12 April 2013 – Tales from a mothylated spirit!
Posted on 10 April, 2013 by Connecting Country
This Friday 12 April, the guest speaker at the monthly general meeting of the Castlemaine Field Naturalists Club is Steve Williams of the Entomological Society of Victoria (ESV). He will be speaking about the moths of the Box-Ironbark Forests in his talk titled “Things that go bump in the night….Tales of a Mothylated Spirit“.
Steve’s passion is raising native moths through their whole life cycle, from adult to egg to caterpillar to cocoon, and then back to adult again. He has made incredible contributions to the understanding of this process for Victorian moth species – most of which had not been documented previously. His amazing photos of the various life stages are a highlight of the recently released Moths of Victoria Volume 4 (published by ESV).
If the weather is favourable, Steve is also planning to set up some lights and other equipment outside the hall to attract some moths over the course of the night’s talk to view afterwards.
Attendance at the talk is free and open to everyone; members and non-members. It will start from 7.30pm at the Fellowship Hall behind the Uniting Church on Lyttleton St (just up the hill beside the Art Gallery and Museum).
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