Entomological Society of British Columbia (ESBC)

Save the Date — ESBC and UBC’s Malcolm Knapp Research Forest invite you to participate in an Insect BioBlitz event at on 5-6 July, 2025 -

Join the Bumble Bee Project on April 8th from 12 - 1 pm to hear about project and other exciting results and how you can join Team Bee for one day of surveys, learn about bees and their threats, and help survey bumble bees during the summer of 2025. https://entsocbc.ca/bcs-community-bumble-bee-project-2024-results-and-call-for-volunteers-apr-8/

Come join ESBC at the Beaver Lake BioBlitz: City Nature Challenge on Saturday Apr 26, from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm. We'll be exploring the forest surrounding Beaver Lake in Stanley Park while logging sightings on the iNaturalist app. Full details here:

The 16th Annual Scudder Lecture will be on Feb 6th at 3-4 PM in the Beaty Biodiversity Museum Auditorium. Dr. Akito Kawahara (@Dr_Akito) will presenting a lecture on the “Evolution of anti-bat defenses in moths: Sonar jamming, acoustic deflection, and visual lures”.

Vol. 121 (2024) of the Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia is now available - https://buff.ly/4aukmui

The latest issue [44(2)] of our newsletter, Boreus, is now available!

ESBC member Daphné Chevalier (of the UBC PIEE lab) was featured in a recent Radio Canada piece about wildlife-friendly Christmas decorating. Check it out here: https://buff.ly/3ZHPtNQ

E.S. Cropconsult is looking for two IPM Supervisors. These would be permanent positions based in Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley. Application closes January 31: Check out for more information!