Just wanted to highlight an introductory workshop on insect macro photography that I’ll be giving with Dave K.B. Cheung at Wings of Paradise butterfly conservatory in Cambridge Ont. This 35 minute presentation will touch on the basics of macro photography, from equipment to technique, and we’ll follow it up with hands on training in the conservatory! If you’re in the area March 7th and would like to learn more about insect photography please join us for a morning of shooting and teaching! There is limited seating available, so make sure to RSVP by emailing Dave early!

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I think from now on I’ll stop forecasting when my next blog post will be as I don’t seem to be hitting many deadlines! Although slightly delayed, today I’ll be sharing some of the more “cuddly” creatures that we encountered during our 2 weeks in the Bolivian Amazon.

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Well, it’s time for the world’s greatest sporting event to begin, and this year it’s Canada’s time to shine! I figured that this year I’d show my support and patriotism through some creative insect editing! Stay tuned throughout the course of the Olympic games to find some of the smallest competitors! But first, a shout out to the fans who stand behind the athletes and cheer them on!

Photoshopped Xylomiid fly wearing Olympic mittens

Good luck to all the athletes competing this year, and lets hope that the remainder of the games will be safe for all the competitors after today’s tragic accident.

I offer my sincerest condolences to Nodar Kumaritashvili’s family, friends, and teammates.

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Shit happens, and as a dipterist who studies dung-feeding flies, it keeps me in business! But its not just micropezids that come into brown gold, many different families show up for the cheap, stinky meal!

Tanypezidae fly sitting on a leaf in Bolivia

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Well, this post was originally supposed to be finished for Friday, but here we are and it’s already Monday!

Today I’ll be showing some of the lower flies from my trip to Bolivia in spring 2007.

Cyphomyia sp. on a leaf in Amazonian Bolivia

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Bolivian bees being baited, walking with wasps, and ants all around! Hypnotizing Hymenoptera!

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Beetles are certainly not my forté, but it’s hard to pass one by when everything you see in the Bolivian Amazon is new to you!

Remember you can view the photos larger by clicking on them!

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Ever wonder what species of Pseudoscorpions are running around under your desk? Wonder what a Pseudoscorpion even is? Check out the latest edition of the Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification (CJAI) to find out!

And to celebrate a paper on Pseudoscorpions, here’s a photo of a Pseudoscorpion on Paper!

Pseudoscorpion on Paper

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2 B of course, Bolivian Bugs! Enjoy today’s Bolivian entofauna and remember to click an image to view it larger!

Cicadellidae Bolivia Leaf Hopper

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Now that winter has truly set in here in Guelph, I figured I’d escape into the archives and share some photos I took while in Peru and Bolivia on the UofG Field Entomology course in the spring of 2007! This was really my first trip out of Canada and I certainly had a blast! We spent two weeks deep in the Amazon, literally on the border between Peru and Bolivia, in untouched tropical rainforest, with insects, birds and mammals everywhere you look and great food to come back to. Who wouldn’t want to be there! Continue reading »

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