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  • Tuesday, January 15, 7:30 pm – Other People’s Bugs: The Politics and Perceptions of Public Health Pests on Global and Personal Scales

    The next meeting of the Cambridge Entomological Club will be held on Tuesday January 15 at 7:30 PM in the Haller Hall of the Harvard Geological Museum (24 Oxford St Rm 102). Please note that in January we are meeting on the third Tuesday of the month and in a different room. Richard Pollack will present a talk entitled “Other people’s bugs: The politics and perceptions of public health pests on global and personal scales”.

    Diverse insects find people attractive – and cause other people to shun those endowed with genuine and presumed infestations. Fears of certain insects have long been used as excuses to repress the liberty and opportunities of others, or as political fodder to advance political agenda. Dr. Pollack will highlight several examples pertaining to lice, mosquitoes, bed bugs and yet other of his favorite creatures to scratch the surface of this complex topic.

    The meeting is free and open to the public. Snacks will be provided and you are also welcome to join us at 6:00 PM for an informal pre-meeting dinner at the West Side Lounge restaurant.

  • Tuesday, December 11, 7:30 pm – Exploring Insect Biodiversity in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

    The next meeting of the Cambridge Entomological Club will be held on Tuesday, December 11 at 7:30 PM in room 101 of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Oxford Street, Cambridge. Gary Alpert and Piotr Naskrecki will present a talk entitled Exploring Insect Biodiversity in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

    Gary Alpert and Piotr Naskrecki will present a photo essay of a recent field expedition to Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique for the purpose of collecting ants and katydids. We will hear about field trips by helicopter, protection by armed national park guards and other adventures.

    The meeting is free and open to the public. Snacks will be provided and you are also welcome to join us at 6:00 PM for an informal pre-meeting dinner at Cambridge Commons restaurant.

  • Tuesday, November 13, 7:30 pm – Insects on the Edge of America: Exploration and Discovery on the Southern Border of the USA

    The next meeting of the Cambridge Entomological Club will be held on Tuesday November 13 at 7:30 PM in room 101 of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Joshua Rose will present a talk entitled “Insects on the Edge of America: exploration and discovery on the southern border of the USA.”

    Josh worked for three and a half years as head biologist of the World Birding Center in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of extreme southern Texas. During that time he met entomologists collecting and describing species new to science, naturalists exploring the biology of little-known insects, and photographers hoping to document rare tropical vagrants that had wandered across the border from Mexico. He will share some of what they have been discovering down there.

    The meeting is free and open to the public. Snacks will be provided and you are also welcome to join us at 6:00 PM for an informal pre-meeting dinner at West Side Lounge Restaurant.

  • Saturday, May 19, 1:00 pm – Spring Hike

    On Saturday May 19th the Cambridge Entomological Club is co-sponsoring a Spring Hike with the Friends of Wachusett Mountain and the Department of Conservation and Recreation. The hike begins at 1:00 pm and the exact location is yet to be determined. Our role is to help people look for insects along the way. As for our fall walk, this is a catch-and-release program so keep collecting to a minimum if you find something you want to take home. Please bring nets and other collecting equipment if you have them available. Entomological Club member Scott Smyers is the President of the Friends of Wachusett Mountain and has been working to integrate outreach, research and conservation at Wachusett Mountain. There will be an update with the location of the walk. Many of us will be driving from the Boston area so there will be many opportunities for carpooling.

    Visit the Friends of Wachusett Mountain website for more information: http://www.friendsofwachusett.org/.

    This hike will be a lot of fun and Club President Jessica Walden-Gray is looking forward to seeing what will be found in such an unusual spring. Please invite friends and family and keep your fingers crossed for warm weather!  Picture below, taken at Wachusett Mountain, from www.growingwithplants.com.

  • Tuesday, April 10, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Consequences of Multiple Species Invasions

    Tufts Professor Frances Chew will be the featured speaker at the Cambridge Entomological Club’s April meeting on Tuesday, April 10, from 7:30 – 9.  She will talk about the Consequences of Multiple Species Invasions: A Native Butterfly Confronts Exotic Plants and Parasitoids.   CEC meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month from October through May. The evening schedule typically includes an informal dinner (6:15 to 7:15 PM) followed by our formal meeting (7:30 – 9:00 PM) in MCZ 101, 26 Oxford Street, Harvard University. The latter begins with club business and is followed by a 50 minute entomology related presentation. Membership is open to amateur and professional entomologists.  For more information, email CEC President Jessica Walden-Gray at jessisoutside@gmail.com.  Photo from www.lepcurious.blogspot.com.

  • Tuesday, March 13, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Pretty and Poisonous: The Role of Plant Defenses in Flowers

    Lynn Adler, Associate Professor of Entomology at UMass Amherst, will be the featured speaker on Tuesday, March 13 at the Cambridge Entomological Club.  She will present a lecture entitled Pretty and Poisonous: The Role of Plant Defenses in Flowers.  CEC meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month from October through May. The evening schedule typically includes an informal dinner (6:15 to 7:15 PM) followed by our formal meeting (7:30 – 9:00 PM) in MCZ 101, 26 Oxford Street, Harvard University. The latter begins with club business and is followed by a 50 minute entomology related presentation. Membership is open to amateur and professional entomologists.  For more information, email CEC President Jessica Walden-Gray at jessisoutside@gmail.com.

  • Tuesday, February 14, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Christian Rabeling Lecture

    On Valentine’s Day, The Cambridge Entomological Club will host Christian Rabeling, Junior Fellow at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, as the speaker for its February meeting.  Christian’s studies include the evolutionary biology of social insects, genetic evolution and speciation of social parasites, and the natural history of ants.  CEC meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month from October through May. The evening schedule typically includes an informal dinner (6:15 to 7:15 PM) followed by our formal meeting (7:30 – 9:00 PM) in MCZ 101, 26 Oxford Street, Harvard University. The latter begins with club business and is followed by a 50 minute entomology related presentation. Membership is open to amateur and professional entomologists.  For more information, email CEC President Jessica Walden-Gray at jessisoutside@gmail.com.

  • Tuesday, January 10, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm – The 18 Year Effort to Establish the American Burying Beetle to Nantucket

    Nantucket probably doesn’t need any more visitors, but on Tuesday, January 10, the Cambridge Entomological Club will present Lou Perrotti, Director of Conservation Programs at the Roger Williams Park Zoo, who will present a lecture entitled The 18 Year Effort to Establish the American Burying Beetle to Nantucket Island.  CEC meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month from October through May. The evening schedule typically includes an informal dinner (6:15 to 7:15 PM) followed by our formal meeting (7:30 – 9:00 PM) in MCZ 101, 26 Oxford Street, Harvard University. The latter begins with club business and is followed by a 50 minute entomology related presentation. Membership is open to amateur and professional entomologists.  For more information, email CEC President Jessica Walden-Gray at jessisoutside@gmail.com.

  • Tuesday, December 13, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Amateur Entomologists and Digital Photography

    The December meeting of the Cambridge Entomological Club will be held Tuesday, December 13, from 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm and will feature Tom Murray, author of a new field guide entitled Insects of New England and New York, who will speak on Amateur Entomologists and Digital Photography.  CEC meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month from October through May. The evening schedule typically includes an informal dinner (6:15 to 7:15 PM) followed by our formal meeting (7:30 – 9:00 PM) in MCZ 101, 26 Oxford Street, Harvard University. The latter begins with club business and is followed by a 50 minute entomology related presentation. Membership is open to amateur and professional entomologists.  For more information, email CEC President Jessica Walden-Gray at jessisoutside@gmail.com.

  • Tuesday, November 8, 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – The Flipside of Biological Invasions: The Positive Social Impact of Working with the Asian Longhorned Beetle

    On Tuesday, November 8, the Cambridge Entomological Club will present Michael Bohne, Forest Health Group Leader of the US Forest Service, Durham Field Office, who will, improbably, resuscitate the image of the Asian Longhorned Beetle with his lecture entitled The Flipside of Biological Invasions: The Positive Social Impact of Working with the Asian Longhorned Beetle. The talk is free and open to the public. The meeting is readily accessible via public transportation. Parking is available in the Oxford Street Garage with advance arrangement, as described here, or (usually but not always) at spaces on nearby streets. Everyone is also welcome to join us for dinner before the talk (beginning at 6:15 PM) at the Harvard Law School cafeteria, on the second floor of Harkness Commons.

    CEC meetings are held the second Tuesday of the month from October through May. The evening schedule typically includes an informal dinner (6:15 to 7:15 PM) followed by our formal meeting (7:30 – 9:00 PM) in MCZ 101, 26 Oxford Street, Harvard University. The latter begins with club business and is followed by a 50 minute entomology related presentation. Membership is open to amateur and professional entomologists.  For more information, email CEC President Jessica Walden-Gray at jessisoutside@gmail.com.