Article by Dr. Chris Buddle, Professor at the McGill University. ———————— I was in Ottawa back in December, and found a bit of time to visit the Entomological Society of Canada’s headquarters, on Winston Avenue. It was a real treat – our office manager (Derna Lisi) is always thrilled to have visitors, and will make you […]
By Dr. Staffan Lindgren, University of Northern British Columbia ———————— When teaching Invertebrate zoology, entomology or forest entomology, I am regularly asked by students if they can use common names. Mostly this request is precipitated by the perceived difficulty of memorizing, let alone pronouncing, Latin names. I am fairly relaxed about these things, particularly with […]
Your admins have finally returned from a whirlwind of great entomology conferences! We’re just catching up to the backlog of work here at the ESC Blog and are working on some posts about the excellent JAM in Edmonton (on that note, if you’d like to contribute your thoughts or experiences, we’d love to hear from […]