Learn Your Hymenoptera!
Just to remind you, Dominican Republic is in the Caribbean. Its tropical. There's beaches. And island drinks. Oh yeah, lots of insects too!
A Hymenoptera Identification course will be held in Dominican Republic during 7-14 September 2008. The instructors are:
Dr. Michael Sharkey - University of Kentucky
Dr. Michael Gates - USDA-ARS Systematic Entomology Lab
Dr. Matthew Buffington - USDA-ARS Systematic Entomology Lab
Dr. James Pitts - Utah State University
Dr. Robert Kula - USDA-ARS Systematic Entomology Lab
Dr. Lubomir Masner - Canadian National Collection of INsects
Dr. David Wahl - American Entomological Institute
For more detail please go to http://www.hymatol.org/Hym_course.html
Beaches. Island Drinks. Bugs.
ReplyDeleteSounds like heaven for Invertebrate Biologists.
I'll be there in a week. Seriously. I'll probably be skipping the bugs though - not sure my wife wants to spend our vacation exploring the island's 6-legged citizens. We'll do plenty of snorkeling however, so there should still be inverts galore.
ReplyDeleteJim, I hate you and your family. But I better see some awesome invert pics!
ReplyDeleteFamily implies children. I never said my family was going to the DR. There will be no children there. They'll be left behind with their grandparents.
ReplyDeleteHow much do you hate me now?