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Meeting announcement over a background image of a forest after a fire with the ESBC letterhead superimposed at the top of the image. Text Reads: Save the Date Insects: The Environmental Heartbeat ESCB Conference and AGM Sept 15-16 2023 Thompson Rivers University

ESBC 2023 Save the Date!

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The 2023 Entomological Society of British Columbia conference and annual general meeting will be held September 15-16, at Thompson Rivers University. Check our meeting page for more details as they are announced.

Image of an ad for the ESBC EDI award. The image contains a butterfly with wing colours representing the rainbow and trans pride flags, a multi-coloured group of aphids and a dragonfly with two wings missing. Text: The Entomological Society of British Columbia annually awards a scholarship of $1000 to support the participation of one graduate student from a group currently underrepresented within the ESBC. Funds may be used at the student’s discretion. Applications should be submitted to the ESBC Secretary at secretary@entsocbc.ca by September 21st, 2022. Competition results will be announced at the AGM!

New Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Award

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At the ESBC we believe that all should be welcome and included in the entomological community. Sadly, in entomology, and STEM in general, this is not the case. As one step we are taking forward, the ESBC is pleased to announce our new Equity Diversity and Inclusion Award. We hope this award will help reduce some of the barriers faced by those historically excluded from entomology. Please apply!

Visit: http://entsocbc.ca/scholarships-awards/ for more info!

New! Grant Funding from ESBC!

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Need funding for a project that contributes to understanding and/or appreciation of insects in BC? The Entomological Society of BC is now accepting applications for the ESBC Special Projects Grant. Deadline for the first round of application reviews is September 1st. Visit this page find out more.

T-1000 “Have you seen this boy” meme; showing an image of a cluster of a dark brown stink bug egg cluster

Have you seen these Eggs?

The B.C. Ministry of Agriculture and Food and scientists at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada are looking for volunteers to collect eggs of this species and related native stink bugs as part of a scientific research project. They are interested in tracking where and how a new natural enemy the ‘samurai wasp’ is attacking these egg clusters. These egg clusters show up on the underside of leaves in June through August . The color of the eggs can vary from pale white to dark brown but these egg masses (5-50) are almost always smaller than a dime. For more more information see the linked brochure.

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