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NIW Public Lecture Series

During National Insect Week 2008, the Royal Entomological Society staged a special series of
entertaining and informative Public Lectures on intriguing aspects of the life of insects.

The Public Lectures were free to attend and were held in the following UK cities:

Day & time

Location

Speaker

Mon

2.00 pm

Chelsea Physic Garden, London

Lin Field & James Logan

 

Mosquitoes: The Deadliest Animals on the Planet?

 

Tue

6.00 pm

York St John’s University, York

David Chesmore

 

The World of Insect Sounds

 

Tue

6.30 pm

University of Cambridge Botanic Garden

Peter Brown

 

Alien vs Predator – UK Ladybirds and the Threat of an Invader

 

Wed

6.00 pm

University of Plymouth, Plymouth

Robin Wootton

 

Insects – Those Magnificent Flying Machines

 

Wed

7.30 pm

Liverpool Museum, Liverpool

Ian Wallace

 

Breathing Underwater – How to Take Over a World

 

Thu

3.00 pm

Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute, Belfast

Archie Murchie

 

Hop, Skip and Creep – The Influx of Insects into Ireland

 

Thu

6.00 pm

RES, Mansion House, St Albans

John Pickett

 

Less Violence and More Sex: Pest Control in the Garden

 

Thu

7.00 pm

Thorpe House School, Norwich

Ben Aldiss

 

Should We Be Afraid of Wasps?

 

Fri

1.00 pm

The Old Courtroom, Brighton

Martin Hall

 

Maggots and Murders: The Role of Insect Evidence in Criminal Investigations

 

Sat

1.00 pm

David Hume Tower, Edinburgh

Craig MacAdam

 

Life – and Death – in the Dragon’s Den

 
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