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Wider aspects of a career in Entomology: 5-7

Larva of the tobacco budworm, a common host of the tachinid parasitoids that were studied. Length about 3 cm. (Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University / © Bugwood.org.)

Continuing with the posting of Hugh Danks’ series “Wider aspects of a career in Entomology”, we bring you the next three installments.

“This series of articles outlines some ancillary aspects of my entomological
career, for the potential amusement of readers.”

  1. Spring to fall research in Canada

H. Ryan (USFWS)

  1. North Carolina

Adult tachinid of the genus Winthemia, similar to the species studied. Length about 0.8 cm. Insektarium.net

  1. Belize

Bandwagonman (CC BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0)

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Hugh Danks’ Wider aspects of a career in entomology: 1-4

Author Hugh Danks onBathurst Island in July 1969.

Author Hugh Danks on Bathurst Island in July 1969.

We will be reissuing this series by Hugh Danks, first published in the Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada, so that readers can get caught up with the series, before newer articles are published. The older articles will be published in blocks, so that they can be downloaded and read,

1. Winter in Canada

2. A winter project

3. The high Arctic

4. The high Arctic, continued

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