Show your great taste by treating yourself to the Twenty-first Annual BUG NIGHTS! Since 1995, volunteers including anglers, students, teachers, paddlers, and many others interested in the health of the Upper Merrimack River and general river ecology began learning about these fascinating creatures and what they tell us about river conditions. Your work as a citizen scientist […]

Elizabeth Franz from the Concord Monitor came to visit Bug Nights last night and created a short story and photo essay. Click here to see more and learn how you can join the fun next week.

The Upper Merrimack Monitoring Program was a topic with The Insiders today. Please click here to read their take on Bug Nights 2015.

It’s been 50 years since the Beetles invasion… Experinece all the excitement again at the Nineteenth Annual Bug Nights. Training and opening night is January 14, 2015. See this year’s flyer with the full schedule and driving directions at  http://www.merrimackriver.org/

Bug Night and Rock Basket volunteers may enjoy this short article and video link from the Huffington Post. A mayfly hatch in Wisconsin was detectable by radar and reduced visibility in the area. Thank you to Barb Cook for sharing it with us all.

This one has the title of the world’s largest (but not heaviest) insect. The upper Merrimack is blessed with Megalopterans and they are very impressive but not quite this large! See the full story by clicking here.