This will be a mussel intensive workshop, so come prepared to roll your sleeve up & dip your hands right in!  We will begin with a 3 hour class on mussel ID and life cycles.  During this portion of the workshop we will be handling mussels, so wear something that you can roll the sleeve up on.  

We will break for lunch, which MNA will provide.  Please remember to indicate any dietary restrictions on your registration forms!  

After lunch we will go on a facility tour to see the mussel propagation process.  Please wear shoes with good grip, as some of the floors may be wet. 

We will be learning how to pin butterflies for display in this workshop!  Melody Hanssen, an insect taxidermist and owner of Micro Mayhem, will be leading this workshop.  Check out her work on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/micro_mayhem_melody/.  Participants will be educated on hydrating, pinning, drying, and displaying butterflies.  You will go home with a pinned butterfly that will need to finish drying before transferring., as well as a pinning board and display box.  Please note:  The butterflies will be non-native species as MN native butterflies are simply too expensive or too small to easily learn on.

We will be learning how to pin beetles for display in this workshop!  Melody Hanssen, an insect taxidermist and owner of Micro Mayhem, will be leading this workshop.  Check out her work on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/micro_mayhem_melody/.  Participants will be educated on hydrating, pinning, drying, and displaying beetles.  You will go home with a pinned beetle that will need to finish drying before transferring., as well as a pinning board and display box.  Please note:  The beetles will be non-native species as MN native beetles are too expensive or too small to easily learn on.