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Biological Survey of Canada @biologicalsurvey.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The Summer 2026 issue of the Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada is now available on the website: biologicalsurvey.ca/publications...

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Biological Survey of Canada @biologicalsurvey.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

New publ. in the Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification (in the New World subfamilies of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) series) Key to the New World genera of Euphorinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea: Braconidae) & synopses of the genera, by Sharkey et al. cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca/articles/ssv...

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Key to the New World genera of Euphorinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea: Braconidae) and synopses of the genera – Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification

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Donna Giberson (Elbows UP!) 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @donnag.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

New publication from the Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification: A key to the water boatmen (Hemiptera: Corixidae) of the Canadian prairie provinces, with an updated checklist for Canada and Alaska and salinity ranges for species, by Lapierre et al. cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca/articles/lka...

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A key to the water boatmen (Hemiptera: Corixidae) of the Canadian prairie provinces, with an updated checklist for Canada and Alaska and salinity ranges for species – Canadian Journal of Arthropod Ide...

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Doug Currie @dougcurrie.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

A great opportunity for an up-and-coming systematic entomologist at the Royal Ontario Museum! royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/mdMTpA...

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Curator of Insects & Arachnids - Royal Ontario Museum - Career Page

Apply to Curator of Insects & Arachnids at Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, ON, Canada.

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DipteristsForum @dipteristsforum.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The Dipterist Forum Summer Field Meeting starts today in Somerset! By exploring a wide range of habitats across 56 sites over a week, thousands of new Diptera records will give a clearer picture of the abundance, distribution and ecology of this much over looked Order of insects. #fliesarefantastic

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Biological Survey of Canada @biologicalsurvey.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

New key published in the Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification: A key to the water boatmen (Corixidae) of the Canadian prairie provinces by Alex Lapierre and colleagues has been published in the Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification! cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca/articles/lka...

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Donna Giberson (Elbows UP!) 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @donnag.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Quite a treat to encounter some cute little Diptera in vials inadvertently included amongst my Newfoundland and Labrador mayfly vials: these are Nymphomyiids and blepharicerids.

a pair of mating Nymphomyia walkeri adults. These tiny little flies would have feathery wings when they first emerge, but lose their wings when they re-enter the water to mate.

A larva of Nymphomyia walkeri from Newfoundland. This is a tiny little white worm-like larva with a shiny head and little prolegs all along the abdomen.

Dorsal view of a Blepharicera tenuipes larva from Labrador, Canada. The larvae is a pale tan in colour, with a darker mark on its head. Each segment is expanded out on each side, with a proleg on each side.

Ventral view of a Blepharicera tenuipes larva from Labrador, Canada. The larvae is a pale tan in colour, and each segment is expanded, with a dark, circular sucker in the centre to help the larva hold on to rocks in fast water. Little finger-like gills can also be seen on each segment.

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Why yes I've been obsessed with tiny wasps for years now, no idea why (Eupelmid from yesterday, a species I hadn't met yet. Mope)

Shiny iridescent greenish blue wasp, a long slender creature with a thick ovipositor

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Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026 @gsb2026.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

🛏 Have you booked your accommodations yet? Two of our hotels are fully booked, but you can still get a room at a discounted rate in other two hotels (Marriot and Parkside). Don't miss out! #GSB2026 globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/accommodatio...

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Accommodations - Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026

Accommodations Stay with Us: Conference Hotels for #GSB2026 The #GSB2026 Local Organizing Committee is excited to partner with four outstanding hotels, all within walking distance of the Victoria Conf...

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Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026 @gsb2026.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

📚 Four special issues will be published as a major scientific output of our conference. The participating journals are Pedobiologia, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Applied Soil Ecology and Journal of Sustainable Agriculture & Environment. globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/journals-spe...

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Special Issues - Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026

Special Issues We are pleased to announce that four special issues will be published as a major scientific output of the upcoming GSB2026, to be held in Victoria, Canada, on April 12–15, 2026. This fl...

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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Starting out the #RES #Aquatics SIG meeting with amazing #dragonfly #conservation and #ecology with Dr. Michael Samways! @royentsoc.bsky.social

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CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Unique Canadian fungus 'bank' saved by family foundation A unique collection of microscopic fungi used for Canadian medical and biodiversity research has been saved from being shipped overseas. #cbc #cbc-canada-news #Canada

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ZooKeys @zookeys.pensoft.net · 05/02/2026

A major taxonomic review of the genus Boreus has been published, which uncovers the hidden diversity of snow scorpionflies in the Alaskan wilderness, including two new species. ❄️ Check out the full paper to learn more: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1267.170946

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Biological Survey of Canada @biologicalsurvey.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

The Winter 2005 issue of the Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada is now available on the website: biologicalsurvey.ca/publications... Hope you enjoy it!

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Donna Giberson (Elbows UP!) 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @donnag.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

(Arctic Insect News issues, published between 1993 and 2000: scroll down the page at biologicalsurvey.ca/publications..., with "Arctic Corner" appearing in some issues of the BSC Newsletter after that). @biologicalsurvey.bsky.social

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Donna Giberson (Elbows UP!) 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @donnag.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Cool news about moss species on Haida Gwaii (islands off the coast of British Columbia, Canada), from the "Gwaii Haanas - Islands of Beauty" facebook site

Our terrestrial team partnered with UBC bryologists to complete a flurry of surveys for rare and endemic mosses in central Gwaii Haanas. The primary focus of the fieldwork was a set of detailed surveys for an endangered species, Dalton’s moss, whose entire Canadian population is found within a single inlet in Gwaii Haanas. We found several new populations of the moss and the information from the survey will be vital in defining its critical habitat in the upcoming federal recovery strategy.
In addition, new populations of several critically imperilled, red-listed and endemic species were located. Data will be used in part to support species-at-risk listing processes, taxonomic science, and add weight to the formal designation of Haida Gwaii as a “Key Biodiversity Area” in Canada.
British Columbia is a renowned global hotspot for moss diversity, recognized with areas such as Southeast Asia, the Northern Andes, and the African Highlands (among others) as being globally significant. Within BC, Haida Gwaii is a vital and rich part of that provincial diversity, with many rare and unique species making their home in our forests. A well-known example is our lush mats of Takakia, considered by many to be the most ancient land plant on earth. Other examples include species that are found only on Haida Gwaii and in the Himalayas; some that only live on Haida Gwaii and in Northern Europe; some species are only found on Haida Gwaii and in the tropics; Some species are endemic and found nowhere else on earth.

Four images of mosses from a survey by Gwaii Haanas parks people and UBC bryologists for rare and endemic mosses in central Gwaii Haanas.

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Conservation Job Board @conservationjobs.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

JOB OPENING: Curator of Birds: Curator of Birds $78,047 - $122,654 per year -- Royal Ontario Museum

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Curator of Birds $78,047 - $122,654 per year -- Royal Ontario Museum

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Centre for Biodiversity Genomics @cbg-uofg.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

A new species Tridentaforma browncopper sp. nov. has been described from BC on nłeʔképmx territory. Barcoding revealed divergence from the only other Tridentaformid, confirmed by morphology. A collaboration of science, Indigenous knowledge & industry. DOI: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

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The brown copper moth, Tridentaforma browncopper: DNA barcoding reveals a second species in the family Tridentaformidae (Lepidoptera, Adeloidea)

A biodiversity monitoring program in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at sites on traditional nłeʔképmx territory near the Highland Valley Copper mine, collected many specimens of an unknown mo...

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Jana Vamosi @jvamosi.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto is looking for a Curator of Plants and Sustainability #academicjobs #iamabotanist royalontariomuseum.applytojob.com/apply/Sf2iAO...

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Curator of Plants & Sustainability - Royal Ontario Museum - Career Page

Apply to Curator of Plants & Sustainability at Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, ON, Canada.

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Joey Bernhardt @joeybernhardt.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Please help us spread the word! Please amplify! We are searching for an associate or full professor (Canada Excellence Research Chair) in Biodiversity Genomics at the University of Guelph! 🐟🌿🦠🐜🐸🐝 Applications are due October 6 2025. careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-C... #AcademicJobs #EvoBio

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Canada Excellence Research Chair in Biodiversity Genomics

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Lindo Lab @lindolab.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Only a few days left to submit abstracts for the 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference #GSB2026 @thegsbi.bsky.social Don't miss out: globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/abstract/. Deadline is Aug. 15th. venuewest.eventsair.com/Presentation... #SoilBiodiversity

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Abstract Submission Portal

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Lindo Lab @lindolab.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Soil biodiversity is key to human health! Show us how your research links soil ecosystems with One Health outcomes. #OneHealth #SoilBiodiversity #HumanWellbeing Abstract submission closing date for the #GSB2026 is only days away globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/abstract/

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Call for Abstracts - Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026

Abstract Submissions NOW OPEN The Program Committee is proud to announce that the submission of abstracts for the 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference (GSB2026) is now open! Submission deadline is ...

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Miles Zhang | 张远濛 @ymilesz.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

The Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (CBG) is seeking ten taxonomic specialists in Collembola or any of the following insect orders - Blattodea, Ephemeroptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, Trichoptera! graduatestudies.uoguelph.ca/postdoctoral...

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Arthropod Taxonomic Specialists (10 positions) | Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies

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The Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative @thegsbi.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

📢The Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026 abstract submission deadline is in 5 DAYS 🐛🐜🕷️🦠🪱 Abstracts are due July 15th 23:59 PDT ‼️ Submit an abstract 👇 globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/abstract/

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Lindo Lab @lindolab.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Are you an early career researcher (ECR) with exciting soil biodiversity work to share? This is your global stage! Submit your abstract for #GSB2026. Check the box for ECR and you might be profiled at the conference! globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/abstract/

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Call for Abstracts - Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026

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Justin Chan @justinchan.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Some recent herps from here in BC! Great Basin Spadefoot, Western Tiger Salamander, Pacific Chorus Frog, Northern Pacific Rattlesnake

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Thomas CK Hall @baeussupremacy.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

After 3 years of procrastination, my bachelor's thesis is finally published in The Canadian Entomologist! We present the first record of the native beetle (Mordellina ancilla) 🪲 feeding on the invasive garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) 🌿. doi.org/10.4039/tce....

Stacked microscope image of the lateral habitus of Mordellina ancilla (Mordellidae). The beetle is amber coloured with smoky brown markings. The image shows the prominent black tarsal and tibial ridges used for keying out species in this family. It also has a pointy ass :3

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Donna Giberson (Elbows UP!) 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @donnag.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

For #MayflyMonday, check out this great new paper from Dave Funk (Stroud) on Ameletus Mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Ameletidae) of the Eastern Nearctic www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/16...

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Biological Survey of Canada @biologicalsurvey.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Seeking contributions for the upcoming issue of the Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (biologicalsurvey.ca/publications...). e.g.s include articles on aspects of Canada's biodiversity, collecting trips, photos, announcements, etc. Please send items to giberson(at)upei(dot)ca by 19 May

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Biological Survey of Canada @biologicalsurvey.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Call for nominations to the Board of the Biological Survey of Canada. To run, you should be a member of the BSC. Send a brief bio including your background in Canadian Biodiversity studies to biologicalsurvey@gmail.com by mid-May. The slate of candidates will be voted on at the AGM in late June.

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The Entomological Society of British Columbia @entsocbc.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Join the Bumble Bee Project on April 8th from 12 - 1 pm to hear about project 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. entsocbc.ca/bcs-communit...

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.

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The Entomological Society of British Columbia @entsocbc.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Come join ESBC at the Beaver Lake BioBlitz: City Nature Challenge on Saturday Apr 26, from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm. We'll be exploring the forest surrounding Beaver Lake in Stanley Park while logging sightings on the iNaturalist app. Full details below:

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Beaver Lake BioBlitz: City Nature Challenge - Events - Stanley Park Ecology Society (SPES)

Drop by to participate in this citizen science challenge with our BioBlitz at Beaver Lake!

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Marcus Stensmyr @marcusstensmyr.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

We are looking for a PhD student! If you are interested in Drosophilids, systematics, bioinformatics, fiddling with museum specimens of old/weird flies, and chemosensation, then maybe this is for you! Please rebutterfly(?)! Apply below. lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Thomas Barbin @thomasbarbin.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Sleeping Coelioxys bees. I was first introduced to these bees and their sleeping behaviour by @ibycter.bsky.social at a local beach here on Vancouver Island #bee #Hymenoptera #macrophotography

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Pensoft @pensoft.net · 07/03/2025

New book: A checklist to identify all known species of flies in Canada! doi.org/10.3897/ab.e... "This checklist is a fundamental piece of work that will guide the assessment of the conservation status of those species." @bioinfocus.bsky.social

Cover of "Checklist of the Flies (Diptera) in Canada" featuring two fly images, with contributors and publisher details below.

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Morgan Jackson, PhD @bioinfocus.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

For the first time in over 100 years we have an up-to-date checklist of Canadian Diptera. Really proud to have been a part of this effort!

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