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2015 IECC Presentations

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Save the Bs – Beetles, Butterflies (and Brits)

Sarah Jenkins – Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo
An Update of the Captive Management and Reintroduction of the Salt Creek Tiger Beetle, Cicindela nevadica lincolniana (COLEOPTERA:CARABIDAE) at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium

Mark Bushell – Bristol Zoo Gardens
Bugs in Brizzle: an institutional profile of the invertebrate department at Bristol Zoo Gardens

Lou Perrotti – Roger Williams Park Zoo
A Report on the 22 year Effort to Establish the American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus Olivier) to Nantucket Island, Massachusetts

Bob Merz & Michael Dawson – St. Louis Zoo
Using Endangered Beetles to Introduce Conservation Science to Teens

Karen Lewis – Oregon Zoo
Reintroduction of Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly

Hook ’em, Fangs: Invertebrate Outreach

Karen Verderame – Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Bug Fest: The Rise of an Infestival!

Erin Ingram – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The Six-Legged Subject: Insect Incorporation in High School Biology Classrooms

Ron Wagler – University of Texas-El Paso
Tarantulas in the Classroom: Effectively Integrating Tarantulas into your Science Curriculum

Erin Mills – Cockrell Butterfly Center
Bugs on Wheels: Continuing the Success in 2015 and Beyond!

Andrine Shufran – Oklahoma State University Insect Adventure
IECC and ESA; United in Entomology Education

The Real Dirt: Invertebrate Husbandry and Maintenance

Lydia Attard – Toronto Zoo
The Development and Evaluation of a Gut-loading Diet for Feeder Crickets Formulated to Provide a Balanced Nutrient Source for Insectivorous Amphibians and Reptiles

Marissa Gonzales – Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Beetle Substrate: Making Good Grub for Grubs!

Mark Bushell – Bristol Zoo Gardens
Between Angels and Demons: Husbandry techniques for two species of praying mantis at Bristol Zoo Gardens

Jennifer Bender – St. Louis Zoo
So Happy Together: Combining a Hissing Cockroach Colony in the Same Enclosure as a Dermestid Beetle Colony

Sarah Jenkins – Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo
That Cup is Full of Maggots: Feeder Insects at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium

Tony Palmer – Freelance Naturalist
Notes on the Captive Rearing of the Montane Giant Tiger Beetle, Amblycheila baroni Rivers, 1890 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae).

Meet Your Neighbors: Regulatory and Collection Profiles

Chloe Miller – Museum Victoria, Australia
Keeping Bugs Alive, Alive

Julie LaTurner – Houston Zoo
The Bug House at the Houston Zoo

Erin Sullivan – Woodland Park Zoo
TITAG SWARM Program

Faith B. Kuehn – Delaware Department of Agriculture
Sniffer Dogs, Al B – the man-sized ALB, and Big Game Hunting Wasps: Creating Engaging Exhibits About Regulatory Entomology

Citizen Science and Lepidoptera Leanings

Louise I. Lynch – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Insect Interactions in Entomology Citizen Science

Sarah Garrett – Butterfly Pavilion
Colorado Butterfly Monitoring Network

Natalya Bjorklund – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Bees of Nebraska

John Watts – Texas Discovery Gardens
The Bonesets and Mistflowers – Butterfly Magnets

Louise I. Lynch – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
What Has Four Eyes, Six Legs and is Red All Over? Building a Citizen Science Program with Tetraopes