Collecting and conserving
Insects living high in the forest canopy fall into these collecting funnels after the trees are sprayed with insecticide. No other animals are affected.
Find out everything you need to know to become an amateur bug collector. What equipment should you use? Which colours attract flies? And why is leopard dung useful?! Also, learn about the history of butterfly and moth collection, including stories from recent Natural History Museum expeditions around the world.
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Discovering butterflies in Colombia
Find out about a Museum curator's fieldwork in Colombia that involved camping in the mountains and discovering a new species of butterfly.
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Museum butterfly collection stories
Phil Ackery discusses the Museum’s extensive collection of butterflies and collecting expeditions of the past.
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Big Trees, Small Moths: A Taxonomist's Rainforest Odyssey
Museum entomologist Gaden Robinson discusses his expeditions to the jungles of West Malaysia and Brunei.
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Rhinoceros beetle CT scan
Watch this short video of rhinoceros beetle images captured by the Museum's state-of-the-art scanning technology.
Beetle blog
Go behind the scenes with Beulah Garner, one of the curators looking after 9 million beetle specimens in the Museum collections. Discover the projects and fieldwork she and colleagues are involved in, and find out more about the fascinating world of beetles.
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