New interactive website displays massive butterfly and moth collection

Alaska’s premier butterfly specialist, Ken Philip, created the world largest private collection of arctic Lepidoptera. Anyone can now take a virtual tour of the hundreds of drawers in his collection

https://news.uaf.edu/new-interactive-website-displays-massive-butterfly-and-moth-collection/

The collection can be viewed at the URI below.

https://kenphilipcollection.alaska.edu/

Two new articles pertaining to earthworms in Alaska

Reynolds, J. W., B. Godin, and D. Horwood. 2019. The first report of Arctiostrotus fontinalis (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) in Canada. Megadrilogica 24:17–21. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330225925_The_First_Report_of_Arctiostrotus_fontinalis_Oligochaeta_Megadscolecidae_in_Canada

Reynolds, J. W. 2019. A summary of the status of earthworms (Annelida: Oligochaeta) in checklists of the United States and Canada. Megadrilogica 24:51–65. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331438696_A_summary_of_the_status_of_earthworms_Annelida_Oligochaeta_in_Checklists_of_the_United_States_of_America_and_Canada_Megadrilogica_245_51-65_paper_in_English_abstracts_in_English_French_Spanish_German_

Presentations from the 12th annual meeting

Presentations and audio from the 12th annual meeting are now available via the links below.

Forest Health Conditions Report 2018
Stephen Burr, USDA Forest Service

Large worms at large: Nightcrawlers change Alaskan forests
Matt Bowser, USFWS

Climate change in Alaska: Impacts on the entomofauna 
Derek S. Sikes, UAF, UAM

Southcentral Alaska spruce beetle outbreak: Observations from the field
Jason Moan, Alaska DNR

The effects of climate change on invasive species and their impacts on forests and rangelands
Chris Fettig, USDA Forest Service

Gates of the Arctic pollinators
Jessica Rykken, NPS