Naturalist Training - Incredible Insects

Naturalist Training - Incredible Insects

In our 8th Naturalist training, talk about the magnificent insects that live around us. Insects are fascinating creatures - they are found in almost every habitat on Earth, they can feed on diverse food resources, and they look indestructible. But are they? During this interactive webinar, we will learn about the intriguing lives of insects: we will discuss different groups of insects and how to identify them. How can you tell if it's a bug or a beetle? What does a lady bug larva look like? What are these cicada molts we find on trees? We will explore techniques to find insects at home or on a hike, and how to document them using iNaturalist.

This is part 8 of an ongoing series.

Part 1 - Community Science and Introduction to iNaturalist
@    • Naturalist Training - Community Scien...  

Part 2 - A Deeper Dive into Inaturalist
@    • Naturalist Training - A Deeper Dive i...  

Part 3: Leaf Miners, Galls, and Other Creatures on Plants
@    • Naturalist Training - Leaf Miners, Ga...  

Part 4: Nature Interpretation for the Rest of Us
@    • Naturalist Training - Nature Interpre...  

Part 5: Serpentine Grasslands and iNaturalist Projects
@    • Naturalist Training - Serpentine Gras...  

Part 6: Why City Nature Challenge Matters
@    • Naturalist Training - Why City Nature...  

Part 7: Aquatic Macroinvertebrates
@    • Naturalist Training - Aquatic Macroin...  

Co-hosts are Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful and BioBlitz Club
Presenters are Deb Kramer, Merav Vonshak, Barbara Banfield, and Eddie Dunbar

Recording date 8/28/24

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CHAPTERS
4:49 - Incredible Insects Introduction by Merav Vonshak
13:06 - Bees & Wasps by Barbara Banfield
41:01 - Beetles vs True Bugs by Eddie Dunbar
1:06:40 - Questions

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RESOURCE LIST

Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful:
- Website: KeepCoyoteCreekBeautiful.org
- Facebook: @CoyoteCreekSJ
- Instagram: @CoyoteCreekSJ

BioBlitz.club
- Website: https://www.bioblitz.club/
- Facebook:   / bioblitz.club  

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BOOKS
- Field Guide to California Insects, 2 edition, California Natural History Guides, Will, Gross, Rubinoff, and Powell, 2020

- Insects of North America, Princeton Field Guides, Abbott and Abbott, 2023

- Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates: A Guide to North American Species, Stackpole Books, Charney and Eiseman, 2010

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ABOUT BEES, WASPS, & FLIES

- How to tell if a pollinator is a bee, wasp or fly slide show
https://www.greatsunflower.org/node/1...

- Black Soldier Fly
https://cesanmateo.ucanr.edu/?blogpos...

- Bumblee look-alikes
https://entomology.ces.ncsu.edu/biolo...

- California Bumble Bee Atlas: https://www.cabumblebeeatlas.org/

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iNATURALIST PROJECTS
- The fly project - we can add that they also formed a community and they teach people how to ID flies

- Insects of the San Francisco Bay Area:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/...

- Flies of the US & Canada:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/...

- Gall Week September 2024:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/...

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RELEVANT NATURALIST TRAININGS
- Aquatic Macroinvertebrates: Learn more about aquatic insects and their larval stages
   • Naturalist Training - Aquatic Macroin...  

- Leaf Miners, Galls, and Other Creatures on Plants: Learn more about insects and other organisms found on plants, and what can you do to help at the end of the webinar
   • Naturalist Training - Leaf Miners, Ga...  

- A Deeper Dive into iNaturalist: Learn how to document organisms on iNaturalist, and how to improve your observations -
   • Naturalist Training - A Deeper Dive i...  

- Plant Galls for the Curious Naturalist: Learn more about galls
   • Plant Galls for the Curious Naturalist