Post date: Jan 16, 2012 11:39:01 PM
Monthly meetings are held September through May and normally occur on the 3rd Monday of the month.
Monday, January 23, 7:00 p.m. Ted MacRae will give a presentation titled, “Nine days, ten states, and 4,300 miles.” While Ted’s primary group of insect study is the metallic wood-boring beetles (Buprestidae), he and Chris Brown have become passionate about tiger beetles (Cicindelidae) over the past several years. Their studies began and Missouri, documenting and photographing these fast and elusive beetles. Ted has now taken this interest further afield and traveled to surrounding states to search for other tiger beetles common and rare. Butterfly House (Faust Park), 15193 Olive Blvd., Chesterfield. Please note: this meeting is being held on the 4th Monday of the month rather than the 3rd.
Monday, February 20, 7:00 p.m. Our guest this month will be Rich Thoma. The title of his talk is “Camouflage.” Rich will share with us many examples of how insects use camouflage as a defense from would be predators. Butterfly House (Faust Park), 15193 Olive Blvd., Chesterfield.