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Publications and items for sale

Many of the publications below are free and can be dowloaded from the website in pdf form. For those which are for sale, ordering instructions are as follows:
(1) for Items published 2007 or later, contact Chris Rickard, 1606 Crediton Parkway, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5G 3X3. Email: info@ontarioinsects.org
(2) for items published in 2006 or earlier, contact Alan Hanks, 34 Seaton Drive, Aurora, Ontario, Canada L4G 2K1; (905) 727-6993. E-mail:
alan.hanks@sympatico.ca
Orders must be prepaid. All prices include applicable taxes and shipping. Personal cheques accepted for US or Canadian orders; money or postal orders only for others. Please make cheques or money orders out to Toronto Entomologists' Association. Sorry we can’t take credit card orders.

All prices below are for non-members. Contact us for special member prices.

Ontario Insects– T.E.A. Newsjournal

ISSN: 1203-3995. The newsjournal Ontario Insects is published three times a year and began in 1994. Issues average 25 pages. Older issues are free for download in one full-text-searchable pdf file: 1994-2003. If this file is too big for downloading for your internet connection speed, download one year at a time in the list below:
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

More recent back Issues: In Canada: $5 Canadian each; In USA: $5 US. Annual subscription to Ontario Insects: in Canada: $20 Can; in USA: $20 US; international: inquire for rates.

T.E.A. Seasonal Summaries of Lepidoptera

Membership in the T.E.A. includes the annual Lepidoptera summary, which has been published for more than 35 years. Older summaries are free for download in two full-text-searchable pdf files which contain multiple summaries: 1969-1989 and 1990-1999. Save the files to disk and use Adobe Reader to view the bookmarks to navigate easily to individual summaries and the components of those summaries. If these files are too big for convenient dowload, then download one summary at a time by clicking on the year desired in the list below:
1969 1970 1971 1972-74
1975 1976 1977 1978
1979
1980 1981 1982
1983
1984 1985 1986
1987
1988 1989 1990
1991 1992 1993 1994
1995 1996 1997 1998
1999 2000 2001 2002

Ontario Lepidoptera volumes for 2003-2004 and 2005 are for sale. Prices: in Canada: $15 each; in USA: $15 US surface post; $20 US airmail; international, inquire for rates.

Ontario Lepidoptera 2003-04: see the Contents and Intro.pdf. Data for all records of all species received for the years 2003 and 2004 (much more data than can be included in the printed summary!) have been included in two tables available as downloadable PDF files: 2003 records.pdf and 2004 records.pdf. A further pdf provides a table of some records from 1999-2002 that were not featured in earlier summaries: Additional pre-2003 records.pdf. In each of these tables, the observers’ names have been abbreviated in order to save space. These abbreviations and the full names are featured in Contributors and Observers.pdf

The Ontario Butterfly Atlas
By A.M. Holmes, R.R. Tasker, Q.F.Hess, A.J.Hanks (1991)
ISBN: 0921631111. See the title page pdf.
In Canada: $25 Canadian; In USA: $25 US; International: inquire for rates

Checklist of the Butterflies of the Toronto Region, 3rd edition, 2007. Checklist and flight seasons; compiled by Barry Harrison. See the title page pdf.
Price $2 Canadian for Canadian addresses, and $2.50 US for US/oversease addresses.

Reproductions of out-of-print books

These are NOT photocopies but are high quality scans by University of Toronto Press - the interior pages are on acid-free paper. The cover is a deluxe-quality hardcover but is not the same as the original.

The Odonata of Canada & Alaska (3 volumes): a classic!
By E.M. Walker
In Canada: $185 Canadian, $170 if picked up at TEA meetings (3 volumes); In USA: $160 US surface post; $170 US airmail; International: inquire for rates

The Cicindelidae of Canada (tiger beetles): a classic!
By J.B. Wallis (1961) with colour plates
In Canada: $28 Canadian; In USA: $23 US surface post: $26 US airmail; International: inquire for rates

The North American Dragonflies of the Genus Aeshna
By E.M. Walker (1921) with colour plates
In Canada: $115 Canadian, $105 for pick-up;In USA: $100 US surface post; $110 US airmail; International: inquire for rates

The North American Dragonflies of the Genus Somatochlora
By E.M.Walker (1925)
In Canada: $55 Canadian; In USA: $43US surface post: $46US airmail; International: inquire for rates

 

T.E.A. Publications on Odonata

1) Damselflies and Dragonflies (Odonata) of Ontario: Resource Guide and Annotated List by P.M. Catling and V.R. Brownell (2000). Now out of print, but click here for a free copy of the pdf version.

2) Ontario Odonata: Our Annual Odonata Publication

Volume 1 (1999) ISBN: 0-921-631-21-9   June 2000   153 pages. See title page pdf.
This volume includes 1999 observations and 16 articles on the Odonata of Ontario. The articles cover topics such as conservation status ranks, natural history, migration, lists and records, and an illustrated key to the mature nymphs and exuviae of eastern Canadian Stylurus.
In Canada, $25 Canadian;  in USA/overseas, $25 US

Volume 2 (2000) ISBN: 0-921631-22-7  May 2001  186 pages Now out of print, but click here for a free copy of the pdf version.
This volume includes 16 articles and observations of Ontario odonata for 2000 as well as news, reviews and recent literature. The articles discuss significant range extensions ecology, regional lists, conservation and information on a museum collection. The printed database summary table includes names, counties, locations, dates, numbers and observers for over 5000 reports.
186 pages.

Volume 3 (2001) ISBN: 0-921631-24-3  April 2002  208 pages. See title page and contents pdf.
This volume includes 18 articles and observations for the year 2001 as well as news, reviews and recent literature. The printed database summary table includes names, counties, locations, dates, numbers and observers for over 4000 reports for 2001 and reports for 1996-1998.
In Canada, $25 Canadian; in USA/overseas, $25 US

Volume 4 (2002) ISBN: 0-921631-27-8  January 2004  214 pages. Now out of print, but click here for a free copy of the pdf version. This volume includes 13 articles and observations for the year 2002 as well as news, reviews and recent literature. The printed database summary table includes names, counties, locations, dates, numbers and observers for over 6500 reports for 2002. .

Volume 5 (2003) ISBN: 0-921631-28-6 November 2004 145 pages. See title page and contents pdf. 
This volume includes 6 articles and observations for the year 2003 as well as news, reviews and recent literature. The database summary table includes over 4300 records.
In Canada, $20 Canadian; in USA/overseas, $25 US

Volume 6 (2004) July 2005 202 pages. See title page and contents pdf.
This volume includes a review of the Odonata of Ontario's Hudson Bay Lowlands, The Canadian National Collection of Dragonflies and Odonata Observations during 2004.
In Canada, $25 Canadian; in USA/overseas, $25 US

Volume 7 (2005) ISBN 0-921631-31-6 November 2007 226 pages. See title page and contents pdf.
This volume includes 10 articles, 4 notes, and a database containing 8556 records of observations for the year 2005.
In Canada, $25 Canadian; in USA/overseas, $28 US

 

 

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