Bug of the Year 2025!
17 February 2025
Select your top 3 favourite 2025 Bug of the Year nominees!
To help you, they have been shortlisted from the thousands of beautiful invertebrates present in Aotearoa to a select (& supported) 21 species and choosing between them is hard enough.
Go to the Entomological Society website: https://bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/how-voting-works/ and find out more about each of them from there.
Take some time to research the nominees!
More information on each of the nominees is available by clicking on the image on the homepage. Take your time before you make your decision – you only get to vote once. There are some neat insects that deserve a closer inspection!
How the winner is decided
The bug with the most votes will be declared 2025 NZ Bug of the Year on 21 February 2025!