Calendar of Events

Latest Past Events

Early-Season Pollinators Beyond Bees

Bugtopia 2522 Locust Hill Road, Taylors

Focus: Understudied pollinator taxa Description: An advanced event highlighting hoverflies, early moths, and beetles as spring pollinators, emphasizing their ecological roles and the limitations of bee-centric research.

$5

March Microlepidoptera Identification Workshop

Bugtopia 2522 Locust Hill Road, Taylors

Focus: Early-season moth taxonomy Description: A technical workshop on identifying early spring moths using wing morphology, genitalia diagrams, and phenological clues. Could be virtual or in-person with specimen imagery.

$10

Early Spring Arthropod Phenology Symposium

Bugtopia 2522 Locust Hill Road, Taylors

Focus: Timing of insect emergence and climate signals Description: A lecture-style or panel event examining how changing temperatures and photoperiods affect insect emergence patterns. Includes discussion of long-term datasets, phenology mismatches, and implications for food webs. Good for: Entomology students, ecologists, climate scientists, citizen-science coordinators