Date: 7 April

Time: 11:00 – 14:00

Location: West Coast Fossil Park

Contact: 022 766 1606 | [email protected]

Description: Wasps are super-diverse with almost 20 000 species described from Africa alone, but hundreds of thousands of species await discovery and description entailing exciting field expeditions into remote areas of this vast continent. The talk will showcase the microscopic lives of this biologically diverse group of insects as well as the field work and research undertaken to discover and document Africa’s wasps. Fascinating biological interactions will be highlighted, including the life styles of maritime parasitoid wasps, fig wasp pollinators, and gall wasps.

Talk – R45-00
Includes Coffee and Tea
and something Sweet