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The Entomological Society of British Columbia
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The Entomological Society of British Columbia serves professional entomologists, amateurs, educators all those with interest in entomology in BC and elsewhere.

Website: https://www.entsocbc.ca/
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The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness is seeking to hire a full time Guelph based Horticultural Entomologist. The application deadline is March 4, 2026. Full details here - www.gojobs.gov.on.ca/Preview.aspx...
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February 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Province of Ontario Hiring for Horticultural Entomologist

The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness is seeking to hire a full time Guelph based Horticultural Entomologist. The application...

https://entsocbc.ca/province-of-ontario-hiring-for-horticultural-entomologist/
February 16, 2026 at 8:24 AM
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This is a devastating blow to Canadian dipterology, entomology, ecology, and beyond. Please share.
#diptera

@dipterists.bsky.social @teamdiptera.bsky.social @canentomologist.bsky.social @entsocamerica.bsky.social @entsocontario.bsky.social @entsocbc.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social
donnag.bsky.social Donna Giberson (Elbows UP!) 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @donnag.bsky.social · 6d
From Chris Borkent: Fellow Dipterists/systematists/ecologists: Agri./Agri-Food Canada plans to eliminate the Diptera Unit at the Canadian National Collection of Insects. Dr. Art Borkent has prepared an open letter to support keeping the unit open. To sign, please read & follow the instructions here.
Fellow Dipterists / systematists / ecologists, if you have not yet heard, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada is planning to eliminate the Diptera Unit at the Canadian National Collection of Insects, supposedly for financial reasons. The open letter below has been prepared by Dr. Art Borkent. If you agree with the letter, and would like to add your name in support, please follow the directions below. Message is as follows: ********************* The following is an “Open Letter” that will be presented to the Canadian press by a Member of Parliament, Ms. Elizabeth May. If you can support this petition, please send your name, full affiliation and address (including country) to Art Borkent’s email: artborkent@telus.net Your name will be added to a supporting list that will likely never be seen publicly but needs to be noted by our member of parliament. Please consider helping to stop the removal of the Diptera Unit in Ottawa, Canada. Please remember that we are writing this for the press – someone gave advice that it should be written at about the level of an intelligent 14 year old. If any of you are members of another society of specialized Dipterists or otherwise, please feel free to send this on to your other colleagues. I am hoping to have this submitted to Elizabeth May with all the signatures by Friday, Feb. 13. Time is of the essence. best wishes, Art Borkent and David Grimaldi (Message too long for alt-text): the text of the first page of an open letter to support keeping the Diptera Unit open at the Canadian National Collection of Insects and Nematodes. (Message too long for alt-text): the text of the second page of an open letter to support keeping the Diptera Unit open at the Canadian National Collection of Insects and Nematodes. A sampling of output from the Diptera Unit at the CNC
February 12, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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The latest issue [45(2)] of our newsletter, Boreus, is now available! entsocbc.ca/wp-content/u...
Cover of Boreus, Newsletter of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, January 2026 Vol. 45(2) Cover Photographs Emerald Ash Borer damage to white ash wood found in 2025 by Troy Kimoto and the Canadian Forest Service (Pacific and Great Lakes Forestry Centre). 1. Agrilus planipennis larval galleries and exit holes via visual survey, Fraxinus sp. Surrey, BC, Troy Kimoto 2. Agrilus planipennis galleries via branch sampling, Fraxinus sp. Vancouver, BC, Troy Kimoto
February 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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PPMABC Call for Abstracts

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

https://entsocbc.ca/ppmabc-call-for-abstracts/
February 4, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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Wonder how flower longevity affects bacterial populations? Excited to share how environ, 🥀longevity, and 🦠pop interact, now in Integrative & Comparative Biology! @sicb.bsky.social @sicbjournals.bsky.social by grad Rita Afagwu & undergrad Ciara Stewart from our lab!

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Bacteria accumulate quicker on shorter lived flowers, but abiotic factors affect flower aging and bacterial accumulation
Abstract. Outcomes of ecological interactions often depend on the abundance and identity of the organisms involved. Flower-bacteria interactions can strong
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December 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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I am still actively looking for postdoc positions — please lmk if you (or your friends and colleagues) need a hardworking postdoc with field, lab, and bioinformatic skills!

I am broadly interested in evolution in the ocean, conservation and population genetics, and rapid evolution.
andylee.bsky.social Andy Lee, PhD @andylee.bsky.social · Dec 11
Successfully added a few letters to my name last month!!! Truly could not have done this with our villages upon villages 🫶🏼
photo of Andy in front of his defense presentation
December 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Did you publish with researchers outside your lab during grad school? Or published as faculty with a student not under your supervision?

I’m collecting examples of cross-lab collaboration in graduate training.

Please share your experience & this post!

Repository: bit.ly/4pT66BE
December 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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E.S. Cropconsult is looking for a IPM Consultant. This would a permanent position based in Lower Mainland/Fraser Valley. Application closes Jan 9: Check out escrop.com/employment for more information!
Careers — E.S. Cropconsult
E.S. Cropconsult Ltd. IPM Consultant Position
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December 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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The ESBC congratulates all the student award winners at #ESBC2025, including (left to right) Nathan Earley, Hannah Friesen, Bennett Klinger, Julie Sieg (not pictured)
Composite photo showing incoming president Michelle Tseng (left) and outgoing president Michelle Franklin (right) with award winners at the 2025 ESBC meeting. Award winners from left to right: Nathan Earley, Hannah Friesen, Bennett Klinger, Julie Sieg (not pictured)
December 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Absolutely with Jesus Esquivel on this: Please reject the proposed changes Ent Soc members entomologytoday.org/2025/12/02/g...
Governance Upgrade: ESA Members Beware
A past ESA Governing Board member encourages fellow members to vote against proposed Bylaws amendments to reshape the ESA Governing Board.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Wanna be my colleague? We've got TT positions open!

1 in genetics/genomics jobs.missouristate.edu/postings/83638.
1 in biology education / open jobs.missouristate.edu/postings/83639.
1 in freshwater fisheries biology jobs.missouristate.edu/postings/83637

Date of first consideration is Jan 4 2026
Job add for genetics/genomics: text is https://jobs.missouristate.edu/postings/83638 Job add for freshwater fisheries biology. Text is at https://jobs.missouristate.edu/postings/83637 Job add for biology education position. Text is at https://jobs.missouristate.edu/postings/83639
November 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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🚨New #behavioural #mimicry paper out in Proc B!🚨
In which we show that hoverflies have evolved to prefer the flower colour choices of their #bee models instead of their #fly relatives.
Conversation article here: theconversation.com/natures-grea...
Paper here: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Nature’s greatest method actors: the insects that cosplay bumblebees
When you’re an animal undercover, sometimes it’s not enough just to look like someone else
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December 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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“Dreaming of Ljubljana.” Acrylic on Canvas. I painted this from a photograph many years ago that had black and white qualities.

Please enjoy the view; inquire for more details.

#ArtAdventCalendar
Acrylic paint showing a brick wall on the side and reflecting of the building on the left with pink, orange and brown. A blue bridge is at the top and a red shirted boater with a white a cap in a dark turquoise gondola drifts in multiple shades of blue water. I took a picture of it several years ago. The colors were much more subdued with sepia toned appearance. I was playing with gloss and pumice mediums on this painting - the water and the brick wall.
December 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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New PhD position available! For applicants keen to combine evolutionary ecology, neuroscience and animal cognition. Based at UCL with me, @maxreuter.bsky.social, @fcamus.bsky.social and Tamara Boto (Bristol). Directly funded, see here for details and eligibility: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
How Memory Evolves: Integrating Cognitive Ecology, Neuroscience, and Experimental Evolution in Drosophila at University College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - How Memory Evolves: Integrating Cognitive Ecology, Neuroscience, and Experimental Evolution in Drosophila at University College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
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December 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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🎉 Double Win for Gries Lab!
Emmanuel Hung (PhD) and Augustus Negraeff (Undergrad) earned the President’s Prize for best oral student presentations at the Joint Entomology Meeting.
👏 Emmanuel also received the ESC Postgraduate Scholarship (PhD)!

Read more: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
Emmanuel Hung Augustus Negraeff
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Don’t miss this! #WalrusTalks are free to watch online — register.

Dr. Bobiwash is an Assistant Professor and an Indigenous Scholar @umanitoba.bsky.social He’s also a researcher in residence at the Office of the Chief Science Advisor of Canada.

Insightful and a great speaker. 👏
thewalrus.ca The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · Nov 22
At Universities Canada presents The Walrus Talks Innovation Nation, Dr. Kyle Bobiwash invites us to look at the connections between people, place and ecosystems through a new lens.

Buy tickets: WalrusTalksInnovationNation.e...

#InnovationNation #InnovateCanada #MadeInCanada
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Added over 400 articles to Journal of @entsocbc.bsky.social in @biodivlibrary.bsky.social. Articles are in BioStor biostor.org/issn/0071-0733 and should appear in BHL tomorrow #bhlsunday
November 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Are you a science communicator in British Columbia who wants to connect with other scicommers?? Shoot me a message, we're trying to start a group. 🧪🇨🇦
@uvicscience.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca @sfu.ca @rascvancouver.bsky.social @viuniversity.bsky.social @thetyee.ca @pme.ubc.ca @wildernews.bsky.social
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a crowd of people .
Alt: An Arrested Development scene where Tobias shouts "There are dozens of us! Dozens!"
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November 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Pls share with grads and undergrads! Multiple grant opportunities from @xercessociety.bsky.social
Deadline is January 7, 2026.
xercessociety.bsky.social The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation @xercessociety.bsky.social · Nov 10
Spread the word: we are providing multiple $5k awards for grad & undergrad research on invertebrate conservation !! In addition to our continuing DeWind Award (for Lepidoptera research), we now have the 1st annual BanDrosky Award (for any invert in decline). Details in thread🧵 ⤵️
“Applications are Open for Xerces’ 2026 Student Research Awards”. Up close with an ambush bug as it hides in wait on a purple flower.
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Program Title Page: BETTER TOGETHER CELEBRATING PARTNERSHIPS FROM MICRO TO MACRO Entomological Society of British Columbia 2025 Conference and AGM Page also shows a stylized drawing of a blue darner dragonfly
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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We are excited to roll out a new t-shirt this year. We are working with a local artist to produce a new design. The new shirts and other new merch will be available for purchase at this years ESBC meeting.
A new entomological society of British Columbia (ESBC) t-shirt design. The design features a adult dragonfly perched on cattail, and below the water a dragonfly nymph perches on the same cattail. Watching from behind a rock is a giant waterbug.
October 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Registration is now open for the ESBC 2025 (Nov 21st – 22nd, Univ. of Fraser Valley Abbotsford). The conference theme this year is "Better together: celebrating partnerships from micro to macro". For details and to register please visit our meeting page - entsocbc.ca/meetings/
Attendees of the 2024 ESBC meeting seated in a conference room watching one of many scientific presentations.
October 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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The latest issue [45(1)] of our newsletter, Boreus, is now available!
Cover of Boreus, Newsletter of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, September 2025 Vol. 45(1)
September 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Do you fish in freshwater? Please share or/and complete survey gathering data on observations of insects for a study on aquatic insect population declines! The link to survey is here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/VXLMY89. Especially in need of information from #Canada, #SouthAmerica, #Africa & #Australia!
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September 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM