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Each and every day we are in awe of Xerces members and donors. Members not only provide financial support, but also lend their unique personalities, interests, and efforts to our community, and to the cause of invertebrate conservation. From cultivating home pollinator gardens, to giving talks in their communities, to sharing their enthusiasm for invertebrates through photography, to simply being the wonderful people they are, they⁠—you⁠—are making a difference! Read our latest Member Spotlight profile below.

Xerces Member Spotlight: Ted Burk, a Professor Dedicated to Conservation

From crickets to regal fritillaries: one biologist’s fascinating career is inspiring his students to engage with insect conservation.

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Planting for Helpful Predators: How “Natural Enemies” Can Control Garden Pests for You

Aaron Anderson shares his gardening tips for supporting bugs, like lacewings and lady beetles, that protect our plants.

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Parasitoids Are an Important Part of Our Food Web, Too

Kevin Burls shares his experience of discovering how even one species of caterpillar can be a vital resource for many different species of parasitoid insects.

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Job postings

We’re hiring! Feel free to take a look and share with your network. All applications must be submitted through our online application portal.

Upcoming events

April 8

In The Life of Marvelous Mollusks

Webinar

May 23

In The Life of Nocturnal Pollinators

Webinar

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The Xerces Society is a donor-supported nonprofit organization that protects our world through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitats.

Your tax-deductible donation will help grow and sustain that essential work.

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The Xerces Society

PO Box 97387

Washington DC, 20090-7387

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855-232-6639 (option 2)

Photo credits from top, left:

Ted Burk; Ted Burk, Katya Schulz CC-BY 2.0, Lauren Lucas CC BY-NC.

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