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Outreach and Education
Outreach and Education
The Fernald Club conducts insect outreach events at UMass Amherst and elsewhere in the western Massachusetts community, including at schools, colleges, libraries, environmental centers, and more. We bring live insects and spiders from the UMass Live Insect Zoo, preserved specimens from the UMass entomology collection, and more!
Many of our events also involve representatives from the UMass Bee Campus USA Committee, our campus partner organization in insect conservation. Such events also involve native pollinator specimens, pollinator games, and lots of opportunities to learn more about bees and other native pollinators.
Contact us at fernaldclubumass@gmail.com if you want to host us for an insect outreach event at your western Massachusetts location!
iNaturalist Projects
iNaturalist Projects
The Fernald Club maintains an iNaturalist project of all insects and related arthropods observed on the UMass campus. So far we have documented over 1,100 species on the UMass campus, including some rare or unusual species!
The UMass Bee Campus USA Committee also maintains its own iNaturalist project for monitoring the pollinator species on campus, with over 320 species observed to date.
You can help us document our campus insect populations by contributing to these projects! Simply submit an insect photo taken on the UMass Amherst campus to iNaturalist via the app or website, and it will be automatically added to the appropriate projects.
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