{"id":2807,"date":"2013-05-17T23:03:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T03:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/?p=2807"},"modified":"2013-05-17T23:07:40","modified_gmt":"2013-05-18T03:07:40","slug":"jewel-beetle-field-guide-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/17\/jewel-beetle-field-guide-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewel Beetle Field Guide Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/17\/jewel-beetle-field-guide-update\/field-guide-to-the-jewel-beetles-of-ne-na\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2825\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2825\" alt=\"Field Guide to the Jewel Beetles of NE NA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Field-Guide-to-the-Jewel-Beetles-of-NE-NA20130513.jpg\" width=\"455\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Field-Guide-to-the-Jewel-Beetles-of-NE-NA20130513.jpg 455w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Field-Guide-to-the-Jewel-Beetles-of-NE-NA20130513-350x500.jpg 350w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Field-Guide-to-the-Jewel-Beetles-of-NE-NA20130513-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Good news! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/06\/field-guide-to-the-jewel-beetles\/\" target=\"_blank\">Field Guide to the Jewel Beetles of Northeastern North America<\/a> is finally shipping! If you pre-ordered a copy of the book and you live in Canada, you should be receiving the book any day now (if you haven&#8217;t already). If you don&#8217;t live in Canada, don&#8217;t worry, we haven&#8217;t forgotten about you. To make sure that all Canadian orders are filled (including those in forestry research departments and industry), international shipments are being held back a couple of weeks, but should begin shipping by early June.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to thank everyone who has helped spread the word about the book, especially <a href=\"http:\/\/beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com\/2012\/12\/06\/book-announcement-field-guide-to-the-jewel-beetles-coleoptera-buprestidae-of-northeastern-north-america\/\">Ted Macrae<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/insects.about.com\/b\/2012\/12\/10\/free-jewel-beetle-field-guide.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Debbie Hadley<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wqed.org\/birdblog\/2012\/12\/11\/free-field-guide-to-jewel-beetles\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kate St. John<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/glendonmellow.blogspot.ca\/2012\/12\/field-guide-to-jewel-beetles-coleoptera.html\" target=\"_blank\">Glendon Mellow<\/a>\u00a0for blogging about the book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talkshoe.com\/talkshoe\/web\/talkCast.jsp?masterId=1028&amp;cmd=tc\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Shalaway<\/a> for plugging it on his radio show, and those of you who shared the book with your naturalists groups, email listservs and colleagues. Thanks to word-of-mouth and social media, more than 1,100 people placed pre-orders for more than 1,500 copies of the book, which will eventually end up all around the world!<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/fusiontables\/embedviz?viz=MAP&amp;q=select+col0+from+1CbLcU-9SJY9iV6gTRhWRP5Rf7S_hlERwPQBWe24&amp;h=false&amp;lat=39.071862356826905&amp;lng=-84.86860288175683&amp;z=4&amp;t=1&amp;l=col0&amp;y=2&amp;tmplt=2\" height=\"450\" width=\"650\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As you can see from the map, there&#8217;s a lot of books heading throughout the northeast! Hopefully this will translate into a greater understanding of jewel beetle biology and a lot more people able to identify and monitor invasive species like Emerald Ash Borer. With that in mind, let us know what you think of the guide, and feel free to pass along your favourite jewel beetle discoveries this summer.<\/p>\n<p>A few people have been showing off the newest addition to their natural history libraries; if you&#8217;d like to be included in the beetle hunter rogues gallery, email or tweet me a picture of you rocking the field guide.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2832\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/17\/jewel-beetle-field-guide-update\/glendon-mellow\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2832\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2832\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2832\" alt=\"Glendon Mellow (@FlyingTrilobite) showing off a special ScienceOnline signed copy.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Glendon-Mellow-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Glendon-Mellow-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Glendon-Mellow-500x375.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Glendon-Mellow-700x525.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Glendon-Mellow.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2832\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glendon Mellow (@FlyingTrilobite) showing off a special ScienceOnline signed copy.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2833\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/17\/jewel-beetle-field-guide-update\/bug-girl\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2833\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2833\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2833\" alt=\"ERMAHGERD! BERG GERL!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bug-Girl-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bug-Girl-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bug-Girl.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ERMAHGERD! BERG GERL! (@bug_girl)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2834\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/17\/jewel-beetle-field-guide-update\/bark-lake-leadership-centre\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2834\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2834\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2834\" alt=\"The Bark Lake Leadership Centre is gearing up for a fun-filled summer\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bark-Lake-Leadership-Centre-300x279.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bark-Lake-Leadership-Centre-300x279.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bark-Lake-Leadership-Centre-500x466.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bark-Lake-Leadership-Centre.jpg 618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2834\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bark Lake Leadership Centre (@BarkLakeLC) is gearing up for a fun-filled summer<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2835\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/17\/jewel-beetle-field-guide-update\/miles-winnipeg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2835\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2835\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2835\" alt=\"The Sharanowski Lab at the University of Manitoba all set to move from Hymenoptera Systematics to Jewel Beetles\" src=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Miles-Winnipeg-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Miles-Winnipeg-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Miles-Winnipeg-500x375.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Miles-Winnipeg-700x525.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Miles-Winnipeg.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2835\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Sharanowski Lab at the University of Manitoba all set to move from Hymenoptera Systematics to Jewel Beetles<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>@<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/flyingtrilobite\">flyingtrilobite<\/a> The jewel beetle book arrived &#8211; lovely to see your beetles in person! <a title=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/leilah\/status\/334473569155297283\/photo\/1\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/iMzzBvFZAY\">twitter.com\/leilah\/status\/\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leilah (@leilah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leilah\/status\/334473569155297283\">May 15, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>New CFN issue printed+ New jewel beetle guide by @<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bioinfocus\">bioinfocus<\/a> + LCBO strike averted&#8212;&#8211;= 1 good long weekend! <a title=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/CanFieldNat\/status\/335477656592216065\/photo\/1\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/G6JatnV2fm\">twitter.com\/CanFieldNat\/st\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cdn Field-Naturalist (@CanFieldNat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanFieldNat\/status\/335477656592216065\">May 17, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good news! Field Guide to the Jewel Beetles of Northeastern North America is finally shipping! If you pre-ordered a copy of the book and you live in Canada, you should be receiving the book any day now (if you haven&#8217;t already). If you don&#8217;t live in Canada, don&#8217;t worry, we haven&#8217;t forgotten about you. To <a href='http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/17\/jewel-beetle-field-guide-update\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,176],"tags":[107,83,355,14],"class_list":["post-2807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insects","category-publication","tag-book","tag-buprestidae","tag-field-guide","tag-research","category-23-id","category-176-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2807"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2853,"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2807\/revisions\/2853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.biodiversityinfocus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}