http://www.amentsoc.org/about/news/ Latest updates from the Amateur Entomologists' Society. en Copyright 1998-2010 Amateur Entomologists' Society 2010-03-13T13:52:38-00:00 contact@amentsoc.org contact@amentsoc.org Amateur Entomologists' Society news - This feed details the activities of the Amateur Entomologists' Society. monthly http://www.amentsoc.org/about/news/0132/?rss The Amateur Entomologists' Society is please to announce that a new local group of the AES has been formed in Bangor; the group is called AES@B. The group is an entomological society based at Bangor University. Unlike many university societies it is open to all, within the region and beyond. This is the first local group of the AES to be established and we hope that more will form during the coming year. Local groups are a fantastic way to meet up with other entomologists in your area. Local groups may organise talks, field trips or other events. If you are an AES member and would like to form your own local group then please contact us. 2010-02-07T00:00:00-00:00 http://www.amentsoc.org/about/news/0131/?rss The Bumblebee Conservation Trust is hoping to win funding for a fantastic project to restore bumblebee habitat along the Pembrokeshire coast. The Trust wants to create a wildflower-rich habitat to support rare bumblebees along a new 10km path in the Pembrokeshire National Park. By connecting key sites, this attractive route through spectacular scenery will help prevent the national extinction of the Shrill carder bee as well as providing habitat for a wide range of other invertebrates and birds. The Bumblebee Conservation Trust project is one of six being considered for funding by the EOG Association for Conservation. The winning project will be decided by the votes of visitors to the 'Live For The Outdoors' website and readers of Trail Magazine. Voting for the project is quick and easy and can be done on the 'Live For The Outdoors' website. 2010-02-02T00:00:00-00:00 http://www.amentsoc.org/about/news/0130/?rss The cover of The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation - Jan/Feb 2010. The cover of The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation - Jan/Feb 2010. The Amateur Entomologists' Society is pleased to announce the publication of the new look Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation. For the first time the cover features a photograph of an insect. However, the history of the publication has not been lost. The illustration by Frohawk is retained and used on the contents page. The first issue of 2010 includes articles on the first record from mainland Britain of Stegania cararia, a paper on Footman moths and moths new to the Isle of Wight in 2009. 2010-02-01T00:00:00-00:00 http://www.amentsoc.org/about/news/0129/?rss The Royal Entomological Society has published the latest in its series of handbooks. The Staphylinidae (rove beetles) of Britain and Ireland Part 5: Scaphidiinae, Piestinae, Oxytelinae by Derek A Lott includes illustrated keys and covers the Scaphidiinae, Piestinae and Oxytelinae subfamilies. The handbook costs £21.00 (not including £1.80 P&P for UK orders) but members of the AES are eligible for 30% discount when ordering. Orders can be placed with Sarah Peachey, sarah@royensoc.co.uk. 2010-01-30T00:00:00-00:00 http://www.amentsoc.org/about/news/0128/?rss We are delighted to announce that the Amateur Entomologists' Society's Annual Exhibition and Trade Fair returns to its more traditional date of the first Saturday in October for 2010. The exhibition will be held on the 2nd October 2010 and is the perfect opportunity for you to help us celebrate the 75th anniversary of Amateur Entomologists' Society. Traders including those selling books, equipment, livestock, specimens and food plants will be attending. In addition, the show is attended by most of the major invertebrate societies and organisations within the UK. The exhibition is open to members of the public and not just members of the AES. Should you wish to join the AES then you can do so on the day but you don't have to be a member to attend. Further details on the event will be made available through our Annual Exhibition and Trade Fair event listing. 2010-01-22T00:00:00-00:00 http://www.amentsoc.org/about/news/0127/?rss The terms and phrases used by entomologists can be strange and confusing when you first read them or hear them being used. To help entomologists, both expert and amateur alike, the Amateur Entomologists' Society is delighted to announce the launch of our Entomologists' Glossary. The glossary includes more than 360 words (over 500 if you include synonyms) an entomologist might be familiar with, and some you may not have heard of. We think this makes it the largest online glossary for entomologists in the world! Each term is defined on two levels: 1. A brief definition on a page with other terms beginning with the same letter. For example, all the terms beginning with A. 2. Each brief definition then links to a more detailed, illustrated encyclopaedia style definition. Each detailed definition page also lists related terms and provides links to other related pages on the AES web site. Glossary terms are also grouped together so, for example, you can browse all the terms within the glossary that are related to entomological equipment. Throughout the AES web site we have linked words that appear in the text of our pages to the relevant entry in the Entomologists' Glossary. Links to entries are identified like this: Darkling beetle We hope you enjoy using the Entomologists' Glossary and find it useful. If you have any suggestions or want to contribute a definition then please contact us. 2010-01-12T00:00:00-00:00 http://www.amentsoc.org/about/news/0126/?rss The Amateur Entomologists Society celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2010. The Society was formed in 1935 by Leonard Tesch and has run for 75 years through the efforts of presidents, council members and members of the society. Today the Amateur Entomologists Society publishes four periodicals (Entomologist's Record, The Bulletin, Bug Club Magazine [now a joint publication with the Royal Entomological Society] and Invertebrate Conservations News), thirty books and holds many different events for entomologists each year. In addition the AES is extremely active in the field of invertebrate conservation both at a policy level and through our own conservation projects. We will celebrate our anniversary throughout 2010 but will specifically mark the 75th anniversary of the Society with a historical display at our 2010 Members' day. If you have any historical information or items pertaining to the AES that would be of interest to other members then please do contact us. 2010-01-05T00:00:00-00:00 http://www.amentsoc.org/about/news/0125/?rss 2009 was a very important and busy year for the Amateur Entomologists' Society (AES). As we reach the end of 2009 we've picked some selected highlights from the past year: * January saw publication of the first issue of the Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by the AES. The Entomologist's Record was first published in 1892 and became an AES publication in 2009. * Our Members' Day (held in April) was attended by more than 70 people and featured six lectures on a variety of topics including the 2nd Annual Leonard Tesch Lecture given by Dr Remy Ware. * In May, Dr David Lonsdale, AES Conservation Secretary, won the 2009 Marsh Award for Insect Conservation. * June saw the AES make a second visit to the location of the AES Conservation Project at the Bersted Brooks Open Space, Bognor Regis. * In August the AES website was selected as one of the fifty best wildlife websites in Britain by BBC Countryfile Magazine. * Our Annual Exhibition in October was one of the biggest and best attended yet. There were more dealers' tables booked than ever, and visitors were able to pore over an impressive display of books, specimens and equipment. Adult and junior exhibits were presented and the Bradford Award was won by Dr David Oram with Theo Tamblyn winning the Ansorge Award. * In November the Society announced The Michael Majerus Grant for entomological projects. The award will be available from 2010 and will support new projects which aim to advance amateur entomological study, research or education. Projects involving the promotion of entomology amongst the young will be viewed particularly favourably. * During December the Society was notified that it had received funding from the OPAL project and W.F.Southall Trust for promotional materials/IT equipment and to support an AES Bug Garden project respectively. In addition to the highlights already mentioned the Amateur Entomologists' Society published six issues each of the Entomologist's Record, The Bulletin and the Bug Club Magazine (now a joint publication with the Royal Entomological Society) and three issues of Invertebrate Conservations News. Between them, our periodicals contained several hundred articles covering a huge range of topics and providing a wealth of information on insects and other invertebrates. The AES also ran or attended 19 events during 2009 and so there was plenty of opportunity for members to get together. The Amateur Entomologists' Society celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2010 and we'll be building on the achievements of 2009 to offer even more to our members in our anniversary year. So, as 2009 draws to a close and with an exciting year ahead, it's time for members to renew their membership and, if you're not a member already, there's never been a better time to join the Amateur Entomologists' Society. 2009-12-31T00:00:00-00:00 http://www.amentsoc.org/about/news/0124/?rss The Amateur Entomologists' Society is pleased to announce that we have received a grant of £800 from the OPAL project (Open Air Laboratories http://www.opalexplorenature.org/) towards the cost of promotional materials and IT equipment. In addition, we have acted on behalf of the Tachinid Recording Scheme so that they could obtain an OPAL grant of £2000 towards essential equipment which will place their activities on a firm footing. We have also been promised £1000 from the W.F. Southall Trust, which will enable Council member David Tatham to progress an AES Bug Garden project with a local scout group. 2009-12-15T00:00:00-00:00 http://www.amentsoc.org/about/news/0123/?rss On 16th November 2009, four larvae of the Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) blasted off from Florida on board the Space Shuttle Atlantis on their way to the International Space Station. The butterflies have now been in space for almost a month and have successfully pupated and emerged as adults. The Painted Lady is well known for its ability to fly long distances. Each year these butterflies recolonise England and Ireland by flying from North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Of course, this migration is shorter than the 6.49 million miles per day the four 'butterflynauts' are currently doing on the International Space Station but the migration to Europe is accomplished by the butterflies themselves. The progress of the four butterflynauts can be followed online: http://www.bioedonline.org/space/STS_Mission_129.cfm 2009-12-14T00:00:00-00:00