Lunchtime Buckmoth Walk
Location
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12:00 pm - 01:00 PM
Suitable for adults.
Join us for an approximately one-mile hike over rolling sand dunes to discover the amazing world of buckmoths. The barrens buckmoth is a large, beautiful moth with bold black and white wings that flies for only a brief window of time in the early fall. A species of special concern in New York State, the barrens buckmoth is uniquely dependent on the scrub oak that thrives in this sandy, fire-dependent ecosystem.
If you have binoculars, please bring them along. We will meet at the Truax Trail Barrens Trailhead (#12).
Suggested donation: $5
Directions from Discovery Center to Truax Barrens (Trailhead 12):
- At the traffic light in front of the Discovery Center building, continue straight through the intersection onto Old State Road.
- Follow Old State Road 0.6 miles to a three-way stop sign.
- At the stop sign, turn right onto Kings Road.
- Continue straight on Kings Road for 0.1 miles.