[Leps-l] Cool Biology in a Hot Place: the Central American Tropics - ABF zoom meeting, Monday, 1/24

[Mike Quinn]

Hi Folks,

Here the info on tonight's *Austin Butterfly Forum* zoom meeting. All are
welcome to log in.

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*January Meeting*

*Monday, January 24th at 7 pm:  Cool Biology in a Hot Place:  the Central
American Tropics.  *

Presented by James Adams, Lepidopterist and Professor of Biology
(1990-present) at Dalton State College, Dalton Georgia.
The talk covers a wide range of topics: what makes the tropics the tropics,
different tropical habitats/biomes, interesting plants and plant-plant
relationships, pollination modalities, various vertebrate animal groups, a
rather long section on insect defenses against predation, insects and what
they eat, insect attraction to lights, and a short section on deforestation
and sustainable practices in the tropicsBio: James was born 1960,
Smithville, Missouri and has three degrees: B.S. (1983), M.Phil. (1987),
Ph.D. (1990), all from Univ. of Kansas. James is a specialist in “Macro”
lepidoptera (esp. Noctuoidea), of Georgia and Kansas and has amassed a
collection of 60,000+ prepared specimens. He has published on the butterfly
biodiversity on Sapelo Island, a barrier island of Georgia and
co-authored the description of a new species of moth from there as well as
a new moth species from northern Arizona and southeastern Utah. He is a
co-author of a chapter on Superfamily Zygaenoidea in Moths of Western North
America (2009)
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latest version of the Zoom app.)  (The following is the permanent ID for
this and all future meetings.)

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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86426006695

Meeting ID: 864 2600 6695

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Mike Quinn, vp, programs
Austin Butterfly Forum - http://austinbutterflies.org - link to zoom
meeting posted here
512-577-0250 - voice/text - contact me if you can't get into the meeting
entomike at gmail.com
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