Invertebrates in Education and Conservation Conference (IECC)

Presented by the Terrestrial Invertebrate Taxon Advisory Group (TITAG)

Papers from the 2014 IECC Paper Presentations
Click here to download all of 2014's papers in a single .zip file


Crowd Science Central


Louise Lynch, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Bumble Boosters: Engaging citizen scientists in pollinator research and conservation


Doug Golick, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Pollination to Plate: Teaching Pollination Systems Knowledge Through a Mobile App - Paper Currently Unavailable - Link goes to abstract


Patrick Honan, Museum Victoria
Bioscans: Connecting keepers, wilderness and the community - Paper Currently Unavailable


Nathan Brockman, Iowa State University's Reiman Gardens
Unified Butterfly Recorder:A New Take on a Standard Practice


Doug Taron, Chicago Academy of Sciences
Butterfly Monitoring: Twenty-five Years of Citizen Science in Illinois and Beyond



Happy Snails to You


Bob Merz, St. Louis Zoo
The Tahitian Shell Game


Stuart Wells, Phoenix Zoo
Chronicles of ex situ Springsnail Management at Phoenix Zoo’s Conservation Center


Cody Gilbertson, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Developing captive ex situ populations of the endangered Chittenango ovate amber snail Novisuccinea chittenangoensis (Succineidae: Pulmonata: Mollusca): for population augmentation in New York State


Glennon Frei, St. Louis Zoo
AZA and TITAG: How’d I get here, what am I doing and where am I going?


Stuart Wells, Phoenix Zoo
Growing Mussels in the Desert



Husbandry and Natural History: First Instar


Ester Chang, San Diego Zoo
Raising Dragons: Managed care and breeding of the dragon-headed katydid (Lesina intermedia) at the San Diego Zoo


Bob Merz, St. Louis Zoo
Conclusions from Three Feeding Studies on Two Mantid Species, Popa spurca and Tenodera aridifolia


Ray Mendez, Work as Play
Naturalist Butterfly Feeders at the Philadelphia Zoo


Sue Andersen, Woodland Park Zoo
Captive Breeding and Husbandry of The Golden Orb Weaver Spider (Nephila inaurata madagascariensis) at Woodland Park Zoo



Husbandry and Natural History: Second Instar


Lauren Williamson, Cockrell Butterfly Center
Screwing up equals smartening up: Starting an in-house rearing program at the Cockrell Butterfly Center


Tony Palmer, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium
Captive Management and Reintroduction of the Salt Creek Tiger Beetle, Cicindela nevadica lincolniana (COLEOPTERA:CARABIDAE) at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium


Zack Lemann, Audubon Butterfly Garden Insectarium
Velvet Ants: A Quick Overview of Nature's Fuzziest Wasps (short)


All About IABES


Lauren Williamson, Cockrell Butterfly Center
IABES: Past, Present, and Future - Paper Currently Unavailable - Link goes to abstract


Enzo Moretto, Butterfly Arc
The possible last flight of the Monarchs - Paper Currently Unavailable - Link goes to abstract


Michael Weismann and Richard Cowan, Kallima Consultants, Inc. and LPS LLC
Butterfly Imports into the USA: What a Difference a Decade Makes.


Pollinators Teach and Other Outreach


Erin Ingram, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Bees Behind Bars: Vocational Beekeeping Training in Prisons


Ron Wagler, The University of Texas at El Paso
Preservice Middle School Science Teacher’s Attitudes and Beliefs toward Biologically Diverse Animals


Ed Spevak, St. Louis Zoo
The Center for Native Pollinator Conservation: One Zoo's Journey Around the World with Native Bees


Kevin Burls, Nevada Bugs and Butterflies
Nevada Bugs and Butterflies: Celebrating the invertebrate diversity of the Great Basin and Sierras


Jamie Sincage, Disney's Animal Kingdom
A Pollinator Celebration! Telling the story of pollinators at Disney's Animal Kingdom (short) - Paper Currently Unavailable - Link goes to abstract