I was asked to write this article for the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s weekly column in the Peninsula Clarion.

Peninsula Clarion version (HTML):

http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2015-01-29/refuge-notebook-futuristic-method-to-identify-insects-becomes-reality

Kenai National Wildlife Refuge version (pdf):

http://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/Region_7/NWRS/Zone_2/Kenai/Sections/What_We_Do/In_The_Community/Refuge_Notebooks/2015_Articles/Refuge_Notebook_v17_n5.pdf

The agenda for the 2015 annual meeting is available at the URI below.

http://www.akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_meeting_agenda_24JAN2015.pdf

The eighth annual meeting of the Alaska Entomological Society will take place in Fairbanks on January 23-24, 2015. The meeting on Saturday will be at the Alaska Department of Natural Resources large conference room, 3700 Airport Way, Fairbanks (DNR Building; Actually on Sportsman’s Way across from Fred Meyer West gas station).

Details for the evening social on the 23^rd will be announced soon.

http://www.adn.com/article/20141004/low-income-renters-anchorage-bitten-another-problem-bedbugs

The June 2014 Newsletter of the Alaska Entomological Society is now available at the URI below.

http://www.akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_newsletter_2014_I.pdf

In this issue:

• Counting butterflies, page 1
• Permanent plot network in southeast Alaska investigates shore pine damage agents, page 2
• Regional inventory of terrestrial arthropods: comparison of two malaise trap samples from Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, processed by the University of Alaska Museum Insect Collection, page 6
• Upcoming Events, page 17

http://www.adn.com/2014/05/21/3479081/mosquito-netting-vacuum-power.html?sp=/99/188/189/264/

Denali National Park and Preserve will be hosting a multi-day bioblitz focused on arthropods from July 26-29, 2014. On Saturday (July 26th), scientists will lead citizen science survey activities in the front-country (i.e., in areas accessible by trails near the park entrance), including demonstrations of collecting techniques, and viewing and discussion of specimens at the park visitor center. The following three days (July 27-29) will be based at the MSLC Field Camp near Teklanika Campground at mile 29 on the park road (with accommodations in tent cabins). This will provide opportunities for a limited number of scientists, students, and other registered participants to collect arthropods in less accessible areas of the park.

Please contact Jessica Rykken at jrykken@oeb.harvard.edu if you are interested in participating in the bioblitz as a scientist, student, or other interested entomologist!