Introduction to Invertebrates Workshop for Teens

Learn how to identify invertebrates and their ecology.

This day will explain why invertebrates matter, and how their ecology and behaviour affects the ways in which we survey for them. We will try out the range of techniques for finding and surveying invertebrates in grasslands, scrub, woodland and ponds. This will include direct searching and transects, sampling methods such as beating and sweeping, and trapping techniques such as pitfalls and baited traps (with syrup for ants!).

Having found lots of invertebrates, we will examine some of them indoors, with microscopes, and look at the sorts of things that help us to identify species.

You may also like the following events from Great Fen:

• This Wednesday, 18th June, 10:30 am, Great Fen Little Bugs in Huntingdon
• This Saturday, 21st June, 10:00 am, Youth Rangers of the Fens - Butterfly transect at Woodwalton Fen NNR in Huntingdon
• Next month, 2nd July, 12:00 pm, Great Fen at Groundswell in Hitchin

Also check out other Workshops in Huntingdon.