Beetle Mania 2024: A Week of Insect Exploration & Creativity! 🎨🐞🐛- 19

Dear Beetle Enthusiast,

We’re excited to invite you to Beetle Mania 2024—a week-long celebration of beetles, insects, and all things creepy-crawly! 🦋🕷️ From August 19th to 25th, grab your phones, cameras, and art material and join us on iNaturalist to document fascinating species, explore biodiversity, and maybe even earn a shiny certificate or two. 🎖️

Who knew beetles made up one in four of all animal life forms? So let's do our bit to make them feel special!

Kickoff Event:

📅 August 18th, 2024 | 🕠 4:30 PM
🫖 Tea Time Stories on Beetles with Geetha Iyer

Observation Event:

📅 August 19th to 25th
🪲 Beetle Mania Observation Week

Dive into the world of beetles, contribute to our collective knowledge, and showcase your creative side with art, stories, local names, and folklore submissions starting August 20th. 🎨📝

Creative Expressions of Beetles Event:

Submit your creative works inspired by beetles in Indian folklore from August 20th to September 20th. (Submission Guidelines will be share on the 19th of August 24)

Important Event Dates:

🗓️ August 18th, 2024 | 4:30 PM: Tea Time Stories on Beetles with Geetha Iyer
🗓️ August 19th to 25th, 2024: Beetle Mania Observation Week
🗓️ August 24th, 2024 | 4:00 PM: Who are the singers of the chorus you hear in the forest at night? with Dr. Bittu Kaveri Rangarajan
🗓️ August 24th, 2024 | 6:30 PM: Insect Walk in Delhi
📅 Dates TBD: Insect Walks and Talks in Mukteshwar

We’ve also lined up some fantastic online talks and insect walks across different cities. Whether you’re observing, sketching, or just trying not to squish anything, there’s something for everyone.