Darwin Tree of Life project
Generating DNA barcodes and sequencing the full genomes of all animals, plants and fungi within the British Isles.
Insects
Insect division staff
Ms Zoe Adams, Curator, Diptera
Mr Max Barclay, Senior curator in charge, Coleoptera
Dr Gavin Broad, Principal Curator in Charge, Insects
Ms Natalie Dale-Skey, Curator, Hymenoptera
Dr Paul Eggleton, Merit Researcher, Entomology
Ms Beulah Garner, Curator, Coleoptera and Small Orders
Dr Michael Geiser, Curator, Coleoptera
Mr Alessandro Giusti, Curator, Lepidoptera
Dr Blanca Huertas, Senior Curator, Lepidoptera
Dr Ian Kitching, Researcher, Entomology, Head of Division
Dr David Lees, Curator, Lepidoptera
Mr Geoff Martin, Senior curator in charge, Lepidoptera
Dr Erica McAlister, Senior Curator, Diptera
Dr Joseph Monks, Curator, Hymenoptera
Dr Andrew Polaszek, Researcher, Entomology
Dr Ben Price, Senior Curator in Charge, Small Orders
Ms Suzanne Ryder, Senior Curator in Charge, Hymenoptera
Dr Duncan Sivell, Curator, Diptera
Ms Christine Taylor, Curator, Coleoptera
Dr Dmitry Telnov, Curator, Coleoptera
Dr Paul Williams, Researcher, Entomology
Our scientists are conserving the Museum's vast insect collection, collecting and identifying new species and utilizing the collections for cutting edge entomological research.
News from the group
Our research
Bumblebee specialist group
Assessing bumblebee species worldwide for the Red List of Threatened Species
Commercial bumblebee research
Isolating cryptic species in the most important group of commercial bumblebees.
Manual of Afrotropical Diptera
Identifying families and genera of two-winged flies of the continental Afrotropical region.
Noctuoidea phylogenetics
Resolving the higher level classification of Noctuoidea
Sphingidae research
Understanding the Sphingidae family through both morphological and DNA analysis, and providing an online taxonomy resource, the Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory
