U of G Insect Collection

Founded in 1863, the University of Guelph Insect Collection has extensive holdings in New World Diptera and Ontario Insects.

[Guelph Institute for Environmental Research @GIER_UofG]

Let's talk #insects! 🐜🪲🪳 Join us & @theechonetwork for a virtual live tour from #India and #Canada!

Steve Paiero @UofGInsectColl Vivek Ramachandran @viv1ram @NCBS_Bangalore & Shannon Olsson @Scientistinpink

🗓️April 28, 9 am EDT

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[U of G Insect Collection @UofGInsectColl]

@chalabecki This is indeed the Great Golden Digger Wasp, Sphex ichneumoneus.

[U of G Insect Collection @UofGInsectColl]

@BioInFocus Yes, but those are the people that won't see this message!

[U of G Insect Collection @UofGInsectColl]

Being a generalist as a curator is a useful tool, but some groups are just closer to a curator's heart! In this case.... BUGS!!! The amazing Hemiptera drew our curator into entomology, so we are decided to take a… https://t.co/ByPEQzfhjM

[U of G Insect Collection @UofGInsectColl]

Very excited to see that @ceferland has finished up his field entomology video. Check it out at https://t.co/GURldcHXuB

[U of G Insect Collection @UofGInsectColl]

Big congratulations to grad student Kate Lindsay on receiving the Canadian Graduate Scholarship to support her MSc research. Kate (first image, looking for these flies in Ecuador) continues her great work revising… https://t.co/gmxkPSJyY4

[U of G Insect Collection @UofGInsectColl]

Sometimes looking at insects, you find one looking back. Curating some Andrena bees (#andrenidae) led to a few encounters of the parasitic kind. Here is a #strepsiptera (probably a Stylops species), that looks all… https://t.co/FGaXgKUTO2

[U of G Insect Collection @UofGInsectColl]

A recent class got our interest peaked in #antlions again, so we dove into an old trove of images, and decided to share a few eastern North American species that we have encountered over the years. Glenurus gratus… https://t.co/8TyEQuZ6Iu

[Corina Newsome, M.Sc. @hood_naturalist]

You’re not seeing what you think you’re seeing...just FYI.

EVOLUTION IS NUTS.

That is the tip of the viper’s tail. It’s the lure of the Iranian spider-tailed viper!!!

[U of G Insect Collection @UofGInsectColl]

Looking forward to working with you in the coming days!!!

[Andrew D Young @ADipteraYoung]

I am thrilled to announce that I've accepted a position as assistant professor in systematic entomology at the University of Guelph (SES) starting June 2020! If you are a student interested in Syrphidae systematics and Diptera pollination, please get in touch. @UofG_SES @uofg

[U of G Insect Collection @UofGInsectColl]

We are behind on our posts, but hopefully will make for it with this cool fly! This is a member of the genus Antigula (#diptera #platystomatidae )! It was sent to us with Micropezidae material from Papua New Guinea,… https://t.co/rWa0beyP3N

[U of G Insect Collection @UofGInsectColl]

One of our students is working on a revision of a group of Australian flies and we can't help but wonder if these descriptions may be the only record of them.

[Eloise Skinner @DrEloiseSkinner]

The devastation to our boidiversity and wildlife goes far beyond our unique marsupials. Let's not forget about the smaller species too!

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[U of G Insect Collection @UofGInsectColl]

Amazing!

[Colin Hutton @C_H_Images]

Spiny terrestrial isopod #flickr https://t.co/lq9t8kEd7Q

[U of G Insect Collection @UofGInsectColl]

@MarkNassis @nofrillsCA Hi @MarkNassis Occasional adventitious insects are sometimes brought in with our greens. It is a bit hard to tell, but this is likely a Neoconocephalus species - ON has a few native species, but this is more likely a southern species (N. triops)!

[U of G Insect Collection @UofGInsectColl]

@SciBugs @CheckNature I like that the Beetles book is in the mix! Alas, the Flies book didn't make the stack

[U of G Insect Collection @UofGInsectColl]

Another New World micropezid (Diptera) genus revised, dealing with 53 species including 33 new species! Congrats to Dr Stephen Marshall on completing "A revision of the genus Mesoconius Enderlein (Diptera,… https://t.co/z1KfPGyFdu

[U of G Insect Collection @UofGInsectColl]

Always great to see the major references updated! Very excited to see the new version of "True Bugs of the World", by Dr. Randall Schuh and Dr Christine Weirauch, although we will probably have to wait until the new… https://t.co/OMqFwPDJUg

[U of G Insect Collection @UofGInsectColl]

When night lighting is a bust, start walking because you never know what may be out in the dark with you. An evening walk found #owlfly (Four-spotted Owlfly, Ululodes quadripunctatus), and a number of #katydids (a… https://t.co/Gnc6g14nDy

[U of G Insect Collection @UofGInsectColl]

@ymilesz I don't think he ever got any there, but we did finally track down a few!

[U of G Insect Collection @UofGInsectColl]

Always good to get down to Ojibway Prairie to continue our documentation of such an amazing site. The focus was on plant-feeding bugs, but we kept our eyes open for other things too. Dragonflies were definitely… https://t.co/iYs1wF0Ci0