Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods)

Volume 26 No. 2, Fall 2007


 

The Quiz Page


General information and editorial notes

News and Notes:

Bio-Blitz 2007

BSC Curation Blitz

Head of Biological Survey to retire

Summary of the Scientific Committee meeting

Hugh Danks retires as Head of the BSC

New Head of the BSC appointed

New electronic mailing list

Departing Editor's remarks

Project Update: Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands

The Quiz Page

An overview and update of the Microgastrinae holdings in the CNC, Ottawa

Selected future conferences

Quips and Quotes

List of Requests for Material or Information

 

test your knowledge of Canada and its fauna

1. What is frazil ice in northern rivers?  Answer

2. How many families of blood and tissue feeding mites occur in Alberta?Answer

3. What are the arthropod vectors of West Nile Virus? Answer

4. What proportion of an insect’s DNA is made up by the Cytochrome Oxidase 1 (COI) mitochondrial region most commonly used for sequencing in recent years? Answer

5.  What is the minimum distance that an introduced insect pest must be able to fly each season in order to infest the whole of Canada within 100 years?Answer

 

 

 

 

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