I'm speaking today at the Field #Naturalists Association of #Canberra meeting (held in the Slatyer Seminar Room at #ANU at 19:30). Visitors are welcome.

I'll give an overview of some of the interesting insects collected in a #MalaiseTrap over a year in a Canberra suburb, including some of the things we can learn from the resulting specimens and #DNA. Many of the specimens were sequenced as part of the International Barcode of Life project (#IBOL). There will be plenty of photos of insects and other invertebrates.

The FNAC meeting each month starts an hour and a half after the monthly meeting of the Canberra #Python Users Group, also on the #ANU campus, so it's quite possible to attend both. The topic this month is a "Talk Writing Workshop".

https://fieldnatsact.com/event/march-monthly-meeting-speaker-donald-hobern-exploring-local-biodiversity-with-a-malaise-trap/

https://www.meetup.com/canberra-python-meetup-group/events/313087616/

#entomology #taxonomy #Australia #Hymenoptera #Lepidoptera #insects

Any thoughts on this insect nymph from a #MalaiseTrap in #Canberra, #Australia last year? I initially assumed it was #Neuroptera based on the flat disc shape, but the mouth parts aren't appropriate, so I think it must be #Hemiptera

#entomology