Ontario Insects

The Toronto Entomologists' Association (TEA) welcomes everyone who is interested in insects of Ontario. We are an association of mostly amateur entomologists

[High Park Nature Centre @HighParkNC]

High Park is lucky enough to be a home to many incredible moths!

Join us on on July 26 from 8:15-10PM for this pay-what you-can special evening edition High Park Summer Hike alongside members from @OntarioInsects.

Visit: https://t.co/AYRkzlyXUt

[Pollinator Partnership @Pollinators]

Bee or fly? The pollinators in the pictures below are flies! Drone flies masquerade as bees with various striping patterns that are almost perfect matches to many bee species. They are such good bee mimics that they even have similar flight and nectaring behaviors as bumble bees!

[High Park Nature Centre @HighParkNC]

#TBT to our 2015 Moth Walk in High Park! 🔦🦋🔦

Moth Walk is returning to High Park this summer! Join us on July 26 to learn all about the incredible moths! Members from @OntarioInsects will also be present to share their knowledge!

Visit: https://t.co/DeqOaQQD1l

[Isa Betancourt 🦋🕷🌎 @isabetabug]

As I stepped up to take a picture of this delightful ‘Save the Pollinators’ display at a highway rest stop in Illinois, a stranger said to me, ‘You are taking a picture of that nasty thing?!’

👆🏼Exactly why we need these displays all around!!

#PlantNative #AdvocateForInsects

[Kate Dupuis @DrKateTO]

Picked up my copy from @OLDSCOOLGENERAL today and can’t wait to dig in! Now I just need an autograph from the author @SaveWildBees 💕💕

[Bri 🐛 @bri_bugs]

Latest insect art project for this #weevilwednesday

[University of Toronto EEB @eebtoronto]

Field Research in Ecology & Evolution Diversified (FREED) is a free, week-long field excursion to @algonquinwrs for 10-15 Indigenous, Black, and Racialized @uoft @WesternU undergrads.

More info: https://t.co/w4c5giGbnl

Apps due June 20th: https://t.co/JvLZoq9Rdc

[Mark Coakley @markcoakleyBOOK]

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[Ontario Insects @OntarioInsects]

Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata)

[A Recipe For Wonder @wonderstaples]

@OntarioBee …. Hi there! We just discovered this massive hornet/wasp (we think) in an old spider web. Do you know what this is ? @OntarioInsects

[Ontario Insects @OntarioInsects]

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[Dr. Ryan Norris @RyanNorrisSci]

Our reintroduction efforts featured in today's @globeandmail:

"Sightings of endangered butterfly in southern Ontario electrify species reintroduction effort"

@Jessicalinton86 @WPCWild911 @Conservatory_
@UofGCBS @IntUGrativeBiol @nrsinews

https://t.co/6MSRsfBZ5g

[Ontario Insects @OntarioInsects]

Please join us on May 28th at 1:15pm for a special talk by Carol Pasternak on raising Monarch butterflies.

[Isa Betancourt 🦋🕷🌎 @isabetabug]

EVERYONE needs to be aware of this.

(Also note that this is for adult mosquitoes 🦟 )

[Dr. Akito Kawahara @Dr_Akito]

New butterfly evolutionary study is out as preprint! 2244 spp sequenced for 391 genes. Butterflies likely originated in what is now Americas, ~100 million years ago. Research led @FloridaMuseum #McGuireCenter. Global study w/87 scientists from 28 countries https://t.co/mNqRNHfJQF

[Ontario Insects @OntarioInsects]

More than 900 @monarchwatch tags were recovered from monarch overwintering sites in central Mexico during the 2021 tagging season. All of the tags have been examined and the “Tag recoveries from central Mexico” list has been updated.

To view the list: https://t.co/FXuFQ675yt

[Dr. Ryan Norris @RyanNorrisSci]

🦋!!!THIS HAPPENED TODAY!!!🦋@Jessicalinton86 found a Mottled Duskywing @PineryProvPark. This means that at least some of the offspring of individuals re-introduced last year successfully overwintered. ONE BIG STEP FORWARD!! More to come but, for now, way to go #teambutterfly!

[Ontario Insects @OntarioInsects]

Have you gotten a chance to spot any early Monarchs this year?

[The Xerces Society @xercessociety]

One frequent (and thoughtful) question we get asked is whether roadside habitat is safe for pollinators. From our blog archives, Senior Pollinator Conservation Specialist Jennifer Hopwood explains: https://t.co/HiPLDDtG8k

[Guelph Bug Day @GuelphBugDay]

Spread the word, Guelph Bug Day 2022 is in person this year (with some virtual events and prizes). We are still looking for volunteers and vendors to populate our booths. Contact us for more details.