OLLI Talks: Gardening for Insects - or Not! (DRAKE HALL)

The benefits of improving habitat for various “beneficial” or desirable kinds of insects have increasingly been recognized.  While the general principles on how this is achieved are often well known, at least for insects such as butterflies and some kinds of bees, the details of how to adapt these practices to local conditions are necessary for them to be most effectively applied.  In this program, we will discuss how to build up populations of a wide range of “good bugs” that one can find in the region – from butterflies and “hummingbird moths” to various kinds of bees and natural enemies of insect pests – and what can be done to avoid a few that are less desired (miller moths).

Whitney Cranshaw is an Emeritus Professor of Entomology at Colorado State University, where he has worked since 1983.  During this time, he has conducted a wide-ranging Extension/Research/Teaching program with the primary focus of improving the understanding of and effective management of insects of horticultural crops (vegetables/fruits, flowers, trees/shrubs, turfgrass, hemp). Although he retired from CSU in July 2020, he has not retired from “bugs” and continues to write, speak with diverse audiences, support websites and listserv discussion groups, and conduct research on projects of interest.

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