Join us for a feast of fascinating facts about these fantastic flashing fluorescent fliers!
WHEN: THURSDAY, March 9th AT 6:00PM
WHERE: ZOOM - A LINK WILL BE SENT FOLLOWING REGISTRATION BELOW.
What better way to spend a cold winter night than with warm thoughts of the insects that fill up the air with a display of dazzling lights on sultry summer evenings? Did you know you can identify a firefly’s species by the way that it blinks? Firefly experts Doug Lowry and Don Salvatore from Massachusetts Audubon’s Firefly Watch program will be joining KELT to teach us about these unique insects. We will have a chance to learn about firefly characteristics, life cycles, species in Maine, population changes over time, and nifty facts, as well as actions you can take to support them.
The presenters will also share information about Firefly Watch, a fun community science project that allows people to identify and document the firefly species flashing in their own backyard. Anyone in North America can participate in Firefly Watch. All you need to do is spend at least 10 minutes in the same place each week during firefly season observing fireflies. Monitoring fireflies gathers important information about the geographic distribution of fireflies and the environmental factors that impact their abundance.
Doug Lowry is a professional educator and naturalist with Massachusetts Audubon. Don Salvatore is a retired science educator with the Museum of Science in Boston and is one of the founders of Firefly Watch who created this exciting community science project in 2008.
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Eager to get exploring? Check out: Massachusetts Audubon’s Firefly Watch Program