The dataset contains information about insect visitations to flowers growing in seed mix trial plots on two farms, one in West Sussex, and one in Oxfordshire. The data was collected during the spring and summer seasons of 2019, 2020, and 2021. Seed mix trial plots were walked centrally and insects visiting flowers in the plots were recorded, and where possible, identified to genus or species level. The work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NE/P009972/1) Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ca785f4c-5e45-4743-83bb-e30dd620de2e

This dataset includes compiled information on species traits, ecological preferences and distribution metrics for 48 species of ladybird considered resident in the United Kingdom. Ecological traits including information on morphology, habitat and diet preferences, and phenology as well as information on species distributions, trends in species occupancy over time, and species temperature indices have been determined where possible for each of the 48 species. An open access data paper is available for this dataset [Outhwaite, C.L., Cocker, L., Comont, R.F., White, H.J., Powney, G.D., Turvey, K., Roy, H.E., & Brown, P.M.J. (2025). A database of traits for the ladybird species of the United Kingdom. Scientific Data, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05985-8 ] Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/18cdeee4-38cf-4d15-a141-a99a53e17095