Event: #iluvbugs City Nature Challenge BioBlitz
Saturday, April 27, 2024
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
UCD Arboretum Wyatt Deck
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Come join a squad of UCD entomologists, including Community and Citizen Science in Conservation Fellow Grace Horne, as they search for creepy crawlies at night!
Welcome to the #iluvbugs City Nature Challenge Arboretum BioBlitz event! Join Grace Horne and Marielle Hansel Friedman for an evening of exploring the wonderful world of bugs at the Wyatt Deck. Get ready to participate in an ~illuminating~ biodiversity search. This in-person event is perfect for nature enthusiasts of all ages and experience levels. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to connect with nature and appreciate the beauty of bugs.
Participants will take photos of plants and animals–especially bugs!–and upload these observations to the community science platform, iNaturalist. All you need to bring is a smartphone or a photo-taking device. We will have a table with small lenses, bug boxes, field guides, insect specimens, and more to help you make observations of wildlife. Local experts will also be available to assist in identifying the wildlife.
This event will be hosted in coordination with the City Nature Challenge Sacramento. The City Nature Challenge is an annual competition among cities around the globe with the goal of documenting the most biodiversity within a four day period. This year, the CNC will run from April 26 – April 29, 2024, so any observations of wildlife that are uploaded to iNaturalist will contribute to the 2024 CNC. At the end of the CNC, the region with the most observations wins. We are looking to make as many quality observations as we can during the Davis Bioblitz, so stop by the Shields Gazebo to help contribute observations to the Greater Sacramento Region!
What to bring: Please bring a flashlight, comfortable walking shoes, insect repellent, a camera/cell phone, binoculars (if desired), a water bottle, and weather-appropriate clothing.
Driving directions: Take 1-80 to the Richards Blvd. Exit (toward downtown). Go under the underpass. Turn left on 1st Street. Turn left onto Old Davis Road and cross a small bridge over the Arboretum Waterway. Parking is available at Visitor Parking Lot 5, straight ahead from the stop sign at Old Davis Road and Arboretum Drive. Wyatt Deck is located at the west end of the Redwood Grove, across Arboretum Drive from the Wyatt Pavilion Theater.
