Sunset Tour: Evening Entomology on the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum Westside Trail
Schedule
Thu Jun 20 2024 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
825 Warner Street SW, Suite A, 30310 | Atlanta, GA
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Entomology professionals Daniel Suiter, Lisa Ames, and Becky Griffin join us for an insect-themed tour of the Atlanta BeltLine Westside Trail. We will identify the types of bugs within the Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum in their habitats and discuss their behaviors as well as the threats these organisms are currently facing. Learn how trees, native plants, insects, and people are all part of the same cycle and what we can do to support insect communities, and human health.About the Guides:
Becky Griffin, project manager of the Great South East Pollinator Census: Becky Griffin helps school and community gardeners succeed! This includes organizing school garden teacher training with county agents, assisting schools with STE(A)M goals, and creating resources on starting and sustaining successful gardens. Becky is a Georgia Certified Beekeeper and works with community and school gardeners to increase beneficial insect habitat. She is the project manager of the Great Georgia Pollinator Census, happening this year on August 23 - 24, 2024. She is also part of UGA's Native Plants and Beneficial Insect Working Group.
Daniel Suiter, Urban Entomologist, University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences: Lovingly referred to as the ‘Pest Professor’, Daniel Suiter has spent nearly 40 years studying roaches, termites, ants, bedbugs, and other insects that make their way into human territory. Suiter develops extension education and research programming on the management of structural and household pests. His research program is applied in nature, and focused primarily on control of house-infesting ants such as Argentine ants, fire ants, odorous house ants, Pharaoh's ants, and carpenter ants.
Lisa M. Ames, Homeowner Diagnostician Technician, University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences: Lisa is the director of the Homeowner Insect and W**d Diagnostics laboratory where she identifies insects and other critters brought in by homeowners for county extension agents in Georgia. Apart from identifying and managing insects, Lisa is an avid natural photographer focusing on insects, arachnids, and fungi.
What is National Pollinator Week? Pollinator Week 2024 will take place June 17-23, 2024. Pollinator Week is an annual celebration in support of pollinator health that was initiated and is managed by Pollinator Partnership. It is a time to raise awareness for pollinators and spread the word about what we can do to protect them. Pollinator Week 2024 is a celebration of the vital role that pollinators play in our ecosystems, economies, and agriculture. Under the inspiring theme "Vision 2040: Thriving ecosystems, economies, and agriculture," this year's event urges us to envision a future where pollinators not only survive but thrive.
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Where is it happening?
825 Warner Street SW, Suite A, 30310, 825 Warner St SW, Atlanta, GA 30310-3426, United States,Atlanta, GeorgiaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
