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3JAN24

For members that may be interested in bio-geography Kathleen King presented a poster at the recent Orthopterist Society meeting in Mexico about the huge database on grasshopper species and their distribution in Wyoming. See the view below or download it to view in detail with this link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DrX1qWZ6w0gYncz_8dpF3wHwz7Caw-tw/view?usp=sharing 

On a less serious note Prof. Johnson has completed a field guide, or actually a grille guide (automobile grille not cooking grill) to grasshoppers. If you got your spouse a copy of that best seller "That Gunk on Your Car: A Unique Guide to the Insects of North America" for Christmas, then a printed and framed copy of Dan's poster will be a hit for Valentine's Day!

View it below or download with this link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l62EpuP7KVMYQU_8qjMsxd89KuUjQoY7/view?usp=sharing

12DEC2023  Here is an interesting article about the grasshopper fauna in Canada  that include Prof. Dan Johnson's long term observations. "Blight or Blessing?: The importance of distinguishing Alberta’s “bad” and “good” grasshoppers"  "Blight or Blessing..."