Joe C. from the UA Ramblers' hiking club and Steve M. from Sky Island Alliance led a hike and insect viewing event, Saturday, July 30, 2011. We were in French Joe Canyon, in the Whetstone Mountains, between Benson and Sierra Vista.

Joe is an entomology researcher with the University of Arizona. He identified the flying insects that landed on the two vertical white sheets that he and Steve set up, attracted by nearby black lights.

Prior to the bug viewing, we hiked two to three miles, up and down a creek bed. The hike featured ... (more)