An Introduction to the Identification of UK Spiders - Michael Davis BENHS Dinton Pastures – June 8 – 2024, 10:30 – 16:00 During this workshop participants will gain the knowledge to identify many of the common spider families and species encountered in homes and gardens as well as the wider countryside. In addition, participants will […]

Hoverfly identification - Martin Harvey BENHS Dinton Pastures - June 15 - 2024, 10:30 - 16:00. This workshop will mostly focus on the identification of hoverfly specimens using keys and microscopes. If the weather is suitable we will also include a short field session within the grounds at Dinton Pastures, and we'll cover the use […]

A reintroduction to Ophion - Indoor Workshop - Gavin Broad Gavin Broad is a principal curator at the Natural Historry Museum and works on ichneumonoid wasps. He likes parasitoid wasps and hopes you will too. Ophion is a genus of nocturnal ichneumonid wasps which are parasitoids of caterpillars. Most species are very similar and identification […]

This course will cover the identification of UK harvestmen using microscopes, using reference specimens and discussing features used to identify to species level. The course will also include collection and identification of species in the field. Meg Skinner works as an invertebrate ecologist and runs the UK recording scheme for Harvestmen through the British Arachnological […]

Image: Steven Falk Led by Bill Blumsom, Wiltshire County Recorder for Spiders and Regional Organiser, Wiltshire for the British Arachnological Society. This field-based workshop is aimed at beginners and those with a general interest in spiders. It will include a brief introduction to spiders and their basic structure, life cycles and behaviours. We will collect […]

  Tutors – Chris Raper and Matt Smith, who organise the Tachinid Recording Scheme, link below: https://tachinidae.org.uk/blog/ You will be using their well developed key from The Dipterist Forum Annual Fly School held a Preston Montford FSC February 2024, the key containing 41 new species since Belshaw’s 1993 Key. If you possess your own specimens […]