Dr Sue Jaggar (Secretary of WAISS) spoke at the WA Gardeners Circle, and was then asked to be interviewed for the “All the Dirt” Podcast. Here is the link to the interview:
2022 WA Insect Study Society Photo Competition
The annual WAISS photo competition is on again in 2022. Entry extended till end of May.
Members of WAISS are most welcome to enter. If you are not currently a member, you are most welcome to join. Membership details and forms can be found at https://waiss.org/join/, prizes and rules are outlined below, and if you require further information please feel free to contact the Secretary.
WAISS Photography Competition 2020-2021 Prizes and Rules :
Entries close at midnight on 31 May 2022. (NOTE THE DATE HAS BEEN EXTENDED)
Prizes in adult categories will be $50, $30, and $20 for first, second, and third. Prizes in the junior category will be $25, $15, and $10.
Categories are:
1. Artistic.
2. Scientific Interest (please include an explanation as to what the subject is, and why it is of interest).
3. Junior (17 and under).
Rules for entry are:
- You must be a current member of WAISS.
- Photographs must be solely the work of the member submitting them.
- Photographs must be of Western Australian invertebrates (insects, spiders, mites…..).
- Photographs should be submitted at the largest file size and resolution possible.
- Senior entries will automatically be considered for multiple categories if appropriate, but each photo may only win one prize.
- The invertebrate must be the main subject in all categories.
- Entrants for the scientific interest category should point out the scientific significance of the subject. A series of images joined in a composite will be accepted if it enhances the scientific interest (e.g. stages of development of an insect).
- Photographs in the artistic section will be judged on photographic merit, including elements such as composition, lighting.
- Minor editing of photographs will be accepted, such as cropping and exposure adjustments. Major editing will not be accepted.
- Photographs previously entered in a WAISS photographic competition cannot be entered.
- A maximum of three (3) photographs per entrant will be accepted.
- Please include details of where each photo was taken, species if known, and label each photo/file with your name.
Please submit photos in .jpg format via email to waisspresident@gmail.com by the 31 May 2022.
CRAFT COMPETITION
Are you creative ? Are you a member of WAISS (or about to join).
If so, make an insect out of any medium and bring it to the next meeting.
Board Games Night
PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION WINNERS
Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 WAISS Photography Competition.
Scientific Category
First Prize: Dragonfly metamorphosis by Karen Cullen
Second Prize: Clouded coachman family by Margaret Owen
Third Prize: Native Bee by Kerry Stuart
Artistic Category
First Prize: Life and Death by Norm Pinsky
Second Prize: Katydid by Terry Houston
Third Prize: Cicada by Kerry Stuart
Phone Category
First Prize: Rifle bug by Daniel Heald
Second Prize: Hoverflies by Lachie Perry
Third Prize: Lynx spider by Lachie Perry
February meeting via ZOOM
Due to COVID the February meeting will be held via zoom – Wed Feb 10 at 7:30
Speaker is Joshua Kestel (Curtin University)
Topic: eDNA in pollination studies.
If you wish to join email secretary.waiss@gmail.com or treasurer.waiss@gmail.com
2021 WA Insect Study Society Photo Competition
The annual WAISS photo competition is on again in 2021.
Members of WAISS are most welcome to enter. If you are not currently a member, you are most welcome to join.
Membership details and forms can be found at https://waiss.org/join/, prizes and rules are outlined below, and if you require further information please feel free to contact the Secretary or Treasurer.
WAISS Photography Competition 2020-2021 Prizes and Rules :
Entries close at midnight on Sunday 31 January 2021
The total prize pool will be $350 across four categories, with an additional honorable mention.
Prizes in adult categories will be $50, $30, and $20 for first, second, and third. Prizes in the junior category will be $25, $15, and $10.
Categories are:
* Composition/Art
* Subject/Scientific Interest
* Phone
* Junior
Entry is open to WAISS members.
Photographs must be the work of the member submitting them.
Photographs must be of Western Australian invertebrates.
Photographs should be submitted at the largest file size and resolution possible.
Entrants for phone and junior categories should point out their eligibility.
Entrants for the subject category should point out the scientific significance of the subject.
Senior entries will automatically be considered for multiple categories if appropriate, but each photo may only win one prize.
Criteria for judgement may include artistic merit, scientific notability, best portrait, best action shot, etc.
Composite photographs are permitted.
A maximum of three (3) photographs per entrant will be accepted.
Please include details of where each photo was taken, species if known, and label each photo/file with your name.
Please submit photos in .jpg format via email to waisspresident@gmail.com by the 31 January 2021
2020 WA Insect Study Society Photo Competition
The annual WAISS photo competition has been underway for over a month. Entry closes soon!
Members of WAISS are most welcome to enter. If you are not currently a member, you are most welcome to join.
Membership details and forms can be found at https://waiss.org/join/, prizes and rules are outlined below, and if you require further information please feel free to contact the Secretary or Treasurer.
WAISS Photography Competition 2019-2020 Prizes and Rules :
Entries close at midnight on the Wednesday February 5 2020.
The total prize pool will be $350 across four categories, with an additional honorable mention and free year’s membership in each category.
Prizes in adult categories will be $50, $30, and $20 for first, second, and third. Prizes in the junior category will be $25, $15, and $10.
Categories –
Composition/Art
Subject/Scientific Interest
Phone
Junior
Entry is open to WAISS members.
Photographs must be the work of the member submitting them.
Photographs must be of Western Australian invertebrates.
Photographs should be submitted at the largest file size and resolution possible.
Entrants for phone and junior categories should point out their eligibility.
Entrants for the subject category should point out the scientific significance of the subject.
Senior entries will automatically be considered for multiple categories if appropriate, but each photo may only win one prize.
Criteria for judgement may include artistic merit, scientific notability, best portrait, best action shot, etc.
Composite photographs are permitted.
A maximum of three (3) photographs per entrant will be accepted.
Please include details of where each photo was taken, species if known, and label each photo/file with your name.
Please submit photos in .jpg format via email to secretary.waiss@gmail.com by the fifth of February.
The Atlas of Butterflies and Diurnal Moths in the Monsoon Tropics of Northern Australia.
Authored by M.F. Braby, D.C. Franklin, D.E Bisa, M.R Williams, A.A.E Williams, C.L. Bishop, R.A.M. Coppen.
Pale Swallowtail, Graphium euryplus, photo by A.S. Kono, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
New from (amongst others) WAISS Members Dr Matthew and Andrew Williams, The Atlas of Butterflies and Diurnal Moths in the Monsoon Tropics of Northern Australia is a beautiful and thoroughly researched new book documenting the distribution, phenology and host plants of the butterflies in this vast region of northern Australia. This region is significant for biodiversity conservation because it supports high levels of species richness and endemism – range-restricted taxa that are not represented elsewhere in Australia. However, current knowledge is based almost entirely on vertebrates and there have been no previous detailed studies examining patterns of biodiversity of invertebrates. Moreover, the region is under increasing pressure for development and exploitation of its natural wealth by the expanding agricultural and mining sectors. Hence, there is an urgent need for a holistic approach to identify its biological assets and inform policy and conservation management agencies. This new book addresses this lack of knowledge for a flagship group of invertebrates, the butterflies and day-flying moths.
Available now in print or free electronic form from ANU Press.
2019 WAISS Photo Competition
The annual WAISS photo competition is already off to a flying start! Entries are flooding in from near and far! The judges are awestruck by artistic beauty, scientific interest, and incredible things that can be done with mobile phones! They are tugging their beards and muttering at each other! Word on the street is that even 16 prizes might not be enough! 🙂
Members of WAISS are most welcome to enter, if you’re not currently a member, membership details and forms can be found at https://waiss.org/join/ , prizes and rules are outlined below, and if you require further information, feel free to contact the President, Secretary, or Treasurer.
WAISS Photography Competition 2018-19 Prizes and Rules :
The total prize pool will be $350, with an additional honorable mention and free year’s membership in each category.
Prizes in adult categories will be $50, $30, and $20 for first, second, and third. Prizes in the junior category will be $25, $15, and $10.
Categories –
Composition/Art
Subject/Scientific Interest
Phone
Junior
Entry is open to WAISS members.
Photographs must be the work of the member submitting them.
Photographs must be of Western Australian insects.
Photographs should be submitted at the largest file size and resolution possible.
Entrants for phone and junior categories should point out their eligibility.
Entrants for the subject category should point out the scientific significance of the subject.
Senior entries will automatically be considered for multiple categories if appropriate, but each photo may only win one prize.
Criteria for judgement may include artistic merit, scientific notability, best portrait, best action shot, etc.
Composite photos are permitted.
A maximum of 3 photographs per entrant will be accepted.
Please submit photos in .jpg format via email to waisspresident@gmail.com by 31 January.
Please include details of where each photo was taken, species if known, and label each photo/file with your name.
WA Insect Study Society Inc. 