years, volunteers from the Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife, both in the UK, have been tracking car number plates. But not in the the way you might think. Their inspections aim to register the numbers of flying insects hit by vehicles.

The Conversation

Red fire ant colonies found in Italy and could spread across Europe, says study

Researchers identify 88 nests of destructive invasive non-native species near Syracuse in Sicily

The Guardian - UK

Current insecticide safety tests inadequate, research suggests

Researchers have found that bees have different versions of a nerve cell receptor that is targeted by insecticides.

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Flying insect numbers plunge 64% since 2004, UK survey finds

Scientists behind car number plate study say ‘potentially catastrophic’ decline must be reversed

Wales Online

Bug splat survey shows ‘potentially catastrophic declines’ in insect numbers

'Urgent action is required to address the loss of the diversity and abundance of insect life'

The Guardian - UK

‘Brexit freedoms bill’ could abolish all pesticide protections, campaigners say

Bill would see 570 EU-derived environmental laws removed at end of 2023, with little time to replace them

Liverpool Echo

UK braced for daddy long legs invasion over the next two weeks

There could be a record number of the bugs this autumn

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Brits warned 200 billion daddy long legs could invade UK homes in next two weeks

Thanks to a record-breaking hot and dry summer this year the breeding conditions have been made perfect for the creepy crawlies to proliferate across people's homes

Daily Record

Billions of daddy long legs to invade homes for two weeks during mating season

This summer offered perfect breeding conditions for the gangly creatures.

Wales Online

Experts say billions of daddy long legs to invade our homes in next two weeks

Weather conditions have made for ideal breeding conditions and there are now an estimated 200billion crane flies ready to hatch

Belfast Live

Belfast parks getting £108k to create insect super highways in first NI Buglife project

The 'Belfast's Buzzing' project aims to restore habitat for insect pollinators at several parks

The National (Scotland)

Urgent calls made to protect rare animal and plants from development projects

URGENT calls have been made for an estuary home to more than 1000 invertebrate species and rare flowering plants to be protected from future…

Daily Record

Squashed bugs on number plates shows 'terrifying' drop in insects in Scotland

Insects and other invertebrates are vital to maintaining a balanced environment.

The Guardian - UK

Flying insect numbers have plunged by 60% since 2004, British survey finds

Scientists behind survey of car number plates said drop was ‘terrifying’, as life on Earth depends on insects

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