Dragonfly Day Celebration!

National Dragonfly Day Free Celebration: This program is for all ages.

Cosponsored by Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt and the South Fork Natural History Museum.

Come learn about Dragonflies, Damselflies and their Wetland Habitat

Dragonflies are a sentinel species; their presence (or absence) is indicative of the health of our wetland ecosystems.  Nearly every dragonfly species around the world has now been assessed against the IUCN Redlist criteria revealing that 16% of species are at risk of extinction.

10:00AM-1:00PM

Crafts with the Children’s  Museum of the East End, the Friends of the Long Pond Greenbelt and the South Fork Natural History Museum

Face Painting with Fun4UFaces

Storytime with the Hampton Library

Refreshments

Dragonfly slide show and photos from the collection of Jean Held

10:30AM State Assemblyman Fred Thiele presents the Dragonfly Day Proclamation

11:00AM-11:45AM Dragonfly presentation by Annette DiGiovinne

12:00PM-12:45PM Guided dragonfly and damselfly walk with Annette in Vineyard Field.

Dragon Fly Day events listed above are free for members and nonmembers. Museum admission remains $10 for adults and $7 for kids for non-members; member museum admission is free.