News

This section of the site contains news of the activities of the AES. The most recent items are listed below. By following the links you can read the full article.

You can also browse the archive of news items ordered by month and year or search for a specific news item.

Recent news items

16 July 2008
AES Exhibition trading forms available
The Amateur Entomologists' Society is pleased to announce that the traders' application forms for the AES Annual Exhibition and Trade Fair 2008 in October are now available. The forms can be...
11 July 2008
Have you seen a Ghost slug?
An all-white, carnivorous slug has been discovered in south Wales. The slug has now been described as a species new to science by biologists at Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum Wales) and at Cardiff...
06 July 2008
Born to be Wild, an AES member on the BBC
In 2007, the BBC filmed the family of AES council member Phil Wilkins for the new BBC4 television programme "Born to be Wild". Britain has a long tradition of amateur naturalists taking to the wilds...
03 July 2008
Help save hawkmoths at the NHM
The Natural History Museum (NHM) in London has a rare opportunity to acquire an outstanding collection of 229,000 hawkmoth specimens. The hawkmoths were painstakingly gathered by a passionate...
24 June 2008
New book reveals the lives of British ladybirds
Iconically coloured, friends to farmers and gardeners alike, and named after The Virgin Mary, ladybirds are undoubtedly the most popular of all the beetles. This book, which originated...

Browse other news items »

News from the AES is also available as an RSS newsfeed. Information on how you can use our newsfeeds is available.