The Imperial Society of Science needs to stress the "key" ecological pretended by the more than 20,000 species found in the UK.
It additionally needs to highlight the dangers they confront from pesticide use, living space pulverization and environmental change.
Its specialists have thought of a shortlist of 10 including the little tortoiseshell butterfly, the ruler dragonfly and the stag creepy crawly.
The seven-spot ladybird, garden tiger moth, the jelly hoverfly, dark greenery enclosure subterranean insect, buff-tailed honey bee, substantial honey bee fly and green shield bug are additionally in the running.
