From the Photo Gallery: Some of these #wildflowers are native to Canada, and some aren't; an Ecology study shows that nectar-seeking #butterflies make use of (& may even prefer) the nonnatives See more photos: doi.org/10.1002/bes2.2… Read the study: doi.org/10.1002/ecy.40…

Excited to have finally arrived at the IRBV & Jardin Botanique de Montréal for my postdoc on urban plant communities 🌱🌻 Research updates to come soon... Thanks Simon Joly (@simjoly.bsky.social) for the warm welcome!

🌿 Discover the hidden treasures of urban greenspaces in #Montreal! 🌳 Join researchers, community partners, and residents in redefining their value in person or online 🏞️ Info : concordia.ca/cuevents/offic… Carly Ziter (@carlyziter.bsky.social) 4TH SPACE Concordia Concordia University

First time at the CSBQ-QCBS symposium! Having a great time 😃

City nature challenge in 1 week! Get your cameras ready...👀👀

Butterflies... nature's role model for re-inventing yourself 😅 ft. female European Common Blue in Montreal

More #OpenAccess work from The Ecology and Conservation of #UrbanInsects Special Issue! @stephinscience & Heather Kharouba report on taxonomic & functional homogenization of #butterfly communities along an urban gradient: doi.org/10.1111/icad.1… #UrbanEcology Photo credits: S.Rivest

Happy Tuesday from the humble black-capped chickadee!🌞

In a world-first, an international team of scientists demonstrated that Painted Lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui) flew at least 4,200 km over the ocean from West Africa to French Guiana, South America.

Later today, Sufia Khader will present her project on the clonal structure and conservation of the rare plant Polemonium vanbruntiae. #Evol2024 📌 5:45, poster session 1, room 220DE 📷 : Stephanie Rivest, PhD

At #ESA2024 and interested in learning about the composition of urban plant communities (and the role that traits play)? Come see my talk tomorrow at 10 am in COS059! 🌿🌳

Thank you to Maxim Larrivée (il/lui/he/him) and Federico Riva for the great meeting on butterfly conservation and modelling! Can’t wait to get started on all the great projects. Also shout out to Stephanie Rivest, PhD for great project ideas!

Join the conversation 😊 theconversation.com/climate-change… via The Conversation Canada and Heather Kharouba

Can't get over this Dun Skipper's cute little face from this past summer (Euphyes vestris)😂

Thanks Insect Conservation and Diversity for featuring my photo as your cover this year!🦋 📸: European Common Blue butterflies, Polyommatus icarus, show off their mud-puddling abilities in Montréal, Quebec.

We're excited to share the first 2025 issue of Insect Conservation and Diversity! Explore what's inside Volume 18, Issue 1⬇️ resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17524598/2… Royal Entomological Society Wiley Ecology & Evolution

It's the right time of year to start seeing Round-lobed Hepatica! Native to Eastern North America, this forest understorey species can have flowers that vary from pink, to blue, to white 😍