ATHENS — University of Georgia ecology professor John Pickering will share his knowledge about the often-unseen populations of moths in Northeast Georgia at the Oconee Rivers Audubon Society’s next meeting, set for 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, at Sandy Creek Nature Center. Pickering, an associate professor in UGA’s Odum School of Ecology, will speak on the topic, “Join the Dark Side of Life – The Fabulous Diversity of Local Moths.” Pickering, whose research interests include biodiversity and fire ecology, is the co-founder of the All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory, a program in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to count how many species live in the mountain environment, what jobs these species do and how they interact with each other.