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www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
- New Facility for Insect Production Services
- 2009 Departmental Achievement Award for Innovation
- 2009 Pellikan Award
- Minimal Cost increases for insects and insects diets
- Introduction
- Placing insect/diet orders is now more convenient
- Additional insect species for sale
- New staff
- Long-horned beetle (Cerambicidae) diet is now available
- Enhanced QC screening for all artificial diets
- Quarantine facility now part of Insect Production Services
New Facility for Insect Production Services
Thanks to a joint investment by the Governments of Canada and Ontario, a new, multi-million dollar research centre in Sault Ste. Marie will be built to help improve Canada’s environment while creating jobs and stimulating the economy. To be located at the federal government’s Great Lakes Forestry Centre (GLFC), the new Invasive Species Centre will be dedicated to combating alien invasive species that threaten Canada’s natural resources and ecosystems.
2009 Departmental Achievement Award for Innovation:
GLFC Insect Production Unit receives the 2009 Departmental Achievement Award for Innovation and is a testament to the commitment, dedication, and hard work of all the members of the unit. The team is being acknowledged for its improvements in operational procedures for insect production, the elimination of diseases from the colonies, and implementation of the highest possible Quality Assurance and Quality Control standards. Congratulations to Gail Mick, John Dedes, Misha Demidovich, Katriona Barratt, Jake St. Amour, and Peter Ebling.
2009 Pellikan Award:
John Dedes’ continued dedication and leadership in the production and delivery of National and Science Technology Week has earned him the honour of being named 2009 Pellikan Award recipient. John has received this prestigious award for his outstanding and enthusiastic work as an exhibitor at Science FunFest in Ottawa and the Science Centres in Toronto and Sudbury. Congratulations John!
Minimal Cost increases for Insects and Insects Diets:
Insect production Services at the Great lakes Forestry Centre has continued to meet and exceed the expectations of our clients thanks to great customers like you. Unfortunately, additional cost increases in supplies and ingredients have resulted but our prices have remained the same since 2006. Effective March 1, 2009, our insect prices will increase from $96.00/1000 to $100.00/1000 an increase of $4.00/1000 insects and our pre-made diet prices will increase from $12.00/tray to $13.00/ tray for a minimal increase of $1.00/per tray . We wish to thank you for your valued patronage and know that you will understand the necessity for these minimal price increases.
Introduction:
Welcome to web site of the Insect Production Services (IPS) Unit of the Great Lakes Forestry Centre in Sault Ste. Marie. Our website has recently (November 2008) been updated with a new look and will now include this news page to keep you updated with progress at IPS.
Placing insect/diet orders is now more convenient:
Returning customers placing insect and diet orders will no longer be required to input their shipping and billing information when using our on-line ordering system. We have recently implemented a customer recognition feature that will automatically generate the required core information for shipping and billng using the last on-line order placed by the client. When changes are necessary, the core information may be edited.
Additional insect species for sale:
Biology and Photo pages here Place insect orders here
Long-horned beetles
(Plectrodera scalator)
Ideal surrogate species for Asian Long-horned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) research.
We now have Cottonwood Borers (Plectrodera scalator) available for purchase. They are a valuable surrogate species for Asian long-horned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) research because they belong to the same sub-family. Both larvae and adult beetles can be ordered by clicking the "Place insect orders here" link above. We also have an artificial diet for rearing these or other Cerambicid beetles. Three cup sizes are available by clicking the "diets" tab.
We also now have the Cabbage Looper (Tricoplusnia ni) available to ALL clients: |
Coming soon: Forest Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma distria) |
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New staff:
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Stephanie Dumas, |
Melissa Bob, |
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David Band, |
Laura McIlhargey, |
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Annie Metheany, |
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Availability of long-horned beetle (Cerambicidae) diet:
We are now providing long-horned beetle (Cerambicidae diet) in three container sizes:
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Enhanced QC screening for all artificial diets
Each batch of our pre-made insect diet is now being routinely monitored for the following quality control parameters:
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Quarantine Facility Now Part of Insect Production Services
The Great Lakes Forestry Centre insect quarantine facility is now part of Insect Production Services. Our insect quarantine program supports invasive alien species research conducted by the Canadian Forest Service. Support is provided to scientific personnel conducting experiments within the facility and as well as to insectarium personnel who are developing rearing methodology to establish laboratory colonies of invasive alien species.