Events: detail
A Bug's Life- ATBI in action
- Hosted by:
- Island Alliance
- Speaker:
-
Jessica Rykken, Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University
- Starts:
- June 18, 2009 at 12:15 pm
- Ends:
- June 18, 2009 at 02:00 pm
- Location:
- Spectacle Island, Boston Harbor Islands, Boston, MA.
- Maps:
Description
Join Jessica Rykken, from the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University in collecting bugs as a part of the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI). After a ten-minute overview of the on-going ATBI project in the Boston Harbor Islands national park area, there will be a 15 minute tour of some of traps on the island. There’s no time to be squeamish, participants will then take part in a 30 minute bug collection. Finally everyone gathers to examine what was caught, and through various sorting activities with magnifying lenses etc., ending with several vials of insects that will contribute “real data” to the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory.
- Registration required:
- No
- Free:
- Yes
Additional information
Recommended for ages 10 and up. Take public park ferry from Long Wharf.
For more information
- Contact person:
- Park Ranger
- Phone:
- 617-223-8666
- Email:
- boha_information [ at ] nps.gov
- Website:
- A Bug's Life- ATBI in action
