Everyone is welcome! Bring your friends, family and curiosity.
You'll help monitor the fireflies, frogs, and bats using your eyes, ears, and special technology researchers use. With 12 frog species and 8 bat species having been observed in Wisconsin, there is plenty to learn about, and with over 2,000 species of fireflies from around the world, we are still discovering what we have here in Wisconsin. We will start each evening with a brief introduction about the species we will be monitoring as well as about the beauty and wonders of these nocturnal creatures!
Community scientists participating in a bat survey at Menomonee Valley.
The idea behind BioBlitzes originated when the rainforests in the Amazon were being clear cut at an astronomical rate. Scientists from around the world became alarmed by the sheer speed of destruction, so they collaborated to bring in experts on a wide variety of taxa to travel to the Amazon’s rainforest to document and record as many species as possible before it would be destroyed forever.
Make sure you don’t let this summer fill up with lazy nights – come on out and join us for this year’s Mini-BioBlitzes!
