#entsoc22 — Public Fediverse posts

New on Entomology Today: Graphical abstracts are increasingly vital to research publishing, but many entomologists have not been trained in creating them. Learn the fundamentals of graphical abstracts and get some advice from experts in this recap of a workshop hosted by the ESA Student Affairs Committee at the 2022 Joint Annual Meeting of ESA, ESC, and ESBC. #entomology #scicomm #EntSoc22 https://entomologytoday.org/2023/03/28/designing-producing-communicating-effective-scientific-graphical-abstracts/

Conference attendees can find all of these talks here: https://cdmcd.co/xvZ9WR #EntSoc22

@mtechman hi! Glad we could connect here, even if not in person at #EntSoc22 - I am still learning the platform as well! Hope you had a great time at the conference.

My creative practice continues to evolve and change. For me, an important part of creativity is to reflect on the process itself. I regularly try to answer the question “why do I do things the way that I do?”. Here’s my latest attempt at collecting and sharing my thoughts on creativity, during a talk I gave at #EntSoc22 https://youtu.be/9J867oKHBu4

At #EntSoc22 I found out about two new (related) micropublications – Specimen and Collection.

Both are free (for now) OA, two pages maximum published length. Stringent data and voucher deposition policies. The journal names should give you a basic idea of what type of work is accepted in each, and you can get details at the link.

https://specimenpub.org

For all thosein awe of the work of Nicole Neidhardt (The Artist in Residence) at #EntSoc22, you can find her at her website here: http://nicoleneidhardt.com/

While the in-person part of #EntSoc22 is over, virtual presentations will start up in a few days. So I'm continuing to feature our TCE special #EntSoc22 collection.

Next up, this historical retrospective:

Quiring, D., Quiring, V., Quiring, A., & Edwards, S. (2016) Historical trends in Canadian forest entomology. The Canadian Entomologist, 148(S1) S19-S32.

The co-authors did a great job of finding and presenting trends. Many bar graphs, like the one here.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-entomologist/article/historical-trends-in-canadian-forest-entomology/8143F32EFE6FF7522DB8E80167CB929E

It was such a pleasure to talk about the many benefits of soil fauna macrophotography at #EntSoc22 yesterday. What a wonderful conference, and chance to see so many friends old and new!

#SoilBiodiversity #SoilFauna #Macrophotography #SoilAnimals #Soil #Entomology #Collembola #Acari #Springtail #Mite #Mitestodon

I mean, it says ESA right there on the rocket, so I assume it’s for us. #EntSoc22 🚀

This has been a great week of science at #EntSoc22, and it’s fantastic to see NASA celebrating that with more science with their (live on YouTube right now!!) launch of Artemis —> https://youtu.be/21X5lGlDOfg

Congrats to the student competition winners at #EntSoc22, including Mackenzie Howse, Genevieve van der Voort, and Laura-Anne Browning from my group at UNBC.

And to ALL of the many other students who presented their work —> EVERY poster and talk I saw/attended was excellent. I learned so much from all of you, and I’m excited to see where you go in your careers.

Check out this paper from the TCE #EntSoc22 collection, with insect photography tips from 1896.

Rumsey, W. (1896) Photographs without shadows. The Canadian Entomologist, 28(3): 84-85.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-entomologist/article/photographs-without-shadows/C1950CBF1A49A2F72945B4B43916B50F

Entomologists are drawn to the field for as many reasons as there are insect species. But invariably they will all say they find arthropods to be amazingly beautiful. Consequently some of the best photographers out there are professional and amateur entomologists.

Hey #EntSoc22 check out Asia Kaiser's poster today D3206 "The insect community ecology of urban community gardens" https://cdmcd.co/kgZDQp

Good morning to day 3 of #EntSoc22.

#Cryptic #species, two ESC gold medal addresses (Dr. Gail Anderson on #forensic #entomology and Dr. Donna Giberson on #aquatic #biodiversity), #pollinators, and much more!

Great beetle images in this TCE #EntSoc22 collection paper.

Bouchard, P., Brunke, A., Davies, A., Douglas, H., Smith, A., & Manoogian, J. (2018) 150 years of new beetles (Coleoptera) described in The Canadian Entomologist and associated publications (1868–2017). The Canadian Entomologist, 150(6): 685-696.

Check it out: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-entomologist/article/150-years-of-new-beetles-coleoptera-described-in-the-canadian-entomologist-and-associated-publications-18682017/3BFF5CFFD7C9D01A6D15AEE2F4B55FEE

Quote: “We believe that The Canadian Entomologist will continue to be coveted as a suitable outlet for taxonomic works in the future.” <— YES!

2/7 - #EntSoc22 in Vancouver is in full swing, and I wanted to take the opportunity to advertize the talk of my #PhD student Robert Ostrom. Using #HoneyBee #WaggleDances as #BioIndicators he is trying to predict native #bee #abundance, #richness and #diversity.
Honey bee foragers that have found a profitable resource will perform waggle dances when back in the hive. This was first scientifically described by Karl von Frisch (reviewed here: https://rdcu.be/cZvHq).

1/7 - Yesterday, I migrated from @mastodon.social to this instance. An introduction will come, but for now I am cross-posting the below because I believe not too many entomology folks have seen it. #EntSoc22 #PhD #talk

Can’t complain about the view during morning coffee break at #EntSoc22! And great talks coming up soon. Check out my recent feed for all five of the upcoming presentations after the break from students in my lab.

#Orchid #pollinators, pollinators after #fire, #urban #biodiversity, #agroecosystems, and #phoretic #mites!

🐝🐜🦋🐞🦗🦟🪰🪲🪳🕷️

Finally for presentations from our lab today, check out BSc student, Laura-Anne Browning’s talk on the (substantial!) phoretic mite assemblage living on dispersing Douglas-fir beetles. If you are into mites and/or bark beetles (and who isn’t?), you’ll find this interesting.

Title: The phoretic mite (Arachnida: Acari) assemblage of the Douglas-fir beetle, Dendroctonus pseudotsugae Hopkins (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Time: 11:54 AM Room 224

#EntSoc22

Also from our lab, check out MSc student, Claire Paillard’s talk on differences (and similarities) of assemblages of ground-dwelling arthropods in a central British Columbia city.

Title: The functional diversity of urban ground arthropods in Prince George, British Columbia

11:54 AM in Room 121

#EntSoc22

At 11:42 AM today in Room 119/120, MSc student Genevieve van der Voort from our lab (and co-supervised by Dr. Jasmine Janes at Vancouver Island University) will be presenting her work on video surveillance of pollinators of bog orchids. It’s really cool footage!

Title: Surveying insect biodiversity of bogs and orchids in northern British Columbia

#EntSoc22

Another #EntSoc22 presentation from our lab, all day in the poster hall… Mackenzie Howse will be presenting some of her MSc research on pollinator assemblages following fires on BC’s Chilcotin Plateau.

Title: Biodiversity after the burn: Understanding pollinator communities after stand replacing wildfires in BC's central interior

Poster number: D3046

First up at #EntSoc22 from our lab today, MSc student Meg Harrison will be presenting her research on herbivore and natural enemy assemblages in forest-influenced forage crop fields in BC’s central interior.

Title: Pest monitoring and management in agroecosystems in the interior of British Columbia through landscape management and natural enemies of herbivores

10:30 AM - 10:42 AM, Room 215/216

Come see Elizabeth speak about ant fungal bacterial coevolution (or not!) in North American fungus-gardening ants! VCC 224 at 10:54 am Monday Nov 14! #EntSoc22

Another beautiful Vancouver morning for #EntSoc22. Student talks and posters today!! Looking forward to hearing about so many arthropods!!