Join us for the April Blackland Prairie Chapter Meeting with Laura Kimberly on the “The Joy of Flies” on Tuesday, April 8th, at 7 PM CST, in person or online via Zoom.
When: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 – 7:00 PM
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- SRC Doors will open at 6:30 PM
- Zoom meeting waiting room will open at 6:45 PM
- Business Meeting will begin at 7:00 PM
- Naturalist Talk will start at 7:30 PM (approximately)
Topic: “The Joy of Flies”
Taxonomically known as the Diptera, Flies are colorful, elusive, beguiling, acrobatic, charming, and helpful. So, you ask, there’s more to flies than filth and bite? Yes! How would you know? Laura will guide you in finding the joy of flies by taking a closer look at qualities across the vast diversity of the Diptera with an overview of dipteran life histories, feeding habits, beneficial behaviors, and essential fly family identification. All that so you, too, can advocate for flies and their critical ecological roles.
Speaker: Laura Kimberly
Laura Kimberly is a Texas Master Naturalist in the North Texas Chapter. Flies and other insects caught her attention and earned her appreciation as she worked to rescue, propagate, and plant native flowers and grasses as a prairie restoration volunteer. After completing the Texas A&M AgriLife volunteer entomology specialist training in 2017, she has pursued many opportunities, from podcasts to college courses, to learn more about the habits and habitats of flies and insects. She is a community scientist and insect photographer who uses those skills to advocate for flies and extol the benefits of insects.
Physical Meeting Location: Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary,
1Nature Place, McKinney, TX 75069, Science Resource Center (SRC) building.
Directions to SRC: Drive through Heard gates, past the parking lot and museum building, and continue until the road ends at the large white SRC building.
Register in advance for this Zoom meeting:
Use the email address associated with your personal Zoom account.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZElcOmsrTsrGtbd5HCAAws7J_qSSob6IxpQ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Logging AT: The monthly meeting presentation will allow members to earn 1-hour of AT. Log as AT: BPTMN Chapter Monthly Meeting Only (1 hour) with the speaker’s name and topic in the description box.
If you have any additional questions, please get in touch.
Chapter Meeting Host: Vicki Sanders, vicepresident@bptmn.org
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