Our Story

Like so many good things, we started talking about forming a group that could advocate for Australian invertebrates as more of a dream than a plan. The main thing that characterised all our conversations was shared excitement; at some level we were aware that a seed had been planted.

The event that turned our excitement into action was the catastrophic Australian mega-fires of 2019-2020. The event itself was alarming and our inability to quickly and adequately assess how the fires impacted invertebrates highlighted a huge void in our knowledge and a clear need for an invertebrate-focused conservation organisation.