Dear Buggy is the the alter-ego of Dr. Chris MacQuarrie, a research entomologist with the Canadian Forest Service. You can ask Buggy questions of your own on Twitter @CMacQuar. —————————- Hello all, Writing your first manuscript can be difficult. I remember spending a ridiculous amount of time preparing the first draft of my first paper. I […]
Time to meet another ESC Blog Admin, but first an update. The ESC Blog has been going strong all summer, and is quickly becoming established within the « Bug-o-Sphere »; sometime today we’ll hit a total of 5,000 visits from 85 different countries, just 2.5 months after launching! For comparison, that’s about half the number of athletes and the […]
The votes are in, and the winning caption for photo 1 was « Think, think, what would a mantid do in this situation? » by Sam Droege! 5 points go to Sam, while Brian Cutting and Matt each get 3 for a 2nd place tie. Here are the finalists for Photo 2: [polldaddy poll=6454511] And here’s Photo […]
By Sheila Dumesh, entomology research assistant at York University. ——————————– My interest in bees was ignited in 2007, when I took a biodiversity course in my last year as an undergraduate student at York University in Toronto. The course instructor was the well-known melittologist, Laurence Packer, and, although I had not met him before, I […]
By Adam Jewiss-Gaines, a research assistant at Brock University. ——————— When people ask me what the heck a calliphorid is (often after I have mentioned the family name and am being gawked at as if I’m crazy), I usually remark « You know those shiny flies you often see flying around in the spring and summer? » […]
We had a great response to last week’s photo, so thank you to everyone who played along. We’ve got an all new photo for you to caption today, but first we need you to vote for your favourite Photo 1 caption. [polldaddy poll=6409189] We’ll post the results and award some points next week. Now, onto […]
Got a great insect photo? Submit it to the 3rd Annual BugEye Photo Contest presented by the Entomological Society of Ontario! Prizes for: – Best photo (open category): $50 – Best photo by an Ontario resident: $50 – Best photo of an Ontario insect: $50 – Best photo by a kid under 13: $50 Open […]
Dear Buggy is the the alter-ego of Dr. Chris MacQuarrie, a research entomologist with the Canadian Forest Service. You can ask Buggy questions of your own on Twitter @CMacQuar. —————————- Hello! Dear Buggy has lept out of the pages of the ESC Bulletin and landed in the new and exciting wilderness of the ESC blog. […]
By Ward Strong, Research Scientist (Entomology), B.C. Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations, Kalamalka Forestry Center ————————————— Are you a shutterbug? In love with your macro lens? Show off your favourites at the prestigious 8th Annual ESC Photo Contest! The submission deadline is July 31, so get your latest photos in soon. You too could win […]
Scientists are taught to remain objective about their study organisms and not anthropomorphize behaviours or biology. Sure, this might be useful for preventing bias in results, but it can suck the fun right out of day to day work! Here’s your chance to act less like a scientist and have some fun with the insect world. […]