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Saturday September 25, 2010 1:15 PM Room 206 Victoria College It was a fine hot summer and insects were early and abundant. Bring your best photos or prints to share with the group. Other 2010-2011 meeting dates (usually the 4th Saturday of the month): Sept. 25, Oct. 23, Nov. 27, Jan. 22, Feb. 26, Mar. 26 and April 16. Upcoming Field Trips Sunday September 5, 8:00 p.m. (CANCELLED) Non-TEA Insect Activities and News up to Oct.: John Powers' "Incredible World of Bugs" travelling exhibit: September 15, 2010: due date for entries for the Entomological Society of Ontario photo contest. October 15-17, Entomological Society of Ontario annual meeting in Grand Bend. Registation for the conference before September 15 is $170. You do not have to pay extra to join the ESO, as membership in the ESO is free for amateurs. October 28 to 31: Biennial NABA Members' Meeting, Michigan, Texas Read more Ontario insect news: see the June 2010 newsletter of the Entomological Society of Ontario. See especially the article on naturalizing the environmentally damaged areas around the nickel smelters near Sudbury. New (2009) publication about butterflies and their conservation: Sentinels on the Wing: The Status and Conservation of Butterflies in Canada Photos Needed for "Butterflies of Ontario" The Royal Ontario Museum is preparing a field guide to the Butterflies of Ontario. It is seeking images of adult butterflies, chrysalyses and caterpillars for each species recorded from Ontario (see list). Images of specimens in their natural habitat are preferred. You must have copyright of any images that you submit and photographers will be credited appropriately if an image is used in this field guide. Submission of images does not guarantee that they will be used. Please indicate if remuneration for use of your image(s) is required. If you have images that you would like to submit for consideration, please contact Brad Hubley at bradh@rom.on.ca or at 416-586-5764. Send in Your Latest Records To keep our Seasonal Summaries coming, we need your records. Lepidoptera: please submit records from the 2009 season by January 31, 2010. Colin Jones and Ross Layberry, Editors and Compilers of Ontario Lepidoptera, solicit records, notes, articles and photographs. See this link for more information on the summary and how to submit records, and here is a downloadable records template. Odonata: please submit records from the 2007 to 2009 seasons by Feb. 28, 2010. Colin Jones and Paul Catling, Editors and Compilers of Ontario Odonata, seek records, notes, articles and photographs. For more information on the summary, how to submit records, and a downloadable records template, see this link. Spiders of Ontario Talk is Now Online Metro Zoo curator Tom Mason's powerpoint presentation "Spiders of Ontario" from our November 2009 meeting is now available. See this link.
Help Insect Artists, Researchers and Authors Volunteers needed: We are seeking to build a network of volunteers to help us survey butterflies in 13 regions that our previous research is predicting will be most impacted by global changes. The goal is to develop long term monitoring of these 13 regions and build a website through which Canadian lepidopterists share and view their observations. Contact Maxim Larrivée of the Department of Biology of the University of Ottawa at mlarrive@uottawa.ca or (613) 562-5800 x2594. Do you have an old insect collection you are not using? Amy Swartz of Toronto is looking for dead insects, including pinned ones, that she can make into works of art. She has a Master of Fine Art degree and teaches at the Toronto School of Art. She has done 64 insect pieces so far (see picture below) and she would like to do more. She will pay for shipment costs.
Moth data needed : TEA member Dave Beadle seeks observations of moth species, even from our backyards, to help him prepare a new Peterson field guide to the moths of northeastern North America. Tiger moth study. Specimens, data and photos of the Spotted tussock moth (L. maculata) are sought by Ken Strothkamp, Lewis & Clark College, Oregon. Be a pollinator observer: Pollination Canada is looking for people who will record pollinator types and numbers repeatedly at a specific location. Observations can be for as little as 10 minutes at a time. TEA members would be a great fit for this research task. DNA barcoding: Paul Hebert of the University of Guelph is leading a research group which is attempting to identify all lepidoptera species through a segment of their DNA. For this purpose, he needs to obtain up to 5 specimens of each species. For details on the species needed, see the Excel spreadsheet, which is derived from Paul Hebert's Barcode of Life site.
News Alan Hanks writes: I am reducing my entomological library. Many fine books available at good prices. For a list by printed copy or Excel file, email me or write me at Alan J. Hanks, 34 Seaton Drive, Aurora, Ontario L4G 2K1. Book by member Colin Jones: Field Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Algonquin Provincial Park, released October 2008. Many older TEA publications are now available for free download on our publications page. This includes all back issues of our annual seasonal summary other than the two most recent issues -- over 2,000 pages of observations spanning more than 30 years. Copies of our Ontario Insects newsjournal from 1994 to 2005 are also available. Our Latest Publications Ontario Lepidoptera 2008 appeared in print in November 2009: the latest of our butterfly and moth summaries. Ontario Odonata Volume 7 (2005), 226 pages, published November 2007: our dragonfly and damselfly summary. Checklist of the Butterflies of the Toronto Region, 3rd edition, 2007. Inlcudes flight seasons. Compiled by Barry Harrison. Available as a free download. See the publications page for details. Our Association The Toronto Entomologists' Association (T.E.A.) welcomes everyone who is interested in the insects of Ontario. We are an association of mostly amateur entomologists. Although our meetings are held in Toronto, we extend far beyond that in our field trips, our membership, and our seasonal summaries. Come to our meetings, join us on our field trips, purchase our publications, apply for the research grant, join us! The T.E.A. is a registered charity and a non-profit educational and scientific organization formed to promote interest in insects, to encourage co-operation among amateur and professional entomologists, to educate and inform non-entomologists about insects, entomology and related fields, to aid in the preservation of insects and their habitats and to issue publications in support of these objectives. Anyone with an interest in insects is encouraged to join the Toronto Entomologists' Association. Please see our Membership Page for more details. Did You Know? TEA member Don Davis holds the Guiness Record for documenting the "longest migration of a butterfly." A monarch he tagged and released at Presqu'ile Provincial Park near Brighton, Ontario in September 1986 was recovered alive the following April at Austin, Texas, having spent the winter in Mexico at the overwintering sites. Stay in Touch! We can send you regular emails about coming activities -- join the list. You will be informed of meetings, insect counts, and field trips.
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