Journal archives for March 2022

March 02, 2022

March 10, 2022

Mar 13 ID Event - Flesh Flies

We're happy to announce another online meeting this week! Here are the details:

The Zoom meeting will open at 4 PM EST on Sunday the 13th.

The plan is to focus on observations of Sarcophagidae (Flesh Flies). We'll spend most of the time individually going through observations individually while discussing questions and interesting observations.

Join the Zoom Meeting here: Meeting Link

Meeting ID: 874 5687 3015

Passcode: diptera

Please leave a comment either to let us know if you're planning to come or to subscribe to be notified of future events! Questions are also welcome.

Guides to use at our meeting:

Guide to the families of Calyptratae

Notes for the Sarcophagidae of the US & Canada

What we'll be identifying:

Identify Link

The main goal of this meeting is to gain an understanding of how to recognize typical Sarcophagidae, so that identifying observations to family level and identifying other commonly confused families will become much easier.

Consider watching this video prior to joining the meeting so that you are prepared to participate:

(You can open the video in a new tab by clicking on the YouTube icon.)

Posted on March 10, 2022 12:08 AM by zdanko zdanko | 12 comments | Leave a comment

March 19, 2022

Mar 20 ID Event - Greater Bee Fly

We're happy to announce another online meeting this week! Here are the details:

The Zoom meeting will open at 4 PM EST on Sunday the 20th.

The plan is to focus on observations of Bombylius major (Greater Bee Fly). We'll spend most of the time individually going through observations individually while discussing questions and interesting observations.

Join the Zoom Meeting here: Meeting Link

Meeting ID: 720 9591 5620

Passcode: diptera

Please leave a comment either to let us know if you're planning to come or to subscribe to be notified of future events! Questions are also welcome.

Guides to use at our meeting:

Diagnosis for Bombylius major in the US & Canada

What we'll be identifying:

Identify Link

Consider watching this video prior to joining the meeting so that you are prepared to participate:

(You can open the video in a new tab by clicking on the YouTube icon.)

Posted on March 19, 2022 08:14 PM by zdanko zdanko | 12 comments | Leave a comment

March 21, 2022

Mar 27 ID Event - Greater Bee Fly: Review!

We're happy to announce another online meeting this week! Here are the details:

We'll be reviewing what we know about Bombylius major for those who were able to come last week, and to make some more headway on the current flux of misidentified observations.

The Zoom meeting will open at 8 PM EDT on Sunday the 27th.

The plan is to focus on observations of Bombylius major (Greater Bee Fly). We'll spend most of the time individually going through observations individually while discussing questions and interesting observations.

Join the Zoom Meeting here: Meeting Link

Meeting ID: 874 5687 3015

Passcode: diptera

Please leave a comment either to let us know if you're planning to come or to subscribe to be notified of future events! Questions are also welcome.

Guides to use at our meeting:

Diagnosis for Bombylius major in the US & Canada

What we'll be identifying:

Identify Link

Consider watching this video prior to joining the meeting so that you are prepared to participate:

(You can open the video in a new tab by clicking on the YouTube icon.)

Posted on March 21, 2022 02:15 AM by zdanko zdanko | 3 comments | Leave a comment