For our last evening program until fall, we have invited Quin Baine, Research Fellow at the Museum of Southwestern Biology, to give a presentation on the galls that appear on some of our native plants. If you have seen them, you may have wondered: what is the function of these weird growths, and how can I identify them? Quin will talk about the main groups of insect gall formers, their specialized relationships to plants, and how to recognize common galls of native plants of the southwest.

The program will be hybrid – in person and via Zoom. It will be live on the WNMU campus in Harlan Hall, Room 111. Harlan Hall is at the corner of 12th and Alabama Streets in Silver City. Those who prefer to attend online may request a Zoom link from gilanative@gmail.com. As always, the public is invited. All are welcome.