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This list is by no means exhaustive, but highlights a range of areas and focuses on Ontario and Canadian sites. Most of the other web-sites also have extensive links that you can explore. 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 4 specimens of each species, and perhaps TEA members and others can help. For details see the All-Leps site. Fun Stuff University of Florida's Book of Insect Records 2005. This website is like an academic book, but with catchy chapter titles including largest, longest, loudest, fastest flyer, most spectacular mating, and largest blood meal. Interesting facts about Canadian butterflies. Finding Latest Butterfly / Lepidoptera News A good source is Google Groups. They have two interesting groups, one for Lepidoptera and one for Ontario Butterflies. Butterflies Butterflies of Ontario Photo Web Site by TEA president Glenn Richardson. Click on "View Animations" to see butterflies emerging from chrysalids and caterpillars turning into chrysalids. Butterflies North and South. This massive government-sponsored site is about butterflies and moths of Canada and Peru. It includes a photo exhibit and text on butterflies and moths by province, information on rare and endangered species, and a teachers and childrens' games section. Lepidopterists' Society. All of the issues of the Journal of the Lepidopterists Society from its start in 1947, excluding the last 5 years, are available on the web in full text. You can browse to particular issues or do in searches for particular terms. For example, searching for "Toronto Entomologists' Association" produces 7 hits, including a review of our book "Ontario Butterfly Atlas" in 1994. North American Butterfly Association Insects of Ojibway Nature Centre, Windsor. Includes checklists of Odonota and Lepidoptera, as well as information on fireflies, mayflies, true bugs, underwing moths, spiders, chiggers, etc. Dragonflies Ontario Odonata Atlas: - a joint project between the Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre (NHIC), the Toronto Entomologists’ Association (TEA) and the editors of Ontario Odonata. International Odonata Research Institute –a good starting point for dragonfly info General insect information Insect identification at bugguide.net Canadian National Collection of insects in Ottawa. Jay Cossey (London, Ont.): notes on photographing butterflies. Iowa State Entomology Index of Internet Resources Entomology on World-Wide Web (Colorado State) Listen to insect sounds at USDA Agricultural Research Centre Photographs of insects from Iowa State University Insects as food: Food Insects Newsletter Associations, clubs and groups Entomological Society of Canada Entomological Society of Ontario. ESO newsletters are posted on their website, and applying for a free membership (available to amateurs and students) entitles you to an e-mail notification when a new issue becomes available. Alberta Lepidopterists Guild (newsletters are available online) Ottawa Entomology Club. This is an informal gathering that meets on the 3rd or 4th Thursday of each month. Contact Dr. Bruce Gill at: gillbd@inspection.gc.ca. Friends of the Spit (Leslie Spit/Tommy Thompson Park) Toronto Corporation Entomofaune du Québec Courses Arctic & Boreal Entomology course (Churchill, Manitoba, July 7-18, 2008) Monarch Teacher Network Canada course in using monarch butterflies as a teaching tool (Brighton, Ontario, July 30 to August 1, 2008) Supplies related to insects Efston Science Store (Toronto, Ontario): also has mail order US mail-order places: Live Insects Raising monarch butterflies and many swallowtail butterflies may require a licence from the Ontario government. See the laws page for details. Importing live insects into Canada requires a permit from the Agriculture Canada, so it is often much easier to buy insects within Canada. Releasing farmed or raised butterflies at weddings and at school programs may harm wild butterflies. See NABA statement vs. comments on butterfly releases by the IBBR, and Jeffrey Lockwood op-ed article vs. a rebuttal. Canadian suppliers include: Bill Oehlke, PEI (swallowtail butterflies, silkmoths) Isaac Technologies, Windsor, Ont. (painted lady butterflies). Contact person is Jamie Debeau. Magical Monarchs, Toronto (painted lady butterflies, monarch butterflies) Butterflies and Roses, Pontroy, Ontario (painted lady butterflies, monarch butterflies) Natural Insect Control, Stevensville, Ont. Insect Production Services of the Canadian Forest Service sells various moths of economic importance. They also maintain an Insect Producer Database which lists places which will sell or donate live insects. Silkworms.ca (Bombyx mori silkworms, crickets, and other insects to feed to pet reptiles) Jim Lovisek of Toronto is an insect "wrangler" who works on film and commercial involving insects, especially live insects. Moths Jason Dombroskie, Moth Checklist (Pembroke Area Field Naturalists, 2003). Photos for identification: Lynn Scott (600 species from the Ottawa area); North American Moth Photographers Group; microleps.org; Butterflies and Moths of North America; and All Leps -- Barcode of Life -- Barcoding Progress for North America (photos done as part of project checking species delineation). Moth man blog by TEA member Dave Beadle.
Insect Pests For great information and photos on harmful and beneficial forest insects, the the 2008 calendar of the Canadian Forestry Service. All the best-known insects are here: Mountain Pine Beetle, Emerald Ash Borer, Gypsy Moth, etc. The link is to a pdf of the calendar, as the calendar itself is now out of stock. For photos and help in identification and control, see Pest Control Canada and the University of Guelph fact sheets on insect pests. For Kids Summer camps about insects for kids are run by Bugs Without Borders in Toronto and Wings of Paradise Butterfly Conservatory in Cambridge. Things to do/places to go Ontario Niagara Butterfly Conservatory (Niagara Falls, Ontario) Wings of Paradise Butterfly Conservatory (Cambridge, Ontario) Humber Nursery Butterfly Conservatory (Toronto, Ontario) Greenway Blooming Centre (near Kitchener, Ontario) Toronto Zoo – Malayan Woods & Americas Pavilion Gaia Nature (a live-butterfly facility in Granby, Quebec -- in the Eastern Townships) Other provinces Montreal Insectarium (Quebec) Vancouver Island Butterfly World Coombs, (British Columbia) Victoria Butterfly Gardens Brentwood Bay, Victoria (British Columbia)
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