ECOFA to focus on dragonflies
MaLisa Spring will give a 45-minute presentation on woodland dragonflies at the monthly meeting for the East Central Ohio Forestry Association. She also will cover photography methods and how to participate in the statewide dragonfly survey.
The East Central Ohio Forestry Association will have MaLisa Spring to their June 5 meeting at the Dover Public Library at 7 p.m.
Spring is the state coordinator for the Ohio Dragonfly Survey and vice president of the Ohio Odonata Society. She earned a Master of Science in entomology from the Ohio State University and a Bachelor of Science in biology from Marietta College.
Spring has previously worked on projects involving bees, beneficial insects and mangrove restoration in abandoned shrimp farms.
Raised on a small farm outside of Zanesville, Spring now resides in Central Ohio for her current position.
Spring will give a 45-minute presentation on woodland dragonflies at the monthly meeting for the East Central Ohio Forestry Association. The talk will cover the basics of dragonflies and damselflies with an emphasis on woodland species. This will be a chance to learn about species like the tiger spiketail, swamp darner, furtive forktail, spreadwings and other dragonflies hiding in the midst. She also will cover photography methods and how to participate in the statewide dragonfly survey.
The Dover Public Library is located at 525 N. Walnut St. in Dover.