We're hoping you'll join us for three days of traipsing through fields and bogs, staying up way too late, and generally having a fantastic time during this year's Massachusetts Invertebrate Interlude Days with Great Expectations, aka MIIDGE. All iNaturalist observations of invertebrates in Massachusetts on July 21, 22, and 23 are automatically included in this project; all you have to do is make and upload the observations. Please join the project by clicking the Join button in the upper right-hand corner here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/miidge-2023-massachusetts-invertebrate-interlude-days-with-great-expectations
MIIDGE 2023 coincides with National Moth Week, so get out your sheets and black lights and do an anti-rain dance or two. The Athol Bird and Nature Club is holding its annual Moth Ball the evening of July 22nd in Athol; See the listing of events here for more details: https://atholbirdclub.org/events/. If you know of any other invertebrate events or field trips during MIIDGE, let us know and we'll put them in a journal post.
In 2022, we all made just under 6,000 observations of more than 1,500 species: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/miidge-2022-massachusetts-invertebrate-interlude-days-with-great-expectations. This year, let's aim for MORE than 6,000 observations and MORE than 1,600 species!
Here, we're going to invite iNaturalists we think might be especially interested in MIIDGE, but absolutely everyone is welcome, from beginners to world experts.
@adamkohl, @agave6_tomwalker, @akilee, @barbaragiguere, @beesearcher, @berkshirenaturalist, @billmac, @birders130, @blocky, @bmvig, @brburke, @btk, @caterpillarscount, @cbuelow45, @chosetec, @dalien, @dancastriotta, @danivaill, @davidhsmall, @dixiedog251, @dlnarango, @erikschiff, @feralbeetle, @heather232, @hholbrook, @iandavies, @isopoddemigod, @jacksonfrost, @jakemccumber, @jef, @jeremycoleman, @joemac, @john_baur, @kevinbarnes, @krosenthal, @laurengriffith, @lma82, @mamiles, @maractwin, @mikeakresh, @mpelikan, @naturequ33r, @nlblock, @no6km, @nomolosx, @nsharp, @ntepper, @polypody, @pshubin, @radbackedsalamander, @ramonamolnar, @raneedunc, @rayray, @robertgessing, @rosymaplemoths4, @rubyheron, @sarahshearer, @snakebird15, @sohzendeh, @srullman, @stevetobin, @teamontagna, @temminicki, @thomashulsey, @thomasirvine, @urbanpollinatorproject, @vburdette, @vernal3, @wefwef, @wsweet321
--Lynn Harper and Tom Murray
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Argh. Why didn't I know about this sooner? I will be in Vermont that weekend.
@maractwin, you didn't know about it sooner because the date snuck up on us!
Ohh! Too bad! I am going to miss this year again. I'll be in Rwanda that weekend.
Have a wonderful time Miidging. Thanks for inviting me to participate, Lynn.
Rwanda!! OK, @akilee, if you're going to Rwanda, that's a really good reason to miss MIIDGE. Next year, though!!
Hey, @jcarm, I forgot to invite you to this - sorry about that! I'm sure you'll be out in the big rivers looking for mussels this weekend (please don't; I bet they'll still be too high). - Lynn
I'll be sure to talk about the great participatory science effort in our corner of the world at that conference, Lynn! :D
You do good work, Claire - talk a lot about that!
Thanks, Lynn. Appreciated! :D
I will be around for this. Always a fun way to spend the weekend! (Kirk Marshall aka no6km)
ahhh I'll be in Louisiana for moth week :(
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