VSP: Blacklighting and “Mothing” Event

Bring the entire family to Sugar Land Memorial Park after dark on Saturday, July 15, 2023, for a Texas Master Naturalist Coastal Prairie Chapter (TMNCPC) Blacklighting and “Mothing” Event. There will be lots of fun and engaging information about Fort Bend’s nighttime neighbors. So, kids … be sure to bring your parents and grandparents.

Shannon Westveer, TMNCPC Class of 2019, and other passionate entomology amateurs from neighboring Master Naturalist chapters will be there with blacklight setups so that everyone can see all the “nighttime butterflies” — moths — right up close. There will also be information tables about other nighttime wildlife including bats, opossums, raccoons, and frogs. Come with a flashlight or headlamp and a curious mind and learn all about Fort Bend County’s nighttime wildlife neighbors at this public event. It is FREE and open to people of all ages and abilities. Don’t forget to have iNaturalist app (for adults) or Seek app (for kids) installed on your smartphones if you want to engage in the National Moth Week global citizen science event!

DATE: Saturday, July 15, 2023

TIME: 8:00 PM until 10:00 PM

WHERE: Sugar Land Memorial Park, 15300 University Blvd., Sugar Land, TX 77479 https://www.sugarlandtx.gov/Facilities/Facility/Details/Sugar-Land-Memorial-Park-6

PARKING: Please use the main lot, then follow the tables and blacklight stations along walking paths to the Butterfly Garden at the windmill

FLYER (PDF) … for sharing!

Moth Night Flyer

VSP hours will be largely dependent on whether volunteers man outreach tables (look for a SignUp Genius to go out soon) OR come to BioBlitz wildlife with the goal of pushing up observations to iNaturalist for the global citizen science event.

[VSP hours to be recorded in VMS under: “iNaturalist, eBird and Other Citizen Science: TMN Report Hours”]

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[VSP hours to be recorded in VMS under: “Sugar Land, City of: TMN Report Hours”]