This quiz has been kindly written by Rory Dimond from Buglife, the UK charity actively working to save Britain’s rarest little animals, everything from bees to beetles, worms to woodlice and jumping spiders to jellyfish.
If someone asked you to name an endangered species, you might think of big animals like pandas, elephants or gorillas but there are many much smaller creatures that also need our help, like snails, insects and spiders. Invertebrates (animals without a backbone) are the little things that run the world. They recycle waste, control pests and pollinate flowers so that we can grow many of our fruits and vegetables. Buglife is a UK environment charity which aims to halt the extinction of invertebrate species and to achieve sustainable populations of invertebrates for future generations. This quiz hopes to raise awareness of Buglife’s work and what they are doing to help the little things. See their website for lots more information, and help with answering the questions!
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Buglife aims to conserve all invertebrates in the UK and Ireland
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Buglife’s spiral symbol looks like a snail shell
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Since so many invertebrates on St Helena are found nowhere else on earth, the habitats on these islands must be protected to prevent them from going extinct
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..but it is still only found on 8 sites to date. Now you can see just how rare some invertebrates are and why they need special help from Buglife
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Perennial flowers (plants which flower for several years) have lots of tasty pollen and nectar for bumblebees. The other things aren’t liked by bumblebees
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Many people think brownfields are wastelands, but they are great habitats for bugs and some need protecting. See Buglife’s Brownfields webpage
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We need our wild pollinators just as much as honeybees if not more so and it is vital that we keep Britain buzzing. Just look at all the benefits pollinators bring!
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…as in the phrase to “make a bee line” for something. These corridors will help wildlife to move across the country and provide lots more food for pollinators
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Send in your selfies with wood ant nests to help Buglife record where they live
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There are no dangerous spiders breeding in the UK, and they are more likely to run away than bite you
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