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Bulletin Number / Numéro 1 Entomological Society of Canada Société D’Entomologie Du Canada March / Mars 2020 ............................................................ .......................................................... Volume 52 Bulletin Number / numéro 1 Entomological Society of Canada Société d’entomologie du Canada March / mars 2020 Published quarterly by the Entomological Society of Canada Publication trimestrielle par la Société d’entomologie du Canada ........................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................... ............................................................... .......................................................................... List of Contents / Table des matières Volume 52(1), March / mars 2020 Up front / Avant-propos ..........................................................................................................1 Joint Annual Meeting 2020 / Reunion annuelle conjointe 2020..............................................4 STEP Corner / Le coin de la relève............................................................................................7 News from the Regions / Nouvelles des régions..................................................................9 People in the news / Gens qui font les manchettes...........................................................9 Gold Medal Address / Allocution du médaillé d’or 2019 (Peter Mason).........................10 Special Features / Articles spéciaux Wider aspects of a career in entomology. 9. An interest in entomology (Hugh V. Danks).....15 Mothers don’t always know best: female parasitoid wasps’ host choice (Joanna Konopka)....22 eTick.ca: Engaging the public and increasing awareness to ticks and tick-borne diseases (Pierre Chuard and Jade Savage) ....................................................................................26 Citizen science in the Credit River Watershed: the 2019 Butterfly Blitz (Laura Timms).....30 Now tell us what you really think – again: Results of a survey of ESC members attending the 2019 ESC-CSEE-AES joint meeting (Chris MacQuarrie and Joanna Konopka)...............39 Canada’s Coolest/Cruelest Bugs / Ces bestioles les plus cools/cruelles du Canada Oppiella nova (Oudemans, 1902): not an insect, but just as cool (Carlos Barreto).............42 Boreus elegans Carpenter (Rob Cannings)..........................................................................44 Emerald on the Shield: Cicindela denikei (Robert E. Wrigley) ......................................................46 Insects on ice: Gryllobatta (Sean Schoville)...................................................................49 In memory / En souvenir de Jordan L. Burke (Allan Carroll) .........................................................................................54 James Francis (Frank) McAlpine (Jeffrey M. Cumming and D. Monty Wood)..............................56 Books available for review / Livres disponibles pour critique.................................................60 Book reviews / Critiques de livre Medical and Veterinary Entomology, by G.R. Mullen and L.A. Durden (H. Proctor)..........61 Pheromone Communication in Moths - Evolution, Behavior, and Application, by J.D. Allison and R.T. Cardé, (Julien Saguez)...........................................................................63 Beetle, by A. Dodd (Julia Mlynarek)...........................................................................................65 Society business / Affaires de la Société Véronique Martel - Service Award recipient / Récipiendaire d’un prix de long service..................66 70th Annual Meeting of Members and Board of Directors Meetings / 70e assemblée annuelle et réunions du conseil d’administration de la SEC......................................................................67 Executive Meeting - Call for Agenda Items / Réunion du conseil exécutif – Points à l’ordre du jour....................67 Members’ discounts / Remise pour les membres............................................................................................67 Highlights of recent Board of Directors meeting........................................................................................68 Seeking next ESC Treasurer / À la recherche du prochain trésorier de la SEC......................................70 Sixteenth Annual Photo Contest / Seizième concours annuel de photographie..........................71 Announcement / Annonce Entomo-l......................................................................................................................73 List of contents: Regional Society Journals / Table des matières : Revues des sociétés régional.............73 Contents of newsletters / Contenu des bulletins Canadian Phytopathological Society / la Société canadienne de phytopathologie................74 Biological Survey of Canada / la Commission biologique du Canada.................................75 Meeting announcements / Réunions futures.............................................................................76 Officers of affiliated societies / Dirigeants des sociétés associées ...............................................78 The last word / Le dernier mot ..............................................................................................................79 Governing board / Conseil d’administration ........................................................inside back cover Captions for cover photos can be found on the back cover. La légende des photos de la couverture se situe sur la couverture arrière. Cluster of multicoloured Asian lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) [Carman, Manitoba, Canada] Un agrégat de coccinelles asiatiques (Coleoptera : Coccinellidae) de diverses couleurs [Carman, Manitoba, Canada] [Photo: John Gavloski] Up front / Avant-propos Gail Anderson, President of ESC / Présidente de la SEC Bienvenue au printemps ! Bienvenue au printemps et dans la nouvelle décennie ! Je sais qu’il est un peu tôt, mais il est déjà temps de penser à la journée nationale des insectes (NAIAD en anglais) de cette année ! Le 8 juin ou autour de cette date, nous voulons que les gens célèbrent les insectes (et les autres arthropodes). Merci d’envisager de donner une présentation ou vous porter volontaire pour mener des expéditions ou des exercices entomologiques. N’oubliez Welcome to spring! pas les excellentes ressources que nous avons sur notre site web https://esc-sec.ca/fr/ Welcome to spring and the new decade! entomology-resources/education-and-outreach/ I know it seems early, but it is time to start pour des suggestions d’activités amusantes thinking about this year’s NAtional Insect pour tous les âges, et merci de passer le Appreciation Day (NAIAD)! On 8 June message aux écoles et aux musées. Le comité or around that time, we want people to d’éducation a produit deux excellentes be celebrating all things insect (or other affiches, et nous espérons développer une arthropod). Please consider presenting or liste de médias pour des communiqués de volunteering to lead entomology expeditions presse concernant les événements. Étienne or exercises. Don’t forget the excellent Normandin, président du comité d’éducation, y resources we have on our website https:// travaille. Nous espérons faire de cette journée esc-sec.ca/entomology-resources/education- une grande journée nationale à laquelle les and-outreach/ for suggestions for fun activities gens auront hâte. Ces activités doivent faire for all ages, and please pass the message on to une bonne impression, principalement sur schools and museums. The Public Education les jeunes. Durant les deux dernières années, Committee has produced two excellent mon labo et moi avons donné des ateliers d’art posters, and we hope to develop a media list to d’asticots au Rendez-vous national de sciences allow for press releases about events. Étienne à l’Université Simon Fraser. Une dame, une Normandin, Chair of the Public Education visiteuse qui venait pour la 2e fois, a dit à Committee, is looking into this. We hope to ses deux jeunes fils, alors qu’elle conduisait make this a big national day to which people vers le haut de la colline, qu’ils se rendaient will look forward. These activities do make a à la journée des sciences comme l’an dernier. big impression, especially on youth. For the Les garçons ne s’en souvenaient pas et la last 2 years, my lab and I have given maggot regardaient d’un regard vide. Mais alors qu’ils art workshops at National Science Rendezvous approchaient du sommet et qu’ils ont aperçu at Simon Fraser University. One lady, a return SFU, ils ont tous deux sauté d’excitation visitor, told her two young sons as they were en pointant l’université et en criant « Art driving up the mountain, that they were d’asticots » ! Ce n’est probablement pas la coming to do the Science Day as they had façon dont l’administration de SFU veut être done last year. The boys did not remember visualisée, mais cela les a marqués ! Bulletin de la Société d’entomologie du Canada Volume 52(1) mars 2020 1 Up front / Avant-propos and just looked blankly at her. Then, as they Je suis heureuse d’annoncer que nous neared the top of the mountain and had their avons
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