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General information and editorial notes News and Notes Waterton Lakes National Park BioBlitz 2005 Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands Online Summary of the Scientific Committee meeting Project Update: The BSC Journal of Arthropod Identification Biodiversity Databases on Shoestring Budgets: The Canadian Arachnologist On-Line Spider Database Arctic Corner Mayflies and Muscids: Update on the Insects of the Arctic Project Requests for Material or Information Invited
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— test your knowledge of Canada and its fauna — 1. How many separate
islands and islets make up the complex of sea islands off the British
Columbia coast? Answer 2. Where are the largest and smallest tidal ranges in
Canada, and what are the mean tidal ranges there? Also, how long should a
record of the tides be kept to establish the full tidal variation in a
given locality?.Answer
3. How many species of ticks occur in Canada, and
what pathogens are they known to transmit? Answer
4. How many families of insects can you name that have
only a single species in Canada? Answer 5. Which four families of Hemiptera-Heteroptera
have the most species in the Yukon Territory, and what contributes to
their prevalence there? Answer
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