From entomike at gmail.com Sun Feb 26 21:21:21 2023 From: entomike at gmail.com (Mike Quinn) Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 20:21:21 -0600 Subject: [Leps-l] Moths of the Trinity River NWR (50 mi e. of Houston) ABF Zoom - Monday, Feb 27th @ 7 pm Message-ID: Greetings!! *Austin Butterfly Forum Zoom-only meeting* *Monday, February 27th, at 7 pm* *Moths of the Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge -- The Good, Bad, and the Ugly* *Presented by Stuart Marcus, **Zone 6 Coordinator for the Lepidopterists' Society* This talk will discuss Refuge moths found in Liberty County, 50 miles east of Houston. *Biography: *My ten plus years of mothing started when I moved to a new office located on the Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge in 2012. I was amazed at all these unknown critters showing up under the security lights. My curiosity soon turned into a passion. It is now, as my wife jokingly says, an obsession! I have always been interested in all types of wildlife and got a degree in Wildlife Biology from the University of Florida in 1977. After working a short stint with the U.S. Forest Service in 1978, I started my career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1979, retiring in 2019 with over 40 years of service. I worked at 4 refuges in Florida and then moved to Texas in 1994 as the Refuge Manager to start the newly created Trinity River Refuge in Liberty County with an initial purchase of 4,400 acres. When I retired, we had surpassed 30,000 acres. Honestly, during the last decade of my career, I was getting a little bored with all the administrative and personnel work I had to do. Lo and behold, moths showed up at the new office after working in town at a storefront for 18 years. Now I could get back to some biology! I consider myself an avid citizen scientist, primarily photographing moth species at a single light setup. All the photos are sent to various websites for additional identifications and comments. I have also collected numerous species for various researchers over the years who have contacted me. I started a butterfly count on the refuge in 1995 and continue to do a yearly survey with help from some local butterfly enthusiasts. Additionally, in 2020 I became the Zone 6 coordinator for the Lepidopterists? Society and a Texas Master Naturalist. *Zoom Meeting Link:* *https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89448990174 * *Please log onto Zoom as early as 6:30 to hear/participate in an informal chat with other enthusiasts and our speaker.* [image: NOCTUIDAE - Cydosia aurivitta - Gold-banded Cydosia (Female) - Hodges#8999 at HQ cropped 9-18-20 SJM RAW (3) iNat done RG.JPG] NOCTUIDAE - *Cydosia aurivitta* - Gold-banded Cydosia (Female) - Stuart Marcus ____________________ Mike Quinn, vp programs Austin Butterfly Forum entomike at gmail.com 512-577-0250 voice/text https://brianabel.github.io/AustinButterflies/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: NOCTUIDAE - Cydosia aurivitta - Gold-banded Cydosia (Female) - Hodges#8999 at HQ cropped 9-18-20 SJM RAW (3) iNat done RG.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 1577660 bytes Desc: not available URL: