Month: June 2015

Bug Events with Greenwich Audobon

Wednesday, July 1 Fireflies – Nature’s Mini-Fireworks 8:30-9:30 pm An ideal time of the year to learn about these special insects. Learn how and why fireflies flash and then try your skills at telling the species apart by looking at the different patterns made by the different firefly species. All ages. Space limited. RSVP to […]

National Pollinator Week

Pollinator Week was initiated and is managed by the Pollinator Partnership. Eight years ago the U.S. Senate’s unanimous approval and designation of a week in June as “National Pollinator Week” marked a necessary step toward addressing the urgent issue of declining pollinator populations.  Pollinator Week has now grown to be an international celebration of the […]

Citizen Scientists Needed

Citizen Scientists Needed for the Vanishing Firefly Project By Erin Weeks Originally Published on EntomologyToday.org   Finding a mate can be hard enough in the animal kingdom, but nocturnal creatures face an added difficulty — locating potential partners in the dark. It’s a problem many insects have solved by evolving an array of mating signals that […]