Course: Introduction to Lesser-known Soil Invertebrates

This beginner to intermediate course introduces you to a selection of fascinating, but often overlooked invertebrates of the soil and litter layer. 

Through richly illustrated talks and a field sampling session, we will learn how to recognise, find and record a range of more obscure species that can be found anywhere, from gardens to woodlands, moorlands to coast. 

This course will include:

• The morphology and life histories of several invertebrate species of the soil and litter layer will be introduced.
• The key identification characteristics of several invertebrate groups will be described through extensive use of images of local species. The primary species to be discussed will include woodlice, harvestmen, bark flies, scale insects, false scorpions, flatworms, springtails, millipedes and centipedes.
• A field session where we will learn how to observe, catch and identify as many of these species as we can find.
• How to record what we’ve seen and look at methods to establish ongoing monitoring where required.

This course is eligible for a student discount. If you are a current student, please use discount code BioStudent20 at checkout for 20% off.

Please refer to the Field Studies Council website for further information and to book.