WELCOME to the 20th IECC ANNIVERSARY

HOUSE OF WINGS...

The Misadventures of Captain Chrysalis: The First Two Years of the Rosine Smith Sammons Butterfly House (Long)
John Watts, Texas Discovery Gardens

Butterfly Containment - A Follow Up (Long)
Sarah Moore, Pacific Science Center

Plant Propagation Techniques With an Emphasis on Host and Nectar Plants (Long)
Randy Johnson, Texas Discovery Gardens

Butterfly Diversity on Two Underutilized Nectar Plants: Chaya and Sweet Almond Verbena (Long)
John Watts, Texas Discovery Gardens

...AND OTHER THINGS

Building an Outdoor Exhibit for Insect Biodiversity, Citizen Science, and Nature Engagement (Long)
Lila Higgins, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

In Our Own Backyards; Promoting the Use of Local Inverts for Public Display (Long)
Glennon Frei, Saint Louis Zoo

Green Your (Small, Slightly Awkward) Space (Long)
Paige Howorth, San Diego Zoo

INVERT-ED

Knowledge of Arthropod Carnivory and Herbivory: A Factor In Human Attitudes and Beliefs Toward Arthropods (Long)
Ron Wagler, University of Texas at El Paso

Utilizing Insects to Bring Success to Struggling Students (Long)
Sven Strnad, Millstone River School

Utilization and Caloric Intake by the Giant Jumping Stick Stiphra sp. and Extatosoma tiaratum (Long)
Stephen Madigosky, Cameron Knight and Bijal Kakrecha, Widener Univ.

IN THE FIELD

Utilizing Time Travel to Present the Relevance of Natural History (Long)
Prof. J. Phineas Michaelson, U.S. Zoological and Botanical Survey of the Territories

Comparing Butterfly Monitoring Data in Two Large Cities (Long)
Doug Taron, Chicago Academy of Sciences

WOW Your Kids With BOW (Bugs on Wheels) (Short)
Lauren Williamson & Soni Holladay, Cockrell Butterfly Center

It’s a Bug’s World: Lessons from Ten Years of Outreach Programming for the Entomological Society of America – Eastern Branch (Long)
Faith B. Kuehn, Delaware Department of Agriculture

Evening Picnic and Light Sheets at Catalina State Park

ARTHROSTUDIES

Integrating Morphological, Genetic, and Geospatial Data for Inferring Species Boundaries in the North American Tarantula Genus Aphonopelma (Long)
Brent Hendrixson, Millsaps College

Putting the “Death Eaters” Back Where They Belong: A Summary of the Effort to Reintroduce the American Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) to Missouri (Long)
Bob Merz Saint Louis Zoo

Making the case for using the Margined Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus marginatus) as a Surrogate Species for the Endangered American Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) (Long)
Daniel Koch, Saint Louis Zoo

The Arthropods of Crater Lake National Park: An Historical Perspective (Short)
Ronald W. Lyons, Bandon, OR

Farming Tarantulas: Observations on Rearing Mass Quantities of Tarantulas in a Novel Habitat that is Economical, Maintenance Free and Has Conservation Implications (Long)
Trace Hardin, Henry Doorly Zoo

Captive Breeding and Color Variability in the Oblong Winged Katydid, Amblycorypha Oblongifolia (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) (Long)
Jayme Necaise, Audubon Insectarium

You Are What You Eat. A Look at What Arthropods are Being Used in Diets in the Zoo Community (Long)
Jamie Sincage, Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Monster Bug Workshop: Build a Durable Giant Bug Model