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Early Butterfly Sighting 
Although close to record amounts of snow have fallen this winter, Shannon Reynolds of Kitchener, ON reported sighting an adult Mourning Cloak on March 12, 2008. The insect was observed flying around Shannon's bird feeder in the afternoon and it landed briefly on a drain pipe for a photo opportunity. (click here for a larger view) Next Meeting Our meetings are over for the summer, and our next meeting will be on Saturday, September 27 at 1:15 p.m.. In the meantime, join our field trips or participate in an insect count this summer. Our Latest Publications Ontario Odonata Volume 7 (2005) ISBN 0-921631-31-6 November 2007 226 pages. Checklist of the Butterflies of the Toronto Region, 3rd edition, 2007. Checklist and flight seasons; compiled by Barry Harrison. Ontario Lepidoptera 2005 (published July 2007): The latest of our seasonal summaries. See the publications page for ordering details. Contact us for special member prices. Non-TEA Activities Beginning May 5, 2008. A series of one-minute short videos on the mating habits of insects have been prepared by Toronto filmmaker Jody Shapiro and actress-director Isabella Rossellini. As of May 5, they are available for download on the Sundance Channel website. All spring and summer, until August 4, 2008. Darwin: the Evolution Revolution, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. The exhibit includes butterfly and beetle specimens collected by Darwin. July 7 to 18, 2008. Arctic & Boreal Entomology course, Churchill, Manitoba. July 23-25 (Brighton), July 29-31 (Kingston) and Aug. 5-7, 2008 (Wiarton). The Monarch Teacher Network Canada offers 3-day workshops to enable teachers to effectively use monarch butterflies as a teaching tool. May 23 to June 1, 2008: many insect events at Huron Fringe Birding Festival. The Festival is at MacGregor Point Provincial Park, which is near Port Elgin. Events led by TEA members are: Jessica Grealey, "Costa Rica Butterfly Conservatory"; Kerry Jarvis, "Nature Through the Lens of the Camera"; and Colin Jones, "Butterfly Hike". Other events: Audrey Armstrong, "Migration of the Monarchs"; Kathy Parker, "Damsels, Dragons and Pond Ecology"; and Steve Marshall, "Aquatic Insect Workshop" and "Collecting Insects Digitally". September 13-14, 2008: Monarch Days (tag and release) at Wings of Paradise Butterfly Conservatory in Cambridge. October 19-22, 2008: Joint Meeting of the Entomological Societies of Canada and Ontario, Ottawa. Summer 2010: 6th International Conference on the Biology of Butterflies is coming to the University of Alberta. Specimens Needed for Research 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 5 specimens of each species. TEA members and others can help. For details on the species needed, see the Excel spreadsheet, which is derived from Paul Hebert's All-Leps site. Send in Your Records! If you have records on observations of Ontario Lepidoptera or Odonata that could go in a future seasonal summary, please send them to Colin Jones or use this email. We are trying to get caught up on the Lepidoptera summaries. 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 the following April alive 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. |