Lights, camera, insects? Invertebrates missing out on starring screen roles

They make up 75% of the animal kingdom, yet wildlife film-makers routinely overlook bugsWhile running a biodiversity workshop at a local primary school, Kate Howlett, a zoologist, encouraged children to turn over the bricks and logs at the edges of their playing field to see what was living underneath.That's when one child asked her if she had come to their school early that morning to plant the woodlice for them to find. Even after insisting that the insects were living there all along, the suspicious pupils were reluctant to believe her. Continue reading...