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The Entomological Society of British Columbia @entsocbc.bsky.social · 23d

The latest issue [45(1)] of our newsletter, Boreus, is now available!

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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · Sep 8

Do you fish in freshwater? Please share or/and complete survey gathering data on observations of insects for a study on aquatic insect population declines! The link to survey is here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/VXLMY89. Especially in need of information from #Canada, #SouthAmerica, #Africa & #Australia!

Angler Hatch Survey

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The Entomological Society of British Columbia @entsocbc.bsky.social · Jul 14

Check out this article about the recent bioblitz at Malcolm Knapp Research Forest with an interview with ESBC's own Debra Wertman -

How photographing bugs contributes to science – The Ridge

Participants in a first of its kind event at Malcom Knapp Research Forest tried to find out

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The Entomological Society of British Columbia @entsocbc.bsky.social · Jul 9

ESBC is happy to announce the 2025 recipients of our special project grants: Quinlan Wu, Karen Ashby and the Native Bee Society of BC (entsocbc.ca/special-proj...).

More details about our special project grant can be found here (entsocbc.ca/awards-schol...).

Special Projects Grant Recipients for 2025 - Entomological Society of British Columbia

ESBC is happy to announce the 2025 recipients of our special project grants. Quinlan Wu – Quinlan is an undergraduate student at UBC. Quinlan will use grant funds to collect and catalogue the larvae…

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The Entomological Society of British Columbia @entsocbc.bsky.social · Jul 7

The 2025 Entomological Society of British Columbia conference and annual general meeting will be held November 21-22, at the University of the Fraser Valley Abbotsford campus. Check our meeting page for more details as they are announced (entsocbc.ca/meetings/ ).

Meetings - Entomological Society of British Columbia

General Information ESBC holds an annual meeting and symposium, usually in October. The meeting and symposium are both open to the public, and anyone who is interested is encouraged to attend. As…

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The Entomological Society of British Columbia @entsocbc.bsky.social · Jul 4

The BC Public Service has a posting for a provincial apiculture specialist. Application closes July 23. Full details here:

BC Public Service Talent Management - JS Job Details

The Team: The Office of the Chief Veterinarian is a dedicated and knowledgeable team that leads animal health policy and programming across British Columbia. This established group includes…

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The Entomological Society of British Columbia @entsocbc.bsky.social · Jul 4

The BC Public Service has a posting for a provincial apiculture specialist. Application closes July 23. Full details here:

BC Public Service Talent Management - JS Job Details

The Team: The Office of the Chief Veterinarian is a dedicated and knowledgeable team that leads animal health policy and programming across British Columbia. This established group includes…

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The Entomological Society of British Columbia @entsocbc.bsky.social · Jul 3

Reminder about this weekend's Insect BioBlitz at the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest. Come out on Saturday or Sunday and log your sightings on iNaturalist. Synergy Semiochemicals will also be attending with insect traps and a display of pinned insects Full details here: entsocbc.ca/wp-content/u...

Malcolm Knapp Research Forest Insect BioBlitz

The Entomological Society of British Columbia and the University of British Columbia’s Malcolm Knapp Research Forest invite you to participate in an Insect BioBlitz event

Where: Malcolm Knapp Research Forest, Maple Ridge, British Columbia. See map below for the designated survey area. Parking is available at the main entrance to the Research Forest. Directions are available at: https://www.mkrf.forestry.ubc.ca/about/directions/

When: 9 AM–6 PM on Saturday July 5th and Sunday July 6th, 2025. Observers may participate for any amount of time during the event hours.

How: Participants join the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest Insect BioBlitz iNaturalist project at: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/malcolm-knapp- research-forest-insect-bioblitz and upload observations of insects and other arthropods. Observations can include photographs and sound recordings, and documentation of collected specimens (depending upon individual knowledge and capacity). Qualified iNaturalist identifiers are encouraged to participate.

Contact: debra.wertman@ubc.ca

There is a trail map of the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest below. Below the map are logos for Malcolm Knapp Research Forest and the ESBC.

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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · Jun 17

Here's my @inaturalist.bsky.social observation for this earwig. If anyone knows the species (auricularia?) please chime in.

The crab spider (see it?) is a bit too blurry to be a good observation. I think the rose is likely either Rosa woodsii or R. acicularis.

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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · Jun 15

Do you fish in freshwater? Please share or/and complete our survey gathering data on observations of insects for our study on aquatic insect population declines! The link to our survey is here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/VXLMY89. Please share if you know anyone who might be interested in participating!

a dragonfly perched on a hand wearing pink nailpolish

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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · Jun 14

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has updated its list of detections of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in Canada. Notable for residents of Ontario would be new detections in Norfolk County, and in the City of Toronto. See here: inspection.canada.ca/en/plant-hea...

ovisacs of the hemlock woolly adelgid on a hemlock branch.

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SFU Biological Sciences @sfubiosciences.bsky.social · May 29

Hello from the Biology Department!
Follow us for news, research highlights and a peek into the life sciences✨🌱

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The Entomological Society of British Columbia @entsocbc.bsky.social · Jun 12

ESBC and UBC’s Malcolm Knapp Research Forest invite you to participate in an Insect BioBlitz event at on 5-6 July, 2025. Full details here: entsocbc.ca/wp-content/u...

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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · Jun 10

"On not being a naturalist - but being one anyway". A more personal blog post than usual, reflecting on how I both don't, and do, fit in among my colleagues who study ecology and evolution. scientistseessquirre...

On not being a naturalist – but being one anyway

Note: longer post than usual. But also, both a bit different from my usual and (perhaps not coincidentally) one of my favourites of everything I’ve ever written – so please give it a shot. It’s thr…

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Dr. Andrea Wishart @wishartae.bsky.social · Jun 10

Join us!! 🧪 #academicSky #PhDsky

Canadian Science Publishing @cdnsciencepub.com · Jun 10

New to peer review? ‪@csee-scee.bsky.social‬ members are invited to a webinar hosted by Canadian Science Publishing to learn the essentials—from co-reviewing to becoming a trusted reviewer. Check your inboxes 📫

Social card with bluebird promoting CSEE webinar: Performing Peer Review: Part One.

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The Entomological Society of British Columbia @entsocbc.bsky.social · Jun 9

Friends of Uplands Park Society (FOUP) are partnering with CICADA to put on the 4th Insect Bioblitz in Uplands Park. The event will be held the weekend of June 20 to 22, 2025. Hoping you can attend and record your photo findings on iNaturalist (www.inaturalist.org/projects/upl... ).

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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · Jun 4

Field work in the forest involved being able to one of these and a topo map (and often flagging tape), or risking being hopelessly lost.

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Syd Cannings @sydcannings1.bsky.social · Jun 4

June is busting out all over!

A pair of Badlands Tiger Beetles (Cicindela decemnotata) celebrating the arrival of warm spring weather in the Yukon. #Coleoptera

A pair of metallic-green beetles mating on open sand

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The Entomological Society of British Columbia @entsocbc.bsky.social · May 27

Save the Date — ESBC and UBC’s Malcolm Knapp Research Forest invite you to participate in an Insect BioBlitz event at on 5-6 July, 2025 -

Malcolm Knapp Research Forest Insect BioBlitz, 5–6 July 2025 - Entomological Society of British Columbia

The Entomological Society of British Columbia and UBC’s Malcolm Knapp Research Forest invite you to participate in an Insect BioBlitz event at Malcolm Knapp Research Forest on Saturday July 5th and…

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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · May 21

#dragonflies #insects so excited to see this episode out about dragonflies and mantises! www.pbs.org/video/dragon...

Bugs That Rule the World | Dragonflies Are Masters of Flight That Start Life Underwater | Episode 3

Dragonfly expert Jessica Ware heads to Guyuna to sample dragonfly diversity.

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The Entomological Society of British Columbia @entsocbc.bsky.social · May 20

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A three-year study on urban pollinators in 18 parks in Vancouver. 🌳 🌸 🐝 🌎 🧪 🪳 🪲 https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/videos/1-10382102/pollinisateurs-pouvoir-prairies-dans-parcs

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Sally Aitken 🇨🇦 @sallyaitken.bsky.social · May 8

Great news - we will be searching for a tree physiologist (tenure track) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, UBC Forestry, later this year. Stay tuned! (Please share.)

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Scott Gilmore @scottgilmore.bsky.social · May 8

Checking in to a flight at Nanaimo Airport in British Columbia I was pleased to see this display on pollinators. I just had to share it.

“Pollinators are Essential to Life on Earh” written in blue above some information and three boxes of pinned insects

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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · May 8

In recognition of whoever the new pope is, here are some arthropods named after previous popes. 🪲🪳🧵

A cerambycid beetle (John Paul II), Aegomorphus wojtylai: baza.biomap.pl/pl/taxon/spe...

Aegomorphus wojtylai ← Mapa Bioróżnorodności: Taksony: Ilustracje

Aegomorphus wojtylai w projekcie Mapa Bioróżnorodności ‒ ikonografia.

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