events

The counts will run the last weekend of June with the Butterfly Count on Saturday June 27 and the Dragonfly Count on Sunday June 28. We’ll be counting in the Vaseux Lake Christmas Bird Count Circle (here). Depending on turnout, we’ll be splitting into groups and trying to cover as much of the publicly accessible land as we can. Much like a Christmas Bird Count, the idea is to keep detailed lists of the abundance and richness of the species encountered. We also hope to log as many individuals as we can on iNaturalist. 

Tyler Nelson and Nathan Earley will compile the results at an evening count up (location and time TBD) and will summarize the data for everyone once we have it all collected. We hope that the count will be a fun opportunity for us to get together in one place and find some fabulous bugs.

If you’re interested in participating in either count, or if you would like to be kept in the loop regarding the results, please fill this Google Form or email Nathan or Tyler expressing your interest. If you have any questions, we’d be happy to answer them.

Abstract submissions for the the Professional Pest Management Association of British Columbia 2026 Annual Symposium are now open. The meeting will be taking place on Feb 20, 2026, at KPU Langley. Full details here.

Check out this article about the recent BioBlitz at Malcolm Knapp Research Forest with an interview from ESBC’s own Debra Wertman.

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. Synergy Semiochemicals will also be attending the BioBlitz with insect traps and a display of pinned insects collected from Malcolm Knapp Research Forest!

Friends of Uplands Park Society (FOUP) are partnering with CICADA, an entomologist club at the University of Victoria, to put on the 4th Insect Bioblitz in Uplands Park. The event will be held the weekend of June 20 to 22, 2025.  Hoping you can attend and record your photo findings on iNaturalist.

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. – Zoom Link

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.

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 27^th 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