Learn how how the complex lifestyle of social insects leads to complex reproductive models in the Brad Ashby Memorial Lecture.

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Sofia Dartnell (University of Cambridge) shares her research looking at the lifecycles and impacts of cuckoo bumblebees.

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Emma Plant (University of Glasgow) shares her research investigating how private green spaces support pollinator diversity in cities.

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Learn about ants of the genus Formica, including the wood ants and the slave-maker ant.

Formica ants are a genus of medium to large ants found across the Northern Hemisphere that includes the wood ants. They are highly social insects that live in large colonies, often building mound-shaped nests from soil and plant material, and are known for their aggressive defence using formic acid, a chemical named after them. Formica ants play an important ecological role by controlling other insect populations, aerating soil, and sometimes farming aphids for honeydew, with some species even capturing workers from other ant species to support their colonies.

This entoLEARN webinar will explore the species of ant within the genus Formica that occur in the UK. Gary Skinner will explore aspects of their ecology, behaviour, distribution and identification.

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Learn about ants of the genus Lasius, including familiar species such as the Yellow Meadow Ant and the Black Garden Ant.

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Learn about ants of the genus Myrmica, a group of ants that can be tricky to identify and includes the Common Red Ant.

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