JESO Volume 139, 2008 



JOURNAL 



MCZ 

 LIBRARY 



ujme JAN 14 2009 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO 



HARVARD 



As many of our readers are aware, for the last two years we have been working on 

 the initial stages of transforming the Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario into a 

 timely, modern entomological publication. Having accomplished our first tasks of resuming 

 timely, annual publication of both the print and electronic versions, we are now moving 

 towards several new goals. One of these is a project to create electronic versions of all JESO 

 back issues, so that these can be made freely available on the JESO website. Another is to 

 encourage more entomologists, professionals, students, and amateurs to consider submitting 

 their work to JESO. JESO is especially relevant for entomologists working on the Ontario 

 entomofauna, but we also welcome submissions from those working on insects in other 

 regions. We also warmly encourage the submission of student research. A major goal of 

 Entomological Society of Ontario is to promote the growth of entomology in Ontario and 

 elsewhere, and as one member of the ESO recently put it, JESO is in the business of 

 promoting research on insects', in all its many shapes and forms'. 



This volume of JESO reflects our enthusiasm for research on insects, in all its many 

 shapes and forms. The research presented in Volume 139 (2008) ranges from taxonomic and 

 faunistic studies, to studies of the effects of insecticides and viruses on their target species. 

 The methodologies employed range from the time-honoured, classical approaches of careful 

 collecting, preserving, and microscope study, to molecular approaches based on analyses 

 of DNA sequences and RNA splicing patterns. In fact, one might say that the theme of this 

 volume is diversity, both of the the insect taxa studied, and of the types of research and 

 research methods employed. I find this to be an especially gratifying aspect of the current 

 volume, because in an age where entomologists are themselves becoming a rare species, it 

 behoves us to broaden our perspective on the kind of science that qualifies as entomology. 



Happy reading! 



VOLUME 139 



UNlV&ftSITY 



Miriam H. Richards 

 Editor 



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