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Meetings 2011-12 For a map of the meeting locations and a description of subway access and parking facilities, click here. Every year there is a Quimby F. Hess Annual Lecture -- read more here. Saturday, September 24, 2011. 1:15 pm Room 206 Victoria College Saturday, October 29, 2011 (special date to avoid conflict with the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of Ontario). 1:15 pm Room 206 Victoria College Praying mantids (Insecta: Mantodea) are among the most recognizable and striking insects. Despite their popularity among the general public and scientists alike, Mantodea remains one of the least studied insect orders. Being masters of disguise and seldom collected or observed in the field, various facets of these insects have remained elusive to the general public, and even to the scientific community. Consequently, several myths related to their biology have made their way into popular culture and are still deeply rooted in the public imagination. With circa 2350 species described, and a large diversity still to be discovered, praying mantids have a surprisingly wide range of hunting strategies, cryptic behaviours and morphological adaptations that go beyond the green, leaf-like mantis most people are familiar with. In this talk, I will present some little known aspects of these charismatic predators. Julio is a Peruvian-Canadian entomologist currently based at the Royal Ontario Museum and working on his PhD at the University of Toronto. He has been studying praying mantids for more than 10 years. His PhD will examine the evolution and systematics of Neotropical Mantodea. He is an Associate Researcher of the PROJECT MANTODEA (http://www.mantodearesearch.com), an international initiative to bring new light to the evolution and systematics of praying mantids. Saturday, November 19, 2011 (note the special date and special location): First Annual Quimby F. Hess Lecture. 1:15 pm. Room 110, Ramsay Wright Zoological Building (University of Toronto, 25 Harbord Street). Peter Hall, Research Associate at the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa, and co-author of The Butterflies of Canada, will present an assessment of the health of Canada’s butterfly populations, focusing mainly on Ontario butterfly species. Peter is author of a recent report published by NatureServe Canada called Sentinels on the Wing: the Status and Conservation of Butterflies in Canada. Based on this report, his talk explores which species are declining, which species are increasing and the many factors affecting the status and trends of butterfly populations. To end the presentation, Peter will outline what can be done to better encourage and protect our butterflies. This is the inaugural event of the annual Quimby F. Hess lecture series. The public will be invited, and so the event is being held in a large, 150-seat room. Quimby's children Robert Hess and Jane Hess will attend, and one of them will say a few words about his life. After the talk, there will be a reception for the lecturer, TEA members and guests. Saturday, January 28, 2012. 1:15 pm Room 206 Victoria College Conservation biologists have long recognized the value of monitoring select biological indicators to measure and monitor changes in biological diversity. Due to their rapid response to environmental change, monitoring changes in the abundance and diversity of butterflies has the potential to indicate changes in overall ecosystem health and biodiversity which can be used to help guide conservation management decisions and land-use planning. The research presented includes a two-year data set of butterfly abundance and diversity monitoring at 15 sites across a gradient of urbanization in Waterloo Region. This data was collected to examine how different urban land uses are impacting butterfly communities and if Regional Environmentally Sensitive Policy Area designations are effective at protecting biodiversity. This research, which was her Master's thesis at the University of Waterloo, also includes an extensive review of butterfly records for the Region to assess how butterfly presence/absence has changed over the last 80 years. This information was used to assign a regional status to each species. Jessica is a Terrestrial and Wetland Biologist with Natural Resource Solutions Inc., a Waterloo-based environmental consulting firm. She has been studying different aspects of butterfly ecology in Canada and abroad for almost 10 years. She specializes in developing butterfly monitoring programs for a variety of purposes. Such programs have included citizen science programs for Environment Canada, long-term community monitoring programs for private and public organizations, and butterfly monitoring programs to measure the success of municipal habitat restoration projects. Saturday, February 25, 2012. 1:15pm. Room to be announced. We will be showing the film "Collecting Tasker," a 16-minute documentary (view trailer) which highlights the collecting by the TEA’s Dr. Ron Tasker. Dr. Tasker is a brilliant neurosurgeon who worked at the University Health Network. He has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada for his contributions to neurosurgery and natural history. Both Dr. Tasker and the film's director, Joseph Clement at expected to attend. Following the film, there will be a discussion about the importance of insect collections and collecting moderated by Dr. Chris Darling of the University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum. Chris is a Senior Curator of entomology and conducts collection-based research on the systematics and biology of parasitic Hymenoptera. His field work has taken him to many locations in Southeast Asia including India, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. He is currently coordinating field work activities in Gunung Mulu National Park for the Platygastroidea Planetary Biotic Inventory Project which is funded by NSF (USA). Chris also conducts fieldwork in Ontario and has studied the interaction of bluebirds and blowflies, goldenrods and their gallmakers, and a variety of wood-infesting beetles and their natural enemies. March 24 -- Student Symposium -- details to be announced
Saturday, April 28, 2011 1:15 PM (Room to be Announced) Hannah is Entomology Program Lead – Horticultural Crops, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). A graduate of the University of Guelph (B.Sc. - Agriculture; M.Sc. - Entomology), Hannah has been the provincial entomologist for horticulture with OMAFRA since 2000. She works with teams of crop specialists and researchers to optimize pest management solutions for sustainable crop production, and to transfer new information and technology to the Ontario agricultural industry.Hannah is responsible for monitoring provincial insect pest issues, including threats posed by invasive alien species.
Meetings of past years 2010-11 Saturday, September 25, 2010 Saturday, October 23, 2010 Saturday, November 27, 2010 Saturday, January 22, 2011 Saturday February 26, 2011 Saturday, March 26, 2011 2009-10 Saturday, September 26, 2009 Saturday, October 24, 2009 Saturday, November 28, 2009 Saturday, January 23, 2010 Saturday, February 27, 2010 Saturday, March 27, 2010 Saturday, April 24, 2010
2008-09 Saturday September 27, 2008 Saturday, October 25, 2008 Saturday, November 22, 2008 Saturday, January 24, 2009 Saturday February 28, 2009 Saturday March 28, 2009 Saturday, April 25, 2009
2007-08 Saturday, September 22, 2007 Saturday, October 25, 2007 Saturday, November 24, 2007 Saturday, January 26, 2008 Saturday, February 23, 2008 Saturday, March 29, 2008 Saturday April 26, 2008 2006-07 Saturday, September 23, 2006 Saturday, October 21, 2006 Saturday, November 25, 2006 Saturday, January 27, 2007 Saturday February 24, 2007 Saturday, March 24, 2007 Saturday, April 28, 2007
2005-06 Saturday, September 24, 2005 1 PM Saturday, October 22, 2005 Saturday, November 26, 2005 Saturday, January 28, 2006 Saturday, February 25, 2006 Saturday, March 25, 2006 Saturday, April 22, 2006
Details of the last Student Symposium (March 2011) Students from Ontario universities give 10-minute talks and answer questions or display large posters describing their work in entomology. They are interesting and entertaining speakers and cover a variety of insects over the afternoon. Many previous participants have gone on to make noted contributions to our knowledge of insects. Coffee and refreshments are served at intermission. As of February 15th, the program was as follows: ORAL PRESENTATIONS Chris Austin, University of Western Ontario POSTER PRESENTATIONS Clement Kent, York University
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