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	<title>Biodiversity in Focus Blog &#187; Diptera</title>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Dreaming of A #BlackFlyDay</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2015/11/27/im-dreaming-of-a-blackflyday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2015 14:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diptera]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Biting Fly]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Thanksgiving not only marks the beginning of left-over turkey sandwich season, but has also come to represent the official start of the Holiday Season™. Traditionally rung in with the rampant purchasing of sale-priced items, the beginning of Holiday Season™ is now celebrated instead with Black Fly Day. This year, in preparation for ugly sweater parties <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2015/11/27/im-dreaming-of-a-blackflyday/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Mystery of the Unexplainable Life History</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2015/09/29/the-mystery-of-the-unexplainable-life-history/</link>
		<comments>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2015/09/29/the-mystery-of-the-unexplainable-life-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2015 12:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cool Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diptera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parasitoidism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarcophagidae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scorpion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What makes a good mystery? Well, usually a death is involved, there&#8217;s an unexpected plot twist along the way, and undoubtedly a shadowy figure no one expects ends up playing a central role. Toss in a few scorpions, a handful of maggots, and a dead body and you&#8217;re well on your way to a New <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2015/09/29/the-mystery-of-the-unexplainable-life-history/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Home on the Range in the 21st Century</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2015/06/24/home-on-the-range-in-the-21st-century/</link>
		<comments>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2015/06/24/home-on-the-range-in-the-21st-century/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2015 22:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Diptera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ceratopogonidae]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mammal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Entomology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vector]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam, Where the deer and the antelope play, Where seldom is heard a discouraging word, And the skies are not cloudy all day. When it comes to evocative imagery of North American landscapes, perhaps no other song brings nature to life like Home on the Range. Sung <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2015/06/24/home-on-the-range-in-the-21st-century/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s really pollen their weight: Bees, or Flies?</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2015/04/22/whos-really-pollen-their-weight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2015/04/22/whos-really-pollen-their-weight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2015 05:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diptera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Publication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Important]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pollination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to pollination ecology research, bees are their own knees. Along with butterflies, birds, and bats, bees reign supreme as the queens of pollinator studies, with huge amounts of money and time spent each year trying to understand everything about their biology, from how they choose which flowers to visit, to the structure <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2015/04/22/whos-really-pollen-their-weight/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Black Fly Day? How about Cyto Monday!</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/11/28/black-fly-day-how-about-cyto-monday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/11/28/black-fly-day-how-about-cyto-monday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2014 07:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cool Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diptera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxonomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Fly]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cytology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simuliidae]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When identifying insects, the further you want to identify them, generally the smaller the morphological characteristics you need to look for are. For instance, to recognize the taxonomic order Diptera, you need only count the number of pairs of wings an insect has (usually&#8230;), but to identify a fly to species, you may need to <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/11/28/black-fly-day-how-about-cyto-monday/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jurassic World Job Ad: Entomologist Wanted</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/11/25/jurassic-world-job-ad-entomologist-wanted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/11/25/jurassic-world-job-ad-entomologist-wanted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2014 20:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diptera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pop Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Culicidae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dinosaur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxonomy Fail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tipulidae]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The trailer for Jurassic World, the latest instalment in the Jurassic Park franchise, was released today, and well&#8230; see for yourself. While scientists have apparently figured out how to genetically modify dinosaurs (which I thought was the entire premise of the original when they spliced frog DNA into ancient Dino DNA, but whatever, GM-OH NOES!), they <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/11/25/jurassic-world-job-ad-entomologist-wanted/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Two new flies to die for. Or not.</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/10/14/two-new-flies-to-die-for-or-not/</link>
		<comments>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/10/14/two-new-flies-to-die-for-or-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2014 03:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diptera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxonomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[To Know A Fly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Costa Rica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Millipede]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Myriapoda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Species]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phoridae]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cyanide: poison of choice for jilted lovers, mystery writers, and entomologists alike. But we&#8217;re not the only ones to employ this potent potable in our chemical arsenal; polydesmid millipedes have been defending themselves with cyanogenic compounds for millions of years. Of course, when one organism figures out a new way to protect itself using something <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/10/14/two-new-flies-to-die-for-or-not/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Adventure Time Awaits</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/08/05/adventure-time-awaits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2014 05:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diptera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entomology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life as a Grad Student]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trip Report]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a busy couple of weeks for me since my qualifying exams. I&#8217;ve travelled up to Ottawa a few times to work with my co-advisor and gather a big, new DNA dataset, I&#8217;ve put my Google-fu and Google Translate skills to the test, and I&#8217;ve learned how spoiled I am by the ease of <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/08/05/adventure-time-awaits/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Taxonomic Activity on Taxonomist Appreciation Day</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/03/20/taxonomy-activity-on-taxonomist-appreciation-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/03/20/taxonomy-activity-on-taxonomist-appreciation-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2014 05:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Taxonomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[To Know A Fly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copepoda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dinosaur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diptera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hemiptera]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nomenclature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phasmatodea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plecoptera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reptile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snake]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trematoda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yeast]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Taxonomist Appreciation Day has just come to a close where I am, and it was a lot of fun to see so many people express their thanks for the work that taxonomists do. I highly recommend browsing through the hashtag #LoveYourTaxonomist on Twitter, and seeing what people had to say. I thought it might be <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/03/20/taxonomy-activity-on-taxonomist-appreciation-day/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Winter Buglympics 2014 &#8211; Cross-Country Skiing</title>
		<link>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/02/12/winter-buglympics-2014-cross-country-skiing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/02/12/winter-buglympics-2014-cross-country-skiing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2014 06:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fun Stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pop Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buglympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diptera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Limoniidae]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tipulidae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here in Canada, cross-country skiing is a favourite winter pastime, with people eagerly awaiting the first snow by waxing their skis and stocking up on hot chocolate for after their trek through the wilderness. The Norwegians however, have shown this week that cross-country skiing is their sport at the moment, having taken home 8 medals <a href='http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/02/12/winter-buglympics-2014-cross-country-skiing/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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