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	<title>Biodiversity in Focus Blog &#187; Pumpkin</title>
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		<title>Trich(optera) or Treat! Ent-O-Lantern 2014</title>
		<link>https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/10/31/trichoptera-or-treat-ent-o-lantern-2014/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year again, when spiders make their triumphant return to become decorations rather than despised, and when everything normally considered scary is fun, at least for one night: it&#8217;s Hallowe&#8217;en! As in past years, the University of Guelph Insect Systematics Lab took to the pumpkin patch and came back with some new insects <a href='https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2014/10/31/trichoptera-or-treat-ent-o-lantern-2014/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Spooky Strepsiptera for Halloween</title>
		<link>https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2013/10/31/a-spooky-strepsiptera-for-halloween/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2013 19:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As has become tradition in the University of Guelph Insect Systematics Lab, when Halloween rolls around, we pull out the knives &#38; hand tools and make a trip to the produce aisle to get ready for a new Ent-O-Lantern. This year our lab is considerably smaller than in the past (4 grad students, an enthusiastic <a href='https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2013/10/31/a-spooky-strepsiptera-for-halloween/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ent-O-Lantern 2011</title>
		<link>https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2011/11/01/ent-o-lantern-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember when I told you ticks were pretty well my worst nightmare? Well with this year&#8217;s Ent-O-Lantern, you might start feeling the same&#8230; Modeled after the Deer Tick (Ixodes scapularis), this tick isn&#8217;t likely to transmit Lyme Disease, but you might lose a kidney as it burrows into your back. With squash capitulum (head), butternut <a href='https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2011/11/01/ent-o-lantern-2011/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>1st Blogday &#8211; Where&#8217;d the time go?</title>
		<link>https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2011/01/12/1st-blogday-whered-the-time-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Coleoptera]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today marks the 1st anniversary of Biodiversity in Focus entering the blogosphere, so I thought I&#8217;d take some time to reflect back on the year. From a personal perspective, this year has been huge: I got married; I became an uncle; we brought home a puppy to annoy our cat (both of whom will hopefully <a href='https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2011/01/12/1st-blogday-whered-the-time-go/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ent-O-Lantern 2010 Part 2</title>
		<link>https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2010/10/31/ent-o-lantern-2010-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although we had a good time carving our various insects Thursday night, we still had to come up with a new pumpkin design for our department&#8217;s contest Friday afternoon. With a pumpkin supplied by the graduate student council and 2 hours to carve our winning design, the pressure was on to uphold our title as <a href='https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2010/10/31/ent-o-lantern-2010-part-2/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ent-O-Lantern 2010 Part 1</title>
		<link>https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2010/10/31/ent-o-lantern-2010-part-1/</link>
		<comments>https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2010/10/31/ent-o-lantern-2010-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just in time for all the exoskeletons and Devils Walkingsticks to head out onto the streets for some trick or treating, there are a few other insects ready for Hallowe&#8217;en! Steve and Rob&#8217;s a-maize-ing Corn-Stalk Eyed Fly (Diopsidae) included pomegranate eyes, carrot pedicel and flagellomeres, corn tassel arista, jalapeno pepper scutellar spines, and corn stalk <a href='https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2010/10/31/ent-o-lantern-2010-part-1/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ent-o-Lantern 2009</title>
		<link>https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2010/10/29/ent-o-lantern-2009/</link>
		<comments>https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2010/10/29/ent-o-lantern-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2009 saw a larger crowd in our lab than previous years, so we ramped up our pumpkin to allow everyone to participate. Before we get to it though, here are a few of the side projects people made with extraneous vegetables: Now for the pièce de résistance! We chose a Eurytoma wasp (Eurytomidae) attacking a <a href='https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2010/10/29/ent-o-lantern-2009/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ent-o-Lantern 2008</title>
		<link>https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2010/10/27/ent-o-lantern-2008/</link>
		<comments>https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2010/10/27/ent-o-lantern-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having found success with our jumping spider, we ventured further into the realm of morphological correctness, and constructed an ode to our advisor, Dr. Steve Marshall: This lovely creature is a morphologically correct Sphaerocerid fly, right down to wing venation and the square rear basitarsus (hard to see in this picture, but it&#8217;s there, trust <a href='https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2010/10/27/ent-o-lantern-2008/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ent-o-Lantern &#8211; 2007</title>
		<link>https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2010/10/25/ent-o-lantern-2007/</link>
		<comments>https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2010/10/25/ent-o-lantern-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Morgan Jackson]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leading up to Halloween, I thought I&#8217;d share some of the pumpkin creations that our lab creates for our annual departmental pumpkin carving contest. We&#8217;re lucky to belong to a department full of competitive and talented pumpkin carvers, so we&#8217;ve needed to up our game every year, resulting in some pretty cool pumpkin designs. We <a href='https://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/blog/2010/10/25/ent-o-lantern-2007/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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