Millipedes know Tasmania better than we do – Dr Bob Mesibov
The format will follow our regular monthly get togethers, which will be a quick catch up on what’s going on with the club, after the presentation you can grab a cuppa and ask more questions or just hang around and have a chat.
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Time and Place
Thursday 4th July
7.15 pm for a 7.30 pm start
UTAS Sandy Bay Campus in the Law Building Seminar Room (Room 132)
About
Tasmania’s 200 millipede species have strange distributions that ignore habitats, are sometimes strongly “antagonistic” and hint at major displacements in the distant past.
The talk will be general and not too technical. Bob will remind naturalists of what millipedes are and how they live, followed by an overview of their distribution patterns in Tasmania and some possible explanations for the distribution oddities. The talk will conclude with spectacular examples of “meta-patterns”: patterns of distribution patterns that make Tasmania and its millipedes very special in biogeography.
We will also be having a Special General Meeting for proposed changes to the TFNC Club Rules – Click here for more information
Registration for non-members
Non-members are welcome, and registration is optional. You may email Fiona on enquiries@tasfieldnats.org.au if you wish to attend or click on the Register button to the right.
If you think that the club is a good fit for you and you would like to regularly attend events then we ask you sign up as a member (https://tasfieldnats.org.au/member
Venue
We use the rear entrance to the building and access is easy – from the corner of Grosvenor St and Alexander St (see red star and arrows on map) walk down the laneway on the northern side of the Law Building and enter via the sliding doors at the back of the building. There should be plenty of parking available close by along Grosvenor St just past View St or on Dobson Road which is one-way down (see green squares). Sometimes sports practice is taking a lot of the parking along Grosvenor Crescent by the oval. Bring a torch if you are worried about the footpaths.
On entry into the lower foyer please enter your name and phone number on the meeting attendance sheet. Access will be from 7.15pm.
Hope to see you there!
We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we study natural history.