AT: NPSOT Predatory Garden Insects from Nature Discovery Center

Hybrid.  April 18th 7pm-8pm.

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Join us to have a look at the various predatory insects that can be found in the native plant gardens at the Nature Discovery Center, such as assassin bugs, ladybird beetles, and wasps. We will also talk about what you can do to encourage them to stay and prey in your garden.

About the Speaker – Eric Duran

Eric is the Head Naturalist at the Nature Discovery Center in Bellaire, Texas. Eric is the primary educator there. He has been an educator and naturalist at Armand Bayou, Houston Zoo, Moody Gardens, Patuxent Research Refuge, Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, and Sacha Lodge in Ecuador. He has fieldwork experience with sea turtles, amphibian call counts, reptile surveys, shark surveys, various bird counts, nest box surveys, and King Eider monitoring on the Arctic Tundra. His activities outside of work include herpetology, wildlife/pollinator gardening, science blogging, entomology, bird watching, hiking, baking, vegetarian cooking, and social activism.