2014 INVERTEBRATES IN EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION CONFERENCE July 22 - July 26 • Rio Rico, Arizona Hosted by The Terrestrial Invertebrate Taxon Advisory Group
Thank you to our Platinum and Keynote Level Sponsors:
Preliminary program subject to change
Tuesday, July 22	9:00am - 4:00pm	*TITAG Meeting and Partula* Snail Workshop**
	2:00 - 6:00pm	Registration
	6:00 - 9:00pm	Icebreaker

Wednesday, July 23	6:30 - 8:30am	Registration
	1:00 - 5:30pm	Registration
	FIELD TRIPS - Pre-registration required
	7:00am	Oklahoma! Where the bugs crawl and fly across the plain!, Led by Doug Taron We’re not really going to Oklahoma, but our travels will take us east of Rio Rico and will include the San Rafael Valley where the 1955 movie version of the Rogers and Hammerstein musical was filmed. Our route will cross riparian areas, desert hill, and grasslands. Butterflies! Tiger Beetles! Painted Grasshoppers! Velvet Ants! Dung Beetles! You’ll laugh, you’ll cry. It’s a critics’ favorite! It’s also a beautiful time to see the diverse invertebrate fauna of southeast Arizona. Car caravan, responsible collecting allowed.
	7:15am	Southwest Swing-N-Sweat, Led by Zack Lemann Nothing compares to looking for bugs in southeastern Arizona’s diverse and gorgeous landscape once monsoon season starts. Whether it’s your first time to the area or you’re an old han…er, tarsus, the lure of finding the large and the lovely among the shrubs and spines is ever so strong. Come learn why the canyons and deserts of this land have such ardent devotees; explore, collect, chat with other bug geeks. Could you have a better day?!
	7:30am	Arizona Photo Safari, Led by Chip Hedgcock Interested in spending a day out in the beautiful Arizona desert with award winning photographer Chip Hedgcock? If so then this is the field trip for you! Join Chip on this full day field trip where you will search for invertebrates and capture them with your camera. Chip will be offering photography tips and tricks of the trade during the field trip.
	EVENING EVENTS
	5:30 - 9:00pm	Welcome, Keynote Presentation, and Reception Patrick Honan is Manager of Live Exhibits at Museum Victoria, in Melbourne, Australia. He has more than 25 years experience working in invertebrate research and husbandry at Monash University, Melbourne Zoo and the Department of Environment, with a focus on conservation and community programs. He has published several books and scientific papers on invertebrates, contributes regularly to the Australian and international media, and was inaugural Convener of the Australasian TITAG. Patrick is currently President of the Victorian Entomological Society. As the IECC 2014 keynote speaker, Patrick will be sharing his experiences working with the critically endangered Lord Howe Island stick insect. The insect's rediscovery after more than eighty years and the development of a conservation program to ensure its future are just a couple of highlights from his presentation, "Lessons from the Lord Howe Island Stick Insect - Using single species conservation to convert the community".

Thank you to our Gold Level Sponsor:
Thursday, July 24	7:00am - 4:00pm	Silent Auction
	7:00am - 4:00pm	Registration and Exhibits -- Registration may close during paper sessions and lunch.
	PAPER SESSIONS
	8:00am	Welcome and Announcements
	8:10 - 9:50am	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 Patrick Honan, Museum Victoria Bioscans: Connecting keepers, wilderness and the community 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
	9:50 - 10:10am	Announcements and Break -- Please visit the Exhibit Hall!
	10:10 - 11:50am	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
	LUNCH
	11:50am-1:30pm	COMPLIMENTARY lunch provided in the restaurant for conference participants
	AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
	1:30 - 5:30pm	Forensic Entomology -- Led by David Faulkner, Forensic Entomology Services Forensic Entomology applies the study of terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates, primarily insects, to the criminal justice system to assist in answering questions relating to death investigations. This short course will cover both civil and criminal cases and present a number of actual instances where insects were used to determine a minimum Postmortem Interval (PMI), movement of a body following death, and condition of a victim after death. The remainder of the workshop involves the processing of a "crime scene," collection and processing of evidence, and the identification of insects gathered. Finally, a rough postmortem interval will be established that will give a minimum time for the initial insect infestation on the body. Materials for the class will be supplied, although personal insect collecting equipment may be used. A fun and educational time will be had by all, except for the "victim."
	FIELD TRIPS - Pre-registration required.
	1:30 - 8:00pm	Border Bugs, Led by Jim Melli Just north of the border are the beautiful and mysterious Pajarito Mountains. The diversity of habitats, unusual plant and animal life and spectacular scenery make this a special place to hunt for bugs. We will travel Ruby Road, stopping here and there to sample for bugs and whatever else we can find. We may see exotic Mexican species that are rare on our side of the border. If we are in the mood, we can set up a Bioquip black light at dusk, kick back and see what comes in.
	7:00 - 11:00pm	Nightlights...not just for Kids anymore!, Led by Mark Deering Like Bugs...Bugs that stalk the night? Then this trip is for you! We will be venturing out into some of North Americas richest arthropod habitats in search of great critters. Some we will find at the lights, some on the roads and some on the vegetation. This trip will encompass two stops with lights set to attract insects, participants can also look about for nocturnal arthropods roaming about. Expect some fantastic beetles, moths, centipedes, tarantulas, scorpions, solpugids and more! Bring a good flashlight and your enthusiasm....we'll do the rest! Collecting will be allowed, but it is always a good idea to show off your catch before bagging.
	ROUND TABLE
	1:30 - 3:30pm	The workers in the hive: the use and training of staff in invertebrate collections Due to unforseen circumstances this roundtable has been canceled. .
	INSECT TRIVIA CONTEST
	5:30pm	Meet Poolside, pick teams and test your entomology knowledge

Thank you to our Silver Level, Workshop, and Ice Breaker Sponsors:
Friday, July 25	7:00am - 4:00pm	Silent Auction
	7:00am - 4:00pm	Registration and Exhibits -- Registration may close during paper sessions and lunch.
	PAPER SESSIONS
	8:00am	Welcome and Announcements
	8:10 - 9:30am	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
	9:30 - 9:50am	Announcements and Break -- Please visit the Exhibit Hall!
	9:50 - 10:40am	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 Sarah Jenkins, 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)
	10:40 - 11:00am	Announcements and Break -- Please visit the Exhibit Hall!
	ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
	11:00-11:50am	USDA Roundtable With Wayne Wehling, PhD, Senior Entomologist with USDA APHIS PPQ Pest Permitting Branch
	LUNCH
	11:50am-1:30pm	COMPLIMENTARY lunch provided in the restaurant for conference participants
	WORKSHOP
	1:30 - 4:30pm	Close Quarters: Invertebrate husbandry and exhibition (Part I) -- Led by Jim Melli, Paige Howorth, Ester Chang: San Diego Natural History Museum and San Diego Zoo. The Terrestrial Invertebrate Taxon Advisory Group (TITAG) is a trusted resource for invertebrate exhibitry, and this workshop will take an in-depth look at exhibition styles and potential display fabrication. Over two days and five hours, we will cover tips and tricks for exhibition, including fabrication of enclosures and “furniture”, and selection of lighting and plants. An extensive list of resources that will encourage further development of these skills, as well as purchasing options, will be explored. If you sign up for Part I you are encouraged to also sign up for Part II as it will be a continuation of the first workshop
	1:30 - 4:30PM	No Small Matter: Getting involved in invertebrate conservation -- Led by Mitch Magdich, Lou Perrotti: Toledo Zoo and Roger Williams Park Zoo For many invertebrate programs at zoos, universities and other organizations, a local or regional conservation program can really connect communities to their own backyards. Indeed, invertebrate conservation programs have the potential to bring more interest to poorly-understood taxa, while having a significant impact on species survival. Program development and implementation have several factors with which to contend, however; chief among them funding, labor and space. This workshop will cover the dynamics of existing invertebrate conservation programs overseen by the Terrestrial Invertebrate Taxon Advisory Group (TITAG), and explore opportunities in need of attention and ways to get involved.
	EVENING EVENT
	7:00pm	Black Light Adventure TBD

Thank you to our Bronze Level, and Beverage Service Sponsors:
Saturday, July 26	7:00am - 1:00pm	Silent Auction
	7:00am - 1:00pm	Registration and Exhibits -- Registration may close during paper sessions and lunch.
	PAPER SESSIONS
	8:00am	Welcome and Announcements
	8:10 - 9:30am	All About IABES Lauren Williamson, Cockrell Butterfly Center IABES: Past, Present, and Future Enzo Moretto, Butterfly Arc The possible last flight of the Monarchs Michael Weismann and Richard Cowan, Kallima Consultants, Inc. and LPS LLC Butterfly Imports into the USA: What a Difference a Decade Makes. IABES Panel Discussion
	9:30 - 9:50am	Announcements and Break -- Please visit the Exhibit Hall!
	9:50am-11:40pm	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 Karen Verderame, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Bug Fest: The Rise of an Infestival! Jamie Sincage, Disney's Animal Kingdom A Pollinator Celebration! Telling the story of pollinators at Disney's Animal Kingdom (short)
	WORKSHOPS
	1:00 - 3:00pm	Close Quarters: Invertebrate husbandry and exhibition (Part II) Please do not sign up for Part II unless you also are registering for Part I
	1:00 - 3:00pm	Special Husbandry Session -- Led by Erin Mills, Sue Andersen, Ray Mendez, Jessica Sutherland: Cockrell Butterfly Center, Woodland park Zoo, Work as Play, Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium Topics: Giant long legged katydids, ants, giant African millipedes, Nephila spiders
	BANQUET
	6:00pm	Final Silent Auction bids, Cash Bar and Banquet
	9:00pm	Dancing until...?

All Week	Daily	The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Phoenix Zoo, Reid Park Zoo, Tucson Botanical Garden and Butterfly Wonderland in Scottsdale, AZ will be offering free admission to conference registrants (conference name badges will need to be shown for entrance). THANK YOU!