Day of Insects
Date/Time: | Saturday, 24 Mar 2012 |
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Location: | Reiman Gardens |
URL: | www.reimangardens.com |
Phone: | 515-294-2710 |
Channel: | Reiman Gardens |
Categories: | Conferences Lectures Special events |
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8:00-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:10 Welcome / Morning Announcements
9:10-9:30 "Charismatic and Rare: A top Ten List of Insects You May Never See in Iowa" presented by Marlin Rice
9:30-9:50 "Writing for Passion, not Profit-Regional Nature Field Guides" presented by Betsy Betros
9:50-10:10 "Natural History and Conservation Status of the Nevada Buck Moth (Hemilecua nevadensis) in Iowa" presented by John Pearson & Aaron Brees
10:10-10:30 "Endangered Invertebrates: Conservation Efforts at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo" presented by Isaac Powell
10:30-10:50 Break
10:50-11:10 "Iowa's Aquatic and Semi-Aquatic Coleoptera" presented by Todd Hubbard & Mike Birmingham
11:10-11:30 "Benthic Index (CBI) - Construction of a Biological Tool for Assessing Iowa's Coldwater Streams" presented by Mike Birmingham & Todd Hubbard
11:30-11:50 "Assisted Migration of Rare Shrubs and their Obligate Butterflies in Southeast Iowa" presented by Lon Drake
11:50-12:10 "Is the Purplish Copper Pushing Up Daisies in Iowa?" presented by Frank Olsen
12:10-1:05 Lunch
1:05-1:10 Afternoon Announcements
1:10-1:30 "The Scoop on Dragonfly Nymphs" presented by Ken Tennessen
1:30-1:50 "Dragonflies and Damselflies at Ada Hayden Park, Ames" presented by Erwin Klaas & Wolfgang Oesterreich
1:50-2:10 "Ophiogomphus smithi or Sioux Snaketail, a Rare Dragonfly in Northeast Iowa" presented by Steve Hummel
2:10-2:30 "2011: A Bug Odyssey"
2:30-2:50 Break
2:50-3:10 "From 'yucky' to 'that was kind of cool': Insect Projects with 7th Graders" presented by Meg Storkamp
3:10-3:30 "Thylodrias contractus - Now Isn't that Odd?"
3:30-3:50 "Winter Insects" presented by Kyle Johnson
3:50-4:00 Discussion and Evaluation