Mornings with Friends-Arthropods/’Bugs’ in Maine and Beyond with Jon Wallace - Recreation Center

Do you like ‘bugs’? Want to learn more about them? Join local ‘bug’ enthusiast, Jon Wallace, and learn about the different live ‘bugs’ he raises and exhibits. During this program, you’ll get to see these animals up-close (if you dare), learn about their amazing history, behaviors and adaptations, and find out why they are so important to humans and considered the most successful group of animals that ever lived!

Jon Wallace was an award-winning high school science teacher in Meriden, Connecticut for over 32 years. Jon has had an interest in ‘non-traditional’ topics in science for over forty years and developed a passion for raising arthropods/’bugs’ during that time. He has also researched the fossil history of insects and has shared that during exhibits at Bug-Maine-ia for several years. For a few years, he focused on taking ‘focus-stacked’ macro-imaging of insects and other tiny things. He has written several articles about arthropod culture and focus-stacked photography. Other interests include collecting meteorites/micrometeorites, imaging the Sun, optical astronomy, radio astronomy, fossils and raising cacti and insectivorous plants. He currently is a NASA Solar System Ambassador, is a member of the Maine Entomological Society and has given presentations at a number of schools, libraries and other group meetings.