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A new monograph in our BSC Grasslands series has been published and is now available for free download on our website. Volume 5: Beetle Diversity of a Canadian Prairie Homestead, by David J. Larson drive.google.com/file/d/1AX0Aa7…

New CJAI key: Nymphs of the Northeastern Nearctic Species of Rhithrogena Eaton, 1885 (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae): Descriptions and key. cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca/articles/b-51/

Follow along with such finds from the Sentinels of Change light trap network across the Salish Sea: inaturalist.ca/projects/senti…

UPCOMING EVENT: ESBC will be on-site at the City Nature Challenge BioBlitz in Stanley Park on Saturday April 27th, along with the Stanley Park Ecology Society 11am-3pm, to help ID your six-legged finds. More details available here: buff.ly/3xRDAdN

Do you have a contribution for the BSC newsletter? Get your articles in before mid-May. Past newsletters available here (biologicalsurvey.ca/publications/n…)

@AAFC_Canada is recruiting TWO entomologists, one to support horticultural production in Summerland BC and one in Kentville NS. Application deadline is April 22, 2024. Full details here (buff.ly/43R2B4L ).

Congratulations to the inaugural winners of the BSC student collections competition. Well done Kira Peters (U Manitoba), James Watson (U Manitoba), and Brevan Wagner (U Alberta)

Job opportunity: Collections / Curatorial Assistant Spencer Collection at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum UBC Part-time until August 2027 details here: esc-sec.ca/opportunities-…

Cerambycidae of Canada and Alaska. One final chance to buy! @ColeopSoc @entosocbc @CanEntomologist

Did you know there are over 400 species of velvet ants in the US? Despite their name they are actually not ants they are wingless wasps and the new field guide to velvet ants of North America is available starting tomorrow at your favorite bookstore.

Recent uploads to the Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification include Sharkey et al. Key to the New World subfamilies of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca/articles/safpm…

The most recent Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification paper is Janke et al. Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of Ontario: A Dichotomous Key and Wing Atlas. Take a closer look here cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca/articles/jvlfc…

[Job posting] Hakai & @UBC are hiring for a project manager to work on the Sentinels of Change Alliance, a research program that brings together scientists & local communities to deepen our understanding of Salish Sea biodiversity change Apply by Jan 31 ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcstaff…

Beaty Postdoctoral Fellowship closes March 1st. nature.ca/en/join-give/c…

Canadian National Collection hiring 10 summer students! See ESC webpage for details, or look in the alt text of these images! esc-sec.ca/opportunities-…

Interested in being a science interpreter at the museum? You're in luck as we have new positions available! Application deadline: January 21, 2024. Apply today! nature.ca/en/careers/

The Winter issue of the Biological Survey of Canada newsletter is now available biologicalsurvey.ca/publications/n…

When was the last time you looked at the Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification? There are some great new issues. First up An illustrated identification key to Nearctic genera of Empidoidea (exclusive of Dolichopodidae sensu stricto) (Diptera) cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca/articles/sbc-4…