So excited to be involved in this event! 🪲🐞🐛🐜🦋

Totally wonderful beaver collages created in the workshop today! Thanks for making me so welcome!

This week I have been attempting to illustrate dragonflies. #collage #papercut #scicomm #sciart #dragonfly

Before cutting your lawn and treating it with weedkiller, consider how many creatures love living in long grass. Let grass grow lusciously long and help wildlife thrive. #nomow may #nomow #urbannature #buzzandscuttle

Please help wildlife this year by letting your lawn grow long and encouraging native wildflowers to bloom. Please avoid using weedkillers & pesticides which harm the environment and instead turn your garden into a beautiful haven for wildlife! #urbannature #insectgarden

Here is just a tiny selection of the wonderful insect artwork created at out Family Collage Workshop today in Midsomer Norton! Thanks to ⁦Somer Valley Rediscovered⁩ for organising this lovely event.

Dandelions are looking splendid at the moment!

I am delighted to be involved in the Festival of Nature 2024. Go to ⁦Festival of Nature⁩ for a complete event guide. I will be running insect collage workshops in the ⁦UWE Bristol⁩ tent! Do drop by!

The Festival of Nature 2024 programme is here! 🐸📣

Join the UK’s largest celebration of the natural world this summer, 1-9 June. 🙌🐦

70 free events to get involved in across Bristol & Bath! 🎪 #FestOfNature

View the programme and grab your tickets: 🔗 festivalofnature.org.uk

Family Insect Collage Workshop with Marian Hill 🐞

Book here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/family-insec…

We love these printable identification charts from Marian Hill - perfect for minibeast hunts! You can find them here: buzzandscuttle.com

#teachoutdoors #outdoorlearning

A shieldbug’s outer shell can’t grow, so every time it becomes too tight, the developing bug sheds a skin to reveal a new one underneath. Each stage of the insect’s development is known as an instar & the insect can look radically different each time it sheds a layer! Amazing!

Ivy offers vital protection for roosting birds & hibernating insects. Its autumn flowers provide valuable food for a host of insects & its berries are food for hungry birds. #insecthabitat #urbanwildlife #insectgarden #naturegarden #wildgarden

I will be running a free insect collage workshop in Sydney Gardens, Bath on Wed 6th Sept at 1pm. Spaces can be reserved through Eventbrite: eventbrite.com/cc/bath-parks-… . Why not come along and illustrate an insect! Bath Life Love Bath

Some may say my garden is unsightly as the lawn is a long tangle of grasses, oregano, ragwort and clover. But I love it’s wildness and the fact it’s full of beautiful insects. Today I’ve already spotted a 7-spot Ladybird, Hairy Shieldbug, Cinnamon Bug & baby Green Shieldbug .

Before spraying insecticide or scattering slug pellets on your garden, be aware you will be harming a host of ‘pest’ control insect experts who will hunt aphids, caterpillars, slugs & snails for free! These species should be welcome guests in any garden! #organic #urbannature

If you missed Marian and her beautiful bug illustrations on BBC Springwatch the other day, you can still catch up on iPlayer: bit.ly/3NN7V2I (about 21 mins in) 🐞🐝

Fantastic species ID charts by the amazing Marian Hill who recently featured on BBC Springwatch are available & are a brilliant resource. Download your own copy, record what you see & and help biodiversity recovery in your local area. liveherelovehere.org/cgi-bin/generi…

#insectweek

Some say that our garden is a disgraceful mess… but it’s a buzz with insects and flowers. Leaving grass to seed may be regarded as unsightly by many but grass seeds offer food for many insects. Just let things grow and enjoy creating beautiful habitat for amazing insects!

We are so proud of our friend Marian Hill who was featured on BBC Springwatch watch last night.

After a behind the scenes visit to the Museum, Marian developed her practice to create collages of insects to help people identify native bugs

#artandscience #insects