Terrapin Transgressions
I’ve received a steady series of emails this year detailing European Wall Lizard locations here on Vancouver Island, and it’s now April and […]
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Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon
This time of year, my garden is one big mudslide. Sunny days with a blue horizon are not that common here on Vancouver […]
Mining History, through the Eyes of David Norcross
Sometimes the most mundane tasks can lead to the most interesting discoveries. One of those mundane but essential tasks is the compilation of […]
Description and phylogenetic classification of Stackelberginia cerberus sp. nov. (Diptera: Asilidae), comprising the first record of this genus from the Nearctic
Tristan A. McKnight & Robert A. Cannings Abstract: Stackelberginia cerberus sp. nov. (Diptera: Asilidae) is described from the Amargosa desert (USA: Nevada) and compared […]
An updated and annotated checklist of the thick-headed flies (Diptera: Conopidae) of British Columbia, the Yukon, and Alaska
Joel. F. Gibson Abstract: The thick-headed flies (Diptera: Conopidae) are rarely observed parasitoids. Confirmed hosts include many species of bees and wasps. Often collected […]
Identifying North American freshwater invertebrates using DNA barcodes: are existing COI sequence libraries fit for purpose?
Colin J. Curry, Joel F. Gibson, Shadi Shokralla, Mehrdad Hajibabaei, and Donald J. Baird Abstract: We reviewed the availability of cytochrome c oxidase […]