Pre-registration required.

Cost: $25 (25% off for BGA Members)

Most of us recognize a monarch butterfly and a luna moth, but how much do we really know about our 177,500 lepidoptera friends? This class explores the major butterfly and moth groups, and their relationships with plants as caterpillars and adults, role in pollination, and value to birds.

Instructor

As a child, Sharon Mammoser spent much of her free time outside, exploring the wild land around her house in western New York State. She climbed trees, caught frogs and salamanders, searched for feathers, fox dens, caterpillars and crayfish. She was a Naturalist long before ever hearing the term and a photographer before the age of digital cameras. Sharon earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education from SUNY New Paltz, and then went on to share natural history with people of all ages in Minnesota, Michigan, Rhode Island, Colorado and New York. She believes people should know their outdoor neighbors and strives to encourage interest and spark curiosity in the natural world. After completing a thru-hike of the 2,175 mile Appalachian Trail, she moved to western NC where she spends her time enjoying the great outdoors, traveling, learning about the plants and animals she encounters and sharing her knowledge through a blog called Nature For My Soul.com.