Family fun insect safari
MARLBORO- On Saturday, August 4, the public is invited to meet up for an insect safari.
The Cambridge Entomological Club and the Vermont Entomological Society are coming to the Hogback Mountain conservation area to spend a day and a night looking for insects, roaming through the woods, meadows, and marshes around the former ski area looking for six- or eight-legged flying, creeping, crawling, spinning, hopping or chirping creatures to identify.
This is a family-friendly event. Bug enthusiasts will have an opportunity to meet with the experts.
There will be two sessions, one from 1 to 4 pm to find and identify daytime insects, and another from 8 to 10 pm to attract and identify moths and other nighttime insects.
Interested parties will meet in the field behind the white distillery building on the south side of Route 9 just west of the gift shop.
For more information contact Scott Smyers at smyers@oxbowassociates.com or Hogback Mountain Conservation Area at hmca@hogbackvt.org.