Kevin Floate
@FloateKevin
Insect ecologist and author of "Cow patty critters" (Google the title to download your free copy). Tweets are mine; not those of my employer.
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Strange things are happening in Lethbridge East with a recall that was initiated and then completely stalled! Tonight at 8 we sit down with @Alexxnoadd, the local Lethbridge Journalist who has been trying to figure out what is going on! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
.@AbDanielleSmith If you insist on having a divisive, economically damaging referendum on Alberta’s unquestionable place in Canada, bring it on, but make sure to ask the first approved question, condoned by nearly half million #ForeverCanadian Albertans. youtu.be/M51Rsv8U6Zc
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Albertans likely to face separation referendum in 2026
Termite queen laying eggs. The termite queen can live 50 years, longer than any other insect in the world.
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From the Editor: So, this is going well... medicinehatnews.com/commentary/opi…
The strange Wild West tale of the first cow-buffalo hybrid flip.it/a1_JzB
I’m with the whopping 92% of Albertans—including farmers and rural landowners—that expect the oil & gas industry to clean up their spent wells and pipelines. When polluters pay, it creates decades of full-time work for oil & gas workers. So why do Conservatives let them get away…
Alberta’s Big Payouts to Spurned Australian Coal Miners flip.it/lld-LS
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Alberta’s Big Payouts to Spurned Australian Coal Miners
Two firms that invested far less are getting $238 million. Taxpayers face more such hits.Mark another milestone in Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s ongoing cave-in to coal interests. The United …
How a pathogenic #nematode infects a flying insect host. Fatal attraction: Electric charge connects jumping worm to aerial prey flip.it/oDg_P_
Theft, lies and butterflies: the Englishman who stole thousands of specimens from our museums flip.it/e2x7g1
Jessenia literally wrote the book on bumble bees lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbridg… via @leth_herald
For folks in Lethbridge and surrounding areas... Jessenia literally wrote the book on bumble bees lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbridg… via @leth_herald
Dr Kui Liu @Ag_KuiLiu from @AAFC_Canada Swift Current is recruiting a M.Sc. student in Agronomy. Research Topic: Resource use efficiency of ongoing 10-year crop rotations emploisfp-psjobs.cfp-psc.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/appl…
(2/2) Thanks again to Dr. Judge for chatting with us, and sharing these lovely #insect photos! Check out those vibrant #eumastax #grasshoppers!
(1/2) Pleased to introduce ESAB’s October Featured #Entomologist, Dr. Kevin Judge!
The Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Societies of Canada and Alberta is approaching fast! Interested to see what's on? Check out our event website! entsocalberta.ca/jam2025/
Fun fig facts! Do figs really have dead wasps in them? flip.it/l9bQME
Today we’re looking at one of #Alberta’s largest orb-weavers: the cat-faced #spider (#Araneus gemmoides)! They vary in colour but always sport “cat ear” horns. Not uncommon in autumn, you might find them under eaves by porch lights, waiting for a meal! 📸: Al Poplin & Kirra Kent.
New paper for crop pests on the Canadian Prairies... doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2…. Key finding... "flea beetles, grasshoppers, cutworms, and lygus bugs were the dominant pests and along with other pests they cost Prairie farmers around 204 million dollars in an average year."
Mayfly Monday! Today’s feature: one of the Western green drakes, Drunella grandis. The “green drake” name also applies to other species, like D. doddsii. These large nymphs crawl rocky riverbeds. Often, duns struggle to emerge, making them great for trout! 📸: Robert Hinchliffe
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