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Chris MacQuarrie

@cmacquar.bsky.social
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Husband, Dad, Entomologist, Ecologist, Researcher with NRCan Canadian Forest Service , and a (lapsed) Curler. Occasional climate scientist.

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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 2h
This is an amazing tribute to Simon. He was such a presence in the entomology twitter days and an amazing entomologist and scientist in his own right. I'm sad I never got to meet him in person.
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Erica McAlister @flygirlnhm.bsky.social · 4h
If it hasn’t been published it has effectively not been done - a Classic Prof Simon leather quote highlighting the value of communicating the science once it has been done A celebration at @harperadamsuni.bsky.social for the new building opened in hour of the great man @royentsoc.bsky.social
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Tristan A.F. Long @thelonglab.bsky.social · 18h
As I prepare for another early morning #BI393 Biostatistics lecture, came across this deep dive into the history (and errors ?!?) in the well-known "mtcars" dataset! #rstats jengianoulis.substack.com/p/secrets-of...
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Secrets of the classic dataset "mtcars"
Back in time to Sunset Boulevard in the 70s
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Dr. Jessica L Ware @jessicalwarelab.bsky.social · 6h
Drivers of insect decline: direct, indirect, and combined pressures academic.oup.com/aesa/article...
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Personally annoyed at the eligibility criteria for this program as there are bunch of under-employed Canadian-trained and Canadian-resident ECR entomologists that would crush this position. Here's hoping McGill will use this to repatriate one of our expats.
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Posting @mcgill.ca for an Assistant Professor in Regulated Plant Pests - Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders. Focus on pests of agricultural systems Note under this program position only open to people resident OUTSIDE of Canada as of June 2026. mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Caree...
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Assistant Professor in Regulated Plant Pests - Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders
Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don't use AI in my work, but as someone who (probably) had a recent MS fed into an AI system by a reviewer, this is somewhat concerning.
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Someone in this department just thought to themselves: "nope, can't be me. I only ordered 8 sheep brains"
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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“The camera showed what I was carrying in my hands. It couldn’t show what he was carrying that night” 8 years ago (and to this day) I was carrying the same weight as this man. My wife and family pulled me back from the brink. Wonderful, difficult piece. themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Stay tuned for my hit police procedural, in which a forensic entomologist solves various mysteries through the ruthless identification of twigs
Small paperback titled “Twig Key to the Deciduous Woody Plants of Eastern North America” by William Harlow. Presumably nobody needs a twig key to evergreen plants because you can just ID them using the leaves, like god intended The following page, showing several cross-sectional diagrams of different types of pith
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Do you have any idea what page charges are on illuminated manuscripts? And don't get me started on the chargebacks from those monks for ink and hard wooden benches...
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Choice of imagery is interesting if you know earthworms aren't a native species in western Canada...
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Western University @westernu.ca · 25/09/2026
Literary icon Margaret Atwood has gifted $1M to #WesternU, honouring her longtime partner Graeme Gibson, BA'58, to establish the Graeme Gibson Chair in Avian Biology - advancing research on how birds move, behave and adapt in a changing world. #AllinWesternU news.westernu.ca/2026/09/grae...
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When I was a kid Vetavision was my first exposure to @usask.ca . Also the only time I got to stick my hand inside a cow. So many memories...
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Me with my Bsky mutuals
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Low Bones
ALT: Low Bones
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Christian Courier @christiancourier.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Have you noticed the beams? The ones that make a church worship space look like an upside-down ark?" In his recent article, "Stronger than steel," Peter Bulthuis explains the theological and architectural reasoning behind church sanctuary structures. You can read it here:
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Stronger than steel | Christian Courier
Have you noticed the beams? The ones that make a church worship space look like an upside-down ark? Maybe you enjoyed counting them as a kid during a long sermon (once you were done tallying the organ...
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Entomological Society of Canada @canentomologist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Gail Anderson appointed to the Order of British Columbia! news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
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Honouring extraordinary British Columbians
Twelve people appointed to the Order of British Columbia
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Robert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's something I've been working on for a while, that I'll be getting into a lot more soon. This is where Land Acknowledgements come from, this is what they mean, and this is how you've all been doing them wrong.
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is super interesting, on the origin and context of land acknowledgements. (Spoiler: Not Australian!). Worth a read...
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Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca · 24/09/2026
This has been in the works for a while. What @rjjago.bsky.social delivered went far deeper than we could've hoped. It gives us a lot to reflect on in our work but also will hopefully contribute to the much wider conversation.
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Corey Callaghan @coreytcallaghan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Do you use #iNaturalist data in research—or advise students who do? We put together a practical guide to using iNaturalist data in scientific research, covering how to access, acquire, analyze, and attribute the data, with examples in R and Python. Paper: doi.org/10.1093/bios... #ecology
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's your stupid president's constant threats to our sovereignty and attacks on our country that did this, not our decision to respond to them. www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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Canada's boycott forces the sale of a California winery
As California's wine industry struggles, a family-owned vineyard spanning 3,500 acres is for sale after its exports to Canada dropped 35% in a year.
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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I have been very impressed by some of the moves Concordia has been making to deal with its budget challenges. The right response isn't cuts: it's shared understanding, revenue-sharing and, above all, getting the university out of its own way. Rapid collegiality in action. More like this, please.
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Concordia’s Quiet Revolution | HESA
Okay, so Canadian higher education is pretty cautious and risk-averse, and so perhaps the bar for calling something a ‘revolution” is pretty low. But everyone needs to take a look at what has been goi...
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What's behind this tidal wave of epidemics? In the largest study ever conducted on emerging infectious diseases, we show that the popular explanation - "our relationship with nature is out of balance" - doesn't hold up. Out now in Nature, after half a decade of work: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The anthropogenic fingerprint on emerging infectious diseases - Nature
Emerging infectious disease outbreak risks are ubiquitous worldwide, and highest in landscapes where people, livestock and fragmented natural ecosystems coexist, but detection and data ...
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Don't beam me up Scotty: Effect of ISPM 1698.2 on transfer of non-native organisms between starbases.
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Robin Heinen @robinheinennl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Paper 21: Work by Carmen Ludreschl et al., who looked at insect communities along railways where lighting was manipulated to different light types and temperature levels. The work showed consistent reduction in insect attraction under 1800K LED 'amber' lights. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Optimised light sources reduce nocturnal insect attraction at railway stations
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is considered a potential anthropogenic stressor for global insect decline by disrupting natural behaviour in affecte…
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David Shorthouse @dshorthouse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
…contemplating how to launch a company called, “The Wiggling Doughnut” that specializes in fishing lures that spring into action upon sudden & unexpected exposure to water.
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hey, 'betcha didn't know caterpillars could swim! (includes data collected on my kitchen counter too!)
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Dezene Huber 🍁 🌻 @dezene.me · 22/09/2026
Just published a fun Open Access paper with several great co-authors from across the continent. Swimming caterpillars! 🐛 🏊‍♀️ 🪳🪲🧪 academic.oup.com/jinsectscien...
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Diversity of swimming behavior in larval Lepidoptera
Abstract. Lepidoptera are a highly diverse lineage of predominantly terrestrial insects, yet their larvae occupy diverse habitats where they may experience
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Incredible Facebook slop ad I just got
Horse pin with an illustration of a horse and the following text:
"Give a man a horse he'll eat in a day, teach a man to horse. and make him drinks water."
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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Making it impossible for anyone outside Canada to know what time it is here is an important part of reinforcing Canadian sovereignty. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Ever review a paper so bad that you come out the other side a little less smart than when you go in?
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My two brains
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Corner Gas: Brent Leroy on Curling Season
ALT: Corner Gas: Brent Leroy on Curling Season
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wake up honey, new ISPM just dropped...
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The Agronaut @andrew-m-davidson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Come work with us at agriculture.canada.ca 🍁 🌎 Lethbridge (AB), Ottawa (ON), Sherbrooke (PQ) 🎯 SE-REM-01 ➡️ Responsible for planning, coordinating & overseeing a component of research activities at an AAFC Research & Development Centre / its satellite location(s). tinyurl.com/4u9wb3a9
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Research Manager
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Charlotte Walker @charlottewalker.bsky.social · 28/10/2023
Someone sent me this meme about peer reviewer comments and it is 👌🏻 #PhDSky #AcademicSky
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Resurrecting an old meme in light of finding spotted lanternfly in Canada doe the first time
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Asher Cutter @asherdcutter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Come to @romtoronto.bsky.social and EEB in Toronto! ROM is seeking entomologist/arachnologist curator who would also be faculty in EEB at UofT 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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The Weather Network @weathernetwork.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The spotted lantern fly has been officially detected in Canada by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. ow.ly/rjug50ZOXky
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The invasive spotted lanternfly has been detected in Canada - The Weather Network
The fly is known to kill grapevines and impact other crops and trees
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Resurrecting an old meme in light of finding spotted lanternfly in Canada doe the first time
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This is the part many Americans -- including the Bezosites at the Washington Post -- don't understand. Canadians don't see this just as a Trump thing. It's that America elected him twice, and the second time with an even bigger mandate. The problem we're addressing is America, not Trump.
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Detection of spotted lanternfly in Canada in Windsor would be consistent with spread from established populations in the Detroit area. Though SLF is easily moved on commodities and conveyances.
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
First detection of spotted lanternfly confirmed in Canada. inspection.canada.ca/en/plant-hea...
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Spotted lanternfly Spot it? Snap it, catch it and report it - inspection.canada.ca
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Michael Caterino @mcaterino.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Found a tagged monarch while out with my general Ent class in Clemson, SC today! We submitted the tag number to Monarch Watch. Anyone have any clue where this might have been tagged?
Tagged hind wing of monarch butterfly. Tag reads: "MWTAG.ORG Monarch Watch AMPR 181"
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ah man. This sucks. Cedric was one of my first profs at University and then I got to work with him when I was a columnist for the Bull. Ent Soc. Of Canada. Every time I write something I can feel his influence. I'll miss him a lot.
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Donna Giberson (Elbows UP!) 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @donnag.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
www.saskatoonfuneralhome.com/obituaries/c...
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Cedric Gillott Obituary Sep 12, 2026 - Saskatoon Funeral Home
View Cedric Gillott's obituary, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.
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Donna Giberson (Elbows UP!) 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @donnag.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
So sorry to hear today that Cedric Gillott (U.Saskatchewan) passed away Saturday. Many will know him from his textbook 'Entomology', but I knew him as my long-time partner in organizing & assembling the Bull. of the Ent. Soc. of Canada, & a fellow craft beer/cider lover. Rest in peace, my friend.
Photo of Cedric Gillott. Photo shows the head and shoulders of a white-haired man wearing glasses, and a pale blue shirt.Cover of a textbook called Entomology, by Cedric Gillott. It features a large moth and a beetle on a pale brown backing.
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Since I'm married to a daughter of Vulcan I'm obliged to reskeet...
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Chris MacQuarrie @cmacquar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Light the @cataranea.bsky.social & @ibycter.bsky.social bat signal! (spider signal?)
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Martin A. Nuñez @martin-nunez.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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