Ontario Insects

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: highparknaturecentre.com/family-nature-…

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!

#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: highparknaturecentre.com/index.php/fami…

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

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

Latest insect art project for this #weevilwednesday

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: freedalgonquin.wordpress.com Apps due June 20th: forms.gle/HFLZpTZes1DV4r…

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Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata)

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

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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 theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

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

EVERYONE needs to be aware of this. (Also note that this is for adult mosquitoes 🦟 )

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 tinyurl.com/7ra5uaba

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: monarchwatch.org/tagrecoveries

🦋!!!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!

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

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: xerces.org/blog/pollinato…

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.