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

This is a few weeks late (I wasn't yet on Mastodon!), but congrats to my undergrad students Suseong Lee and Lauren Peters for presenting at their first big international conference! #EntSoc22 #JAM2022 #neuroethology #UManitoba

@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

My laptop is now suitably covered in soil-inverts thanks to the strong sticker game of #EntSoc22 !

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

Scenes from #EntSoc22

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

Whew! After awesome #TropMed22 and #EntSoc22 meetings, I’m inspired and looking forward to getting busy on all of our new work and collaborations. 🥳

Had a great time at #EntSoc22 and very proud of my students - Leeah Richardson and Smruti Pimplikar for their presentations. So great to connect with all the bee folk!

#EntSoc22

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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

RT @ArthropodAbbey@twitter.com

I've been incredibly disappointed with the masking rates at #entsoc22 - as a disabled Entomologist I do not feel my identity or safety is being respected by my professional society @EntsocAmerica@twitter.com. I gave both talks & judged debates fully masked in an N95 😷 https://twitter.com/SaveWildBees/status/1592767564698247169

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ArthropodAbbey/status/1592971171678818304

#EntSoc22 This morning I'll be talking about "Am I Even a Bee" in the ground nesting bee symposium. Talk is at 9:30, room 202.

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.