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/

Landscape photo with farm equipment in foreground and the Vaseux Cliffs in the background.

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

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)

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

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.

Attendees of the 2024 ESBC meeting seated in a conference room watching one of many scientific presentations.

Cover of Boreus, Newsletter of the Entomological Society of British Columbia, September 2025 Vol. 45(1)

Malcolm Knapp Research Forest Insect BioBlitz

The Entomological Society of British Columbia and the University of British Columbia’s Malcolm Knapp Research Forest invite you to participate in an Insect BioBlitz event

Where: Malcolm Knapp Research Forest, Maple Ridge, British Columbia. See map below for the designated survey area. Parking is available at the main entrance to the Research Forest. Directions are available at: https://www.mkrf.forestry.ubc.ca/about/directions/

When: 9 AM–6 PM on Saturday July 5th and Sunday July 6th, 2025. Observers may participate for any amount of time during the event hours.

How: Participants join the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest Insect BioBlitz iNaturalist project at: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/malcolm-knapp- research-forest-insect-bioblitz and upload observations of insects and other arthropods. Observations can include photographs and sound recordings, and documentation of collected specimens (depending upon individual knowledge and capacity). Qualified iNaturalist identifiers are encouraged to participate.

Contact: debra.wertman@ubc.ca

There is a trail map of the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest below. Below the map are logos for Malcolm Knapp Research Forest and the ESBC.

Malcolm Knapp Research Forest Insect BioBlitz

The Entomological Society of British Columbia and the University of British Columbia’s Malcolm Knapp Research Forest invite you to participate in an Insect BioBlitz event

Where: Malcolm Knapp Research Forest, Maple Ridge, British Columbia. See map below for the designated survey area. Parking is available at the main entrance to the Research Forest. Directions are available at: https://www.mkrf.forestry.ubc.ca/about/directions/

When: 9 AM–6 PM on Saturday July 5th and Sunday July 6th, 2025. Observers may participate for any amount of time during the event hours.

How: Participants join the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest Insect BioBlitz iNaturalist project at: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/malcolm-knapp- research-forest-insect-bioblitz and upload observations of insects and other arthropods. Observations can include photographs and sound recordings, and documentation of collected specimens (depending upon individual knowledge and capacity). Qualified iNaturalist identifiers are encouraged to participate.

Contact: debra.wertman@ubc.ca

There is a trail map of the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest below. Below the map are logos for Malcolm Knapp Research Forest and the ESBC.

Join Us Online! April 8, 2025 12 - 1 pm PST. There are approximately 37-39 bumble bee species in British Columbia, and most are wide-ranging and live in a variety of habitats across the vast provincial landscape. This project aims to collect quantitative data that can be used to assess the conservation status of all bumble bees in the province. Data collection involves establishing long term (> 10 years) bumble bee monitoring routes throughout the province, and concurrently build a community of trained volunteers who, once per year, would survey these routes within the areas they live and work. In 2022, 2023, & 2024 we asked government staff to participate in this community bumble bee monitoring project. Join us to hear about these and other exciting results and how you can join Team Bee for one day of surveys, learn about bees and their threats, and help survey bumble bees during the summer of 2025.