BugFest!
BugFest!
The NCBP participated in this year's BugFest event at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. We had two separate displays - one for moth caterpillars (David) and one for leaf-mining insects (Tracy).
Moths of NC (David)
New Hope survey featured in the news
This WUNC article about the upcoming moth night at Hollow Rock Nature Preserve features an interview with David Bradley of the Durham County Open Space Program. Bradley shares details about the NCBP survey of the New Hope Floodplain, and the threats faced by insect populations.
https://www.wunc.org/environment/2024-08-16/moth-night-durham-county-biodiversity-population-decline
New Hope Bottomlands Survey Meeting
New Hope Bottomlands Survey Meeting
NCBP members will meet at the New Hope Bottomlands Trail to discuss plans for monitoring leaf-mining insects.
Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve Program: How Many Ways to Eat a Plant?
Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve Program: How Many Ways to Eat a Plant?
Join NCBP member Tracy Feldman at Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve for this kid-friendly program.
Description: Plants are like hotels for critters that use them for food and shelter. We'll explore some of the ways insects use plants, and the ways plants make homes for insects and other living things. Children must be accompanied by adults. Children and adults must register.
Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve Program: Pollination - advertising, robbery, and deception!
Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve Program: Pollination - advertising, robbery, and deception!
Join NCBP member Tracy Feldman at Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve for a program about pollination.
Durant Nature Preserve Program: Lifestyles of the Small and Squishy
Durant Nature Preserve Program: Lifestyles of the Small and Squishy
Join NCBP member Tracy Feldman at Durant Nature Preserve in Raleigh.
Durant Nature Preserve Program: Pollination, and the Great Southeastern Pollinator Census
Durant Nature Preserve Program: Pollination, and the Great Southeastern Pollinator Census
Join NCBP member Tracy Feldman at Durant Nature Preserve in Raleigh.
Description: Pollinators help many plants make fruits and seeds--without them many of our foods would not be available to us. Yet pollinators are declining worldwide. Come learn about pollinators and help monitor pollinators for a citizen science project, the Great Southeastern Pollinator Census! Children must be accompanied by adults. Children and adults must register.
Durant Nature Preserve Program: How to Raise an Insect
Durant Nature Preserve Program: How to Raise an Insect
Join NCBP member Tracy Feldman at Durant Nature Preserve in Raleigh to learn about insect-rearing.
Durant Nature Preserve Program: Lifestyles of the Small and Squishy
Durant Nature Preserve Program: Lifestyles of the Small and Squishy
Join NCBP member Tracy Feldman at Durant Nature Preserve in Raleigh.
Moth Watch at the Museum of Life and Science
Moth Watch at the Museum of Life and Science
Last Saturday, the Museum of Life and Science, in partnership with the Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association, hosted a public moth night on the museum grounds. I helped to organize this event, and was joined by NCBP members Carol Tingley and Tom Howard. The event was in conjunction with the 2023 Durham BioBlitz, and attendees were encouraged to submit their sightings through iNaturalist.