Austin Butterfly Forum Club Activities

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08/25/2024

ABF Zoom presentation: "Dusty Demons to Aquatic Angels: Diversity & Biology of Lacewings Insects - Monday August 26th @ 7:00pm (central) by Dr. David E. Bowles.
https://brianabel.github.io/AustinButterflies/

08/28/2023

Greetings,

Our August Austin Butterfly Forum speaker will be club member Ian M. Wright, who will be speaking on "California: Butterflies and Beyond"

Monday, August 28th at 7 pm central (Chicago/Dallas) time

Description: In this talk Ian will take you on a lepidopterist’s tour of California. We will highlight some of the unique butterflies in the state as well as the habitats, soils, and biogeography that make California such an interesting state for insects.

Bio: Ian M. Wright is a field biologist with over two decades of entomological expertise. He has conducted butterfly surveys, sampled insect diversity, taught courses in entomology and natural history, and curated entomology collections in California and Texas. He has worked on projects to conserve threatened species and is driven by a fascination with their natural history. Ian is also an avid macro and nature photographer and documents the species and habitats he observes on expeditions around the country and the globe.

Link to Join Austin Butterfly Forum Zoom Meeting
bit.ly/3Z8GOn7

09/26/2022

The Austin Butterfly Forum meeting tonight will be presented by Benjamin Schwartz on his 2020 Odonate big year!

Monday, Sept 26 @ 7pm central

Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89448990174

Title: What I learned from Odonates: a ‘Big Year’ adventures and discoveries across Texas

Description: In early 2020, I hatched a plan to try and find and photograph 200 of the ~250 species of Odonata recorded in Texas. It wasn’t until I ran into a birder sometime in late spring that I learned this is called a ‘Big Year’. Covid turned 2020 turned into the perfect year for this, and I used it as an opportunity to discover and visit many remote corners and locations in Texas that I had not yet seen or even heard of.

more info here: http://austinbutterflies.org/