Creepy-crawly celebrity contest will highlight UK’s threatened species
by Robin McKie, Observer science editor from on (#G5A7)
Royal Society of Biology asks Britons to choose their favourite bug to focus attention on over-use of pesticides, loss of habitat and climate change
Vote for your favourite here
The top British insects - in pictures
Vote for your favourite here
The top British insects - in pictures
Britons are to be asked to pick their favourite creepy-crawly this weekend. A poll to select Britain's best bug is to be launched today on Sunday by the Royal Society of Biology as part of its campaign to raise awareness of the plight of the nation's insects. Candidates for the accolade include the seven-spot ladybird, the buff-tailed bumblebee, the stag beetle and the emperor dragonfly.
The poll is part of a campaign that is being run by the society to publicise the plight of British invertebrates which are now suffering from the impact of a triple whammy of environmental impacts: loss of habitat, over-use of pesticides and climate change.
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