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    Kerry Wood Nature Centre 6300 45 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, Canada

    Your Host:  Don Wales Topic:  Diptera order Diptera – true flies. The Diptera include flies, mosquitos, gnats, midges, and no-see-ums. There are about 120,000 known species of true flies alive today. Dipterans typically have sucking mouth-parts, and may feed on plant juices or on decaying organic matter. A number of dipterans feed on blood, and some […]

  • Insect Focus Group

    Kerry Wood Nature Centre 6300 45 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, Canada

    Your Host:  Don Wales Topic:  Diptera order and a healthy review of the Coleoptera order Diptera – true flies. The Diptera include flies, mosquitos, gnats, midges, and no-see-ums. There are about 120,000 known species of true flies alive today. Dipterans typically have sucking mouth-parts, and may feed on plant juices or on decaying organic matter. A number of dipterans […]

  • Insect Focus Group

    Kerry Wood Nature Centre 6300 45 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, Canada

    Your Host:  Don Wales Topic: Hymenoptera (Bees and wasps)  Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. They have four transparent wings and the females typically have a sting.

  • Insect Focus Group

    Kerry Wood Nature Centre 6300 45 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, Canada

    Your Host:  Don Wales Topic: Field Trip, weather permitting  

  • Insect Focus Group

    Kerry Wood Nature Centre 6300 45 Avenue, Red Deer, AB, Canada

    Insect Focus Group Meeting at the Kerry Wood Nature Centre June 19, 2019 10:00 a.m. to Noon Your Host:  Don Wales Topic: Gaetz Lake Sanctuary Field Trip, weather permitting

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The Red Deer River Naturalists acknowledges the traditional territory north of the Red Deer River of Treaty Six of the Blackfoot, Cree, Dene, Nakota Sioux (sue), and Saulteaux (sawl-toh) Peoples, the traditional territory south of the Red Deer River of Treaty Seven of the Niitsitapi (nee-itsee-TAH-peh) (Blackfoot), Siksika (seeg-see-kah), Piikani (pee-kah-nee), Kainai (g-ai-nah), Tsuu T’ina (soot-tenna), Stoney Nakota Peoples and the Battle River Territory District Three Métis Nation of Alberta.
We hope to serve and protect the traditional lands and waters with respect and commitment. Together, we can be a voice for nature.