“FLOWER BUGS”
Presented by Angella Moorehouse
Natural Areas Preservation Specialist, Illinois Nature Preserves Commission
Tuesday, January 6th | Program at 7:00 p.m.
St John’s United Church of Christ Freeport, IL, or via Zoom
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While bees get most of the attention for their pollination services, there are hundreds of other insects in our natural communities that are closely associated with one or more species of flowering plants. Wasps, flies, beetles, ants, moths, butterflies, and true bugs serve a variety of roles in the ecosystem. Flower Bugs is a book that was written by Angella, and will be presented for the purpose of sparking a greater interest and appreciation for flower-visiting true bugs by showcasing the connections between native plants and their insect companions. For this presentation she will share a little bit about the pollinator photo survey project as well as some basics on how to identify and find true bugs (Heteroptera: stink bugs, assassin bugs, plant bugs, milkweed bugs, and more).
Angella Moorehouse has worked for 29 years as a field representative for the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission in west-central Illinois where she prepares conservation easements to protect high quality natural areas and assists in the management and monitoring of these sites. She has been conducting photography surveys of flower visiting insects on 30 protected preserves in west-central Illinois since 2018. Angella has published several Rapid Field Guides on wasps, bees, flies, and moths with the Field Museum. “Flower Bugs” is her first book publication (2023) and is intended as a field guide for identification of flower visiting Heteroptera in the Midwest.
“Flower Bugs – the seldom seen connections between lesser known insects and native flowering plants” available for Pollinator Press: pollinationpress.com
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