Presentation: Beneficial Backyard Bugs, presented by PJ Liesch
Wed, Apr 21
|Lincoln Center
Wisconsin is home to 20,000+ insect species—the vast majority of which are considered beneficial. In this presentation, we’ll discuss the many ways in which insects help us out and also survey the commonest beneficial insects from the Midwest.


Time & Location
Apr 21, 2027, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Lincoln Center, 1519 Water St, Stevens Point, WI 54481, USA
About the event
Patrick (PJ) Liesch is an Extension entomologist for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a science communicator, and the director of the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab. PJ is an instructor of adult insect taxonomy at UW-Madison and also provides entomology-related outreach throughout the state of Wisconsin and beyond, including regular appearances in television, radio, and newspaper stories.
Our presentation programs are FREE and Open to the Public delivered hybrid--in-person and on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/WI9DJ0BPRYSTrHFXNI32ew
