February meeting – Mark DuBois – BMNH trip
On February 17, 2018, I provided an overview of my July, 2017 trip to various locations in the U.K. (including the British Museum of Natural History in London and the British Museum of Natural History in Tring). I also visited Kew Gardens and many other places....2018 meetings
We met in January and established the our tentative event schedule for 2018. These are listed below. All events start on Saturday at 9 a.m. unless otherwise noted. We welcome new members and look forward to meeting you at these events. You can also find us on Meetup...Singing Woods – October, 2017
Our group of entomologists visited Singing Woods (Peoria Co., Illinois) in October. Although I was in Abu Dhabi, Frank Hitchell took a number of photos. We hope you enjoy this short overview of the excursion. Perhaps you will be inspired to join us on one of our trips...Farmdale Park – July, 2017
Although I was in London, members of our central Illinois entomology group too a field trip to Farmdale Park in July, 2017. Frank Hitchell took a number of photos and I created this video of the trip for the group. Hopefully, it gives you some idea of what the...Matthiessen State Park
We visited Matthiessen State Park in central Illinois On Saturday, June 17, 2017. In addition to taking a number of photos (which are presented below), I also took several 360 degree photos with my Ricoh Theta S camera. Here are a couple of 360 degree photos. This one...Merwin Nature Preserve
Our group visited Merwin Nature Preserve on May 13, 2017. Many others were present as the group responsible for the upkeep of the reserve was holding a celebration of their 50th anniversary. Here is a video synopsis of our trip. We hope you will be able to participate...April 29th field trip cancelled
We cancelled our April 29 field trip. There appears to be too much rain in the forecast. You are encouraged to participate in Mark DuBois’ presentation on the evolution of insects on April 30 at the Peoria Riverfront Museum (2 – 3 p.m.). Note there is a...Funk’s Mineral Museum
We toured the Funk’s Mineral Museum (near Bloomington, IL) on March 18, 2017. This museum has a large collection of minerals, fossils (and so much more). We also visited a maple sirup store (sirup is spelled correctly as it contains only boiled tree sap; syrup...Cold Adapted Insects
I decided to make a separate recording of the presentation I gave to our group on Feb. 18, 2017. This is a slightly shorter version. Cold Adapted Insects from Mark DuBois on Vimeo. Please use the comments section if you have questions about this...
Peoria approximella (a moth named in New York for Peoria, IL). Photo of Michigan specimen courtesy Jim Vargo (used with permission).