Ontario InsectsTEA Public Relations and Education Activities Report '95Over the past season the TEA has takenadvantage of a number of opportunitiesto educate members of the general publicabout, and to generally promote, insects.Of course, doing so not only servesto promote entomology to those who aremost in need of a change in viewpoint,it also publicizes the club, gets our nameout there so that people know that theorganization exists (you might be surprisedhow often I meet people with aprofessed love of insects who havenever heard of the TEA) and allows usto recruit new members. I'd especiallylike to thank the volunteers who participatedin these activities on behalf ofthe TEA -without them our <strong>Association</strong>would be much poorer - Don Davis,John Eberlie, Alan & Barbara Hanks,Quimby Hess, Tony Holmes (who builtdisplay boards for the club in time forthe FON Conference), Carolyn King,Paul McGaw, Michael & Nancy van derPoorten, Pat Schappert, and RichardTanner. Thank you, all!Wildlife: Yours to RecoverKortright Centre, April 9, <strong>1995</strong>Pat & I manned the table at this one.Kortright loaned us a self-contained slideprojector on which we showed variousand sundry insects from the collectionsof Alan Hanks and myself. Half of myentomology library and my one and onlydrawer of insects made the trip - thespecimens and slides were a big hit withthe kids.National Wildlife Week atthe Royal Ontario MuseumR.O.M., <strong>Toronto</strong>, April 14·16, <strong>1995</strong>The whole crew managed this one sinceit covered an entire weekend, Good Fridaythrough Easter Sunday. Our tablewas upstairs with the Flying Coloursexhibit and the other wildlife groups(Herps., Birds and Bats, respectively).Part of Alan's educational collection(matched specimens of Ontario butter-flies which show the upper and underside of the wingsI was on show, alongwith the slide show we'd used the previousweekend (Thanks to the ROM forproviding a self-contained slide projector).Once again the kids made the wholething worthwhile - there's nothing likethe look on the face of a child when theysee insects (it's a pity, for the most part,that they have parents).Federation of OntarioNaturalists Annual GeneralMeeting and ConferenceTrent University, Peterborough, May26·28,<strong>1995</strong>Don Davis picked up, transported, andset-up the display panels that had beenmade by Tony Holmes. Both Don andthen John Eberlie manned the table forawhile, John complete with live summerbreeding stock. Don also dismantledand transported the displayback from Peterborough. Thanks guys!The History of Butterfliesand MothsBramalea City Centre, Brampton,May 29 . june24, <strong>1995</strong>This was a "travelling" exhibit of specimensfrom the John Powers "FlyingJewels" collection together with posterboards from the Eyewitness Book "Butterflyand Moth". Sponsored by theBramalea City Centre Merchants' <strong>Association</strong>and Stoddart Publishing, Alanand I were hired to act as "experts" onweekends during the exhibit. It was amassive display - eight display cabinetsof beautiful specimens (each with 2 to 4display drawers of specimens) and 18large display panels - spread out alongthe main mall. I even got to appear on"Breakfast Television" with CITY-TV'slovely (and talented) Ann Rohmer! Thiswas a paying gig (I guess this makes usprofessionals, eh?!), and Alan and I havedonated $109.00 from our earnings tothe TEA. Thanks to Dan Stuckey atKortright for passing along the informationabout this exhibit.Bugs are BeautifulBronte Creek Provincial Park,Oakville, JUly 22·23, <strong>1995</strong>We were contacted by the naturalist atBronte Ck. Provo Pk. about this weekendwhile Alan was away on holidays.Thanks to Cathy Hanks, I found outabout it, however, it was too late to arrangea display. In lieu of a display, theTEA donated a copy of The OntarioButterfly Atlas, as well as the past twoyears' Summaries, to the Park. Maybenext year...Phil SchappertBeautiful Butterflies atScanlon CreekScanlon Creek Conservation Area,Aug. 11,<strong>1995</strong>On August 11th, Richard Tanner and Igave a combined field walk and slideshow on the butterflies of Ontario at theScanlon Creek Conservation Area justnorth of Bradford. Unfortunately, theprogram was scheduled to begin at 7p.m. and only one butterfly, an InornateRinglet, was caught by Alan to show tothe participants. However, the slidesand commentary which Richard hadprepared were well received by the audience.Thebuilding was not air conditioned,and it was very hot, despite this,many of the audience stayed after theslides and posed questions to the two"experts". Refreshments were providedby local volunteers, and the cool softdrinks were very popular. This rewardingexperience might benefit from somepublicity to encourage other conservationareas to put on similar programs.Alan Hanks20September, <strong>1995</strong>
DonIt Bug Me!Puzzles, etc. '\Jr./@..The compiler is one.How skippers fly.A margin of butterfly's hindwing.Part of a moth's forewing.Ancient carriages or Euphydryasin plural.Actor's tip or billiard_.A digger in the kitchen.This instar may provide usefulevolutionary information.Legumes eaten by many larvae.A South American mammal.Species of showy Ontario moth.1 sp. butterfly genus in Ontario.Certain lepidopteran wing veins.Nymph. common name...or cats.This month by John Eberlie ~(Answer next issuel1. Immature lepidoptera.2. Ditto.3. An extinct bird.4. The soul (Gr.) or symbol of the butterfly5. Genus of coppers.6. Descriptive of volcanic rock.7. Type of bird that eats larvae.11. Young of 19 across.12. State of notorious beetle fame.14. Openness.15. A wetland habitat.16. Cheerful.17. Old name of butterfly genus.18. __fly,Odonata.21. Customary practice.22. Species of holarctic blue.Notice to ContributorsInstructionsto AuthorsContributions to Ontario Insects mayaddress any subject or aspect related toentomological study. Research papers,feature articles, notes or short communications,book reviews, original artwork,puzzles, guest columns, opinionsand miscellaneous notes are acceptable.Research papers may include originalresearch or scholarly reviews that followthe acceptable format of a similarcontent journal leg: Introduction, Materialsand Methods, Results, Discussion,Summary). Feature articles shouldbe both informative & entertaining, thusformat is left up to the author. Notes orshort communications may be observational,historical, review or experimentalstudies which do not fall under thepurvue of research papers. Book reviewsshould be of titles publishedwithin the last three years. Puzzlesshould be original. Guest columns forEntomophilia may encompass any subjectrelated to the love of insects. Opinionsmay take the form of letters to theeditor, feature articles, or short communications.Miscellaneous notes encompassany other submission. Original artworkshould be line drawings in penandink or a good photocopy of colour works.Ontario Insects is produced on a PC.Text editing is done in Ami Pro 3.0,graphics are scanned or obtained fromlicensed CD-ROM collections and editedin CorelDRAW 3.0 with final page layoutin PageMaker 4.0. The original isprinted on a 600 dpi laser printer.Any submissions are encouraged, however,submissions of articles and/or artworkon disk (any format) would bewelcome. Submissions via e-mail arealso welcome. Please forward all submissionsand questions to the editors(see inside cover for addresses). Thereare no page charges, however, submissionsfrom non-members will require amembership purchase prior to publication.Offprints are available at cost +10% + postage.
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