Processionary caterpillars in Québec: a false rumor
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June 15, 2015
Every year for a few years the arrival of warmer weather has given new life to a false rumor, one that, with the help of social media, is gradually...Read more
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Monarch butterfly: is the glass half empty or half full?
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February 3, 2015
The eagerly awaited figures came out last week. The monarch population in eastern North America went up by 69 percent compared to last year. There...Read more
Gift of an incredible collection of hawk moths to the Montréal Insectarium
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January 29, 2015
Recently the Insectarium received the Sphingidae collection of Mr. Thierry Vaglia, a research associate at the Montréal Insectarium. This donation of...Read more
A better year for monarchs
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October 9, 2014
The summer of 2014 brought a little bit of hope to lovers of the famous orange butterfly. A fair number of clues point to a substantial increase in...Read more
A European butterfly in Québec
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September 26, 2014
The peacock is a magnificent butterfly that until very recently couldn’t be seen in Québec except at exhibitions or in books on entomology. In the...Read more
United for the monarch
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August 13, 2013
When the Insectarium sounded the alarm confirming that the province’s most recognizable butterfly—the monarch—had virtually disappeared from this...Read more
13-year or 17-year cicadas?
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July 19, 2013
This year, the state of New York witnessed the massive emergence of three species of periodical cicadas, which have a life cycle of 17 years. A few...Read more
The monarch migration: A disappearing phenomenon?
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July 17, 2013
The monarch (Danaus plexippus) is the most recognizable butterfly species in the world. Its annual migration is unique: at the end of the summer,...Read more
The return of the bed bug
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April 7, 2011
The many reports and articles about bed bugs in the past few weeks have been hard to ignore… Until recently, this insect was little known among the...Read more
