1995 - Toronto Entomologists' Association

Ontario InsectsBook RevieWS...continued from page 15Broadsides from the OtherOrders: a book of bugsby Sue Hubbell. 1993. Random House ofCanada Limited, Toronto. xx +276 pageswith black &white illustrations by DimitrySchidlovsky. Hardbound. ISBN 0-679­40062-1. ($29.00 in Canada).The author was a bookstore managerand librarian before becoming a beekeeper,which she has called "farmingfor intellectuals", and has written twoprevious volumes entitled "A CountryYear" and"A Book of Bees". The chaptersin the current work each deal withone or more members of a particularinsect order, for example, the chapteron the order Coleoptera deals with Ladybugs.Each chapter is a mixture ofscientific fact and anecdotes on the subject.The ladybug chapter, for instance,contains a great deal of information onthe "ladybug business" in the UnitedStates - ladybug hunting and harvesting,processing and marketing across thecountry. The chapter ends with a waitressin a Sacramento restaurant askingthe author what she was doing in town.On being told she was taking in the ladybugharvest in the mountains, thewaitress said "Oooh, Ladybugs, I justlove to see 'em in my garden. What arethey supposed to do anyway?"Alan]. HanksBugs in the System:insects and their impact onhuman affairsby May R. Berenbaum. 1995. Addison­Wesley Publishing Company. xiii +377pages witha few black &white illustrations.Hardbound. ISBN0-201-62499-0. ($31.95in Canada).The author is currently Head of theEntomology Department at the Universityof Illinois and was elected in 1994to the National Academy of Sciences,the highest honour that the U.S. canbestow on an American scientist. Shehas written an extremely interestingbook covering many aspects of the insectworld and the impact of insects onhumanity. There are chapters on classification,physiology, behaviour, sociallives, eating insects, parasites, insectsandpeople and appreciating insects. Thelatter chapter contains sections on "bugson the big screen" and "collecting insectsfor fun and profit". Most of thechapters and subsections are prefacedby quotes from literature which I foundmost enlightening. There is a great dealof historical information and each chapterhas a list of references, which areextremely useful for anyone wishing topursue a particular aspect of insectbehaviour.Alan]. Hanks~The EntomologicalSociety of Ontario132nd Annual General Meeting:Biotechnology, Biodiversity andBiocontrolSeptember 22-24, 1995Holiday InnMarket Square350 Dalhousie StreetOttawa, OntarioContact Dr. Jean Hollebone (Chairl at613-952·8000, ext. 4316 for further info.Why not consider joining the E.S.O. ,it's free for amateurs, $10 for studentsand $20 for professionals. For an applicationand more information, contact:D. Barry Lyons, Secretary, E.S.O.,P.O. Box 490, 1219 Queen St. E.,Natural Resources Canada, CanadianForest Service - Ontario Region,Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.,P6A 5M7,705-949-9461, Fax: 705-759-5700.Are you an Odonata watcher? Ifyou'vegot records for Odonata in Ontario forthe past year (or before even!) thenplease send them to Bob Bowles at:374 Grenville Ave., OriIlia, Ontario,L3V 7P7, phone/fax: 705-325-3149What's thelbest way to prevent infectionscaused by biting insects?Don't bite any insects!We need your artworklSubmission deadlines for the comingJanuary and May issues of Ontario Insectsare Dec. 15, 1995 and April 15,1996 respectively.18September, 1995