Lorquin Entomological Society

Lorquin Annual Pot Luck 2012

2012-01-26T15:59:00.000-08:00

We hope everyone had a wonderful start on the New Year. This year will be the Lorquin Entomological Society's 100th year in existence. Our first meeting for 2012 will be out Annual Pot Luck to kick off events right.

The pot luck will be the official installation of new officers for the club as well as a handful of other fun activities. David Faulkner, the 2012 President, will be officially installed and give his first speech. There will be a large raffle throughout the night. Please bring whatever dish you would like as this is a pot luck event. Do make sure that the dish will be able to feed at least 3 people.

David Faulkner

Saturday, January 28th

6 P.M.

2321 Gladwick Street

Rancho Dominguez

2011 BioQuip Holiday Open House- In Review

2011-12-19T00:16:00.000-08:00

This year's holiday open house was by far one of the best BioQuip has ever had. The Showcase Contest produced a never before seen amount of dedication and creativity in meticulously arranging arthropods in a display case. The arrangements presented a few surprises throughout the competition. BioQuip's summer intern Royce Cumming displayed his photography and collection which were admired throughout the night.

The BioQuip Holiday Open House was a great way to end a good year of collecting. It was a great chance to catch up with fellow collectors and friends.


Entomologists "swarming" the wonderful food provided by BioQuip.

The BioQuip Bugs Showroom was open for guests to browse.

Some live arthropods were even up for sale.

Art Evans (left) flew across the country to attend the open house and judge the display contest.

The three judges for the Showcase Contest. From left: David Faulkner, Jeanne Bellemin, and Art Evans.

Jeanne Bellemin and David Faulkner busy inspecting the displays in contest.

The winners of the Showcase Contest with their arthropod displays. From left: Mark Feldman, James Shannon, Robert Hebert, Ken Osborne, Rick Rogers, and Don Bofenkamp

Chris Fall (left) with Royce Cumming (right) and his display setup

BioQuip CEO Louise Fall (left) with Royce Cumming.

Jerri Larsson (left) and Aric Mellot (right) working at the busy front desk.

2011 BioQuip Holiday Open House

2011-12-12T00:28:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays Everyone! BioQuip Products once again will be hosting their annual holiday open house this weekend. This event usually is the unofficial Lorquin meeting for the month of December. Since most members will be present at the open house there is no reason to have an "official" style meeting.

The BioQuip Holiday Open House is a great event for the entire family. This is a great way to end a year of collecting. There will be lots of food and socializing. The BioQuip showroom will be open for any purchases too if anyone needs to restock.

Activities

Showcase contest
Hourly drawing for prizes
Buggy Bags for kids
Preserved and live arthropod display
Photo and collection display

Saturday, December 17th

11AM-5PM

2321 Gladwick Street

Rancho Dominguez

More info HERE

Holiday Open House from years past

LES Meeting November 18

2011-11-17T23:47:00.000-08:00

The Lorquin Entomological Society will have a meeting this Friday, November 18, 2011. The speaker will be Jim Berrian. He will speak to us regarding the "Spiders of Baja and San Diego County."

Doors open at 7:00 PM meeting begins at 8:00PM

BioQuip Products

2321 Gladwick Street

Rancho Dominguez, CA 90220

LES Meeting October 28

2011-10-25T21:33:00.000-07:00

The Lorquin Entomological Society will have a meeting this Friday, October 28, 2011. The speaker will be the Lorquin President-Elect and forensic entomologist David Faulkner. He will be tlaking about the "Butterflies of Baja."

Photo Courtesy: Network

David Faulkner is a long-time Lorquin member and a nationally recognized forensic entomologist. He worked as the entomologist at the San Diego Natural History Museum from 1975-2001 was hired to manage the Entomology Department following the retirement of Fred Thorne. He has since focused on forensic entomology and environmental surveys and is a research associate with the museum. As of 2009 he is/was an instructor in the Forensic Entomology for the Institute of Criminal Investigations in San Jose and Sacramento. David Faulkner also teaches classes for homicide investigators for the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. He has worked on more than 450 death investigations of human and non-human victims since 1979.

David Faulkner is the author of Butterflies of Baja California and From Hair to Infirmary: Health Concerns in an Invertebrate Exhibit.

Cal Poly Pomona Insect Fair & Pumpkin Festival

2011-10-13T18:37:00.000-07:00

LES would like to invite everyone and their families to the annual Insect Fair & Pumpkin festival held at Cal Poly Pomona this weekend on October 15-16, 2011. This is a great event to meet many members. We hope to see everyone attending!

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

Jerri Larsson at the 2010 Cal Poly Insect Fair

Show & Tell 2011 Recap

2011-10-02T16:18:00.000-07:00

We hoped everyone enjoyed the Show & Tell. It was great seeing drawers full of specimens that were collected over this past summer. Thanks to all who brought in photos and slides to present and a special thanks to BioQuip for letting LES use their warehouse space to host events. Here are some photos taken by two of our members.

Photo courtesy: Bedros Orchanian


Photo courtesy: Bedros Orchanian

Photo courtesy: Blaine Hebert

Annual September Show & Tell- September 23

2011-09-07T16:12:00.000-07:00

Welcome back from the summer break. We hope that everyone had a chance to go out into the field and collect. The Annual Lorquin Show & Tell is where anyone could show off what he or she collected over the summer months. Every bug has a story behind it and this is where you can tell the story. Everyone is invited!

For those who don't collect specimens but photos instead there will be a laptop and project provided to display your wonderful captures.

The venue will be the usual BioQuip warehouse. Lorquin would like to thank the wonderful people at BioQuip for allowing us to hold meetings and events in their warehouse.

BioQuip Products
2321 Gladwick St., Rancho Dominguez

Friday, September 23, 2011

Doors open at 7:00 PM and meeting starts at 8:00 PM

Collections from last year's Show & Tell

Free Pinning Workshop 2011

2011-07-13T00:19:00.000-07:00

Shortly before the summer time off from official LES meetings Bedros Orchanian and Dave Wikle hosted the popular Free Pinning Workshop at the June 2011 general meeting to teach those new to the hobby how to properly mount and set various types of lepidoptera. The pinning workshop was also a place and time for collectors to share different effective techniques. Specimens were provided as well as different types of spreading boards and pins for those who did not have any supplies. Specimens were free to take home after being spread properly.

We all would like to thank Bedros Orchanian and Dave Wikle for dedicating the time to set up a workshop like this, BioQuip Products for letting us use their warehouse for our monthly meetings and the showroom for the pinning workshop, and to everyone who came and shared knowledge around.

Use the summer time off to apply those new skills learned and come back at the September Annual Show & Tell to show us your catches. We will see you then.

Bedros Orchanian (center) showing how to properly adjust the wing of a moth for correct height and position.

Practice makes perfect.

Dave Wikle (second from left) shows his technique on spreading the very small lepidoptera.

Ken Osborne (sitting second from left) shows and explains his unique magnetic spreading boards and unique magnetic spreading technique.

Everyone having a great time discussing different entomological topics in the BioQuip Showroom.

LES Meeting June 24- Free Pinning Workshop

2011-06-22T20:54:00.000-07:00

The Lorquin Entomological Society will meet on Friday June 24, 2011. This will be our last meeting until September. Go out and spend your summer collecting and show us your catch at the September Show & Tell.

Andy Calderwood

Our guest speaker will be Andy Calderwood. He is the Supervising Agricultural Biologist with the Ventury County Agricultural Commissioner's office.

Mr. Calderwood received his Bachelor of Science from the University of California, Riverside. He has an interest in bee flies and spends time collecting in Mexico.

There will be a Pinning Workshop hosted by Bedros Orchanian, Dave Wikle, and Ken Osborne. The workshop is Free to everyone who attend. This workshop will cover basic butterfly and moth mounting and spreading techniques. Ken Osborne will present his magnetic spreading board technique and Dave Wikle will be demonstrating his technique on micro-lepidoptera. Butterfly and moth specimens will be available but if you have any material please don't be afraid to bring them. You may take home and keep the specimens you spread.

Pinning Workshop Starts at 6:00PM

Doors open at 7:00PM meeting starts at 8:00PM

Venue for Meeting and Pinning Workshop is the usual BioQuip Warehouse

LES Meeting May 27- Eric Eaton

2011-05-25T21:23:00.000-07:00

Eric Eaton

The Lorquin Entomological Society will meet on Friday May 27th with guest speaker Eric Eaton.

Eric Eaton is one of the principal authors of the Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America and a variety of other books and articles on insects and other animals. He has written for Ranger Rick, Missouri Conservationist and Timeline.

Mr. Eaton studied Entomology at Oregon State University and has mostly worked as an Assistant Butterfly Curator for "Butterfly Magic" at the Tucson Botanical Gardens. He has provided insect and spider identification for a project at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) in 2009 and have worked at the Cincinnati Zoo. Mr. Eaton has also worked on a private contract for the Smithsonian Institution, Portland State University and the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources.

Mr. Eaton moderates a forum for SpiderIdentification.org and volunteers his time to WhatsThatBug.com as well as AllExperts.com and Bugguide.net. His jargon-free explanations regarding the topics of insect biology and general entomology have made him a notable figure in the world of popular entomology. He is author to his blogs "Bug Eric" and "Sense of Misplaced."

Doors open at 7:00PM meeting starts at 8:00PM

Venue is the usual BioQuip Warehouse

Eric Eaton (Right) at his exhibit at the recent 25th Annual L.A. Bug Fair

25th Annual Bug Fair- In Review

2011-05-22T15:39:00.000-07:00

We were glad to see so many familiar faces at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum for the 25th Annual Bug Fair. There were over 70 exhibitors exhibiting all types of entomology related topics. The LES membership did a fantastic job participating at our table. More photos can be found on our Facebook page.

25th Annual Bug Fair-Expect Lots of Bugs

2011-05-08T16:41:00.000-07:00

It's that time of the year again for the 25th Annual Bug Fair at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. The Lorquin Entomological Society will join over 70 different exhibitors to inform museum visitors about the wonderful world of insects. The Bug Fair is North America's largest insect event. This is a family friendly event and everyone is invited to go. We hope to see many familiar faces.

Saturday & Sunday, May 14-15

Los Angeles County Natural History Museum

900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles

For more info visit HERE


Lorquin member Bedros at last year's Bug Fair

Friend of and former LES member Art Evan will host "Lust in the Dust" Saturday evening. More more information please visit his blog HERE.

LES Meeting April 22

2011-04-21T18:52:00.000-07:00

The Lorquin Entomological Society will meet this Friday, April 22, 2011 at 8PM at BioQuip in Rancho Dominguez. Our guest speaker will be Bryan Carey from El Camino College where he teaches Biology. He will be speaking on the topic of "Plants and Insects" this Friday.

Photo courtesy of the 'Network'

Bryan Carey primarily teaches Biology at El Camino College. He has also been Adjunct Instructor at Mr. San Antonio Community College, Chaffey Community College and Citrus Community College. He has a BA from UC Santa Cruz in 1993 in the study of Biology and an MS in Entomology from UC Riverside in 2000. At UC Riverside, he worked in several laboratories on projects against agriculture pests. He was Staff Research Associate in the Entomology department while working on this project at UC Riverside.

Bolsa Chica Earth Day Festival In Review

2011-04-15T21:03:00.000-07:00

There was a great turn out of people at this event. The Lorquin Entomological Society represented the insects of Southern California well. Celebrating all sorts of wildlife, the Bolsa Chica Conservancy hosted a variety of organizations that ranged from the study of nematology by the University of California at Riverside to the protection and conservation of Raptors by the O.C. Bird of Prey Center. Insects fell into a category somewhere in the middle.


Lorquin Member Mike Martinez (left) shows off some live Morning Cloak Butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa) larva and adults.

More curious folks taking a look to see what's going on.

Ivan Huber (center) and Mike Martinez (right) shows the various live displays.

Mike Martinez (left) and Mirella Huber (center)

Looking at a European Honeybee (Apis Mellifera) under the dissection microscope.


Thanks to all that participated in the event. From Left: Alexander Nguyen, Ivan Huber, Mike Martinez, Mirella Huber

Bolsa Chica Earth Day Festival-April 9

2011-04-01T20:15:00.000-07:00

Join the Lorquin Entomological Society on April 9, 2011 at the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve to celebrate Earth Day 2011. This would be the second year for Lorquin to participate in this event. Last year, the Earth Day Festival drew in a large curious crowd to the ecological reserve. All members and family are encouraged to participate.

The Earth Day Festival intends to educate everyone on the history, environment, and wildlife. LES would be alongside the Opossum Society, Southern California Herpetology Association, Orange County Bird of Prey Center, and many others. LES would be representing the insects of Southern California.

Saturday April 9, 2011

10AM-3PM
Bolsa Chica Conservancy

3842 Warner Ave.

Huntington Beach, CA 92649

Explore the World Around You!

LES Meeting March 25

2011-03-24T20:47:00.000-07:00

The Lorquin Entomological Society will meet this Friday, March 25, at 8 PM at BioQuip, in Rancho Dominguez. Our speaker will be Dr. Chris Conlan. Dr. Conlan is currently a Vector Ecologist for San Diego and an expert on Saturniidae. As a Vector Ecologist, he monitors the organisms that carry a disease and pass the disease onto Humans in San Diego County. Some of the vectors he works with include mosquitoes which carry the West Nile Virus.

R cincta guerreronis caterpillar

His real passion is inthe Saturniidae. Chris said that “My interest in Saturniids is what got me into Entomology as a kid, and that interest continues today. I have been rearing and collecting them since I was a small child.”

Dr. Chris Conlan got his doctorate in Entomology from U.C. Davis in 1988. Since then he has been working as a professional entomologist.

Photo courtesy of the 'Network'

LES Meeting February 25

2011-02-24T22:27:00.000-08:00

The Lorquin Entomological Society will have a meeting on Friday February 25, 2011. The speaker will be Marshall W. Johnson.

Photo courtesy of the 'Network'

Marshall W. Johnson specializes in the biological control of arthropods. He received his Ph.D. in Entomology from the University of California at Riverside in 1979. After 20 years at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, he moved to California in 2002 and initiated extension and research targeting arthropod problems on a variety of food plants such as grapes, stone fruit, almonds, walnuts, and olives which are primarily grown in the San Joaquin Valley. He has over 30 years of work experience on various crop systems.

Dr. Johnson currently is focused on the ecology and management of insect species attacking commercial and ornamental olives.