We're hoping you'll join us for three days of traipsing through fields and bogs, staying up way too late, and generally having a fantastic time during this year's Massachusetts Invertebrate Interlude Days with Great Expectations, aka MIIDGE. All iNaturalist observations of invertebrates in Massachusetts on July 21, 22, and 23 are automatically included in this project; all you have to do is make and upload the observations. Please join the project by clicking the Join button in the upper right-hand corner here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/miidge-2023-massachusetts-invertebrate-interlude-days-with-great-expectations

MIIDGE 2023 coincides with National Moth Week, so get out your sheets and black lights and do an anti-rain dance or two. The Athol Bird and Nature Club is holding its annual Moth Ball the evening of July 22nd in Athol; See the listing of events here for more details: https://atholbirdclub.org/events/. If you know of any other invertebrate events or field trips during MIIDGE, let us know and we'll put them in a journal post.

In 2022, we all made just under 6,000 observations of more than 1,500 species: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/miidge-2022-massachusetts-invertebrate-interlude-days-with-great-expectations. This year, let's aim for MORE than 6,000 observations and MORE than 1,600 species!

Here, we're going to invite iNaturalists we think might be especially interested in MIIDGE, but absolutely everyone is welcome, from beginners to world experts.
@adamkohl, @agave6_tomwalker, @akilee, @barbaragiguere, @beesearcher, @berkshirenaturalist, @billmac, @birders130, @blocky, @bmvig, @brburke, @btk, @caterpillarscount, @cbuelow45, @chosetec, @dalien, @dancastriotta, @danivaill, @davidhsmall, @dixiedog251, @dlnarango, @erikschiff, @feralbeetle, @heather232, @hholbrook, @iandavies, @isopoddemigod, @jacksonfrost, @jakemccumber, @jef, @jeremycoleman, @joemac, @john_baur, @kevinbarnes, @krosenthal, @laurengriffith, @lma82, @mamiles, @maractwin, @mikeakresh, @mpelikan, @naturequ33r, @nlblock, @no6km, @nomolosx, @nsharp, @ntepper, @polypody, @pshubin, @radbackedsalamander, @ramonamolnar, @raneedunc, @rayray, @robertgessing, @rosymaplemoths4, @rubyheron, @sarahshearer, @snakebird15, @sohzendeh, @srullman, @stevetobin, @teamontagna, @temminicki, @thomashulsey, @thomasirvine, @urbanpollinatorproject, @vburdette, @vernal3, @wefwef, @wsweet321

--Lynn Harper and Tom Murray

Posted on July 11, 2023 02:50 PM by lynnharper