https://www.maineentosociety.org/blog daily 0.75 2023-08-23 https://www.maineentosociety.org/blog/monarch-tagging-project-nb83g monthly 0.5 2023-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/2b49bbb8-3bf6-4dea-ac10-40a949ce7946/photo1+cover.jpg Blog - The Zig Zag Dance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/b03be1c1-dd53-4a4e-bf5f-e4263c0c12bb/photo2+black+wasps.jpg Blog - The Zig Zag Dance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/2464eb31-b499-474f-9472-c3bcaaf3c74c/photo2a+potter+wasps.jpg Blog - The Zig Zag Dance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/aa367113-ef7a-4aba-81c8-0b7a767e2520/photo3+first+day.jpg Blog - The Zig Zag Dance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/674cfe3c-f8d9-442f-987a-f3226cf95403/photo4+the+dance+begins.jpg Blog - The Zig Zag Dance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/f6740129-ae87-4797-ad34-606d010c7bdd/photo5+the+drop.jpg Blog - The Zig Zag Dance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/64a5df03-058c-4724-846b-796ab7eea7d2/photo6+after+with+competition.jpg Blog - The Zig Zag Dance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/3213e426-da9f-45dd-ab2e-c7f1487fbe1d/photo7+next+morning.jpg Blog - The Zig Zag Dance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.maineentosociety.org/blog/monarch-tagging-project monthly 0.5 2023-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1629109863730-L9A9JD3OPX8QDBZA9YLT/Screen+Shot+2021-08-16+at+6.29.25+AM.png Blog - Monarch Tagging Project - Make it stand out The nanotags are very small! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1629109946788-55PU4JKYQWCYLLHZ1GI1/478A2DBB-5C65-4ECF-9D0D-287E53C974BD.jpeg Blog - Monarch Tagging Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1629109950242-7XRYYK3DNZ2GEGWKMTAT/E2E0BDAB-3AF5-48A7-BCE5-F5422BC18EFA.jpeg Blog - Monarch Tagging Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1629110133432-2N5CXVF2VOP2ULNEJ90S/69AB5F2F-57BB-424F-9336-B1055827AA46.jpeg Blog - Monarch Tagging Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1629110385621-PM4EFVTI1F5D0GG4TAMV/700F5D31-C659-4004-B2BC-49465ED8F912.jpeg Blog - Monarch Tagging Project - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.maineentosociety.org/blog/insecto-media-by-anna-lee-court-insectopedia monthly 0.5 2021-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1617099277084-PDL40ZJSYYJG530Z5HFA/Screen+Shot+2021-03-30+at+6.05.28+AM.png Blog - INSECTO-MEDIA: A Book Review of Hugh Raffles’ Insectopedia A blog about entomology relevant podcasts, documentaries, presentations on line, books, and other media. Oh, this was a fascinating read! Insectopedia is a collection of 26 essays, styled from A to Z, about particular families, genera, or species of insects and the scientists who study them. Raffles is an award winning science writer (In Amazonia, A Natural History) and an anthropology teacher at The New School. Because Raffles is an anthropologist, not an entomologist, this collection shows his interest in insects impact on human interactions, customs, economy, beliefs, culture, and history. Some of his chapters include long profiles of the life and work of scientists like Jean-Henri Fabre (wasps) and Karl von Frisch (honey bees). But Raffles is also an excellent science writer so scientists shouldn’t be put off by his emphasis on culture, history and biography. The book includes an extensive set of chapter notes with references to scientific material, a selected bibliography, and an extensive index. One gets the impression that Raffles chose certain insects and subjects because he was fascinated by them himself. The wonder of the insect world is very apparent in both his choices and his style of writing. For example the first chapter, “Air,” is about insects in the air and their migration and dispersal. Raffles reports at length on the history of of the use of airplanes to study insects in the air. In 1926, the first such inventory was made within a column of air from 50 to 14,000 feet above a one square mile of Louisiana countryside. It yielded an average of 25 million insects and as many as 36 million. Raffles’ comments have the intention, I believe, of opening our minds as well as astonishing us: “Thirty six million little animals flying unseen above one square mile of countryside? The heavens opened. The air column was a vault of insect laden air from which fell a continuous rain.” And that’s just the first of the 26 chapters, some very short and others quite long. In the chapter called Chernobyl, Raffles reports at length on Cornelia Hesse-Honnegger and her research on radiation-caused mutations in insects. A long but fascinating chapter on the cricket market in China covers habitats, collection, maintenance in captivity, markets, traditions, economics, and the personalities of the players in these dramas. A chapter on locusts in Africa is similarly structured. This book is a wild ride and reading it was the best kind of adventure for me in that so much was new and the treatment was multi-faceted. The reader meets all kinds of insects, not just in biological detail, but also in their cultural, historical and economic contexts and through the scientists who study them. I highly recommend Insectopedia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1623752571370-LBXOEJM6ZTBUHPIGSE84/Anna+reading+better.jpeg Blog - INSECTO-MEDIA: A Book Review of Hugh Raffles’ Insectopedia - Make it stand out Anna reading in a stream! https://www.maineentosociety.org/blog/maine-stream-explorers-2021-a-treasure-hunt-to-find-healthy-streams-in-maine monthly 0.5 2021-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1619864768475-OPBJI6CBFCC5CGTZLXE5/13.jpeg Blog - Maine Stream Explorers 2021 “A Treasure Hunt to Find Healthy Streams in Maine” - On the streambank you’ll empty your net into trays and start looking for aquatic insects and other creatures large enough to see, aka macroinvertebrates. You will compare what you find with a checklist full of images to determine which ones are sensitive, moderately sensitive or tolerant of water pollution or impaired water conditions. You’ll take photos, submit data, clean up and return your critters to the stream. Then, pat yourself on the back for a job well done! Photo by Hannah Young https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1619864908551-5YTWMFFFH8M4J80PQG1B/HealthyStreamWinter.jpeg Blog - Maine Stream Explorers 2021 “A Treasure Hunt to Find Healthy Streams in Maine” - Hannah reminded me that Maine has over 5,000 rivers and streams. Most of them are healthy, but many are at risk due to changing climate and land use patterns. Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is charged with monitoring stream water quality changes over time, but only has the resources to sample 50-60 streams per year. So they are turning to community science volunteers. Their sampling results help the DEP prioritize its own in-depth water quality efforts. Photo of a healthy stream by Cathie Murray https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1619865095426-Y56YV3ISJ68420X8C3IN/Figure%2B1%2Bis%2BMacroinvertebrates%2Bfrom%2Ba%2Bstream%2Bwith%2Bgood%2Bwater%2Bquality%2BTom%2BDanielson.jpg Blog - Maine Stream Explorers 2021 “A Treasure Hunt to Find Healthy Streams in Maine” - Figure 1 Macroinvertebrates from a stream with good water quality by Tom Danielson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1619865109062-8B2QS1T1NXREQW45EUJJ/Figure%2B2%2Bis%2BMacroinvertebrates%2Bfrom%2Ba%2Bseverely%2Bpolluted%2Bstream.jpg Blog - Maine Stream Explorers 2021 “A Treasure Hunt to Find Healthy Streams in Maine” - Figure 2 Macroinvertebrates from a severely polluted stream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1619865609161-8HJA4E6BDY0IZS88U6WW/College+Swamp+Brook_Otisfield_McCubrey090920_ID3.JPG.png Blog - Maine Stream Explorers 2021 “A Treasure Hunt to Find Healthy Streams in Maine” - Twenty four volunteers completed the Maine Stream Explorer training. Volunteers included families with young children, retired folks and even a visitor from out of state who got so excited about it he brought his own field microscope to view aquatic insects in greater detail. They surveyed 26 streams, many that had never been sampled by Maine DEP before. At one extreme, they found 5 streams with high quality, diverse macroinvertebrates. At the other, they found several streams with only 0 - 1 sensitive or moderately sensitive organisms. Photo taken at College Swamp Brook by Kim McCubrey https://www.maineentosociety.org/blog/entomologist-of-the-month-oliver-by-cathie-murray monthly 0.5 2021-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1618913364758-KY4WKN8W0UTZN2OL1EBT/OliverFirstEmergedLuna.jpeg Blog - Entomologist of the Month: Oliver - On a warm March afternoon I had a chance to visit with my favorite amateur entomologist, Oliver Paisley. Oliver is also a self-published author, artist, Luna moth rearer, and 7 years old. He and his mother were kind enough to let me interview him for the Maine Entomological Society. Oliver with his first reared luna moth, Actias luna. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1618913228921-CPXGJMGE3XYO9OTJRK0N/Olivers7SpottedLadyBug.jpeg Blog - Entomologist of the Month: Oliver - MES: Oliver, what was the first insect that captured your imagination? It was a Seven Spotted Ladybug. I was 4 years old when I found it in the garden and I noticed how different it was than ants. It really showed up against the dirt. It crawled and then flew and I couldn’t catch it. I didn’t count the spots then but later I found a dead one and could count the seven spots. Drawing of a seven spotted ladybug, Coccinella septempunctata by Oliver, Age 5 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1618913480666-23XKXIG5VO8WU9WAHFB7/FullerBeetle3Ways.jpeg Blog - Entomologist of the Month: Oliver Oliver’s drawing (lower right) and model (left) of the Fuller Beetle from “Insects” by Bernard Durin (note - this beetle’s common name appears to have been lost to time - this beetle is likely in the family Scarabaeidae. A Google search for “Fuller Beetle” now brings you to a completely different species!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1618914876422-6QCL0VZZ9QYNQL1KKRMJ/OliverInsectCollection.jpeg Blog - Entomologist of the Month: Oliver - MES: Do you have a collection of insects? Yes, I do and I’ll show it to you. I don’t kill any of the insects for my collection. I put them in after I find them already dead. One of these is the Luna moth that laid the eggs. Oliver with his insect collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1618914959690-EA1PTUNEIHVAT6MENQ43/LunaMothsEmerging.jpeg Blog - Entomologist of the Month: Oliver https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1618914959669-5UET7TA4WPBWVGFZ7GOO/OliverLunaOnArm.jpeg Blog - Entomologist of the Month: Oliver https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1618914960398-DPGKF8R36G9V0B37LUAN/OliverFirstEmergedLuna.jpeg Blog - Entomologist of the Month: Oliver https://www.maineentosociety.org/blog/insecto-media-by-anna-lee-court-four-wings-and-a-million-prayers monthly 0.5 2021-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1617099277084-PDL40ZJSYYJG530Z5HFA/Screen+Shot+2021-03-30+at+6.05.28+AM.png Blog - INSECTO-MEDIA: A review of Bryan Pfeiffer's “Four Wings and a Million Prayers” by Anna Court A blog about entomology relevant podcasts, documentaries, presentations on line, books, and other media. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1617099543937-8X915WQHT9BC5QIQO5HE/Screen+Shot+2021-03-30+at+6.18.50+AM.png Blog - INSECTO-MEDIA: A review of Bryan Pfeiffer's “Four Wings and a Million Prayers” by Anna Court Screen capture of Bryan’s website, www.bryanpfeiffer.com. https://www.maineentosociety.org/blog/tomatoes-are-now-in-season-dwhnx monthly 0.5 2020-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1605005874752-SZP7VOH9FH0WEL4P7YFY/Dana%2BWilde%2B01_Argiope%2B_aurantia_wrapping_prey.jpg Blog - Humans in Monsters’ Bodies - A black-and-yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia) busy at work in the park in Unity, Maine. A black-and-yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia) busy at work in the park in Unity, Maine. Photo by Dana Wilde https://www.maineentosociety.org/taxonomy-insect-id-resources daily 0.75 2020-11-08 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events daily 0.75 2026-03-28 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-field-day-caribou-bog-6xzbb monthly 0.5 2026-02-26 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-peterson-buying-microscopes monthly 0.5 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1604844881450-QK9XXCFNMO173RNAF2OA/Hillary%2BPeterson%2BPic%2BLightened.jpg Events - MES Webinar Series: Buying a Microscope Without Losing Your Mind (or Your Money) by Hillary Morin Peterson - Hillary Peterson is a Brunswick, Maine native who earned her B.S. in Biology with a concentration in Ecology from the University of Maine in 2015, and her Ph.D. in Entomology in 2020 from Penn State University. Hillary currently serves as the President of the Maine Entomological Society and works as the IPM Specialist at the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. While a student at UMaine, she had the opportunity to work in two entomology labs and worked with honey bee biology, and with invasive insects in both blueberries (spotted winged drosophila) and in Maine forests (winter moth). She is very passionate about insect biodiversity, and had the opportunity before starting graduate school to intern with Robert Kula at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. (after meeting Dr. Kula at the M.E.S. BioBlitz in 2015), where she learned how to properly classify a new species of wasp (Ormocerus dirigoius). She was able to combine her interests of working in fruit and in forests with invasive species and biodiversity during her Ph.D., where she studied egg parasitoids and predators of the invasive brown marmorated stink bug in tree fruit. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-student-lightning-talks-schrierer-hallett-albert monthly 0.5 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1641559589651-LXWX6RZZP2TOMTLPLS5Y/Bio%2BPIC%2BCOMING%2BSOON.jpg Events - MES Webinar Series: Student Lightning Talks - Meg Schierer PhD Candidate in Dr. Allie Gardner's lab and co-advised by social scientist Dr. Sandra De Urioste-Stone. PhD anticipated 5/27 (M.S. 2023 with same advisors). Former member of the Ostfeld Lab at the Carry Institute of Ecosystem Studies B.S. 2017 Integrative Biology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1641559589651-LXWX6RZZP2TOMTLPLS5Y/Bio%2BPIC%2BCOMING%2BSOON.jpg Events - MES Webinar Series: Student Lightning Talks - Will Hallett is an MS student at the Ecology and Environmental Science program at the University of Maine. Under the advisement of Professor Leonard J. Kass, Will studies the neurobiology of associative learning in the European Honey Bee and related approaches to mathematical modeling and computer simulation. He holds an MPS in New Media Arts and Design from NYU and a BA in English from Bates College. Will has taught courses at The New School, Fordham University, Marymount Manhattan College, and the Estonia Academy of Art. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-teerling-biocontrol monthly 0.5 2026-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1651233003971-8TK8WTBOVKNTS28XKNKM/Colleen%2BTeerling.jpeg Events - MES Webinar Series: Insects are our Allies: Biological Control in Maine - Colleen Teerling is an entomologist with the Maine Forest Service. She got her education at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia and the University of New Brunswick. She has been working with the Maine Forest Service for about 17 years, and much of her work has been with invasive insects, with biological control being an important part of that. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-teye-edna-boghaunters monthly 0.5 2026-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1764717237050-HQ95DIKS7626ZDPVIU0H/Christiana-Teye-webinar.png Events - MES Webinar Series: Environmental DNA (eDNA) Application to the Threatened Ringed Boghaunter (Williamsonia lintneri) by Christiana Teye - Make it stand out One of Christiana Teye’s sampling sites (Photo Credit Christiana Teye) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1641559589651-LXWX6RZZP2TOMTLPLS5Y/Bio%2BPIC%2BCOMING%2BSOON.jpg Events - MES Webinar Series: Environmental DNA (eDNA) Application to the Threatened Ringed Boghaunter (Williamsonia lintneri) by Christiana Teye - Christiana Teye is a young researcher working at the intersection of eDNA and invertebrate ecology, with a growing focus on using molecular tools to understand species presence and environmental change. She brings experience in fieldwork, lab techniques, and data analysis to projects that connect science with conservation. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/maple-syrup-2025-y9cbt monthly 0.5 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1676657852844-2RLGJUSP6VTKLYU5M7IS/bucket+on+tree.JPG Events - Maple Syruping & Insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1709662579554-EZ3QDRAGXHBN7K6IWLJJ/Charlene-Syruping.jpg Events - Maple Syruping & Insects https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/2026winterworkshopsyrphidae monthly 0.5 2026-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/513e6b0c-5761-484a-8ef7-84ff290cb6b0/original.jpg Events - Maine Entomological Society Winter Workshop: Flower Flies of Maine - Make it stand out Photo of Eastern Calligrapher Toxomerus geminatus by Doug Hitchcox, posted on iNaturalist to the Maine Flower Fly Survey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/c44f57c5-da9a-4139-b01e-9e913a23b8af/MES+Winter+Workshop.png Events - Maine Entomological Society Winter Workshop: Flower Flies of Maine As in past years, we’ll ask attendees to bring a brown bag lunch or potluck items, along with contributions for the silent auction. Necessary workshop supplies such as microscopes, forceps, and sorting dishes will be provided, though members are encouraged to bring additional equipment or specimens they’d like help identifying. We strongly encourage folks to bring their unidentified specimens to work through during the workshop, and bonus points if you have any extra to share. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-field-day-caribou-bog monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-field-day-monarchs-in-bethel monthly 0.5 2025-08-21 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-annual-meeting-2024-y4zd5 monthly 0.5 2025-08-21 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-field-day-savage-wildlife-preserve-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/d7cd9cae-1435-4255-880c-18eb8c8be851/KateWilcox+MES+05-22-21b+Holt+Pond+Bridgeton-200.jpg Events - MES Field Day: Savage Wildlife Preserve, South Berwick - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mothing-night-at-pete-and-ninas-in-whitefield monthly 0.5 2025-06-11 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/coastal-maine-botanical-gardens-bioblitz-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1005bd4d-7e5b-45b8-bcd3-88cc57596597/MES_Bioblitz240605+-+Cathie+M-web.jpg Events - Insect BioBlitz at the Maine Coastal Botanical Gardens - Make it stand out MES members from the 2024 BioBlitz at the Garden Photo by Melissa Keyser, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-field-day-bud-leavitt-wma monthly 0.5 2025-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/d642f507-c9ae-462c-9906-885e7118238f/budleavittwma.jpg Events - MES Field Day: Bud Leavitt Wildlife Management Area - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-field-day-head-of-tide-preserve-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/9b70d4cf-6914-4c11-8278-fdf2b8ed1173/Head+of+Tide+Preserve+-+Google+Map+-+Roger+Rittmaster.png Events - MES Field Day: Head of Tide Preserve in Belfast - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/maple-syrup-2025 monthly 0.5 2025-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1676657852844-2RLGJUSP6VTKLYU5M7IS/bucket+on+tree.JPG Events - Maple Syruping & Insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1709662579554-EZ3QDRAGXHBN7K6IWLJJ/Charlene-Syruping.jpg Events - Maple Syruping & Insects https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-field-day-holman-conservation-area monthly 0.5 2025-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/d9346bf8-157c-4097-a899-3a3f18bd0f1b/holman-conservation-area-map.png Events - *POSTPONED* MES Field Day: Holman Conservation Area, Litchfield, ME - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/winter-workshop-2025-mosquito monthly 0.5 2025-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/25489c9b-dc24-424d-9db9-b5b871ce8cac/MES+Winter+Workshop.png Events - Winter Workshop: Mosquitoes of Maine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/88080920-cedb-40e1-8240-fd2459367a8e/Picture1.jpg Events - Winter Workshop: Mosquitoes of Maine - Chuck Lubelczyk Biography: Chuck Lubelczyk is a vector ecologist with the Maine Health Institute for Research who has worked on tick and mosquito-related disease issues in northern New England for over 20 years. He holds degrees in wildlife management and public health and is strongly interested in the intersection of wildlife health issues as they relate to human and domestic animals. He currently resides in a tick-infested region of Maine’s Midcoast on a small farm with his wife, Laura, a dog and several ungrateful cats. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-rittmaster-insect-id-novices monthly 0.5 2025-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1609951744413-DA6HMPWJFR8K7CIUNU87/Roger+Rittmaster+photo+2.jpg Events - MES Webinar Series: Insect Identification for Novices by Roger Rittmaster - Roger Rittmaster Dr. Roger Rittmaster is a retired endocrinologist and an avid nature photographer, focusing on insects. He moved to Maine twelve years ago to pursue his hobbies (nature photography, land conservation, woodworking and tennis). Shortly after moving to Maine, he authored the book, “Butterflies Up Close – a guide to butterfly photography”. Roger is a Maine Master Naturalist, and former MES Vice-President, Chair of the Camden Conservation Commission and Member of the Board of Coastal Mountains Land Trust. He has been an MES member since moving to Maine from North Carolina in 2011. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-slegona-monarch-conservation monthly 0.5 2025-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1641559589651-LXWX6RZZP2TOMTLPLS5Y/Bio%2BPIC%2BCOMING%2BSOON.jpg Events - MES Webinar Series: Monarch Conservation by Cyrene Slegona - Cyrene Slegona (MS Ed.) is a lifelong butterfly enthusiast with a focus on Danaus plexippus, Monarch butterflies. As a classroom teacher she introduced her students to entomology (antlions/doodlebugs, dragonflies and Monarchs) and worked with Monarch Watch early on to engage students in the mystery of the journey of Monarchs from Mexico to Maine and the yearly migration in the fall. She continues to share her obsession with Monarchs, on going research and beauty of the species through workshops and community courses. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-parker-avian-insectivores monthly 0.5 2025-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/784f3b56-5418-47e1-8ed2-5943c3b0bbc4/357080266_10159643651392400_3955269813358599355_n+%282%29.jpg Events - MES Webinar Series: Maine's Avian Aerial Insectivores by Logan Parker - Logan Parker is an ecologist with MNHO and the director of the Maine Nightjar Monitoring Project, a multifaceted research effort started in 2017 focused on Maine's whip-poor-wills and nighthawks. In 2020, he co-founded the Global Nightjar Network to support international collaboration among nightjar researchers and enthusiasts. Previously, he served as the lead technician for Maine's second bird atlas (2018-2022), coordinating many, and participating in each, of the project’s “special species'' and priority habitat surveys including alpine, wetland, and nocturnal bird surveys. Logan resides with his family in Waldo county where he enjoys birding, photography, writing, woodworking, and gardening. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-annis-insects-and-fungi monthly 0.5 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/98a5d13d-fb5d-497a-9b12-e3714df1b24e/seanna_annis-150x150.jpeg Events - MES Webinar Series: Insect/Fungal interactions: Good and Bad by Seanna Annis - Seanna Annis Seanna Annis is a Professor of Mycology and a member of Cooperative Extension at University of Maine. She has studied fungi for 40years and taught a mycology course for 25 years. She has collaborated with Ellie Groden and other colleagues on fungi that attack Colorado Potato Beetles, Brown Tail Moth larvae and Fire Ants in Maine. She mainly studies fungal pathogens of wild blueberries but loves all fungal pathogens. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-nelson-mercury-monitoring-dragonflies monthly 0.5 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/02fb0426-c8e4-4e63-bb6a-9c985b315656/XP-905+Appalachian+Mountain+Club+PHOTO+%232.JPG Events - MES Webinar Series: The Dragonfly Mercury Project: From Maine to the national and international stage by Sarah Nelson - Sarah Nelson is the Director of Research at the Appalachian Mountain Club. Prior to AMC, she was at the University of Maine for 21 years, most recently as an Associate Research Professor in the School of Forest Resources and also as Director of the Program in Ecology and Environmental Sciences. Her research focuses on understanding the effects of atmospheric pollution and climate change on forests, foodwebs, and freshwaters in remote and protected ecosystems. Current research includes geochemistry in lakes, climate change with a focus on changing winters, and mercury contamination, using approaches including long-term monitoring, biosentinels, and citizen/community science. Research sites include remote or protected lands, including long-term sites across Maine, mountain ponds in the Northeast, and national parks around the U.S. One of her signature programs is the Dragonfly Mercury Project (DMP), which engages citizen scientists in collection of dragonfly larvae for mercury analysis in national parks, allowing for national-scale assessment of this neurotoxic pollutant. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-staples monthly 0.5 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/38ff9ecf-1dfc-4eaf-9a99-8a6221806999/Joe+Staples.jpg Events - MES Webinar Series: Sublethal Pesticide Exposure and Its Effects on Insect Behavior and Respiratory Function by Joe Staples - Joe Staples Dr. Joseph K. Staples is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of Southern Maine, where his wide-ranging interests in entomology, environmental science, and chemical ecology converge. Growing up in Whitefield, Maine, in the 70s and 80s, Dr. Staples has always been fascinated by the natural world. After a stint in the Army, he studied environmental forest biology and insect chemical ecology at the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) in Syracuse, before going on to receive a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Illinois State University. Today, Dr. Staples' research focuses on how environmental stressors like climate change and pollution impact insect physiology, behavior, and ecology. A self-described tinkerer, he enjoys developing new methods and technologies to monitor and measure the natural world, reflecting his hands-on approach to both teaching and research. At USM, Dr. Staples and his graduate students investigate the effects of pesticides and habitat changes on insect species. Current projects range from exploring how permethrin exposure influences predator-prey interactions in Culex pipiens larvae to studying oviposition behavior in mosquitoes, and more recently, examining the physiological effects of sublethal doses of imidacloprid on the flesh fly, Sarcophaga bullata. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-rittmaster-eagle-hill-institute monthly 0.5 2024-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/8c62c735-9be9-4057-a86d-5f2a29a60961/Joerg+Lotze+photo.jpg Events - MES Webinar Series: Eagle Hill Institute: Maine’s Natural History Gem by Roger Rittmaster with Joerg Lotze - Joerg Lotze Bio coming soon. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-annual-meeting-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-05-06 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/sidney-field-day monthly 0.5 2024-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/68c5a155-bc05-48f9-839e-734f089ba176/Reynolds-Forest-Map.png Events - MES Field Day: Reynolds Forest, Sidney, ME - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/gregory-sanborn-fryeburg monthly 0.5 2024-07-16 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/snow-bowl-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-07-16 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/moth-night-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-05-06 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/maine-forest-museum monthly 0.5 2024-05-06 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/pinning-workshop monthly 0.5 2024-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/597fd7d8-4b50-4652-8c7d-5acd25149d55/Collection_-_Bohart_Museum_of_Entomology-stock_image.jpg Events - Pinning Workshop/Work Day at the Maine State Museum Collection - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/maple-syrup-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1676657852844-2RLGJUSP6VTKLYU5M7IS/bucket+on+tree.JPG Events - **CANCELLED** Maple Syruping & Insects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1709662579554-EZ3QDRAGXHBN7K6IWLJJ/Charlene-Syruping.jpg Events - **CANCELLED** Maple Syruping & Insects https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/winter-workshop-micro-hymenoptera monthly 0.5 2024-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/7693e806-ca50-47fc-bab9-834b0b47fb19/MES+Winter+Workshop.jpg Events - Winter Workshop: Micro Hymenoptera - Maine Entomological Society Winter Workshop: Micro Hymenoptera Saturday, February 3rd 2024 (9AM-2:00PM) Note: If you have a laptop and microscope please bring them, also we’re looking for folks to bring a pastry to share in the morning with coffee. Please label your personal equipment! 9:00AM – 9:30AM- Welcome and introductions, browse silent auction 9:30AM – 11:30AM - Hands on lecture: Participants will be given a variety of micro hymenopteran specimens which we will sort into morpho families. Dr. István Miko will then lead the group through each family discussing diagnostic features, life history etc. 11:30AM – 12:00PM – Student research talks by Monique Raymond, Samuel Jupin (undergrad) and Owen Bastille (intern) - University of New Hampshire 12:00PM – 12:30PM – Break for Lunch (lunch won’t be provided so please bring your own) 12:30-2PM – The afternoon session will commence with a lecture about different microscopy and imaging techniques as well as mounting techniques employed for studying this group of tiny insects. We will look at fossils as well as 3D models of specimens that Dr. Miko and his students are currently working on. If time allows we will also be using a free software package to create 3D models of some of the specimens to see their finer details/ structures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/6806b184-5728-4b00-81c5-33ecb8c6a7bb/Istvan+Bio.png Events - Winter Workshop: Micro Hymenoptera - Dr. István Miko Biography: István earned his master’s degree in Biology from Szeged University in 2001 and then earned his Ph.D. in environmental sciences in 2007, also from Szeged University. He is an evolutionary biologist and biodiversity researcher whose research is centered around insects. He is currently the manager of the UNH Collection of Insects and other Arthropods which houses about 700,000 pinned specimens. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-favreau-live-free-and-pollinate monthly 0.5 2023-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/19a1eeb7-7a45-4633-89cb-61ac479725e3/Shyloh+Favreau+Bio.png Events - MES Webinar Series: Live Free and Pollinate: An Investigation of Native Bees Across New Hampshire Apple Orchards by Shyloh Favreau - Shyloh Favreau serves as the Program Manager for the Food & Agriculture Team at the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension. In this capacity, he oversees the university's soil testing and insect identification service, providing crucial statewide program support for commercial growers. Recently, he has assumed responsibility for the university's tick education program. Simultaneously, Shyloh is pursuing his master's degree in UNH's Agroecology Lab and the UNH Collection of Insects and Other Arthropods, specializing in melittology—the study of wild bees. His specific focus lies on Andrena, a substantial genus of ground-nesting mining bees. This passion for bees originated during his undergraduate years at Marlboro College, VT, where he dedicated his senior thesis to exploring bee communities and habitat fragmentation. Shyloh's research seamlessly integrates his fascination with bee taxonomy and morphology with an appreciation for bees' pivotal role in agriculture. His goal is to complete his master's degree by the end of 2024, with aspirations to further his bee-related work through a Ph.D. program. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-light-pollution-owens monthly 0.5 2024-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/69aed247-9dae-46af-a977-6bbb9309fb1e/Owens_Avalon.jpg Events - MES Webinar Series: Light Pollution as a Driver of Insect Declines by Avalon Owens - Dr. Avalon C.S. Owens owenslab.org received her Ph.D. in Biology from Tufts University in spring 2022, where she studied the impact of artificial light on bioluminescent fireflies. She also holds a B.A. in Integrative Biology from Harvard University and an M.S. in Entomology from National Taiwan University. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-aquatic-insects-frohmberg monthly 0.5 2024-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1b972dd7-92aa-4c08-961c-dc1d64670dcf/Eric+Frohmberg+and+Selene+of+Maine.jpg Events - MES Webinar Series: Aquatic Insects, Lifestyle, Behavior and Fly Tying by Eric Frohmberg - Eric Frohmberg has been an amateur entomologist... well, he's one of those kids who never grew out of it. He has hosted a geeky podcast on aquatic entomology as it relates to fly fishing called Angler's Entomology Podcast. His professional life has focused on Public Health, working on exposures to Native Americans from above ground nuclear testing, closing of the Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, fish consumption advisories within the state, and housing safety around lead and asthma triggers. He now is the Director of the Chronic Disease Programs at the Maine CDC. He and mostly his lovely wife, Selene, also own a fly shop in Gardiner, ME, called Selene's Fly Shop, where they offer classes on fly fishing, fly tying and aquatic entomology. Photo: Eric Frohmberg (right) and Selene of Maine (left) sorting bees for the Maine Bumble Bee Atlas up on the Allagash. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-browntail-webs-groden monthly 0.5 2023-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/2e847462-1e0e-4f0a-97b3-22abfd383ef3/webinar-series-logo.png Events - MES Webinar Series: Browntail Moth Winter Webs - Their Winter Fortress or Achilles Heel? by Ellie Groden - Ellie Groden is currently Professor Emerita at UMaine, having worked as a Professor of Entomology for over 30+ years before retiring in the fall of 2019. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-leafminers-eiseman monthly 0.5 2023-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/56a36baf-f910-443c-850c-8d50628443f9/Charley+Eiseman+Bio.JPG Events - MES Webinar Series: Backyard Leafminers by Charley Eiseman - Charley Eiseman Charley Eiseman is a freelance naturalist based in western Massachusetts. He has been conducting plant and wildlife surveys and natural resource inventories throughout New England for over 20 years, as well as teaching courses and workshops on interpreting animal tracks and sign (both vertebrate and invertebrate). He holds an MS in Botany (Field Naturalist) from the University of Vermont and a BS in Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation and Management from the University of Massachusetts. Charley is the author of Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates (Stackpole Books, 2010), Leafminers of North America (self-published e-book, 2019; second edition, 2022), and an insect-themed blog called “BugTracks.” He has also published over 60 scientific papers on insect natural history, including the description of over 75 new species. http://charleyeiseman.com/ https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-insect-decline-drummond monthly 0.5 2023-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/20408c38-092f-4c3d-bcbf-c894efc68faa/Photo+-+Frank+Drummond.png Events - MES Webinar Series: Are Insects Declining in Maine? by Frank Drummond - Frank Drummond is professor emeritus of entomology and wild blueberry extension at the University of Maine. His training is in botany (B.S.), entomology (M.S.), and biology (PhD). At the age of 8 he began collecting insects and learning their taxonomy at a nearby nature preserve in Rhode Island. At age 12 he began keeping honey bees. As a graduate student and later as an entomolgy technician, he ran a part-time commercial beekeeping business with his partner, Ellie Groden. He has many interests and for the last 30 years he and his graduate students have worked in wild blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) researching least toxic approaches to insect pest management, including biological control; but he has also studied pollination ecology, and the biology, behavior, and conservation of native bees; biotic and abiotic stressors of honey bees; lowbush blueberry plant genetics; reproductive biology and cold tolerance of lowbush blueberry; and food safety microbiology in lowbush blueberry. Most of the time, he would just as soon spend a spring and summer day in a wild blueberry field watching bees than go to the beach...although camping and fishing have no equal. He is the 2018 University of Maine Distinguished Professor, having taught 29 different classes while at the University of Maine (including bee biology, honeybee management, mathematical and computer modeling, and statistics and quantitative ecology), secured $26,759,611 in research funding over his career (with several other colleagues), and has published 341 scientific articles. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-raymond-dancing-in-the-dark monthly 0.5 2023-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/95ff786b-aadb-48e2-9481-188ef1844747/Monique+Raymond+Bio.jpg Events - MES Webinar Series: Dancing in the Dark: Identification of Platygastrid Parasitoids for Use Against the Blueberry Gall Midge Complex by Monique Raymond - Monique Raymond Monique Raymond currently serves as a research technician at the University of New Hampshire Collection of Insects and Other Arthropods, where she will soon be defending her master's thesis. Her passion for entomology traces back to her early years, with memories of keeping caterpillars in her preschool cubby. This affinity persisted fueled by years of outdoor education and biological coursework. Monique's entomological journey gained valuable experience during her tenure as a collections technician at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu and as an assistant curator at the UNH Collection upon returning home. Her research focuses on the convergence of integrated pest management and taxonomy, with a specific interest in micromorphology, insect rearing, and integrative research methods. Looking ahead, Monique aspires to pursue a Ph.D. in entomology to further advance her career in this field. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-annual-meeting-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-07-31 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-inaturalist-rittmaster monthly 0.5 2023-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/c0b29cae-1614-4c71-a017-ee0585b6d825/Roger+Kelso+Dunes+Mohave+Nat%27l+Preserve+%28cropped%29.jpg Events - MES Webinar Series: iNaturalist - an engaging app for amateur and professional naturalists by Dr. Roger Rittmaster - Dr. Roger Rittmaster is a retired endocrinologist and an avid nature photographer, focusing on insects. He moved to Maine twelve years ago to pursue his hobbies (nature photography, land conservation, woodworking and tennis). Shortly after moving to Maine, he authored the book, “Butterflies Up Close – a guide to butterfly photography”. Roger is the MES Vice-President, a Maine Master Naturalist, former chair of the Camden Conservation Commission, and a member of the Board of Coastal Mountains Land Trust. He has been an MES member since moving to Maine from North Carolina in 2011. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-maine-blueberry-insects-fanning monthly 0.5 2023-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1680523602026-YR4A1MIPSSZ7CXVSDT1V/DSC05848.jpeg Events - MES Webinar Series: Insects of Maine's Wild Blueberry by Dr. Philip Fanning - Dr. Philip Fanning is an Assistant Professor of Agricultural Entomology at the University of Maine. Growing up on his family's farm in Tipperary, Ireland, he developed his interest in entomology. At the University of Maine, his research lab focuses on studying the biology and ecology of insects in agroecosystems. This includes examining pests and beneficial insects in wild blueberries. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/maple-syrup-bugs-2023 monthly 0.5 2024-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1676657852844-2RLGJUSP6VTKLYU5M7IS/bucket+on+tree.JPG Events - Maple Syrup and Insect Collecting at Charlene Donahue’s Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1676657852756-J7K8W4YIOSZJQBZUY6DO/boiling+sap.JPG Events - Maple Syrup and Insect Collecting at Charlene Donahue’s Home https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-rove-beetles-chandler monthly 0.5 2023-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1676455608221-6K6STPZ153T2PIK5JHOK/Jan+Klimaszewski+%28right%29+and+DSC+%28to+left%29+Port+Renfrew%2C+Vancouver+Island+2022.jpeg Events - MES Webinar Series: The aleocharine beetles (Staphylinidae - rove beetles) of New Hampshire (and Maine) by Don Chandler - Dr. Chandler Don Chandler (left) and Jan Klimaszewski (right, Master Aleocharinae specialist) grew up in northern California (Red Bluff at the northernmost point of the Central Valley), and started collecting insects when he was seven or so. Both parents were entomologists, so all aspects of natural history investigations were supported. Attended UC Davis (BS in Entomology), University of Arizona (MS in Entomology, mentor Floyd Werner, Anthicid beetle specialist), and Ohio State (PhD in Entomology, Chuck Triplehorn (Tenebrionid beetle specialist). From there Dr Chandler worked for Bureau of Land Management in southeastern Arizona surveying the BLM lands for insects, then serving as the Entomologist for Butte County Mosquito Abatement District in Oroville CA ( actively collecting my specialty groups of beetles while ostensibly "surveying/identifying mosquitos"). and then as professor and curator of the insect collection at University of New Hampshire since 1981. There charged with building representation of the NH insect fauna for the collection, and did so through season-long surveys of the insects of various natural/unique areas around the state using several collection techniques, followed by a period of extensive and systematic collection of aquatic insects around the state. I have been involved with the MES since (I don't know when, 2006?) by participating in several bioblitzes and leading several Winter Workshops prior to the following bioblitzes. I also was a collaborator with Chris Majka and Charlene Donahue with the book "Checklist of the Beetles of Maine, USA", and with David Manski, Charlene Donahue, and Andrei Alyokhin produced the "Biodiversity of the Schoodic Peninsula: Results of the Insect and Arachnid Bioblitzes at the Schoodic District of Acadia National Park, Maine. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/a-writing-workshop-for-naturalists monthly 0.5 2023-04-11 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-swallowwort-biocontrol-hypena-opulenta monthly 0.5 2023-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/6d60a51c-24b0-451b-9f23-6997c653ca2a/IMG_2260+%281%29.jpg Events - MES Webinar Series: Using Hypena opulenta to control Black Swallowwart in Harpswell, Maine by Michael Galli - Michael Galli earned a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Ecology and Environmental Sciences from the University of Maine, Orono. He has been working under Hillary Peterson at DACF over the summer collecting data on the Black swallow-wort biocontrol project. Michael began his entomology career collecting and identifying mosquitoes and ticks under the direction of Dr. Allison Gardner and Elissa Ballman at the University of Maine. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/2023-winter-workshop-morphology monthly 0.5 2023-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/6806b184-5728-4b00-81c5-33ecb8c6a7bb/Istvan+Bio.png Events - 2023 Winter Workshop: Insect Morphology - Join us for the 2023 Winter Workshop on insect morphology. This in-person workshop will feature our keynote guest and organizer, Istvan Miko, and his students who will present. View a PDF of the agenda here. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-wasps-lund-2022 monthly 0.5 2023-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/8ae0a58c-9955-42d7-851b-c5e3bf45d76f/OK.TellMeJen.jpg Events - MES Webinar Series: Wasps: Misunderstood and Important by Jennifer Lund - Jennifer Lund is the State Apiarist with the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry. She received her Master’s degree in Entomology from the University of Maine and has over 20 years of entomological experience. Aside from managing the honeybee inspection program and helping Maine beekeepers, Jennifer has several of her own hives she maintains on her farm in Argyle Township, Maine. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/our-freshwater-heritage-dave-courtemanch monthly 0.5 2022-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1643279387093-LHX40HFFH5N0IEOQWYX4/DC+at+BSP.jpeg Events - MES Webinar Series: Our Freshwater Heritage: Maine Aquatic Biodiversity Project by Dave Courtemanch - Dave Courtemanch spent much of his career with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, progressing from aquatic biologist to Director of Environmental Assessment. In the latter role, he had responsibility for monitoring Maine’s waters and development of the state’s water quality standards. A primary focus of his work has been the establishment of biologically-based water quality standards and assessment techniques. Presently Dave works for The Nature Conservancy as Freshwater Science and Policy Analyst. At TNC he is engaged in a variety of water-related conservation projects in Maine, U.S., and internationally. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/vassalboro-preserve-2022 monthly 0.5 2023-09-06 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-annual-meeting-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-02-01 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/2022-freeport-florida-lake monthly 0.5 2022-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1662228909454-L77NH8C489L45PNWH4I2/IMG_0693.JPG Events - Florida Field Trip! - Freeport https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1662228909514-PR618QL3FURWQT4BB0IY/IMG_0705.JPG Events - Florida Field Trip! - Freeport https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1662228909903-RZFAH1FPYBR26SBNMDC9/IMG_0708.JPG Events - Florida Field Trip! - Freeport https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/bees-and-field-day monthly 0.5 2022-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/3caa039d-d571-4405-be49-98b0d76220c6/Charlene+holding+frame.jpeg Events - Honey Bees and Field Day in Whitefield (Lincoln County) - Make it stand out Charlene holding a hive frame! https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/coastal-land-trust-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/a1a90842-9dd0-4144-bf4a-9c4f9e043b2a/HeadofTideCMLT_TrailGuide2017.jpg Events - Field Day - Coastal Mountains Land Trust (Belfast) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/sousa-preserve-burnham-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-02-01 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/ringed-boghaunter-at-waterboro-barrens-2022 monthly 0.5 2022-05-20 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-ticks-ballman monthly 0.5 2022-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/a3f0ac59-64e7-4af1-ad62-3536a11d0d9e/PXL_20211108_163649924.jpeg Events - MES Webinar Series: Ticks in Maine: Behavior, Ecology, and Pathogens by Elissa Ballman - Elissa Ballman grew up in Texas where she received her bachelor of science in biology before moving to California to get her master of science in entomology. Her graduate research was on vibrational communication in insects and biological control. After realizing California was not for her, she fell in love with Maine's wilderness and settled here in the beautiful state of Maine. Elissa has spent the past 10 years working for the University of Maine studying invasive insects and pathogen vectors. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-25th-anniversary-celebration-at-viles-arboretum monthly 0.5 2022-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/deb51ba9-d989-47c1-bb5b-63eb702287e9/Maine+Entomological+Society+mock_+2.png Events - MES 25th Anniversary Celebration at Viles Arboretum - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/whitefield-lincoln-county-maple-syrup-and-insect-collecting-at-charlene-donahues-home monthly 0.5 2022-01-07 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/biosurveillance-colleen-teerling monthly 0.5 2022-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/6d02d910-f191-4f68-8895-20ed224382d8/Colleen+Teerling.jpeg Events - MES Webinar Series: Fun with Citizen Scientists - Biosurveillance for Emerald Ash Borer - Colleen Teerling is an entomologist with the Maine Forest Service. She has worked there for over 12 years and has worked with with emearld ash borer as well as other invasive species. Before that, she went to school in New Brunswick and British Columbia and got her Bachelors and Masters degrees. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/grasshoppers-brandon-woo monthly 0.5 2022-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/00ac8d09-a224-489d-89ba-205874e2bf38/Brandon+Woo.jpeg Events - MES Webinar Series: Grasshoppers of Maine: from the everyday to the extraordinary by Brandon Woo - Brandon Woo joined MES when he was quite young, and has developed a strong fascination in insect taxonomy and natural history due in large part to the MES field days and bioblitzes. While in high school he worked on a project involving the grasshoppers of Mozambique, where he further honed his interests in the insect order Orthoptera. He earned a B.S. from Cornell University in 2020 and is currently pursuing a PhD at Texas A&M University, focusing on pygmy mole cricket systematics. He contributes actively to citizen/community science websites such as BugGuide and iNaturalist - if you've posted a photo of a grasshopper to either of those websites, it's likely that he has seen your photo! Although his main focus is on grasshoppers and crickets, he considers himself an all-around naturalist and is interested in any and all taxonomic groups, from birds to plants. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/2022-winter-workshop monthly 0.5 2023-01-02 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/tagging-monarchs-at-fields-pond monthly 0.5 2022-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/07f253f5-fd9e-4016-82ac-bd464d3c48ec/WesleyHutchins.jpeg Events - MES Webinar Series: Tagging Monarchs at Fields Pond by Wesley Hutchins - Wesley Hutchins is a sophomore student from UMaine at Orono. He has been working on this project under Dr. Amber Roth from the university. His major is wildlife ecology and he has had a passion for wildlife of all varieties his whole life, with a special focus on insects. Learn more about Wesley’s project which was supported by MES at the MES blog here. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/aphids-in-the-time-of-global-change monthly 0.5 2021-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/649da5a8-9454-431c-a338-1d8cea08789f/AndreiAlyhokin_Webinar.jpg Events - MES Webinar Series: Aphids in the Time of Global Change By Andrei Alyokhin - Dr. Andrei Alyokhin eceived B.S. degree in Education in Biology and Chemistry from Moscow Pedagogical State University in Moscow, Russia. He then completed a Ph.D. in Entomology at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, advised by Dr. David Ferro. After doing post-doctoral work at the University of Hawaii under the supervision of Dr. Russell Messing, he joined faculty at the University of Maine in January of 2001 as an Assistant Professor of Applied Entomology. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-tiger-beetles monthly 0.5 2021-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1633606012665-VQZAEFQR1W6S1GRMUJP5/Screen+Shot+2021-10-07+at+7.26.35+AM.png Events - MES Webinar Series: Tiger Beetles: The Often Colorful "Butterfies" of the Beetle World By Bob Nelson - Bob Nelson earned his B.A. and M.S. degrees in geology, and his Ph.D. in an individually structured program in "Multidisciplinary Quaternary Paleoecology." In this latter, he developed skills in reconstructing past environments from the pollen, seeds, and insect remains found in sediments. He began collecting Coleoptera in 1979, to provide a reference collection to assist in identifying the disarticulated fragments in the sediments. He discovered over a dozen species new to science while collecting in California, Washington State, and Alaska, two of which (Oxypoda nelsoni Lohse and Micropeplus nelsoni Campbell) are now named for him. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-pitcher-plant-fly-in-carnivorous-plants monthly 0.5 2021-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1619355821313-QJBC5IAAS7KBN0X1YEVZ/Peter+Kann+pitcher+plant+flies.jpeg Events - MES Webinar Series: "Living on the Edge: a look into the evolutionary history of the pitcher plant fly and other arthropods that make their homes in carnivorous plants" by Peter Kann - Peter Kann is currently a master's student at East Carolina University with Dr. Trip Lamb studying coevolutionary patterns between insects and carnivorous plants. A lifelong aficionado of insects and a recent boarder of the botanical bandwagon, he loves his research and the opportunities that it brings to visit unique ecosystems across the country. Through the course of this study he has been able to visit over 60 localities in 14 states, including the beautiful bogs in Maine. Insects and other small organisms are so often overlooked, but are vital to our ecosystem and lead interesting, dramatic lives. Peter hopes to use his research and photography to help tell these stories and increase awareness of these fascinating animals. When not out in the field, Peter enjoys adding to his pinned insect collection and spending time with his girlfriend (also a biologist, a doctoral student studying freshwater trematodes) and their many pets. Living in their apartment are a cat, several species of poison frog, millipedes, beetles, and spiders, to name a few. When you love your work it's hard not to bring it home with you! https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/2021-hirundo-wildlife-refuge monthly 0.5 2021-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1618570234463-3FKYFBVZB5SWWC7IS0KQ/HirundoWildlifeRefugee.jpeg Events - Field Day at Hirundo Wildlife Refuge, Old Town (Penobscot County) Photo from wikimedia commons. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/2021-fields-pond-holden monthly 0.5 2021-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1618569004602-ZL4R2XSVGY9W1PDTQCO5/Fields+Pond+Crystal+Kane+credit+online.jpeg Events - Field Day at Field's Pond, Holden (Penobscot County) Photo by Crystal Kane on alltrails.com https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/2021vilesarboretum monthly 0.5 2021-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1618568594493-D3LQ98NM3O771UV9JVCB/KateWilcox+MES++Viles+Arboretum.jpeg Events - Field Day: Viles Arboretum, Augusta (Kennebec County) Photo of MES members Hillary Peterson and Dana Michaud at Viles Arboretum in 2020. Photo by MES member Kate Wilcox. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/2021mothnight monthly 0.5 2021-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1618568164692-ZSAE86B8X4MGMWU5TFXK/original.jpeg Events - Moth Night in Dresden (Lincoln County) Photo of Apotomis sp. by MES Member Roger Rittmaster https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/2021streamfieldtrip monthly 0.5 2022-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1619866664550-3NXGU8N7242X8EZHY0OC/Screen+Shot+2021-05-01+at+6.57.16+AM.png Events - Field Day, Stream Team Training and Williamsonia Boghaunter Training in Bridgeton (Cumberland County) Map from Lakes Environmental Association https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-annual-meeting monthly 0.5 2022-01-07 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/field-trip-albert-j-sousa-preserve monthly 0.5 2021-08-05 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-toxic-nectar monthly 0.5 2021-01-12 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-ringed-boghaunter monthly 0.5 2021-04-03 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-north-american-hover-fly-scott-clem monthly 0.5 2021-04-02 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/insect-photography-roger-rittmaster monthly 0.5 2021-02-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1609951744413-DA6HMPWJFR8K7CIUNU87/Roger+Rittmaster+photo+2.jpg Events - MES Webinar Series: “How to shoot insects ... with a camera” by Roger Rittmaster - Roger Rittmaster is a retired endocrinologist and an avid nature photographer. He moved to Maine ten years ago to pursue his hobbies (natural history, woodworking and tennis). Shortly after moving to Maine, he authored the book, “Butterflies Up Close – a guide to butterfly photography”. Roger is a Maine Master Naturalist, former chair of the Camden Conservation Commission, and serves on the Board of Coastal Mountains Land Trust. When asked about what areas of natural history interest him the most, he replied, “Anything that has DNA”. https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/mes-webinar-series-pollinator-gardening monthly 0.5 2020-12-06 https://www.maineentosociety.org/events/free-compost-workshop-tstl7 monthly 0.5 2020-12-06 https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive daily 0.75 2026-03-28 https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/microscopes-peterson monthly 0.5 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1604844881450-QK9XXCFNMO173RNAF2OA/Hillary%2BPeterson%2BPic%2BLightened.jpg Webinar Archive - Buying a Microscope Without Losing Your Mind (or Your Money) by Hillary Morin Peterson - Hillary Peterson is a Brunswick, Maine native who earned her B.S. in Biology with a concentration in Ecology from the University of Maine in 2015, and her Ph.D. in Entomology in 2020 from Penn State University. Hillary currently serves as the President of the Maine Entomological Society and works as the IPM Specialist at the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. While a student at UMaine, she had the opportunity to work in two entomology labs and worked with honey bee biology, and with invasive insects in both blueberries (spotted winged drosophila) and in Maine forests (winter moth). She is very passionate about insect biodiversity, and had the opportunity before starting graduate school to intern with Robert Kula at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. (after meeting Dr. Kula at the M.E.S. BioBlitz in 2015), where she learned how to properly classify a new species of wasp (Ormocerus dirigoius). She was able to combine her interests of working in fruit and in forests with invasive species and biodiversity during her Ph.D., where she studied egg parasitoids and predators of the invasive brown marmorated stink bug in tree fruit. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/biocontrol-teerling monthly 0.5 2026-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1651233003971-8TK8WTBOVKNTS28XKNKM/Colleen%2BTeerling.jpeg Webinar Archive - Insects are our Allies: Biological Control in Maine by Colleen Teerling - Colleen Teerling is an entomologist with the Maine Forest Service. She got her education at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia and the University of New Brunswick. She has been working with the Maine Forest Service for about 17 years, and much of her work has been with invasive insects, with biological control being an important part of that. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/boghaunter-e-dna-teye monthly 0.5 2026-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1641559589651-LXWX6RZZP2TOMTLPLS5Y/Bio%2BPIC%2BCOMING%2BSOON.jpg Webinar Archive - Environmental DNA (eDNA) Application to the Threatened Ringed Boghaunter (Williamsonia lintneri) by Christiana Teye - Christiana Teye is a young researcher working at the intersection of eDNA and invertebrate ecology, with a growing focus on using molecular tools to understand species presence and environmental change. She brings experience in fieldwork, lab techniques, and data analysis to projects that connect science with conservation. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/novice-insect-id-rittmaster monthly 0.5 2026-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/6fb4a18a-ab06-482d-8f88-6b4fea87e3b1/Roger+Kelso+Dunes+Mohave+Nat%27l+Preserve+%28cropped%29+%281%29.jpg Webinar Archive - Insect Identification for Novices by Roger Rittmaster - Dr. Roger Rittmaster is a retired endocrinologist and an avid nature photographer, focusing on insects. He moved to Maine twelve years ago to pursue his hobbies (nature photography, land conservation, woodworking and tennis). Shortly after moving to Maine, he authored the book, “Butterflies Up Close – a guide to butterfly photography”. Roger is a Maine Master Naturalist, and former MES Vice-President, Chair of the Camden Conservation Commission and Member of the Board of Coastal Mountains Land Trust. He has been an MES member since moving to Maine from North Carolina in 2011. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/monarch-conservation-slegona monthly 0.5 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/124d4dc4-5f56-4b23-9950-153467def1c2/Trenton+milkweed+class.JPG Webinar Archive - Monarch Conservation by Cyrene Slegona - Cyrene Slegona (MS Ed.) is a lifelong butterfly enthusiast with a focus on Danaus plexippus, Monarch butterflies. As a classroom teacher she introduced her students to entomology (antlions/doodlebugs, dragonflies and Monarchs) and worked with Monarch Watch early on to engage students in the mystery of the journey of Monarchs from Mexico to Maine and the yearly migration in the fall. She continues to share her obsession with Monarchs, on going research and beauty of the species through workshops and community courses. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/avian-insectivores-parker monthly 0.5 2025-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/784f3b56-5418-47e1-8ed2-5943c3b0bbc4/357080266_10159643651392400_3955269813358599355_n+%282%29.jpg Webinar Archive - Maine's Avian Aerial Insectivores by Logan Parker - Logan Parker is an ecologist with MNHO and the director of the Maine Nightjar Monitoring Project, a multifaceted research effort started in 2017 focused on Maine's whip-poor-wills and nighthawks. In 2020, he co-founded the Global Nightjar Network to support international collaboration among nightjar researchers and enthusiasts. Previously, he served as the lead technician for Maine's second bird atlas (2018-2022), coordinating many, and participating in each, of the project’s “special species'' and priority habitat surveys including alpine, wetland, and nocturnal bird surveys. Logan resides with his family in Waldo county where he enjoys birding, photography, writing, woodworking, and gardening. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/insect-fungal-interactions-annis monthly 0.5 2025-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/98a5d13d-fb5d-497a-9b12-e3714df1b24e/seanna_annis-150x150.jpeg Webinar Archive - Insect/Fungal Interactions: Good and Bad by Seanna Annis - Seanna Annis is a Professor of Mycology and a member of Cooperative Extension at University of Maine. She has studied fungi for 40years and taught a mycology course for 25 years. She has collaborated with Ellie Groden and other colleagues on fungi that attack Colorado Potato Beetles, Brown Tail Moth larvae and Fire Ants in Maine. She mainly studies fungal pathogens of wild blueberries but loves all fungal pathogens. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/dragonfly-mercury-project-nelson monthly 0.5 2025-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/02fb0426-c8e4-4e63-bb6a-9c985b315656/XP-905+Appalachian+Mountain+Club+PHOTO+%232.JPG Webinar Archive - The Dragonfly Mercury Project: From Maine to the National and International Stage by Sarah Nelson - Sarah Nelson is the Director of Research at the Appalachian Mountain Club. Prior to AMC, she was at the University of Maine for 21 years, most recently as an Associate Research Professor in the School of Forest Resources and also as Director of the Program in Ecology and Environmental Sciences. Her research focuses on understanding the effects of atmospheric pollution and climate change on forests, foodwebs, and freshwaters in remote and protected ecosystems. Current research includes geochemistry in lakes, climate change with a focus on changing winters, and mercury contamination, using approaches including long-term monitoring, biosentinels, and citizen/community science. Research sites include remote or protected lands, including long-term sites across Maine, mountain ponds in the Northeast, and national parks around the U.S. One of her signature programs is the Dragonfly Mercury Project (DMP), which engages citizen scientists in collection of dragonfly larvae for mercury analysis in national parks, allowing for national-scale assessment of this neurotoxic pollutant. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/sublethal-pesticide-staples monthly 0.5 2024-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1732556829690-V7XE3B2RXEJ1PHMZTPRP/Joe+Staples.jpg Webinar Archive - Sublethal Pesticide Exposure and Its Effects on Insect Behavior and Respiratory Function by Joe Staples - Dr. Joseph K. Staples is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at the University of Southern Maine, where his wide-ranging interests in entomology, environmental science, and chemical ecology converge. Growing up in Whitefield, Maine, in the 70s and 80s, Dr. Staples has always been fascinated by the natural world. After a stint in the Army, he studied environmental forest biology and insect chemical ecology at the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) in Syracuse, before going on to receive a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from Illinois State University. Today, Dr. Staples' research focuses on how environmental stressors like climate change and pollution impact insect physiology, behavior, and ecology. A self-described tinkerer, he enjoys developing new methods and technologies to monitor and measure the natural world, reflecting his hands-on approach to both teaching and research. At USM, Dr. Staples and his graduate students investigate the effects of pesticides and habitat changes on insect species. Current projects range from exploring how permethrin exposure influences predator-prey interactions in Culex pipiens larvae to studying oviposition behavior in mosquitoes, and more recently, examining the physiological effects of sublethal doses of imidacloprid on the flesh fly, Sarcophaga bullata. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/eagle-hill-lotze-rittmaster monthly 0.5 2024-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/8c62c735-9be9-4057-a86d-5f2a29a60961/Joerg+Lotze+photo.jpg Webinar Archive - Eagle Hill Institute: Maine’s Natural History Gem by Roger Rittmaster with Joerg Lotze - Joerg Lotze Bio Coming Soon. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/owens-light-pollution monthly 0.5 2024-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/69aed247-9dae-46af-a977-6bbb9309fb1e/Owens_Avalon.jpg Webinar Archive - Light Pollution as a Driver of Insect Declines by Avalon Owens - Avalon Owens Dr. Avalon C.S. Owens owenslab.org received her Ph.D. in Biology from Tufts University in spring 2022, where she studied the impact of artificial light on bioluminescent fireflies. She also holds a B.A. in Integrative Biology from Harvard University and an M.S. in Entomology from National Taiwan University. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/frohmberg-aquatic-insects monthly 0.5 2024-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1b972dd7-92aa-4c08-961c-dc1d64670dcf/Eric+Frohmberg+and+Selene+of+Maine.jpg Webinar Archive - Aquatic Insects, Lifestyle, Behavior and Fly Tying by Eric Frohmberg - Eric Frohmberg has been an amateur entomologist... well, he's one of those kids who never grew out of it. He has hosted a geeky podcast on aquatic entomology as it relates to fly fishing called Angler's Entomology Podcast. His professional life has focused on Public Health, working on exposures to Native Americans from above ground nuclear testing, closing of the Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, fish consumption advisories within the state, and housing safety around lead and asthma triggers. He now is the Director of the Chronic Disease Programs at the Maine CDC. He and mostly his lovely wife, Selene, also own a fly shop in Gardiner, ME, called Selene's Fly Shop, where they offer classes on fly fishing, fly tying and aquatic entomology. Photo: Eric Frohmberg (right) and Selene of Maine (left) sorting bees for the Maine Bumble Bee Atlas up on the Allagash. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/favreau-native-bees monthly 0.5 2024-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/19a1eeb7-7a45-4633-89cb-61ac479725e3/Shyloh+Favreau+Bio.png Webinar Archive - Live Free and Pollinate: An Investigation of Native Bees Across New Hampshire Apple Orchards by Shyloh Favreau - Shyloh Favreau serves as the Program Manager for the Food & Agriculture Team at the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension. In this capacity, he oversees the university's soil testing and insect identification service, providing crucial statewide program support for commercial growers. Recently, he has assumed responsibility for the university's tick education program. Simultaneously, Shyloh is pursuing his master's degree in UNH's Agroecology Lab and the UNH Collection of Insects and Other Arthropods, specializing in melittology—the study of wild bees. His specific focus lies on Andrena, a substantial genus of ground-nesting mining bees. This passion for bees originated during his undergraduate years at Marlboro College, VT, where he dedicated his senior thesis to exploring bee communities and habitat fragmentation. Shyloh's research seamlessly integrates his fascination with bee taxonomy and morphology with an appreciation for bees' pivotal role in agriculture. His goal is to complete his master's degree by the end of 2024, with aspirations to further his bee-related work through a Ph.D. program. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/groden-browntail-webs monthly 0.5 2024-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1641559589651-LXWX6RZZP2TOMTLPLS5Y/Bio%2BPIC%2BCOMING%2BSOON.jpg Webinar Archive - Browntail Moth Winter Webs - Their Winter Fortress or Achilles Heel? by Ellie Groden - Ellie Groden is currently Professor Emerita at UMaine, having worked as a Professor of Entomology for over 30+ years before retiring in the fall of 2019. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/eiseman-leafminers monthly 0.5 2024-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/56a36baf-f910-443c-850c-8d50628443f9/Charley+Eiseman+Bio.JPG Webinar Archive - Backyard Leafminers by Charley Eiseman - Charley Eiseman http://charleyeiseman.com/ Charley Eiseman is a freelance naturalist based in western Massachusetts. He has been conducting plant and wildlife surveys and natural resource inventories throughout New England for over 20 years, as well as teaching courses and workshops on interpreting animal tracks and sign (both vertebrate and invertebrate). He holds an MS in Botany (Field Naturalist) from the University of Vermont and a BS in Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation and Management from the University of Massachusetts. Charley is the author of Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates (Stackpole Books, 2010), Leafminers of North America (self-published e-book, 2019; second edition, 2022), and an insect-themed blog called “BugTracks.” He has also published over 60 scientific papers on insect natural history, including the description of over 75 new species. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/drummond-insect-decline monthly 0.5 2024-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/20408c38-092f-4c3d-bcbf-c894efc68faa/Photo+-+Frank+Drummond.png Webinar Archive - Are Insects Declining in Maine? by Frank Drummond - Frank Drummond is professor emeritus of entomology and wild blueberry extension at the University of Maine. His training is in botany (B.S.), entomology (M.S.), and biology (PhD). At the age of 8 he began collecting insects and learning their taxonomy at a nearby nature preserve in Rhode Island. At age 12 he began keeping honey bees. As a graduate student and later as an entomolgy technician, he ran a part-time commercial beekeeping business with his partner, Ellie Groden. He has many interests and for the last 30 years he and his graduate students have worked in wild blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) researching least toxic approaches to insect pest management, including biological control; but he has also studied pollination ecology, and the biology, behavior, and conservation of native bees; biotic and abiotic stressors of honey bees; lowbush blueberry plant genetics; reproductive biology and cold tolerance of lowbush blueberry; and food safety microbiology in lowbush blueberry. Most of the time, he would just as soon spend a spring and summer day in a wild blueberry field watching bees than go to the beach...although camping and fishing have no equal. He is the 2018 University of Maine Distinguished Professor, having taught 29 different classes while at the University of Maine (including bee biology, honeybee management, mathematical and computer modeling, and statistics and quantitative ecology), secured $26,759,611 in research funding over his career (with several other colleagues), and has published 341 scientific articles. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/raymond-platygastrids monthly 0.5 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/95ff786b-aadb-48e2-9481-188ef1844747/Monique+Raymond+Bio.jpg Webinar Archive - Dancing in the Dark: Identification of Platygastrid Parasitoids for Use Against the Blueberry Gall Midge Complex by Monique Raymond - Monique Raymond currently serves as a research technician at the University of New Hampshire Collection of Insects and Other Arthropods, where she will soon be defending her master's thesis. Her passion for entomology traces back to her early years, with memories of keeping caterpillars in her preschool cubby. This affinity persisted fueled by years of outdoor education and biological coursework. Monique's entomological journey gained valuable experience during her tenure as a collections technician at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu and as an assistant curator at the UNH Collection upon returning home. Her research focuses on the convergence of integrated pest management and taxonomy, with a specific interest in micromorphology, insect rearing, and integrative research methods. Looking ahead, Monique aspires to pursue a Ph.D. in entomology to further advance her career in this field. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/rittmaster-inaturalist monthly 0.5 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/6fb4a18a-ab06-482d-8f88-6b4fea87e3b1/Roger+Kelso+Dunes+Mohave+Nat%27l+Preserve+%28cropped%29+%281%29.jpg Webinar Archive - iNaturalist - An Engaging App for Amateur and Professional Naturalists by Dr. Roger Rittmaster - Dr. Roger Rittmaster is a retired endocrinologist and an avid nature photographer, focusing on insects. He moved to Maine twelve years ago to pursue his hobbies (nature photography, land conservation, woodworking and tennis). Shortly after moving to Maine, he authored the book, “Butterflies Up Close – a guide to butterfly photography”. Roger is the MES Vice-President, a Maine Master Naturalist, former chair of the Camden Conservation Commission, and a member of the Board of Coastal Mountains Land Trust. He has been an MES member since moving to Maine from North Carolina in 2011. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/fanning-blueberry-insects monthly 0.5 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1680523602026-YR4A1MIPSSZ7CXVSDT1V/DSC05848.jpeg Webinar Archive - Insects of Maine's Wild Blueberry by Dr. Philip Fanning - Dr. Philip Fanning is an Assistant Professor of Agricultural Entomology at the University of Maine. Growing up on his family's farm in Tipperary, Ireland, he developed his interest in entomology. At the University of Maine, his research lab focuses on studying the biology and ecology of insects in agroecosystems. This includes examining pests and beneficial insects in wild blueberries. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/chandler-rove-beetles monthly 0.5 2025-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1676455608221-6K6STPZ153T2PIK5JHOK/Jan+Klimaszewski+%28right%29+and+DSC+%28to+left%29+Port+Renfrew%2C+Vancouver+Island+2022.jpeg Webinar Archive - The Aleocharine Beetles (Staphylinidae - Rove Beetles) of New Hampshire (and Maine) by Don Chandler - Dr. Chandler Don Chandler (left) and Jan Klimaszewski (right, Master Aleocharinae specialist) grew up in northern California (Red Bluff at the northernmost point of the Central Valley), and started collecting insects when he was seven or so. Both parents were entomologists, so all aspects of natural history investigations were supported. Attended UC Davis (BS in Entomology), University of Arizona (MS in Entomology, mentor Floyd Werner, Anthicid beetle specialist), and Ohio State (PhD in Entomology, Chuck Triplehorn (Tenebrionid beetle specialist). From there Dr Chandler worked for Bureau of Land Management in southeastern Arizona surveying the BLM lands for insects, then serving as the Entomologist for Butte County Mosquito Abatement District in Oroville CA ( actively collecting my specialty groups of beetles while ostensibly "surveying/identifying mosquitos"). and then as professor and curator of the insect collection at University of New Hampshire since 1981. There charged with building representation of the NH insect fauna for the collection, and did so through season-long surveys of the insects of various natural/unique areas around the state using several collection techniques, followed by a period of extensive and systematic collection of aquatic insects around the state. I have been involved with the MES since (I don't know when, 2006?) by participating in several bioblitzes and leading several Winter Workshops prior to the following bioblitzes. I also was a collaborator with Chris Majka and Charlene Donahue with the book "Checklist of the Beetles of Maine, USA", and with David Manski, Charlene Donahue, and Andrei Alyokhin produced the "Biodiversity of the Schoodic Peninsula: Results of the Insect and Arachnid Bioblitzes at the Schoodic District of Acadia National Park, Maine. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/galli-hypena-opulenta monthly 0.5 2025-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/6d60a51c-24b0-451b-9f23-6997c653ca2a/IMG_2260+%281%29.jpg Webinar Archive - Using Hypena opulenta to Control Black Swallowwart in Harpswell, Maine by Michael Galli - Michael Galli earned a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Ecology and Environmental Sciences from the University of Maine, Orono. He has been working under Hillary Peterson at DACF over the summer collecting data on the Black swallow-wort biocontrol project. Michael began his entomology career collecting and identifying mosquitoes and ticks under the direction of Dr. Allison Gardner and Elissa Ballman at the University of Maine. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/lund-wasps monthly 0.5 2025-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/8ae0a58c-9955-42d7-851b-c5e3bf45d76f/OK.TellMeJen.jpg Webinar Archive - Wasps: Misunderstood and Important by Jennifer Lund - Jennifer Lund is the State Apiarist with the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry. She received her Master’s degree in Entomology from the University of Maine and has over 20 years of entomological experience. Aside from managing the honeybee inspection program and helping Maine beekeepers, Jennifer has several of her own hives she maintains on her farm in Argyle Township, Maine. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/ballman-ticks-maine monthly 0.5 2025-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/a3f0ac59-64e7-4af1-ad62-3536a11d0d9e/PXL_20211108_163649924.jpeg Webinar Archive - Ticks in Maine: Behavior, Ecology, and Pathogens by Elissa Ballman - Elissa Ballman grew up in Texas where she received her bachelor of science in biology before moving to California to get her master of science in entomology. Her graduate research was on vibrational communication in insects and biological control. After realizing California was not for her, she fell in love with Maine's wilderness and settled here in the beautiful state of Maine. Elissa has spent the past 10 years working for the University of Maine studying invasive insects and pathogen vectors. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/courtemanch-me-aquatic-biodiversity monthly 0.5 2025-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/1643279387093-LHX40HFFH5N0IEOQWYX4/DC+at+BSP.jpeg Webinar Archive - Our Freshwater Heritage: Maine Aquatic Biodiversity Project by Dave Courtemanch - Dave Courtemanch spent much of his career with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, progressing from aquatic biologist to Director of Environmental Assessment. In the latter role, he had responsibility for monitoring Maine’s waters and development of the state’s water quality standards. A primary focus of his work has been the establishment of biologically-based water quality standards and assessment techniques. Presently Dave works for The Nature Conservancy as Freshwater Science and Policy Analyst. At TNC he is engaged in a variety of water-related conservation projects in Maine, U.S., and internationally. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/woo-grasshoppers-of-maine monthly 0.5 2025-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/00ac8d09-a224-489d-89ba-205874e2bf38/Brandon+Woo.jpeg Webinar Archive - Grasshoppers of Maine: From the Everyday to the Extraordinary by Brandon Woo - Brandon Woo joined MES when he was quite young, and has developed a strong fascination in insect taxonomy and natural history due in large part to the MES field days and bioblitzes. While in high school he worked on a project involving the grasshoppers of Mozambique, where he further honed his interests in the insect order Orthoptera. He earned a B.S. from Cornell University in 2020 and is currently pursuing a PhD at Texas A&M University, focusing on pygmy mole cricket systematics. He contributes actively to citizen/community science websites such as BugGuide and iNaturalist - if you've posted a photo of a grasshopper to either of those websites, it's likely that he has seen your photo! Although his main focus is on grasshoppers and crickets, he considers himself an all-around naturalist and is interested in any and all taxonomic groups, from birds to plants. https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/teerling-eab-citizen-science monthly 0.5 2025-02-17 https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/hutchins-monarchs-tagging monthly 0.5 2025-01-14 https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/aphids-andrei-alyokhin monthly 0.5 2025-01-13 https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/tiger-beetles-bob-nelson monthly 0.5 2025-01-13 https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/evolutionary-history-of-the-pitcher-plant-fly monthly 0.5 2024-12-13 https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/the-ringed-boghaunter-williamsonia-lintneri-challenges-and-strategies-to-detect-and-protect-a-rare-dragonfly-in-maine monthly 0.5 2024-12-13 https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/examining-north-american-hover-fly-diptera-syrphidae-migration-using-stable-deuterium-isotopes-2h monthly 0.5 2024-11-29 https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/how-to-shoot-insects-with-a-camera-by-roger-rittmaster monthly 0.5 2024-11-29 https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/toxic-nectar-patty-jones monthly 0.5 2024-05-05 https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/whats-the-buzz-on-bees monthly 0.5 2024-03-27 https://www.maineentosociety.org/webinar-archive/an-update-on-spotted-lanternfly-research-and-its-impacts-in-the-eastern-us monthly 0.5 2024-03-27 https://www.maineentosociety.org/winter-workshop-agenda daily 0.75 2020-12-29 https://www.maineentosociety.org/winter-workshop-agenda/michael-blust monthly 0.5 2020-12-29 https://www.maineentosociety.org/winter-workshop-agenda/emily-l-sandall monthly 0.5 2020-12-29 https://www.maineentosociety.org/winter-workshop-agenda/phillip-demaynadier monthly 0.5 2020-12-29 https://www.maineentosociety.org/2022-winter-workshop-agenda daily 0.75 2021-12-27 https://www.maineentosociety.org/2022-winter-workshop-agenda/jeffrey-heilveil monthly 0.5 2021-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/77f51939-f1ac-4e00-93ff-5cceb0568261/JSH+headshot+Pixievision.jpeg 2022 Winter Workshop Agenda - Aquatic Insects: from intrinsic value to partners in conservation by Jeffrey Heilveil Jeff earned his undergraduate degree in Natural Resources and Ecology from the University of Michigan (I know, the "wrong" U of M) and then earned a MS and PhD in Entomology from the University of Illinois. His dissertation investigated how the saw-combed fishfly recolonized the eastern US after the last glacial retreat. Jeff then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at North Dakota State University, studying conservation genetics of the White Sands pupfish. Jeff is currently a Professor at the State University of New York, College at Oneonta, where he has been for the last 15 years; teaching courses in stream ecology, entomology and population genetics, mentoring undergraduates and graduates in research, spending 6 years as Chair of the Biology Department, and occasionally getting to do some research on his own. https://www.maineentosociety.org/2022-winter-workshop-agenda/hamish-greig monthly 0.5 2021-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fa748f91afe336e47349a72/6853fa9b-00f5-44bb-92cf-328b0d04766f/Hamish.jpeg 2022 Winter Workshop Agenda - Aquatic insect diversity in two of Maine’s rare and unique habitats: tidal freshwaters and river-side rock pools by Hamish Greig I am an Associate Professor of Stream Ecology in the School of Biology and Ecology at the University of Maine. I study how aquatic food webs respond to natural and human disturbances. I grew up in Christchurch New Zealand, where I spent my childhood fossicking around in streams for aquatic insects and trying to catch trout. I completed my BSc Honors degree in 2005 at the University of Canterbury with a senior project that investigated the impacts of introduced trout on caddisflies in forested streams. I remained at Canterbury for my PhD dissertation but was able to split my time between New Zealand’s Southern Alps and the Colorado Rockies studying insects in alpine ponds. I moved to the University of British Columbia for a postdoc at where I studied the impacts of climate change and eutrophication on pond ecosystems. I arrived in Maine in the summer of 2013 to take up my position as an Assistant Professor of Stream Ecology. 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