Members are encouraged to complete this poll from the International Congress of Entomology Council regarding the timing of the 2032 ICE. https://forms.gle/XzmBpQGXqsD1U5UF9 This link has been verified as legitimate by ESC Executive members.

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Catherine Scott assisting a documentary crew with filming black widows at Island View Beach in BC. An upcoming “Nature of Things” documentary on CBC will feature several prominent Canadian entomologists/arachnologists talking about mating and courtship of various arthropods.  Maydianne Andrade, Andrew Mason, and Luciana Baruffaldi from UTSC, Catherine Scott from McGill, Darryl Gwynne from UTM...

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The 10th International Congress of Dipterology (ICDX) is being held July 16-21 2023 in Reno, Nevada. Travel grants from the North American Dipterists Society, the Linnaean Society of London, and the Entomological Society of Canada have been made available to support student attendance. Funding from the Entomological Society of Canada will go specifically towards supporting...

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Female Physocephala tibialis with three males trying to claim her. Brampton Ontario The first place winner of the 2022 ESC Photo Contest is Bob Noble, who captured this amazing image of a mating pileup of conopid flies. Let’s find out some more about this cool shot!   How did this image come about? I was...

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS-APPLICATIONS Deadline approaching: 28 February! Society Directors help govern the ESC Societal Director (Second Vice-president) Director at Large Director for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Please help govern your society! Submit nominations to ESC co-secretaries: ESCSecretary@esc-sec.ca Achievement Awards Gold Medal Award (for outstanding entomological contributions in Canada) C. Gordon Hewitt Award (for outstanding entomological...

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The second place winner of the 2022 photo contest was Supratim Laha, a PhD student studying pollinators at the University of Calcutta. We asked about the story behind this amazing picture… How did this image come about? The story behind this image is another interesting part apart from the ecological fact. There is a large...

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A brown mantidfly, perched on a Purple Prairie Clover. The insect resembles a reddish Polistes wasp crossed with a mantid, and has striking green eyes. The flower is brilliant pink, with yellow pollen on the stamens, and there are more out of focus in the background. In this first of a series of three posts,...

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Chair of the Fund The Entomological Society of Canada’s Scholarship Fund is seeking to fill the position of Chair of the Fund beginning in January, 2023. The Scholarship Fund is a registered charity in Canada which provides a number of financial awards to university students studying entomology. The duties of this position include chairing meetings...

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The 2023 Joint Annual Meeting will be held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan from October 15-18, 2023 hosted by the Entomological Society of Saskatchewan. More information about the meeting theme and venue will be posted soon.

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