If in the area, help us celebrate being back in person by attending the meeting at the Academy!

Giant silkmoths (Saturniidae) are among the most beautiful and beloved insects. In eastern North America they are rare in cities even though potential host trees in cities are plentiful. Paved cityscapes interfere with the pupal stage of these moths. By contrast, the moths can complete their pupal stages in large tracts of forest within big cities, such as New York and Philadelphia. The popular appeal of these charismatic saturniids may be used to promote the conservation of forest fragments in cities.

ALSO: Come view the Academy of Natural Science’s new exhibit “Drawing from the Collections: The Evolutionary Success of Beetles” outside our meeting room before the meeting.

We will have some of the Academy’s spectacular giant silk moth specimens displayed in the meeting room, along with refreshments.