Leicestershire & Rutland Entomological Society

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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
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeicestershireRutlandEntSoc
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LREntSoc

Download: LRES Membership Application Form 2024

Programme 2023-24:
All meetings on Fridays, 7-9pm in St Bart’s Community Hall, 71 Main Street, Kirby Muxloe, LE9 2AL (unless otherwise stated). Guests are welcome to join us at meetings. 

Friday October 20 - Members Evening
Friday November 17 - Sue Timms & Kate Nightingale - "Hemiptera (Bug) recording in VC55 - towards a checklist" 
Friday December 8 - Paul Palmer - "Identifying those tricky little micro moths" 
Friday January 19 - Ivan Pedley - "Sardinian Arthropods"
Friday February 16 Sue Timms & Hazel Graves - Mines and Galls
Friday March 15 - AGM & Members Evening

Committee 2023: 
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:

LES Occasional Publications

LESOPS 1 - The Hoverflies of Some Woodlands in Leicestershire - John Kramer
LESOPS 2 - The Hawkmoths of Hinckley District - Ray Morris
LESOPS 3 - The Hoverflies of a Leicester Garden - Neil Frankum
LESOPS 4 - The Macro-Lepidoptera of Burbage Wood - Ray Morris
LESOPS 5 - The Wetland and Riparian Coleoptera of the Soar Valley 1. Carabidae - Derek Lott
LESOPS 6 - The Butterflies of Hinckley District - Ray Morris
LESOPS 8 - Leicestershire Harvestmen - Jon Daws
LESOPS 9 - Leicestershire Woodlice - Jon Daws
LESOPS 10 - Some Mid-Century Leicestershire Butterflies - Tom Robinson
LESOPS 11 - Leicestershire Lepidoptera Recording Scheme, Annual Review 1994 - Adrian Russell
LESOPS 12 - Invertebrate Recording at Launde Big Wood SSSI (1995) - LES Members
LESOPS 13 - Invertebrate Recording at the Wilderness, Staunton Harold (1995) - LES Members
LESOPS 14 - Leicestershire Lepidoptera Recording Scheme, Annual Review 1995 - Adrian Russell
LESOPS 15 - The Foraging Preferences of Anthophora plumipes in a Suburban Garden - Maggie Frankum
LESOPS 16 - Lepidopteran Survey of Land at Stanton-Under-Bardon (1998) - Jane McPhail
LESOPS 17 - The Stathern-Bottesford Disused Railway Line, Lepidopteran and Gall Observations - Jane McPhail
LESOPS 18 - A Study of Fosse Meadows Nature Park - Dorothy Phillips, Ray Morris, Jane McPhail
LESOPS 19 - A Checklist of the Moths of Rutland Water - Ron Follows
LESOPS 20 - Garden Bees Update 1998-2001 - Maggie Frankum
LESOPS 21 - Foraging Behaviour of Bumblebees and Solitary Bees in a Suburban Garden - Maggie Frankum
LESOPS 22 - Fleas of Leicestershire and Rutland - Frank Clark
LESOPS 23 - The Millipedes of Leicestershire and Rutland - Jon Daws, Helen Ikin
LESOPS 24 - The Rove Beetles of Leicestershire and Rutland - Derek Lott
LESOPS 25 - A Provisional Atlas of Carabidae in Leicestershire and Rutland - Derek Lott, Graham Finch, Gareth Price
LESOPS 26 - The Craneflies of Leicestershire and Rutland - John Kramer
LESOPS 27 - A Two Year Study of Water Bugs at Priory Water, Leicestershire - Tony Cook, Frank Clark
LESOPS 28 - A Study of Water Beetles at Priory Water, Leicestershire - Tony Cook, Frank Clark
LESOPS 29 - Provisional Atlas of Caddis Flies in Leicestershire & Rutland - Ray Morris
LESOPS 30 - Ground Beetles of Priory Water - Tony Cook, Frank Clark
LESOPS 31 - Scarce Beetles - Graham Finch
LESOPS 32 - Dung Beetles of Priory Water - Tony Cook, Frank Clark
LESOPS 33 - Soldierflies in VC55 - Ray Morris
LESOPS 34 - Scarce Beetles part 2 - Graham Finch
LESOPS 35 - Ground Beetles in Reedbeds - Tony Cook, Frank Clark
LESOPS 36 - Water Traps - Ray Morris
LESOPS 37 - Rutland Orthoptera - Phil Rudkin
LESOPS 38 - Conopidae VC55 Status - Ray Morris
LESOPS 39 - Tephritidae VC55 Status - Ray Morris
LESOPS 40 - 40 Dipteran Families (up to 10 species) VC55 Status - Ray Morris
LESOPS 41 - Pediciidae VC55 Status - Ray Morris
LESOPS 42 - Birch Leaf-miners - Sue Timms
LESOPS 43 - Tipulidae VC55 Status - John Kramer, Ray Morris
LESOPS 44 - Sciomyzidae VC55 Status - Ray Morris
LESOPS 45 - Dipteran Families 11-20 species VC Status - Ray Morris
LESOPS 46 - Limoniidae: Chioneinae VC55 Status - Ray Morris
LESOPS 47 - Hoverfly Recording in Leicestershire and Rutland - Brian Wetton
LESOPS 48 - Status and distribution of Dragonflies and Damselflies of Leicestershire & Rutland - Ian Merrill
LESOPS 49 - Spiders as a by-catch of moth traps - an exploratory investigation - Paul Palmer, Pete Leonard
LESOPS 50 - Dolichopodidae VC55 Status - Ray Morris
LESOPS 51 - Limoniidae: Limnophilinae & Limoniinae VC55 Status - Ray Morris, John Kramer
LESOPS 52 - Asilidae, Psilidae & Scatopsidae VC55 Status - Ray Morris
LESOPS 53 - Tachinidae VC55 Status - Ray Morris
LESOPS 54 - 60 Years of climate change in Leicestershire - affecting our wildlife? - Paul Palmer
LESOPS 55 - Ceratopogonidae, Chironomidae, Mycetophilidae, Phoridae, Sphaeroceridae VC55 Status - Ray Morris
LESOPS 56 - Sciaridae, Keroplatidae, Lonchaeidae & Opomyzidae VC55 Status - Ray Morris
LESOPS 57 - Lauxaniidae & Platypezidae VC55 Status - Ray Morris
LESOPS 58 - Syrphidae VC55 Status - Ray Morris
LESOPS 59 - Calliphoridae, Fanniidae, Simuliidae - Ray Morris
LESOPS 60 - Sarcophagidae, Lonchaeidae, Chamaemyiida VC55 Status - Ray Morris
LESOPS 61 - Oak leaf-miners - Sue Timms
LESOPS 62 - Ephydridae (Shore Flies) - Ray Morris

LES Newsletters

Newsletter 70 - January 2024
Newsletter 69 - September 2023 sample
Newsletter 68 - January 2023 sample
Newsletter 67 - September 2022
Newsletter 66 - January 2022 sample
Newsletter 65 - September 2021
Newsletter 64 - January 2021
Newsletter 63 - September 2020
Newsletter 62 - January 2020
Newsletter 61 - September 2019
Newsletter 60 - January 2019
Newsletter 59 - September 2018
Newsletter 58 - January 2018
Newsletter 57 - September 2017
Newsletter 56 - January 2017
Newsletter 55 - September 2016
Newsletter 54 - January 2016
Newsletter 53 - September 2015
Newsletter 52 - January 2015
Newsletter 51 - September 2014
Newsletter 50 - January 2014
Newsletter 49 - September 2013
Newsletter 48 - January 2013
Newsletter 47 - September 2012
Newsletter 46 - January 2012
Newsletter 45 - September 2011
Newsletter 44 - January 2011
Newsletter 43 - September 2010
Newsletter 42 - January 2010
Newsletter 41 - September 2009
Newsletter 40 - January 2009
Newsletter 39 - September 2008
Newsletter 38 - January 2008
Newsletter 37 - September 2007
Newsletter 36 - January 2007
Newsletter 35 - September 2006
Newsletter 34 - January 2006
Newsletter 33 - September 2005
Newsletter 32 - January 2005
Newsletter 31 - September 2004
Newsletter 30 - January 2004
Newsletter 29 - September 2003
Newsletter 28 - February 2003
Newsletter 27 - September 2002
Newsletter 26 - February 2002
Newsletter 25 - September 2001
Newsletter 24 - March 2001
Newsletter 23 - September 1999
Newsletter 22 - February 1999
Newsletter 21 - September 1998
Newsletter 20 - February 1998
Newsletter 19 - September 1997
Newsletter 18 - February 1997
Newsletter 17 - September 1996
Newsletter 16 - February 1996
Newsletter 15 - September 1995
Newsletter 14 - January 1995
Newsletter 13 - September 1994
Newsletter 12 - March 1994
Newsletter 11 - September 1993
Newsletter 10 - February 1993
Newsletter 9 - September 1992
Newsletter 8 - April 1992
Newsletter 7 - November 1991
Newsletter 6 - February 1991
Newsletter 5 - October 1990
Newsletter 4 - February 1990
Newsletter 3 - August 1989
Newsletter 2 - February 1989
Newsletter 1 - November 1988