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MARYLAND ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY
OCTOBER 2021 MEETING
Title: Highlights from Nearly 20 Years of Chasing Tiger Beetles in Missouri
Speaker: Ted C. MacRae, Research Entomologist (retired)
Abstract: In 2000, Ted MacRae and his colleague, Chris Brown, began surveying tiger beetles in Missouri, with the goal of establishing a complete fauna and characterizing their temporal and spatial occurrence, habitat requirements, and conservation status. Their work resulted in the documentation of 24 species in the state, including two new state records, and identified eight species of potential conservation concern. Additional targeted surveys were conducted for five of these species using both active (visual observation) and passive (pitfall traps) collection methods. As a result of these surveys, four species were considered restricted but secure, two species were considered at high risk, one species was considered adventive, and one species was considered extirpated. Habitat management recommendations were developed for at-risk species and provided to state conservation agencies. This presentation provides an overview of the tiger beetles of Missouri with emphasis on species of conservation concern.
Speaker Bio: Ted is a recently retired research entomologist who spent the bulk of his 40-year career in the field of agricultural biotechnology. Despite the “applied” focus of his professional work, Ted has been fascinated with insect natural history since childhood. He has traveled extensively across the U.S. and many other countries and amassed an insect collection with more than 100,000 specimens. He has published numerous papers on beetles—primarily taxonomy, distribution, and host associations of woodboring beetles, and more recent work includes surveys to assess the conservation status of several Missouri tiger beetle species. Ted not only collects insects but also photographs them, with particular emphasis on field photographs of non-captive insects. Ted currently serves as Managing Editor for The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, Review Editor for The Coleopterists Bulletin, and Review/Layout Editor for Cicindela.
When: Friday, October 15, 2021, 7:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Where: us02web.zoom.us/j/85045050707?pwd=d3VKbUN4WmxrK0sxU2lUWnNqUW9OQT09
Meeting ID: 850 4505 0707
Passcode: 276994
Dial in: +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
OCTOBER 2021 MEETING
Title: Highlights from Nearly 20 Years of Chasing Tiger Beetles in Missouri
Speaker: Ted C. MacRae, Research Entomologist (retired)
Abstract: In 2000, Ted MacRae and his colleague, Chris Brown, began surveying tiger beetles in Missouri, with the goal of establishing a complete fauna and characterizing their temporal and spatial occurrence, habitat requirements, and conservation status. Their work resulted in the documentation of 24 species in the state, including two new state records, and identified eight species of potential conservation concern. Additional targeted surveys were conducted for five of these species using both active (visual observation) and passive (pitfall traps) collection methods. As a result of these surveys, four species were considered restricted but secure, two species were considered at high risk, one species was considered adventive, and one species was considered extirpated. Habitat management recommendations were developed for at-risk species and provided to state conservation agencies. This presentation provides an overview of the tiger beetles of Missouri with emphasis on species of conservation concern.
Speaker Bio: Ted is a recently retired research entomologist who spent the bulk of his 40-year career in the field of agricultural biotechnology. Despite the “applied” focus of his professional work, Ted has been fascinated with insect natural history since childhood. He has traveled extensively across the U.S. and many other countries and amassed an insect collection with more than 100,000 specimens. He has published numerous papers on beetles—primarily taxonomy, distribution, and host associations of woodboring beetles, and more recent work includes surveys to assess the conservation status of several Missouri tiger beetle species. Ted not only collects insects but also photographs them, with particular emphasis on field photographs of non-captive insects. Ted currently serves as Managing Editor for The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, Review Editor for The Coleopterists Bulletin, and Review/Layout Editor for Cicindela.
When: Friday, October 15, 2021, 7:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Where: us02web.zoom.us/j/85045050707?pwd=d3VKbUN4WmxrK0sxU2lUWnNqUW9OQT09
Meeting ID: 850 4505 0707
Passcode: 276994
Dial in: +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)