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We normally meet on the University of Toronto campus on the fourth Saturday every month, from September to November and from January to April. Meetings are live-streamed and are later posted on our website. See the links below for the video of past meetings.
Prior to covid, one of our meetings has been the Quimby F. Hess Annual Lecture. We hope to resume this series soon.
See video of the meeting. Starting times of speakers: Susan Blayney and Donna Rice, "Middle Mills caterpillar counts etc," 0:01; Masata Osanai, "I Love Insects," 12:15; Kasra Prakash, "Insects Observed", 22:40; Carol Pasternak, monarchs etc., 25:30; Karen Yukich, a variety of insects, 33:40; Bob Yukich, Ocola Skipper butterfly, 47:20; and Antonia Guidotti, interesting crittersof the summer, 50:30; Alan Macnaughton, moths (presented by Antonia), 59:10; and Chris Rickard, butterflies and moths of the Bruce Peninsula, 1:03:00.
Our next meeting is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, October 21.
Saturday, September 17, 2022. 1:15 pm - 3:00 pm. By Zoom.
MEMBERS' MEETING
See video of the meeting.
Saturday, October 22, 2022. 1:15 pm - 3:00 pm. By Zoom.
THE ROLE OF THE BLACK SOLDIER FLY IN A CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Patricia Okpara, University of Windsor
See video of the meeting.
Saturday, November 19, 2022. 1:15 pm - 3:00 pm. By Zoom.
UNDERSTANDING THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND NON-NATIVE SPECIES ON BUTTERFLIES
Heather Kharouba, University of Ottawa
See video of the meeting.
Saturday, January 28, 2023. 1:15 pm - 3:00 pm. By Zoom.
CANADIAN LEAFHOPPERS: NATURAL HISTORY AND DIVERSITY
Joel Kits, Research Scientist for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
See video of the meeting.
Saturday, February 25, 2023. 1:15 pm - 3:00 pm. By Zoom.
ARE PRINTED ENTOMOLOGY BOOKS AIMED AT A GENERAL AUDIENCE STILL RELEVANT?
Patrice Bouchard, Research Scientist for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
See video of the meeting.
Saturday, March 25, 2023. 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm. By Zoom.
STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
Read the abstracts. Speakers:
- video: Stephanie Allen, Imperfect Detection of an Endangered Riverine Dragonfly, Rapids Clubtail (Phanogomphus quadricolor): Implications for Monitoring.
- video: Ruisen Zhang, A taxonomic review of Canadian Oestridae (Bot Flies)
- video: Lydia Wong, It’s getting hot and dry: what does this mean for subalpine cavity-nesting bees?
- video: Pooja Nathan, Understanding latitudinal variation in mutualistic interactions: a case study using the castor bean plant, Ricinus communis, in the Indian subcontinent
- video: Wei Han Lau, Do broader heads make for a stronger bite? A biomechanical analysis of a putatively ecologically dimorphic trait in the northeastern pine sawyer beetle (Cerambycidae: Monochamus notatus)
- video: Cailyn McKay, Heat stress experienced during metamorphosis: impacts on pheromone-mediated mating in the true armyworm (Mythimna unipuncta)
- video: Janean Sharkey, Bee communities in tallgrass prairie and oak savanna in Southern Ontario
- video: Heloisa Fernandes Flores, Evolution of kleptoparasitism in jackal flies (Diptera, Milichiidae)
- video: Alice Assmar, Past, present, and future of freshwater insects: evolution and diversification of Osmyloidea (Insecta: Neuroptera)
- video: Campbell McKay, Could the use of different species of milkweed as larval hostplants influence the fall migration of Monarchs?
Saturday, April 22, 2023. 1:15 pm - 3:00 pm. By Zoom.
THE ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF EYESPOTS IN CATERPILLARS
Thomas Hossie, Trent University
See video of the meeting.
Saturday, September 25, 2021
MEMBERS' MEETING
See video of the meeting.
Saturday, October 23, 2021
ANTS, SCIENCE AND CITIZEN SCIENCE - WE NEED YOU!
Ehab Abouheif, McGill University
See video of the meeting
Saturday, November 27, 2021
INVISIBLE BIODIVERSITY -- THE HIDDEN WORLD OF MITES BENEATH OUR FEET
Marla Schwarzfeld, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes
See video of the meeting.
Saturday, January 22, 2022
MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE SOLVED BY INSECTS
Gail Anderson, School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University
Saturday, February 26, 2022
ONTARIO MOTHS
Chris Schmidt, Research Scientist for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
See video of the meeting.The talk starts at about the 5-minute mark and lasts for an hour. The first part of the talk is mostly about life history strategies of moths. Biogeography of moths in Ontario starts at 38 minutes, and moth mysteries start at 58 minutes. The question period starts at 1:04. Questions include: the value of iNaturalist to his research (1:10); habitats that need more surveying, such as wetlands (1:19); and using light sources to attract moths, including black light fluorescents and LepiLEDs (1:12 and 1:24 to 1:26 -- three questions).
Saturday, March 26, 2022
STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
Speakers: Kelly Murray-Stoker (caddisfly diversity in urban environments); Britney Picinic (mosquito excretion after blood meals); Thomas Hall (weevil and the control of garlic mustard); Zach Balzer (response of termites to carbon dioxide); Sisley Irwin (wilding of urban meadows and diversity); Jinghan Tan (internal biology of mosquitoes); Jocelyn Armistead (bumble bee collection methods); and Jesse Huisken (cooperation in carpenter bees). See agenda and abstracts.
Saturday, April 23, 2022
CLIMATE CHANGE AND INSECT CONSERVATION: DETECTING AND MITIGATING RISKS FROM EXTREME WEATHER
Jeremy Kerr, Department of Biology University of Ottawa
See video of the meeting.
Land use and climate change changes pose extraordinary risks for many species, including many insects, leading to debate over an impending “insect apocalypse”. There should be no debate, however, that extinction rates have risen to levels last seen at the end of the age of the dinosaurs. While the processes and mechanisms that govern how some threats contribute to extinction risk are clear, the "how" and "why" of climate-driven risks remain uncertain. As climate changes, the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events have risen, but could such events affect species' extinction risks? We have developed a new technique to measure those effects, called "thermal position index", drawing on fundamental theories in ecology and evolutionary biology. With rising prevalence of extreme weather, we have found evidence that species' extinction risks have risen, such as among bumblebee species in Europe and North America. By identifying mechanisms that contribute to extinction risk, we might be able to manage risks more effectively. This work has now been validated in analyses of population trends among vertebrates globally. In a warming world, understanding how to mitigate risks for species conservation, including especially insects that commonly have shorter life cycles, could help slow extinction rates.
Saturday, May 28, 2022
HOW TO RAISE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES
Carol Pasternak
See video of the meeting.
Saturday, January 23, 2021
PROJECT SWALLOWTAIL
Clement Kent, York University
See video of the meeting.
Saturday, February 27, 2021
A HODGEPODGE OF HYMENOPTERA: CHECKLISTS OF NORTHERN NORTH AMERICA, ICHNEUMONID NATURAL HISTORY AND A REVIEW OF THE AQUATIC WASPS OF THE WORLD
Andrew Bennett, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture Canada
See
the speaker's slides (pdf).
Saturday, March 27, 2021. 1 pm - 3:15 pm. By Zoom.
STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
Speakers: Alvaro De la Mora (Breeding program for Varroa mite resistance in Ontario honey bee populations); Farwa Sajadi (To pee or not to pee: how do female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes regulate anti-diuresis?); Kate Lindsay (A revision of the genus Scipopus: Solving the Scipopus problem); Jocelyn Armistead ( Evaluating methods used in Canadian bumble bee status assessments); Matt J. Muzzatti (Farming fecund crickets: fruitful female fertility after feeding crickets royal jelly); Sydney Gram (Mushroom-associated insects: diversity and host preferences); Sara Khan (Why do caterpillars go "buzz"? Exploring the roles of vibratory communication in social Drepana arcuata larvae); and Shu Han (Julie) Gan (The effect of soil sand content on earthworm seed digestion and seed coat damage). See Agenda and Abstracts. See video of the whole meeting,
Saturday, April 24, 2021
NATURAL HISTORY 2.0
Morgan Jackson (McGill University)
See video of the meeting.
Saturday, September 22, 2019
MEMBERS' MEETING
Saturday, October 26, 2019
TORONTO'S TALE OF TWO BEETLES: AN ODYSSEY IN URBAN FOREST INVASION
Sandy Smith, University of Toronto
Saturday, November 23, 2019
TICKS AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES IN A CHANGING WORLD (Ninth Annual Quimby F. Hess Lecture)
Nicholas Ogden, Public Health Agency of Canada
Saturday, January 25, 2020
WHY DO BEES LIVE IN GROUPS?
Miriam Richards, Brock University
Saturday, February 29, 2020.
FABULOUS FLOWER FLIES
Michelle Locke and Jeff Skevington, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada -- Ottawa
The regular meetings for March and April were cancelled due to COVID-19.
This event is free but you must pre-register on the ROM website. Under "Buy Tickets," choose "Public (RSVP Only): Free” (unless you have a ROM membership). A reception for TEA members and the Hess family will follow the lecture. Enter through the President's Choice School Entrance (group entrance), which is at the back of the ROM along Queen's Park. Please note that registering for this lecture does not grant you entry into museum galleries.
Discover the world of ticks with entomologist Nicholas Ogden, as he discusses their importance as blood-sucking parasites. Explore how environmental changes may affect the global distributions of these enigmatic creatures and the diseases they spread, and what this means for public health in Canada.
Dr. Nick Ogden is a UK-trained veterinarian (University of Liverpool, 1983). After 10 years of mixed clinical practice, he then completed a doctorate in Lyme disease ecology at the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford in 1996. During the six years he spent as a lecturer at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, he continued his research of tick-borne diseases of public health importance in Europe and those of importance to livestock production in Africa. In 2002 Dr. Ogden moved to Canada, where he continues his research on Lyme disease at the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Quimby F. Hess was a TEA president and a member of the TEA for over 40 years. This lecture is sponsored in his memory by his children Jane and Robert Hess and their respective spouses Laura and John. The public are invited.
Saturday, September 22, 2018
MEMBERS' MEETING
Saturday, October 27, 2018
BEES OF THE WORLD'S DRIEST DESERT
Laurence Packer, York University
Saturday, December 1, 2018
ARACHNOPHOBES TO ARACHNOPHILES: FRIENDLY SPIDERS IN YOUR HOUSE, GARDENS AND PARKS (Eighth Annual Quimby F. Hess Lecture)
Christopher Buddle, McGill University
Saturday, January 26, 2019
THE URBAN MOSAIC: IMPACTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BEE CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH
Charlotte de Keyzer, University of Toronto
Saturday, February 23, 2019
TERMITES IN TORONTO: THE SOCIAL BIOLOGY OF AN INVASIVE, HOME-WRECKING INSECT
Graham Thompson, Western University
Saturday, March 23, 2019
STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, April 13, 2019
TEA BUG-REARING DAY
Saturday, September 23, 2017
MEMBERS' MEETING
Saturday, October 28, 2017
TORONTO'S SYMPHONY ORTHOPTERA
Steve Paiero, University of Guelph
Saturday, November 25, 2017
INSECTS AT THE TORONTO ZOO
Saturday, December 2, 2017
MAKING INSECTS: A GUIDE TO RESTORING THE LITTLE THINGS THAT RUN THE WORLD (Seventh Annual Quimby F. Hess Lecture)
Douglas Tallamy
Saturday, January 27, 2018
PROTECTING AND RECOVERING BUTTERFLY SPECIES AT RISK IN ONTARIO
Jessica Linton
Saturday, February 24, 2018
EVOLUTION OF BLOOD-FEEDING BEHAVIOUR IN BLACK FLIES
Mateus Pepinelli
Saturday, March 24, 2018
STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
Sunday, April 21, 2018
TEA BUG-REARING DAY
Saturday, September 24, 2016
MEMBERS' MEETING
Saturday, October 22, 2016
THE FOSSILS OF AQUATIC INSECTS TELL US LOTS OF THINGS
Roberto Quinlan, York University
Saturday, November 19, 2016
HOW IT TAKES HONEY TO MAKE A HONEY BEE (Sixth Annual Quimby F. Hess Lecture)
May Berenbaum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Saturday, January 21, 2017
MY ADVENTURES TRAPPING INSECTS: Stomoxys calcitrans (Diptera: Muscidae) in south central Ontario
David Beresford, Trent University
Saturday, February 25, 2017
BIENNIAL BUTTERFLIES: DO 2-YEAR LIFECYCLES AFFECT GENETIC DIFFERENCE
Gard Otis, University of Guelph
Saturday, March 25, 2017
STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
Sunday, April 23, 2017
TEA BUG-REARING DAY
Saturday, September 24, 2016
MEMBERS' MEETING
Saturday, October 24, 2015
LOOKING FOR INSECTS IN ALL THE COLD PLACES
Brent Sinclair, Department of Biology, Western University
Saturday, November 21, 2015
RAP BATTLES AND POP: DISCOVERING THE SECRET SOUNDS OF INSECTS (Fifth Annual Quimby F. Hess Lecture)
Jayne Yack
Saturday, January 23, 2016
A Review of Some Biological Control Programs Against Invasive Plants in Canada and Ontario
William D. McIlveen
Saturday, February 27, 2016
The bird that kicked the wasps' nest: Red-throated Caracaras, social wasps and research in tropical America
Sean McCann, Simon Fraser University
Saturday, March 19, 2016
STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, April 16, 2016
TEA BUG-REARING DAY
Saturday, September 27, 2014
MEMBERS' MEETING
Saturday, October 25, 2014
THE NEW ROM BUTTERFLY FIELD GUIDE: THE BACKGROUND STORY
Antonia Guidotti and Brad Hubley
Saturday, November 22, 2014
THE IMPORTANCE OF INSECT CONSERVATION (Fourth Annual Quimby F. Hess Lecture)
Georges Brossard
Saturday, January 24, 2015
BLOOD-SUCKING BEASTIES IN A CHANGING CLIMATE
Fiona Hunter
Saturday, February 28, 2015
THE ART OF BUMBLEBEE WATCHING
Sheila Colla
Saturday, March 28, 2015
STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, April 25, 2015
TEA BUG-REARING DAY
Saturday, September 28, 2013
MEMBERS' MEETING
Saturday, October 19, 2013
DRAGONS AND DAMSELS ON THE FLY: PREDATORS IN THE AIR AND WATER
Beverley Edwards
Saturday, November 16, 2013
MY INORDINATE FONDNESS FOR BEETLES (Third Annual Quimby F. Hess Lecture)
Arthur Evans
Saturday, January 18, 2014
BEDBUGS: POLITICS AND SCIENCE OF THEIR RESURGENCE
Sam Bryks
Saturday, February 22, 2014
MACROPHOTOGRAPHY OF INSECTS
Max Skwarna
Saturday, March 22, 2014
STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, April 26, 2014
TEA BUG-REARING DAY
Saturday, September 22, 2012
MEMBER'S MEETING
Saturday, October 20, 2012
THE PIPEVINE SWALLOWTAIL: LIFE CYCLE AND ECOLOGY
Xi Wang
Saturday, November 17, 2012
MONARCH CONSERVATION: THE CHALLENGES AHEAD (Second Annual Quimby F. Hess Lecture)
Orley ("Chip") Taylor
Saturday, January 26, 2013
EXPLORING ARCTIC ICHNEUMONID COMMUNITIES WITH THE NORTHERN BIODIVERSITY PROGRAM
Laura Timms
Saturday, February 23, 2013
LEAF-MINING INSECTS
William D. McIlveen
Saturday, March 23, 2013
STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, April 27, 2013
SYMPOSIUM ON REARING INSECTS AND SPIDERS
Don Davis, Daniel Pirvulescu, Scott McIvor, Joel Egan, Glenn Richardson, Lydia Attard and Alan Macnaughton
Saturday, September 24, 2011
MEMBERS' MEETING
Saturday, October 29, 2011
BEYOND Mantis religiosa: AN OVERVIEW OF THE PRAYING MANTIDS (INSECTA: MANTODEA)
Julio Rivera
Saturday, November 19, 2011
SENTINELS ON THE WING (First Annual Quimby F. Hess Lecture)
Peter Hall
Saturday, January 28, 2012
MONITORING BUTTERFLIES ALONG AN URBAN GRADIENT IN THE REGION OF WATERLOO
Jessica Linton
Saturday, February 25, 2012
FILM "COLLECTING TASKER" / PANEL ABOUT COLLECTING led by Chris Darling
Saturday, March 24, 2012
STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, April 28, 2012
PEST ALERT: INVASIVE SPECIES AND ONTARIO AGRICULTURE
Hannah Fraser
Saturday, September 25, 2010
MEMBERS' MEETING
Saturday, October 23, 2010
UNCOVERING SPRING MIGRATION PATTERNS OF THE MONARCH
Nathan Miller
Saturday, November 27, 2010
INSECT LIFE CYCLES AND HOW INSECTS COPE WITH WINTER
James Kamstra
Saturday, January 22, 2011
WHAT’S THAT BUG? THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY OF DOMESTIC ARTHROPODS
Antonia Guidotti
Saturday February 26, 2011
CANADIAN JOURNAL of ARTHROPOD IDENTIFICATION - A CATALYST FOR BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE
Dave Cheung
Saturday, March 26, 2011
STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, April 16, 2011
POLLINATORS AND POLLINATION: CANADIAN, CONTINENTAL, AND GLOBAL PROBLEMS
Peter Kevan
Saturday, September 26, 2009
MEMBERS' MEETING
Saturday, October 24, 2009
BEFRIENDING A NATIVE BEETLE-HUNTING WASP FOR
FUN & PROFIT
Philip Careless
Saturday, November 28, 2009
SPIDERS OF ONTARIO: A GUIDE TO THE COMMON
SPECIES
Tom Mason
Saturday, January 23, 2010
THE EVOLUTIONARY DRAMA IN YOUR BACKYARD – GOLDENROD AND GALLS
Art Weis
Saturday, February 27, 2010
COMPLEX SIGNALS: WHAT DO SPIDERS HAVE TO SAY
Andrew Mason
Saturday, March 27, 2010
STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, April 24, 2010
IMPERILED BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION
Adrienne Brewster
Saturday September 27, 2008
MEMBERS' MEETING
Saturday, October 25, 2008
MOTHS AT LARGE
Jim des Rivieres
Saturday, November 22, 2008
MUD AND MONARCHS
W.D. McIlveen and Don Davis
Saturday, January 24, 2009
POLLINATOR WATCH
Heather Andrachuk
Saturday February 28, 2009
DRAGONFLIES and DAMSELFLIES of ONTARIO
Colin Jones
Saturday March 28, 2009
STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, April 25, 2009
INSECTS OF SE ONTARIO: A PARK NATURALIST’S PERSPECTIVE
David Bree
Saturday, September 22, 2007
MEMBERS' MEETING
Saturday, October 25, 2007
JOURNEY INTO THE JUNGLES OF MONTEVERDE, COSTA RICA
Jessica Grealey
Saturday, November 24, 2007
FUNGUS DISEASES OF INSECTS
W.D. McIlveen
Saturday, January 26, 2008
PHOTOGRAPHING INSECTS: TECHNIQUES, TIPS AND SECRETS
Kerry Jarvis
Saturday, February 23, 2008
COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER (CCD) IN HONEYBEES
Ernesto Guzman
Saturday, March 29, 2008
STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
Saturday April 26, 2008
THE DEMISE OF THE GREEN DRAKE MAYFLY: WHAT IT TELLS US ABOUT THE HEALTH OF S. ONTARIO TROUT STREAMS
Henry Frania
Saturday, September 23, 2006
MEMBERS' MEETING
Saturday, October 21, 2006
EXTINCTION OF INSECTS
W.D. McIlveen
Saturday, November 25, 2006
VIGNETTES OF INSECTNATURAL HISTORY
Chris Darling
Saturday, January 27, 2007
A LIFELONG INTEREST IN INSECTS
Alan Hanks
Saturday February 24, 2007
THE QUEST FOR SPECIES IDENTIFICATION
Paul Hebert
Saturday, March 24, 2007
STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, April 28, 2007
BRINGING INSECTS TO THE PUBLIC
Margaret Pickles
Saturday, September 24, 2005 1 PM
MEMBERS' MEETING
Saturday, October 22, 2005
INSECTS in URBAN ENVIRONMENTS ( we attended the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of Ontario in lieu of having our own meeting)
Saturday, November 26, 2005
WINGS OF PARADISE BUTTERFLY CONSERVATORY: a behind the scenes look at exhibit curating and butterfly research
Adrienne Kistner-Brewster
Saturday, January 28, 2006
IT'S GOOD TO BE QUEEN: SOCIAL BEE-HAVIOUR AND THE MYTH OF THE HAPPY SLAVE
Miriam Richards
Saturday, February 25, 2006
THE LONG REACH OF THE GENE: INSECT/ PLANT INTERACTIONS
Marc Johnson
Saturday, March 25, 2006
STUDENT SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, April 22, 2006
PURPLE LOOSESTRIFE: A BIOLOGICAL CONTROL SUCCESS STORY
Jim Corrigan
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