For >35 years, Jeremy McNeil gave presentations about insects to children - he is one highlight. Royal Entomological Society Entomological Society of Canada Let's Talk Science

Jeremy McNeil (1944-2024) published 210 papers in PNAS, Science, Phys. Ent., Ecol. Ent., etc, but he was most proud of his children’s book, What Is an Insect? letstalkscience.ca/sites/default/… "Don’t squash insects. They do not deserve to be killed." he advised. Entomological Society of Canada Royal Entomological Society

Get your photos in for the 20th Annual ESC/SEC Photo Contest! esc-sec.ca/2024/07/29/20t…

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Edmonton photographer Dara Ojo loves the beauty of bugs and insects (Dara Ojo photo) ⁦Dara⁩ ⁦CTV Edmonton⁩ ⁦Alex Antoneshyn⁩ ⁦Entomological Society of Canada⁩ ⁦Marta Krauze⁩ ⁦Nature Alberta⁩ ⁦YEG River Valley⁩

🦋 Merci aux personnes bénévoles qui se sont impliquées dans le #BlitzMonarque et dans la science participative en #AmériqueDuNord cet été 🦋🌎 Surveillez la compilation de vos observations! Découvrez quoi faire toute l’année pour aider les #monarques: 👉youtube.com/watch?v=152WiJ…

⁦Royal Entomological Society⁩’s Ento24 - Of course, I’ll be in Liverpool. After all, I love The Beatles, particularly those in the family Scarabaeidae & medical entomology. Will you? ⁦Entomological Society of Canada⁩ ⁦Australian Entomological Society⁩ ⁦The Coleopterists Society⁩ ⁦Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland⁩ royensoc.co.uk/event/ento24-i…

Stop gathering wool and submit your photos for the ESC/SEC 2024 Photo Contest! esc-sec.ca/2024/07/29/20t…

If anyone is harvesting peas and seeing pea leaf weevil, we would be happy to come take some off your hands. Please let me know. Thanks #westcdnag

🆕Using a new imaging rig, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (CBG) made 190,000 images in an year. 🗨️"Digital image for every #specimen is an essential part of the #DNAbarcoding workflow at Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (CBG)", reminds the University of Guelph team. ➡️Guest blog post: blog.pensoft.net/2024/07/16/low… 🔓Research paper in ZooKeys.

A composite image of just two seconds worth of insect migration in the Pyrenees! You can see that the vast majority are flies, although there's a dragon on the far right. We recorded 17 million (!!) insects moving south each autumn through this 30m wide pass. Paper:

Just finished this one up, covering spider taxonomy and the process of identification. youtu.be/G6Od1QJWp6g?si…

The Australian Entomological Society expresses its deepest condolences on the tragic loss of Stephen Thorpe. His expertise in entomology, dedication to biodiversity, and selfless volunteer work will be profoundly missed. Vale, Stephen Thorpe. buff.ly/3z5gHoa

Our new publication led by Gary Gibson, along with Yonathan Uriel and Michelle Franklin of AAFC Canada is now out in Zootaxa updates: a new Nearctic Pteromalus species that could be a potential biocontrol agent of strawberry-blossom weevil. #Hymenoptera shorturl.at/H2HOA

Meet Asia's answer to the pelican spiders of Africa and Australia. This male Dolichognatha has jaws so long that its head has to be extended narrowly like that of a giraffe's neck. Even with the elongated head, the jaws still extend far below the spider's body. Cool ya?

Getting the kids to school this morning. Happy #NewSchoolYear😀

Research Scientist, Entomology Natural Resources Canada - Canadian Forest Service - Great Lakes Forestry Centre Sault Ste. Marie (Ontario) Entomological Society of Canada emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/appl…