Tuesday 
9 May 
7:00 p.m. 
Social & Club 
business 
OFNC MONTHLY MEETING 
CRYPTIC BIODIVERSITY UNDERGROUND, UP 
TREES AND DOWN EVERY CRACK: MITES 
DOWN UNDER’ 
Speaker: Fred Beaulieu 
Meet: Auditorium, Canadian Museum of Nature, Metcalfe 
and McLeod Streets. 
7:30 p.m. 
Speaker 
Mites (Acari) are arguably the most understudied group of 
arthropods, though they might be as diverse as beetles. 
Most species have no names, even in Canada, and their 
ecology remain largely unknown. Free-living mites can be 
found in about any habitat—soil and litter, rotting wood, 
fungi, forest canopies, freshwater and sea abysses. Parasitic 
mites, analogously, occur in almost every mammal, bird, 
reptile, or invertebrate. This talk will briefly review the 
diversity of mite behaviours, and then some aspects of my 
recent research on soil-dwelling predatory mites will be 
presented. 
Wednesday 
10 May 
10:00 a.m. 
HISTORICAL WALK AND TALK IN LAROSE 
FOREST 
Leaders: Alexandra De Quimper and Christine Hanrahan 
Meet: The Fletcher Wildlife Garden OR at 11:00 a.m. at 
the Grant Cemetery in the Larose Forest on Grant Road. 
Alexandra is a local historian with a special interest in 
Larose Forest. She has done extensive exploration of the 
old Grant Settlement that once existed in what is now 
Larose Forest. She will take us on a “Walk and Talk” 
pointing out where various buildings used to stand. History 
will come alive as we learn in vivid detail what life was like 
at the turn of the 20 th Century. After a tour around the 
cemetery, where the remains of the old church stand, we 
will have lunch. Afterwards, we will walk along a forest 
road to the site of the old schoolhouse. Along the way we 
will look and listen for the sights and sounds of Larose 
Forest. The round trip will be 4 km. This is a repeat of the 
popular 2005 excursion, but at a different time of year. 
Alexandra promises some exciting new discoveries to share 
with us! We will go rain or shine, so dress for the weather 
and wear comfortable shoes. The walk is limited to 10 
participants. 
Please register with Christine at 613-728-6953. 
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