‘Let’s Talk About Ants’ by DR Brian Heterick
6 February , 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Ants are fascinating creatures with a wide range of species and behaviors. In Western Australia alone, there are many ant genera and they are predominantly ground-nesting species. Brian will give an informative talk touching on What is an ant? and What use is an ant? He will provide some amazing Ant Facts and talk about the number of ant species/genera/subfamilies (World; WA) as well as ant anatomy. Brian will provide insights on ants in Western Australia, how to distinguish the 11 subfamilies, their distribution and how ants are used in applied research. But wait, there is more….Weird and Whacky Ants.
Dr Brian Heterick is a retired entomologist specialising in ant taxonomy and systematics, but still actively involved in research at the WA Museum, where he is a Museum Associate. He is also connected to Curtin University, where he was a lecturer, as an Adjunct Research Fellow.