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“ Don't accept the chauvinistic tradition that labels our era the age of mammals. This is the age of arthropods. They outnumber us by any criterion – by species, by individuals, by prospects for evolutionary continuation. ” — Stephen Jay Gould, 1988 Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich Me, Myself and I I am Canadian and Quebecer . I have a B.Sc. in biology by problem-based learning from the Université du Québec à Montréal. I have a M.Sc. in plant science, but focused on insects, from McGill University with the Neotropical Environment Option in collaboration with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. I am working towards a Ph.D. in biology, in the Ecology, Evolution and Behavior program at Indiana University Bloomington. My interests I am mainly interested in biology, especially entomology and behavioural ecology, insect evolution, but also entomophagy (not quite biology). I usually find most science subjects interesting. I like to cook and eat well. Excluding Wikipedia, my spare time goes to photography (especially insect macro, see my Flickr account), do what I can for the planet, reading (especially fantasy & fiction), listening to music (especially celtic, celtic fusion, alternative rock, folk-rock and rock en español), and watching anime. Something I want to learn: How to use Haidinger's brush.	frCet utilisateur a pour langue maternelle le français. enThis user is a native speaker of the English language. es-3Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel avanzado de español. This user is a participant in WikiProject Arthropods. Canis lupus This user capitalizes the genus and prints scientific names in italics.
	Useful links Minor edits WP:Lists of common misspellings WP:Disambiguation pages with links Pictures WP:Requested pictures WP:Requested pictures (animals) WP:Requested pictures (insects) WP:Graphic Lab WP:Public domain image resources Articles {{missing-taxobox}} WP:Citation templates WP:WikiProject_Lepidoptera WP:Taxobox usage WP:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles WP:WikiProject Cat:Orphaned articles Things I used to spell wrong: originally (takes two l's) characterized (takes an h) addresses (takes two d's) [1] captioned (takes one n) [2] species (the singular is also species) dependent (does not take an a) [3]
My contributions 1st edit 1000th edit 2000th edit 3000th edit Chrysiridia rhipheus Urania sloanus (Oct.11.07) Manzana List of unrefined sweeteners Miomoptera Tomopteris Zuckerbaby Kayamb (from fr:Kayamb) Guira Cuckoo (from fr:Guira) Shepherdia canadensis White Witch (moth) Maleo Topknot Pigeon Sustainable development Giant Hummingbird Chapulines Nopal Dragon Rider Jan Krzysztof Kluk‎ Omphalea Monarch (Danaus plexippus) Yacon syrup Gynandromorph Paperwhite Canna (plant) Sky High Original Soundtrack Entomophagy Pupa Limenitis arthemis Scatophaga stercoraria Eurosta solidaginis Pepsis heros Spotted Asparagus Beetle (See Asparagus beetle) Hercules moth (Coscinoscera hercules) The Blue Butterfly (See List of Quebec movies) Idea leuconoe Ornithogalum pyrenaicum Blue Morpho Serendipity the Pink Dragon (anime film) Stigmella ridiculosa (Smallest lepidoptera) Scale (zoology)#Fish scales (needs a good SVG diagram, e.g. [4]) Legend = Started by me = Almost started = Translated = Expanded = Illustrated (see my gallery) = To do	Rant I agree with User:Shanes' (now slightly outdated) rant: Why tags are evil E.g. Neverwinter, with practically a full screen of notices before the article!
	My travels Home: CAN America: USA MEX GUA SLV BLZ HON NIC CRI PAN ECU GUF Europe: FRA BEL CHE PRT Asia: THA VNM KOR IDN CHN Africa: EGY
Manual to finding scientific name etymology Finding the etymology of scientific names can sometimes be challenging, here are a few tricks I've gathered to help: Understanding and Learning Scientific Names of Species by professors for the Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning, explains some of the reasons etymology is important. The page also lists a few books that might be useful. Online Google (try for example Chrysiridia + latin), Google Books and Google Scholar sometimes have the answer Online Latin-English dictionaries (but rarely successful). Wiktionary sometimes works, if it does you often should link the word using the proper InterWikimedia link: [[wikt:]] User:Pengo/Latin subpage Dictionary of Botanical epithets The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia available online Books Stern, William (2005). Plant Names Explained: Botanical Terms and Their Meaning. Horticulture Books. ISBN 1558707476. Stearn, William T. (2004). Botanical Latin. Timber Press. ISBN 0881926272. Brown, Roland Wilbur (2000). Composition of Scientific Words. Smithsonian Books. ISBN 1560988487. Borror, Donald J. (1988). Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms. Mayfield Publishing Company. ISBN 0874840538. [5] (See User_talk:Pengo/archive_4#Latin_name for attribution)
Trivia I am half Canadian, one quarter Belgian and one quarter French. Plus my French ancestors were ultimately from Norway (i.e. I might have viking blood). Paul Verlaine was my great-great-grand uncle, I'm also related to Alfred Pellan and Félix Leclerc. Like 75-85% of Europeans I have cusps of Carabelli, but according to my dentist, mine are particularly large.

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