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Our April meeting will be a virtual and in-person hybrid gathering. You can join us at the Gaston Christian Center (8515 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75243) or over Zoom on Monday, April 18th at 6:30 for social time, 7:00 for quick announcements, then our program, “’Natural Born Botanist – Insects make the best botanists.’ Learn about how to identify flowering plants to family and how insects can help you narrow down what the plant is that they are on.” with John Watts, Entomologist at Texas Discovery Garden. You may use this direct link to connect – no registration required:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84367936330?pwd=M25kZU9MNGYvR1EzT1Y3MHlKT1RzZz09
John Watts was born and raised in north Florida (Jacksonville) where he developed an early interest in insects and began studying them at six years of age. He had hundreds of acres of woods and swamps directly behind his house where he spent most of his free hours exploring. John received his masters degree in entomology from the University of Florida where he specialized on insect husbandry. It was also in college that he began a lifelong interest in the biology and systematics of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae). As a collector of insects, he took it upon himself to learn about plants and became an avid gardener both for food and for wildlife, especially pollinators. John’s professional career started at the Cockrell Butterfly Center at the Houston Museum of Nature and Science and has been in the live butterfly exhibit business ever since. He spent 7 years at the Butterfly Pavilion and Insect Center in Westminster, Colorado before settling in Dallas. With over 20 years of experience and an inordinate fondness for nature in general John gladly shares his wealth of knowledge at Texas Discovery Gardens.
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