The Acadian Entomological Society

72th Annual Meeting / 72e Réunion annuelle

Quality Inn, Charlottetown, P.E.I

2-4 July 2012 / 2-4 juillet 2013

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Table of content / Table des matières

Table of content / Table des matières .............................................................. 2

Tentative schedule / Horaire provisoire............................................................. 3

Tuesday, July 2 / Mardi 2 juillet .................................................................... 3

Wednesday, July 3 / Mercredi 3 juillet ........................................................... 3

Session I: Keynote Address ....................................................................... 3

Session II: President’s Prize session........................................................... 3

Session III: President’s Prize session ......................................................... 3

Session IV: Submitted talks ....................................................................... 4

Session V: Submitted talks ........................................................................ 4

Thursday, July 4 / Jeudi 4 juillet ................................................................... 5

Oral presentation abstracts / Résumés des présentations orales ........................ 6

Poster presentation abstracts / Résumés des présentations par poster ............. 12

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Tentative schedule / Horaire provisoire

Tuesday, July 2 / Mardi 2 juillet

18:00-19:00 Registration

19:00- AES Mixer

Wednesday, July 3 / Mercredi 3 juillet

8:00-8:30 Registration

8:30-8:45 Opening talks

Session I: Keynote Address

8:45-9:15 An Island of Biodiversity: Mothing in the Mountains

Carolyn Parsons

Session II: President’s Prize session

9:15-9:30 Preliminary studies on host marking pheromone of Rhagoletis mendax

Nicoletta Faraone, G. Christopher Cutler, Kirk Hillier and Peter Silk

9:30-9:45 Heritability of aphid resistance in balsam fir: estimated using both traditional and Bayesian statistics

Sara Fraser

9:45-10:00 Phenology and Habitat Selection of Stonefly and Caddisfly (Plecoptera and Trichoptera) Species in Prince Edward Island Springs

K.M. Knysh, D.J. Giberson and M. R. van den Heuvel

10:00-10:30 Break and Poster session

Session III: President’s Prize session

10:30-10:45 How do blueberry plants treated with recommended rates of insecticide and fungicide respond to increasing levels of pollination?

Andony P. Melathopoulos, Peter Tyedmers and Chris Cutler

10:45-11:00 Composing to decompose – Short-term response of saproxylic beetle communities to intensive management of plantation forests

Paryse Nadeau and Gaétan Moreau

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11:00-11:15 Biological activity of essential oils from aromatic plants against Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)

Rachel R. Rix, Nicoletta Faraone and G. Christopher Cutler

11:15-11:30 The effects of variable rates of woody debris retention on longhorn beetles in white spruce plantations

Monic Thibault and Gaétan Moreau

11:30-13:00 Lunch break

Session IV: Submitted talks

13:00-13h15 Advancements in the Integrated Pest Management of Balsam Gall Midge

R. Drew Carleton, Peter J. Silk and Stephen B. Heard

13:15-13:30 Honey bees, neonicotinoids, and bee incident reports: the Canadian situation

Chris Cutler

13:30-13:45 Octopamine and insect learning

Neil Kirk Hillier

13:45-14:00 Intra-tree heterogeneity in the distribution, parasitism, and pathogen infection of spruce budworm through the peak to decline of outbreak

R.C. Johns and E.S. Eveleigh

14:00-14:15 Biology and impact of the European beech leaf mining weevil, Orchestes fagi (L.) on American beech in Nova Scotia

C. MacKay, N.K. Hillier, J. Sweeney, R. Johns, J. Meating, E. Czerwinski and P. Silk

14:15-14:30 Seasonal distribution and small fruit preference of spotted wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii)

Debra Moreau, Jeffrey Franklin and Susan Carbyn

14:30-15:00 Break and Poster session

Session V: Submitted talks

15:00-15h15 Challenging the untested assumptions of forensic entomology

Gaétan Moreau and Jean-Philippe Michaud

15:15-15:30 Survey of click beetle populations across Prince Edward Island

Christine Noronha

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15:30-15:45 European beech leaf-mining weevil, Orchestes fagi (L).,

in Nova Scotia: Where does it overwinter and what is the risk of its human-assisted spread in firewood?

J. Sweeney, R. Johns, A. Morrison, P. Silk and K. Hillier

19:00- Banquet

Thursday, July 4 / Jeudi 4 juillet

9:00- AGM

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Oral presentation abstracts / Résumés des présentations orales

Carolyn Parsons (1)

(1) Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Box 39088, St. John's, NL, A1E 5Y7

KEYNOTE TALK

An Island of Biodiversity: Mothing in the Mountains

The Chiricahua Mountains are one of the ‘sky islands’ of southern Arizona. In Cave Creek

Canyon at the Southwestern Research Station, an American Museum of Natural History Field Station, I spent 7 days learning about lepidopteran taxonomy, ecology, and field identification. Day trips collecting butterflies were interspersed by lectures and labs on

taxonomy and identification. Nights of collecting moths from light sheets and spreading and pinning into the wee hours meant very little sleep. This talk will show the beautiful research station, highlight the diversity of habitats and insect species and hopefully inspire people to visit this amazing place.

R. Drew Carleton, Peter J. Silk and Stephen B. Heard

ORAL SUBMITTED

Advancements in the Integrated Pest Management of Balsam Gall Midge.

The balsam gall midge, Paradiplosis tumifex, Gagné (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) is the predominant insect pest of balsam fir Abies balsamea (L.) Mill. Christmas trees in Atlantic Canada and beyond. Here we highlight several improvements made in

monitoring techniques and discuss their implications in future research.

Chris Cutler

Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University Agricultural Campus, Truro, Nova Scotia

ORAL SUBMITTED

Honey bees, neonicotinoids, and bee incident reports: the Canadian situation

Neonicotinoid insecticides have been suggested as possible causes of recent declines in

managed and wild pollinator populations. An examination of honey bee incident report data obtained from the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) shows that there were very few honey bee incidents reported 2007-2011. There were many

neonicotinoid incidents reported in 2012, but >90% were classified as “minor”. In that same year we found over three times as many “moderate” or “major” honey bee incidents that were due to older non-neonicotinoid pesticides, often involving numbers

of hives or bees far greater than those suspected to be due to neonicotinoid poisoning.

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Nicoletta Faraone, G. Christopher Cutler, Kirk Hillier and Peter Silk

ORAL PRESIDENT'S PRIZE

Preliminary studies on host marking pheromone of Rhagoletis mendax

Females of blueberry fruit fly, Rhagoletis mendax Curran, deposit host-marking

pheromone immediately after oviposition by dragging their ovipositor over the surface of host fruit. The function of this pheromone is to deter repeated ovipositions by other females in already infested fruit. Host-marking pheromone may be also present in

faeces. We developed laboratory bioassays and methods to collect the pheromone by using artificial oviposition devices and faeces. We observe a deterrent effect elicited by raw methanolic extract of faeces and pheromone solution.

Sara Fraser

ORAL PRESIDENT'S PRIZE

Heritability of aphid resistance in balsam fir: estimated using both traditional and Bayesian statistics

Balsam twig aphid (Mindarus abietinus) is a major pest in balsam fir (Abies balsamea) Christmas tree plantations in Atlantic Canada. To test the hypothesis that insect resistance is under genetic control I measured the frequency of symptoms associated

with feeding by the aphid on balsam fir in clonal orchards located in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Results of a 4 year study suggest that there is genetically-based resistance of balsam fir to twig aphid. However, discrepancies in heritability estimates were found

between estimates generated from linear mixed models and those estimated from generalized linear mixed models using a Bayesian framework.

Neil Kirk Hillier (1)

Department of Biology, Acadia University, 33 Westwood Ave., Wolfville, NS, B4P 2R6

ORAL SUBMITTED

Octopamine and insect learning

Within insect fauna, octopamine (OA) functions as an important neuromodulator,

neurotransmitter and neurohormone regulating the function of multiple organ systems, particularly in relation to stress response. OA has an important behavioural role in motivation, sensory sensitivity, as well as in reinforcement of learned behaviours.

Results of recent studies on sensory physiology of Heliothine moths will be presented which describe the differential effects of OA on sensory physiology. Furthermore, the effects of OA on olfactory learning and memory are tested in relation to physiological

state in relation to recall through a learning assay, the proboscis extension reflex (PER).

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R.C. Johns (1,2) and E.S. Eveleigh (1,2)

(1) Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service - Atlantic Forestry Centre, Fredericton, NB E3G 5P7, (2) Population Ecology Group, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3

ORAL SUBMITTED

Intra-tree heterogeneity in the distribution, parasitism, and pathogen infection of spruce budworm through the peak to decline of outbreak

A five-year field study was carried out to assess the vertical distribution of immature spruce budworm and its primary parasitoids and pathogens within mature balsam fir. Most egg masses were laid in the upper crown of trees. In late summer, neonates dispersed down the crown to establish hibernacula for overwintering. In spring, second-

instar larvae dispersed and often established feeding sites towards the upper crown of trees, where they remained through to pupation. Foraging remained consistent throughout our study, despite enormous variations in population density, foliage

availability, and parasitoid and pathogen impact.

K.M. Knysh, D.J. Giberson and M. R. van den Heuvel

ORAL PRESIDENT'S PRIZE

Phenology and Habitat Selection of Stonefly and Caddisfly (Plecoptera and Trichoptera) Species in Prince Edward Island Springs

Groundwater springs are unique cool water habitats where temperature remains

constant year-round. Given this stenothermic condition, what factors influence insect populations in this unique habitat? Stoneflies (Plecoptera) and Caddisflies (Trichoptera) were monitored in nine PEI cool-springs with varying anthropogenic inputs from May-October 2011 using emergence traps. Six Plecoptera and nine Trichoptera species were

detected and abundance varied along local habitat conditions. Vegetation, substrate, and water-quality variables were compared to stonefly and caddisfly patterns; emergence was highest at sites with vascular plants, larger stones, and higher nutrients

levels. Emergence timing was also variable, with some species showing asynchronous emergence.

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C. MacKay, N.K. Hillier, J. Sweeney, R. Johns, J. Meating, E. Czerwinski and P.

Silk

ORAL SUBMITTED

Biology and impact of the European beech leaf mining weevil, Orchestes fagi

(L.) on American beech in Nova Scotia

Orchestes fagi (L.) (Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Rhamphini) is widespread pest of beech trees, Fagus sylvatica L. (Fagaceae), in Europe and has become established in

several areas of Nova Scotia, including Halifax. Investigations are ongoing in the Halifax area to determine attack phenology, and whether the stem-injected insecticide TreeAzin is effective for controlling O. fagi at outbreak levels.

Andony P. Melathopoulos (1), Peter Tyedmers (2) and Chris Cutler (3)

(1) Interdisciplinary PhD Program, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, (2) School of Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, (3) Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS

ORAL PRESIDENT'S PRIZE

How do blueberry plants treated with recommended rates of insecticide and fungicide respond to increasing levels of pollination?

Pesticides and pollination contribute to crop yields. Our research partitioned yield increases in lowbush blueberry from pollination, pesticides inputs and their interaction. We tested the effect on fruit set and yield of a standard pesticide regime in combination

with two levels of pollination intensity. Full pollination with pesticides almost doubled fruit set, and low-level pollination with pesticides gave bigger berries. Although there was no statistically significant effect of treatment on overall yield, the results demonstrate that pesticide use and pollination should not be treated as mutually

exclusive events in crop production. These findings have implications for pollinator conservation schemes reliant on reduced pesticide use.

Debra Moreau, Jeffrey Franklin and Susan Carbyn

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 32 Main Street, Kentville, NS B4N 1J5

ORAL SUBMITTED

Seasonal distribution and small fruit preference of spotted wing Drosophila

(Drosophila suzukii)

Spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, has shown rapid range expansion into Canada with first confirmation in British Columbia in 2009, Ontario in 2010, and the

Maritimes in 2011 and 2012. Survey efforts in Nova Scotia showed a 50-fold increase in trap captures between 2011 and 2012 and that non-commercial vegetation zones may be the preferred habitat. Recent trends towards cultivation of fall-bearing varieties, warmer winters and man-made refugia may result in larger over-wintering populations

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and higher spring emergence. Research that is specific to the Atlantic region will contribute to understanding the biology and potential risk level to the small fruit

industry.

Gaétan Moreau (1) and Jean-Philippe Michaud (1,2)

(1) Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada, (2) Royal Canadian Mounted Police, High River, Alberta, Canada

ORAL SUBMITTED

Challenging the untested assumptions of forensic entomology

Forensic entomologists routinely employ procedures that have gone unstandardized and

understudied. In this presentation, we will discuss some of the untested assumptions of forensic entomology and examined recent experiments that we have conducted using animal carcasses to challenge these assumptions and propose methodological guidelines

for future studies.

Paryse Nadeau (1) and Gaétan Moreau (1)

(1) Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada

ORAL PRESIDENT'S PRIZE

Composing to decompose – Short-term response of saproxylic beetle communities to intensive management of plantation forests

Saproxylic beetles are sensible to forest management, managed forests exhibiting

reduced dead wood volumes and habitat diversity. In this study, we examined the effect of commercial thinning strategies on saproxylic beetles in white spruce plantations. Beetles were collected with flight interception traps during the first 2 post-treatment

years. The results indicate that beetle communities quickly shifted in response to thinning treatments, differing in composition from unthinned plantations and old growth unmanaged conifer forests. Examination of the species present suggests that this work

may improve our understanding of their spatio-temporal distribution and of strategies promoting their conservation.

Christine Noronha

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Crops and Livestock Research Centre, 440 University

Avenue, Charlottetown, PE, C1A 4N6.

ORAL SUBMITTED

Survey of click beetle populations across Prince Edward Island

Click beetles are the adults of wireworms that are especially damaging to root crops such as carrots and potatoes. The only registered insecticide that provides control in PEI is Thimet which is scheduled to be de-registered in 2015. Populations of wireworms

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in PEI have been steadily increasing over the years. In a 2009 survey, low numbers of click beetles were found in all regions of the province. A follow-up survey in 2012,

showed a sharp increase and spread of the population, A. sputator was the dominant species. In 2012, a six fold increase in population was found in Queens County.

J. Sweeney, R. Johns, A. Morrison, P. Silk and K. Hillier

ORAL SUBMITTED

European beech leaf-mining weevil, Orchestes fagi (L)., in Nova Scotia: Where does it overwinter and what is the risk of its human-assisted spread in firewood?

Rachel R. Rix, Nicoletta Faraone and G. Christopher Cutler

ORAL PRESIDENT'S PRIZE

Biological activity of essential oils from aromatic plants against Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)

Diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) is one of the most destructive pests of cruciferous plants worldwide. Larvae of P. xylostella are oligophagous, showing feeding preference for Brassicaceae. Growing concern over this

pest has come from its resistance to pesticides. We studied the insecticidal activity of plant essential oils from Artemisia abrotanum and Tanacetum vulgare (L.), two abundant species in Atlantic Canada, against P. xylostella. Essential oils from A. abrotanum were more effective than T. vulgare with LD50 3.7 µg/larva at a concentration of 5.7% compared with 8.3 µg/larva at a concentration of 10.6%, respectively.

Monic Thibault (1) and Gaétan Moreau (1)

(1) Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada

ORAL PRESIDENT'S PRIZE

The effects of variable rates of woody debris retention on longhorn beetles in white spruce plantations

Commercial thinning treatments applied to forestry plantations can leave various amounts of woody debris behind. This study examined the effects of variable rates of

woody debris retention on longhorn beetles in white spruce plantations and old growth unmanaged conifer forests. Beetles were captured using flight intercept traps and the size and decay class of the woody debris were evaluated. The results indicated that the

amount of fresh woody debris and the thinning strategies had a significant effect on the abundance and diversity of longhorn beetles. These results help to understand the effects of forest management strategies for beetle conservation.

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Poster presentation abstracts / Résumés des présentations par poster

Franck Gandiaga (1) and Gaétan Moreau (1)

(1) Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada

PRESIDENT'S PRIZE POSTER

Influence of dead wood accessibility and availability on beetle communities in coniferous plantations

Logging activities modify the forest structure and can generate variable volumes of woody debris. The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of woody debris on beetle communities and to investigate how forestry modifies their composition and

distribution through time. Data was collected in thinned and unthinned plantations of white spruce, as well as in old growth unmanaged conifer forests. Preliminary results suggest that beetle abundance and diversity are correlated with the volume of fresh softwood available and affected by the distance from plantation edges.

Loay Jabre, Peggy Dixon, Richard Hopkins, Leah Madore and Kirk Hillier

PRESIDENT'S PRIZE POSTER

Using Brassica volatiles to develop lures and traps to control the cabbage root

fly

The cabbage root fly, Delia radicum, is an economically important pest to Brassica crops. This project will focus on developing a species-specific lure/trap prototype to be used for

its detection in the field. First, cabbage volatiles will be extracted and analyzed using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. Electroantennography along with bioassay studies on D. radicum will then be used to survey the attractive/repellent properties of

previously extracted volatiles. Lures will be developed and tested in field with several types of commercially-available traps. Findings will ultimately help farmers monitor and manage this pest in a more economical and sustainable manner.

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Jon Sweeney (1), Peter J. Silk (1), C. Hughes (1), R. Lavallée (2), M. Blais (2)

and C. Guertin (3)

(1) Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Atlantic Forestry Centre,

Fredericton, NB, Canada, E3B5P7, (2) Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Québec, QC, Canada, G1V4C7, (3) INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval, QC, Canada, H7V1B7

SUBMITTED POSTER

Auto-dissemination of Beauvaria bassiana for control of brown spruce longhorn beetle, Tetropium fuscum (F.) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

The exotic brown spruce longhorn beetle, Tetropium fuscum (F.), infests and kills

mature spruce trees, especially those undergoing periods of stress, and could spread across Canada’s boreal forest. Lavallée et al. developed an auto-contamination/dissemination device (ACD) which consists of a pheromone-baited trap on

which the collecting cup is replaced with a substrate covered in conidia of an Eastern Canada isolate of the insect fungal pathogen, Beauveria bassiana. We performed a series of tests to evaluate the feasibility of suppressing T. fuscum via auto-

contamination. Adult longevity, female fecundity, and percent egg hatch were significantly reduced by exposure to B. bassiana, through both direct contact on the ACD and indirect contact with beetles of the opposite sex that had exited an ACD 1–3 days

previously. In a pilot-level 2012 ACD field test, 28% of T. fuscum were contaminated with B. bassiana and of those, 67% became infected and produced conidia, compared with 0% infection in the untreated stand. A larger scale replicated field trial is planned

for 2013.

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Presidents Report (2013)

21 people participated to the 2013 AES annual meeting and it was a great time

for all. For their help with this meeting, I would like to thank:

o Christine Noronha and Rob Johns for the logistics of the conference;

o the judges of the student competition (Drew Carleton, Colin MacKay, Jon

Sweeney);

o the moderators (Sara Fraser, Franck Gandiaga and Rob Johns);

o AAFC and CFS for photocopies and other supplies;

o Loay Jabre for standing in as the photograph;

o Carolyn Parsons for her keynote talk.

I also want to acknowledge the awardees – Nicoletta Faraone for best oral

presentation, Rachel Rix for second best oral presentation, Andony

Melathopoulos for third best oral presentation, and Franck Gandiaga for best

poster presentation – as well as all the other students that participated in the

student competition.

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Journal of the Entomological Society (JAES) – Editor’s Report 2013

Following the 2012 AGM Meeting, JAES:

a) Published 4 scientific articles

b) Had 3 manuscripts returned to authors with Major Revisions that were not re-

submitted

c) Had 1 manuscript rejected

This has been one of the slowest years for receipt of manuscripts. Normally Fall sees the

majority of the submissions. We received only one manuscript in December and have not

had any submissions since that time. The question is: Why are we not receiving any

manuscripts? I must admit that the process, from submission to publication, is taking

longer than I hoped. Both I and the Associate Editors must be more active in ensuring

that the reviewers are keeping to their committed review period.

I have received a comment that some of the reviews have been as ‘critical’ as some of the

other major journals and therefore why publish in JAES. I would not like to see our

Journal lower its standards just to have publications. If we do that we would definitely

fail to attract certain authors. However, of all the papers we have published I can recall

only one or two for which this comment is applicable and in each case we have worked

with the authors to have the comments addressed and all of the articles did get published.

The second question is: How do we get more submissions? We have discussed this

question at each AGM and still it is a recurring question. I am a bit surprised that our own

membership is not submitting manuscripts. I believe if we have our own membership

publishing in JAES then we may see more submissions from others. We had envisioned

JAES as a good opportunity for graduate students to ‘test the waters of the publishing

medium’. Perhaps one way we can encourage this is to have grad student submissions

reviewed by members of the Society, particularly supervisors and other grad students

who are in similar situations and more in tune with the grad student development.

At the last AGM a suggestion was made to have an award given to the best student-

submitted manuscript published in JAES. We could not do this as there were no

manuscripts submitted. At one of the earlier AGMs we discussed having a Grad Student

section on our website where each University could post news and information about

their respective programs and progress of their individual research programs. If we had

this, we could advertise such things as awards for published manuscripts, funding

availability for attending AGMs, etc. I guess what we need is to find a Grad Student who

would be prepared to take the lead.

Hopefully, attendees at this year’s AGM can discuss these and other questions

concerning the future of JAES.

Finally, I would like to thank our Associate Editors for their hard work in the publication

process and also the many reviewers who have submitted excellent thorough reviews of

the manuscripts.

Respectfully Submitted,

Don Ostaff

Editor, Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society

June 27, 2013.

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Treasurer’s Report 2013 – Rob Johns

General Finances

Details are summarized below. We are in good financial standing and have a decent

surplus of cash. Our GIC’s have also matured and we may want to look at shifting these

into new investments.

There were few unusual expenses for 2013, other than the normal fees for the webmaster

and editor, a printer for the journal, and bank/paypal fees. Our largest expense was the

conference, although part of this was offset by a slight increase in conference fees this

past year.

Summary:

Summary of Expenses $ Main account

Webmaster (R. West) 180.00$ October 1, 2012 15,577.92$

Journal Editor (D. Ostaff) 180.00$ to

Bank fees 94.55$ August 2013 $13,706.32

Editor printer 186.43$ Net loss in 2013 1,871.60-$

Paypal fees 64.70$

Conference (net cost) 2,584.42$

Total 3,290.10$ Other investments

GIC's $6,278.28

Revenue $

Memberships, AGM, 1,427.80$

and Journal

Total 1,427.80$

Total holdings $19,984.60

Memberships

Membership as of July 2013 was at 31 members (students and regular), slightly down

from the previous year’s membership of 41. Total revenue from memberships was $397.

72nd

Annual AGM

There were approximately 21 attendees of the AGM in Charlottetown, PEI this past July,

with 15 talks and 4 posters total. Just over one third of the attendees were students.

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Regional Director to the ESC report to the AES July 2013

Over the past year a number of items have arisen with the Entomological Society of

Canada that are of interest to the AES.

1. Canada Non-Profit Corporations Act transition - The Canadian Federal Government

has introduced new legislation (the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act) governing

federal not-for-profit corporations such as the Entomological Society of Canada. This Act

replaces the Canada Corporations Act under which the ESC was incorporated. All federal

not-for-profit corporations must transition to the new act by October 2014, or they will

cease to exist as legal entities. The new Act has implications for regional representation

on the ESC Board, and for the method of appointing officers. An ad hoc committee has

been struck to develop the draft Articles of Continuance and By-Laws required for

transition to the new Act.

Implications to the Regional Society include:

Directors, not the Executive, are the decision-making authority in the society. Thus, the

position of Regional Director is an important one and is crucial to the running of the

ESC. In general, Directors will serve for a 3 year term.

2. Celebrating 150 years for the ESO the Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological

Society of Canada and the Entomological Society of Ontario. “Predating the Nation”

October 20-23, Guelph, Ontario.

3. Travel letter sent to the government – There was a letter sent to the Government of

Canada stating the importance of travel to National meetings for promotion of science

and collaboration.

4. Encouragement grants – The AES is encouraged to apply for the encouragement grants

as t

5. International Congress of Entomology 2016

The Executive approved a proposal for ESC to meet jointly with the International

Congress of Entomology in Orlando in September 2016. The Annual Meeting Committee

recommends that the ESC Governing Board Meeting be held on September 23 and the

opening ceremonies, awards presentations, Gold Medal Address, Heritage Lecture,

Annual General Meeting and incoming Governing Board meeting on September 24,

before the start of the ICE. All scientific sessions and student activities would be merged

into the ICE and not held as separate ESC sessions.

This will be my last AES meeting as Representative to the Board. I've enjoyed my three

years in this role and thank you all for your support.

Respectfully submitted,

Carolyn Parsons

July 4, 2013

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Minutes of the 2013 AGM

Acadian Entomological Society 72nd Annual Business Meeting July 2, 2013

Details: 16 people attended.

1. Call to order at 9:05am

2. Approval of the Agenda

First: Chris Cutler, Second: Deb Moreau

3. Approval of the Minutes from 2012

First: Carolyn Parsons, Second: Chris Cutler

4. Business arising from the Minutes

Vote to approve all bylaw changes made over the course of the last four AGMs.

Motion to vote. Motion passed.

5. President’s Report

6. 21 people participated to the 2013 AES annual meeting and it was a great time

for all. For their help with this meeting, I would like to thank:

a. Christine Noronha and Rob Johns for the logistics of the conference;

b. the judges of the student competition (Drew Carleton, Colin MacKay, Jon

Sweeney, Kate);

c. the moderators (Sara Fraser, Franck Gandiaga and Rob Johns);

d. AAFC and CFS for photocopies and other supplies;

e. Loay Jabre for standing in as the photograph;

f. Carolyn Parsons for her keynote talk.

7. I also want to acknowledge the awardees – Nicoletta Faraone for best oral

presentation, Rachel Rix for second best oral presentation, Andony

Melathopoulos for third best oral presentation, and Franck Gandiaga for best

poster presentation – as well as all the other students that participated in the

student competition.

8. Regional directors report

See attachment.

9. Journal Editor’s Report

See attachment (D. Ostaff report).

Discussion.

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E-mail to membership about the merits of publishing with the AES (prepared by Chris Cutler).

Gaetan Moreau will look into it and change form in collaboration with Don Ostaff.

Student award for best manuscript of the year (Add to e-mail and in instructions to authors). Acknowledgment of award at next AES meeting for undergrad or graduate student.

10. Treasurer’s Report

See attachment (R. Johns).

Discuss holdings.

Look into sponsorships and scholarships

11. New Business

a. 2014/15 Annual Meetings

Discussion of possible locations, including possibly discussing a joint meeting with the Maine entomological society. Maybe in Campabello as a joint meeting (Rob Johns will look into this and make some contacts).

The meeting for 2014 will be for mid-August in Moncton and run by Gaetan Moreau and look into working with Maine for 2015.

12. Elections

Vice president, Drew Carleton nominated, vote passed.

Regional representatives, PEI: Christine Noronha, Newfoundland: Carolyn Parsons, Maine: contact needed (Rob Johns will look into that).

Nomination of regional director to ESC, Gaetan Moreau nominated

First: Carolyn Parsons, Second: Chris Cutler

13. Open floor

Discussion about covering the regional director for travel to ESC meeting. It will probably be covered (by request) by the ESC. The responsibility is with the regional director.

Issue raised by Sara Fraser. Motion to add to the bylaws a student representative for the AES to be appointed by the executive for a one-year term. “including a student representative” added to bylaws. Falls

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under local arrangements committee. Discussion. Vote for change to bylaws. Vote. Motion passed.

14. Adjournment

First: Chris Cutler, Second: Kirk Hiller (at 10:14am)