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Malcolm Knapp Research Forest Insect BioBlitz, 5–6 July 2025

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The Entomological Society of British Columbia and UBC’s Malcolm Knapp Research Forest invite you to participate in an Insect BioBlitz event at Malcolm Knapp Research Forest on Saturday July 5th and Sunday July 6th, 2025. The objective of a BioBlitz is to document as much biological diversity as possible during a short interval of time — in this case, documenting as many insect (and other arthropod!) species as possible during the two-day event. 

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City Nature Challenge BioBlitz 11 - 3 @ Beaver Lake In Partnership: Entomological Soceity of BC, Fraser River Discovery Centre, Los Angeles County Natural History Museum, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, California Academy of Science

Beaver Lake BioBlitz: City Nature Challenge (Apr 26)

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Get ready to immerse yourself in nature and contribute to community science! Bring your smartphone and join us on April 26 at 11:00 am – 3:00 pm in competing with cities across North America to collect the most observations of wildlife and plants. Explore the forest surrounding Beaver Lake while using the iNaturalist app. See full event details here.

BC Bee Atlas Webinar March 27th @ 7pm Via ZOOM Bonnie Zand, the BC instructor for the Master Melittologist Program, will introduce the BC Bee Atlas, how training through the Master Melittologist Program works, and the importance of understanding bee populations and their floral hosts in order to protect Canada's bees and their unique ecosystems. visit our events page to register: www.bcnativebees.org/ outreach-events

BC Bee Atlas Webinar

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The Native Bee Society of BC (NBSBC) is running a BC-Wide Bee Atlas Project, to map the diversity, distribution, and floral partners of BC’s more than 500 different native bee species. This program is modeled after the highly successful Oregon Bee Atlas, and relies on community scientist volunteers trained through the Master Melittologist Program. 

NBSBC will be presenting a webinar on March 27th at 7 PM to introduce the BC Bee Atlas, including the need for a Bee Atlas, how training through the Master Melittologist Program works and the importance of understanding bee populations and their floral hosts in order to protect Canada’s bees and their unique ecosystems. Please RSVP here for the zoom link: https://www.bcnativebees.org/event-details/bc-bee-atlas-webinar

16th Annual Geoffrey G. E. Scudder Lecture Beaty Biodiversity Museum Auditorium FEB 6TH, 3-4PM Dr. Akito Kawahara, Professor, Curator, and Director McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity Florida Museum of Natural History Presenting: Evolution of anti-bat defenses in moths: Sonar jamming, acoustic deflection, and visual lures Optional tour of the Spencer Entomological collection after the lecture

2025 Scudder Lecture

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

ESC Seeking Award Nominations

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The Entomological Society of Canada (ESC) is soliciting nominations for it’s Gold Medal and the C. Gordan Hewitt awards that they give out to entomologists for outstanding contributions to entomology.  In addition, they are also seeking nominations for Society Fellows and Honorary Members.

Information about the awards and the criteria for each of them is on the ESC website https://esc-sec.ca/awards/.