Day of Insects

Celebrate the fourth annual Day of Insects! Enjoy a day filled with presentations from professionals, academics, advocates & enthusiasts! From beginners to seasoned veterans, there ...Read More

Celebrate the fourth annual Day of Insects! Enjoy a day filled with presentations from professionals, academics, advocates & enthusiasts! From beginners to seasoned veterans, there is something for anyone interested in or involved with insects.

8-9am: Registration

9-9:10am: Welcome/Morning Announcements

9:10-9:30am: "Charismatic and Rare: A top Ten List of Insects You May Never See in Iowa" presented by Marlin Rice

9:30-9:50am: "Writing for Passion, not Profit-Regional Nature Field Guides" presented by Betsy Betros

9:50-10:10am: "Natural History & Conservation Status of the Nevada Buck Moth (Hemilecua nevadensis) in Iowa" presented by John Person & Aaron Brees

10:10-10:30am: "Endangered Invertebrates: Conservation Efforts at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo" presented by Trace Hardin

10:30-10:50am: Break

10:50-11:10am: "Iowa's Aquatic & Semi-Aquatic Coleoptera" presented by Todd Hubbard & Mike Birmingham

11:10-11:30am: "Benthic Index (CBI)-Construction of a Biological Tool for Assessing Iowa's Coldwater Streams" presented by Mike Birmingham & Todd Hubbard

11:30-11:50am: "Assisted Migration of Rare Shrubs & their Obligate Butterflies in Southeast Iowa" presented by Lon Drake

11:50-12:10pm: "Is the Purplish Copper Pushing Up Daisies in Iowa?" presented by Frank Olsen

12:10-1:05pm: Lunch

1:05-1:10pm: Afternoon Announcements

1:10-1:30pm: "The Scoop on Dragonfly Nymphs" presented by Ken Tennessen

1:30-1:50pm: "Dragonflies & Damselflies at Ada Hayden Park, Ames" presented by Erwin Klaas & Wolfgang Oesterreich

1:50-2:10pm: "Ophiogomphus smithi or Sioux Snaketail, a Rare Dragonfly in Northeast Iowa" presented by Steve Hummel

2:10-2:30pm: "2011: A Bug Odyssey"

2:30-2:50pm: Break

2:50-3:10pm: "From 'yucky' to "that was kind of cool"': Insect Projects with 7th Graders" presented by Meg Storkamp

3:10-3:30pm: "Thylodrias contractus - Now Isn't that Odd?"

3:30-3:50pm: "Winter Insects" presented by Kyle Johnson

3:50-4:00pm: Discussion & Evaluation