Leicestershire & Rutland Entomological Society

Leicestershire Entomological Society was established in 1988 with the aim to foster the study and conservation of insects and other invertebrates in and around Leicestershire and Rutland (Watsonian Vice-County 55). In 2022 the Society changed its name to Leicestershire & Rutland Entomological Society (LRES) to reflect our area of operation.

Membership Enquiries: LeicestershireRutlandEntSoc@gmail.com

Download: LRES Membership Application Form 2024

Programme 2024-25:
Meetings are on Thursdays at Kirby Muxloe Free Church, Main Street, Kirby Muxloe LE9 2AN (SK517042) (unless otherwise stated). Guests are welcome to join us at meetings. Map & directions: https://goo.gl/maps/anrvVpY6PqD2.

• Thursday September 12th 2024, 7.00-9.30pm - Member's Evening
• Thursday October 17th 2024, 7.00-9.30pm - Ray Morris, "Gall Midges"
• Thursday November 14th 2024, 7.00-9.30pm – Dave Nicholls, "Sawflies"
• FRIDAY December 13th, via Zoom - Kevin Rowley, Aquatic Bug Recorder for Northamptonshire, "Aquatic Invertebrates", 7.30pm
• Thursday January 16th, via Zoom - Martin Harvey, "Soldierflies and allies in Leicestershire and beyond", 7.30pm
• WEDNESDAY 5th February 2025 7.30pm - "Ants - Ecology and Behaviour", Brian Eversham, Chief Executive, Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Joint Meeting with Leicester Literary & Philosophical Society Natural History Section. Quaker Meeting House, 16 Queens Road, Leicester LE2 1WP.
• Thursday February 20th 2025, 7.00-9.30pm - Alan Cann, "Harvestmen"
• Thursday March 20th 2025, 7.00-9.30pm - Sue Timms/Kate Nightingale, "VC55 Bug Checklists"
• Thursday April 24th 2025, 7.00-9.30pm - AGM & Member's Evening

Committee 2024: 
Nicola Bashforth 
Alan Cann - Secretary
Ray Morris - Chair 
Sue Timms 
Steve Woodward - Newsletter Editor 
Treasurer - Vacant 

The following Society Occasional Publications and newsletters can be viewed as pdf files and copies may be saved and distributed for personal and non-commercial use: