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THE NEWSJOURNAL OF THE TORONTO ENTOMOLOGISTS' ASSOCIATION Volume 21, Number 2 1 VOLUME 21, NUMBER 2 JANUARY 2016 September 2015 JANUARY 2015 Contents Upcoming Meetings .................................................................... 22 Announcements and Short Notes ................................................ 23 Vol. 21, Number 2 January 2016 UPCOMING MEETINGS .......... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. TEA Meeting Summaries ............................................................ 26 MissionANNOUNCEMENTS Statement AND SHORT NOTES ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. TheTEA MEETINGToronto SUMMARIE Entomologists.S ... ERROR! BOOKMARK Association NOT DEFINED. st (TEA)HELP HAS ARRIVED!is a non THE ROM-profit BUTTERFLY educational COLLECTION .......and 32 21 Annual Toronto Butterfly Count ............................................ 30 SPIDERS OF BLACKWATER .. ........................................................ 34 scientificLIGHT-TRAP SAMPLING organization OF A MAYFLY formed MATING SWARMto promote (HEXAGENIA LIMBATA) AT POINT PELEE NATIONAL PARK OF A First Look at Rainy River Odes ................................................ 32 interestCANADA ................................ in insects,.... ................................ to encourage........................ co 35- operationA STUDY OF BALD -FACEDamong HORNETS INamateur NORTH HALTON ERROR!and BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. Odonate Survey of Murphys Point Provincial Park ...................... 35 professionalMONARCH NEWS ...................entomologists, ................................ to........................ educate 44 and inform non-entomologists about April 2015 The Insects of Moose Lake ......................................................... 41 insects, entomology and related fields, to aid in the preservation of insects and their Cabera quadrifasciaria in Leamington, Ontario ........................... 42 habitats and to issue publications in support of these objectives. Monarch News ............................................................................ 43 Executive Officers: President Glenn Richardson Vice-President Alan Macnaughton Treasurer Chris Rickard Secretary Vacant Other Board Members: Chris Darling R.O.M. Representative Carolyn King O.N. Representative Publicity Co-ordinator Front cover photo: Eastern Commas (Polygonia comma) in Antonia Guidotti Programs Co-ordinator Steve LaForest Field Trips Co-ordinator Magwood Park, Toronto. Photo taken by Bob Yukich. Membership Information: DEADLINE INFORMATION - Members Please Note: Annual dues are as follows: The deadline for submissions to the April issue of Ontario Insects is March 15th. Late submissions may be added at the discretion of the Editor Individual $30 after that date. If there are any questions or concerns regarding submissions, please feel free to contact Jessica Linton at the address Student Free below. Family $35 Ontario Insects (ISSN: 1203-3995) is published tri-annually by the All membership inquiries and payment of Toronto Entomologists' Association (TEA), 18 McDonald Street West, dues can be directed to Chris Rickard, Treasurer, 16 Mount View Court, Listowel, Ontario, Canada, N4W 1K4. The statements of contributors do Collingwood, Ontario, L9Y5A9. (705) not necessarily represent the views of the TEA and the TEA does not warrant 444-6671. e-transfers can be sent to or endorse products or services of advertisers. Copyright of artwork and [email protected] photographs remains with the artist or photographer. Publications received as part of a TEA membership include: Submissions to: Jessica E. Linton, Editor of Ontario Insects, 245 3 issues of Ontario Insects per year Rodney Street, Waterloo, Ontario N2J 1G7, [email protected], 519- Annual Ontario Lepidoptera Summary 489-2568. THE TEA IS A REGISTERED CHARITY (#131303141); ALL For general inquiries about the TEA contact: Alan Macnaughton, Volume 21, Number 2 DONATIONS ARE TAX 21 Vice President, TEA, 49 Northforest Trail, Kitchener, ON, N2N 2Y7, CREDITABLE. [email protected] (519) 570-9898 Upcoming Meetings Saturday, January 23, 2016 Saturday, March 19, 2016 1:15 p.m., Room 206 Victoria College. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. (note early start time), Room A Review of Some Biological Control Programs 432, Ramsay Wright Building, University of For Invasive Plants in Canada and Ontario Toronto (25 Harbord Street). William D. McIlveen STUDENT SYMPOSIUM Most people have at least some awareness of the Graduate students, senior undergraduates, and rather successful program to control the spread of postdoctoral fellows will be giving oral presentations Purple Loosestrife using biological controls. But and presenting posters. there have also been many other less well-known programs to deal with other invasive species. More Saturday, April 23, 2016 than 1600 non-native plants occur in Ontario, not all 1:00-4:00 (note early start time), Toronto Zoo posing the same level of concern, however some do Administration Building Atrium, 361A Old involve serious ecological, economic or health Finch Avenue concerns. These are the ones for which special TEA BUG-REARING DAY control efforts are needed. This presentation looks at This TEA meeting is all about fun with insects and several examples of control programs involving spiders! Do you like to rear insects or spiders? Please multiple insect species and some unexpected bring some and tell everyone about their care. You complications. may also share your mounted collections. If you require a ride to this meeting or can provide a ride, please contact Alan Macnaughton at Saturday, February 27, 2016 [email protected]. If you would like to bring 1:15 p.m., Emmanuel College Building (just some insects or spiders to "show and tell", please west of Victoria College, on Queen’s Park contact Antonia Guidotti at [email protected] Crescent), room 108. The Bird That Kicked the Wasps' Nest: Red- Saturday, November 19, 2016. 1:30 pm - 2:45 throated Caracaras, Social Wasps and Research pm. Sixth Annual Quimby F. Hess Lecture. in Tropical America Royal Ontario Museum Sean McCann, Thompson Rivers University TITLE TBA Over a century has passed since Wallace, Spruce, and May Berenbaum Bates explored the Amazon and to this day many of the region's animals remain poorly known. Over the Professor Berenbaum, an entomologist at the course of five field seasons, we travelled to French University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Guiana to study the unusual habits of the Red- specializes in plant-insect interactions. She received throated Caracara. We documented for the first time the US National Medal of Science in 2014 and has the intense cooperative breeding of these birds, their had a character in the X-Files named after her. She is high reliance on wasp larvae, as well as their currently the Vice-President of the Entomological spectacular predation behaviour. My talk will society of America, and will be president in 2016. highlight what we have learned, and where we are She has written several books on insects for the going with the caracara research, as well as serve as general public -- Buzzwords: A Scientist Muses on an introduction to the spectacular scenery and animal Sex, Bugs, and Rock 'n' Roll; Bugs in the System: life of the Guianan rainforest. Insects and Their Impact on Human Affairs; and The Earwig's Tail: A Modern Bestiary of Multi-legged Legends. Volume 21, Number 2 22 Announcements and Short Notes MYSTERY INSECT ID BUTTERFLIES OF TORONTO- REPRINT In September 2015, Jennie Jones provided a This publication, part of the City of Toronto’s photograph of a mystery insect to the TEA’s Antonia Biodiversity Series is currently undergoing its third Guidotti for identification with the subject line “what printing. The booklets will be available at local City on earth is this!?” Antonia identified the insect, of Toronto Public Libraries and the publication is photographed in Port Carling, as a Monkey Slug or available for download at: Hag Moth caterpillar (Phobetron pithecium). They http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgne feed on apple, ash, birch, cherry, chestnut, dogwood, xtoid=766a036318061410VgnVCM10000071d60f89 hickory, oak, walnut and willow as well as many RCRD other shrubs and trees. The adult is a wasp or bee mimic. NATIONAL MOTH WEEK National Moth Week allows moth-lovers of all ages and skill levels to celebrate moths, and provides a unique opportunity for them to contribute scientific data about moths. Participants can help map moth distribution and provide needed information on species life history through partnerships with major online biological data depositories. The TEA’s Karen Yukich reported on the High Park Moth Night which was held on July 22, 2015. Approximately 60 adults and children participated in the event which resulted in a total count of 113 species plus one identified only to genus. An impressive 33 species were added to the park list, including a Beautiful Wood-nymph (Eudryas grata). An event highlight was the tiny Mea skinnerella which appears to be the first record for Ontario. This annual event is co-sponsored by the TEA and the High Park Nature Centre with assistance from High Park Nature. David Beadle, TEA member and co-author of the Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America, led the team of TEA Monkey Slug or Hag Moth caterpillar volunteers who arranged the setup and provided IDs. (Phobetron pithecium). Photo: Jennie Jones A list of current and past Moth Night sightings is posted on the Moth Gallery page of this website: www.highparknature.org. In 2016, National
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