Session 3:

Species distribution studies

Talks:

10.00 - 10.30 Diversity of fireflies in Thailand – Dr. Manas Tittawayan (Thailand) + Fireflies in Thailand Dr. Angoon Lewvanich 

10.30 - 11.00 UK Glow Worm Survey and the distribution of glow worms in the UK - Robin Scagell (UK)  

11.00 - 11.30 An overview of the knowledge of the Portuguese Lampyridae - J. M. Grosso-Silva (Portugal)

11.30 - 12.00 Glow-worm survey efforts in the Benelux and set-up for Portugal - Raphaël De Cock (Belgium)  

15.00 - 15.30 Short introduction about the German glow-worm survey - René Spierling (Germany)   

15.30 - 16.00 The "Glühwürmchen Projekt" as an interdiciplinary project around glowworms (cooperation of zoologists, gardeners and artists) - Stefan Ineichen (Switzerland)

16.00 - 16.15 coffee break 

Posters:

Selected fireflies of Tennessee - Lynn Faust (USA) Tennessee Fireflies in Survival, Courtship and Death - Lynn Faust (USA)

Workshops:

16.30 - 18.30 Workshop about firefly conservation and surveys

Side activities:

19.00 – 20.00 Special S. João Dinner at the Parque Biológico

20.00 – 01.00: with auto bus to the popular party of S. João in the Ribeira de Gaia