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Bulletin Number / Numero 1 Entomological Society of Canada Société D'entomologie Du Canada March / Mars 2006 Volume 38 Bulletin Number / numero 1 Entomological Society of Canada Société d'entomologie du Canada March / mars 2006 ........................................................................ Published quarterly by the Entomological Society of Canada Publication trimestrielle par la Société d'entomologie du Canada ................................................................... ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. ........................................................ ................................................................................. .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... ......... ........................................................................................ ................................................. List of contents / Table des matières Volume 38 (1), March / mars 2006 Up front / Avant-propos ....................................................................................................................1 Moth balls / Boules à Mites ...............................................................................................................2 Gold medal address / Allocution du médaillé d'or ..........................................................................4 Tricks of the trade / Trucs et astuces ..............................................................................................8 Entomologists at work / Entomologistes au travail ........................................................................15 The student wing / L'aile étudiante .................................................................................................16 Lab profile / Profil de labo ...............................................................................................................22 Joint annual meeting / Congrès conjoint .......................................................................................30 Meeting announcements / Réunions futures .................................................................................31 Biological survey of Canada / Commission biologique du Canada.............................................34 Society business / Affaires de la société ..........................................................................................38 Book reviews / Critiques de livres ...................................................................................................44 People in the news / Gens qui font les manchettes ..........................................................................45 Officers of affiliated societies / Dirigeants des sociétés associées ......................................46 The Buzz / Bourdonnements ..........................................................................................................48 Governing board / Conseil d’administration .............................................................inside back cover Images Sur le dos : Le Sphinx de l'euphorbe, Hyles euphorbiae (L.) (Sphingidae), un agent de lutte biologique introduit en Amérique du Nord dans les années 1960, photo: P. MacKay. Sous le titre : La punaise de l'érable négondo, Boisea trivittatus (Say) (Rhopalidae), se nourrissant de graines d'érables negundo femelles, photo: B. Landry. 1. Le croquet birayé, Melanophus bivittatus (Say) (Acrididae), unravageur important en Amérique du Nord, complétant sa mue, photo: T. Wist. 2. Échantillonage du puceron du soya, Aphis glycines Matsumura (Aphididae), photo: J. Brodeur. 3. Stratiolaelaps scimitus (Womersley) (Laelapidae), un acarien prédateur utilisé comme agent de lutte biologique contre lesthrips et les sciarides en serre, photo: D. Walter. 4. Perillus bioculatus (F.) (Pentatomidae), la punaise bimaculée, un prédateur naturel du doryphore de la pomme de terre, photo: S. Marshall. 5. Cydia piperana (Kft.) (Tortricidae), un granivore obligatoire commun sur le pin ponderosa, photo: L. van Akker. Verso : La punaise assassine, Zelus luridus Stal (Reduviidae), se nourrissant d'un syrphe, Ocyptamus fascipennis (Wiedemann) (Syrphidae), photo: S. Marshall. 1 5 4 2 3 Up front / Avant-propos Dan Quiring, President of ESC / Président de la SEC L'utilisation de l'Internet afin d'améliorer la SEC e plus en plus, la majorité de nos com- munications avec nos collègues sont ef Dfectuées à l'aide de l'Internet. Souvent, celle-ci constitue le mode de communication le plus efficace et rentable. La revue stratégique que nous avons publié l'année passée a recommandé diverses façons d'améliorer le rendement de notre société en utilisant l'Internet. Plus spécifiquement, nous avons essayé d'identifier des moyens per- Using information technology to mettant l'utilisation de l'Internet afin de mieux at- improve the ESC teindre les objectifs de la SEC, de réduire les coûts de communication et d'éviter les pertes de reve- nus potentiels associées aux changements dans or most of us, the bulk of our communica- l'utilisation de la technologie. tion with colleagues outside of our offices Nous venons de compléter la première de plu- or labs is carried out via the Internet. Inter- F sieurs actions mises en place pour atteindre ces net use is often the most efficient and cheapest objectifs. Dès maintenant, toutes les soumissions way to obtain and send information. The strategic à The Canadian Entomologist ainsi que toutes review that we carried out last year made several les revues, seront faites électroniquement. Ce recommendations to improve our society through procédé accéléra le déroulement du processus better use of information technology. More spe- d'acceptation des articles tout en réduisant les frais cifically, we attempted to identify ways that we de poste. Les auteurs qui n'ont pas accès à could exploit information technology more effec- l'Internet pourront encore soumettre leurs articles tively to further the objectives of ESC, reduce par la poste seulement lors de circonstances ex- costs of communication, and forestall revenue ceptionnelles. Toutefois, comme cela est expliqué losses that may occur as a result of changing tech- dans la section "Instructions aux auteurs" de no- nology. tre site web, la durée du processus d'acceptation We have just completed the first of several ac- de l'article soumis par la poste pourrait être plus tions designed to achieve these goals. From now long. on, all submissions to The Canadian Entomolo- Depuis quelques années, tous les auteurs sou- gist and reviews of submissions will be carried mettant leurs articles à The Canadian Entomolo- out electronically, a process that will greatly speed gist devaient soumettre une copie électronique de the review process for authors and result in less même qu'une copie par la poste. Par conséquent, mailing costs for our society. Some authors may le changement ne devrait en aucun cas augmenter not have access to the Internet, and so the journal le travail des auteurs. Nous avons, en plus, réduit will still accept paper manuscript submissions via "les instructions aux auteurs" ce qui devrait amener the postal service in exceptional circumstances. une réduction du nombre d'heures requis afin de However, as is now stated in the instructions to compléter la mise en page des articles. Par exem- authors on the ESC web site, paper submissions ple, les auteurs n'ont maintenant qu'à soumettre may experience a longer review process. au rédacteur en chef par le biais de l'Internet, leurs For the last several years, all authors submit- articles dans un fichier Word, WordPerfect ou ting papers to The Canadian Entomologist were pdf. required to submit both paper and electronic ver- Ces changements sont principalement le résultat Volume 38(1) mars, 2006 Bulletin de la Société d'entomologie du Canada 1 Avant-propos sions. Thus the new change should not result in du travail du comité ad-hoc ( Paul Fields, David any extra work for authors. On the contrary, we Gray, Bob Lamb, Ward Strong ainsi que moi- have shortened the "Instructions to authors" for même) en collaboration avec notre rédacteur en The Canadian Entomologist, a change that will chef et de nos éditeurs de sections. Un nouveau make formatting manuscripts for the journal eas- comité ad-hoc mené par Michel Cusson, va con- ier for authors. For example, authors are now tinuer de rechercher des moyens permettant simply requested to submit their manuscripts in d'améliorer le fonctionnement de notre société Word, WordPerfect, or pdf format to the Editor- grâce à l'utilisation de la technologie informatique. in-Chief via email. J'espère que vous prendrez avantages des amél- These changes result primarily from the work iorations apportées pour la soumission de vos of an ad-hoc committee (Paul Fields, David Gray, articles au The Canadian Entomologist. Tous Bob Lamb, Ward Strong and myself) as well as commentaires constructifs, visant à améliorer the Editor-in-Chief and Divisional Editors. A new l'utilisation de la technologie informatique au sein ad-hoc committee, chaired by Michel Cusson, will de notre société, peuvent être envoyés à Michel continue to research ways to improve our society ou à moi-même. through the use of information technology. I hope that you will take advantage of the
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