[Entm-beu] Tree pest specialist and pinning assistance requested

[Robin Doyle Testa]

The following message has been forwarded on behalf of Rochelle Hoey Chamberlain.

Would you mind sharing the email below with the department? I would like to get this participant to our short course in contact with others in the department that might be more knowledgeable about his requests.

Thank you!

Rochelle

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From: Sam Hill <sam at samhilltreecare.com<mailto:sam at samhilltreecare.com>>
Date: Wed, May 18, 2022, 9:11 AM
Subject: Re: True Bug Biodiversity Short Course Informational Email
To: Rochelle Hoey Hoey-Chamberlain <rhoey001 at ucr.edu<mailto:rhoey001 at ucr.edu>>

Hi Rochelle,

I hope you are having a good week.  I am making my travel arrangements and I was going to come in a couple of days early.  I was think of shooting over to Joshua Tree.  But I also know that there is an oak reserve not too far from campus.  I was hoping to get your opinion on what I should do with my time.  I am a tree person, so that is attractive.

Also, I have sort of a strange request.  Is there a person, maybe a student assistant that is really good at pinning and curating an insect collection that would like to earn a little money coaching/teaching me to pin various orders of insects?  There is only so much you can learn on YouTube.

Lastly, would be interested to see any of the tree pest in the area i.e. gold spotted oak borer, various shot hole borers, or South American palm weevil.  I am not looking for anyone involved in the short course (because they are probably busy) and I don’t know our exact agenda, so outside of those times.

I realize all my requests are not doable, so in rank order of priority:


  1.  Pinning
  2.  Tree Pests
  3.  Oak Reserve
  4.  Joshua Tree

Happy to compensate tour guide/coach for time, buy meals, pay gas, tip, etc.  I will probably rent a vehicle, too.  Would love to help out a grad student.

Sam Hill
Sam Hill Tree Care
ISA Board Certified Master Arborist TX-0939B





On Apr 28, 2022, at 5:46 PM, Rochelle Hoey Chamberlain <rhoey001 at ucr.edu<mailto:rhoey001 at ucr.edu>> wrote:

Dear True Bug Biodiversity Short Course participants,

We are excited to have you on board for the first True Bug Biodiversity course to be held in the United States at UC Riverside in the Entomology Research Museum teaching space in June 2022! Please complete the questionnaire <https://forms.gle/8EYDSwVhQ95tRqmHA> for some information we’ll need from you.

Also, here is a brief summary on some of the logistics.

For those of you eligible for and receiving a stipend to offset part of your travel costs, reimbursement will occur after the short course. With this in mind, please make arrangements for travel and lodging yourselves.

The course starts on Monday June 13th at 9AM, so you may need to arrive in Riverside, CA, on Sunday. The last official program item will be on Friday evening, June 17th, so participants can depart on Saturday.

If you are flying into California, the closest airport to Riverside is Ontario airport.<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ontario+International+Airport/@34.0559976,-117.5980922,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x9fc4ed16c859523b!8m2!3d34.0559976!4d-117.5980922> There are shuttle options as well as Lyft etc. for the ~20-30 minute trip to Riverside.
Riverside has a number of hotel options in walking distance from the Entomology Research Museum<https://www.google.com/maps/place/Entomology+Museum,+Riverside,+CA+92507/@33.9700725,-117.3277467,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x80dcae51c365e9f9:0x995e613b4ae374e1!8m2!3d33.9700681!4d-117.325558> at UC Riverside (please see list of hotels below). More affordable will be AirBnB places within walking distance from campus. Several AirBnB options are available for multiple occupancy; we therefore ask in the Google Questionnaire if you are interested in sharing your contact information so participants can coordinate accommodation amongst themselves.

  *   Motel 6 Riverside, CA - UCR East— 1.2 miles– ~$85-100
  *   Dynasty Suites Hotel— 1.3 miles– ~$96-125
  *   Quality Inn Riverside Near Ucr And Downtown— 1.6 miles– ~$94-121
  *   Courtyard by Marriott Riverside UCR/Moreno Valley Area— 1.5 miles– $139-169
  *   Budget Inn of Riverside— 2.0 miles—  Call for rates: (951) 686-8888
What to bring? There will be two field trips as part of this short course. Please bring equipment appropriate for field collecting such as hiking boots, sunscreen, hat, water bottle, net, aspirator, vials, headlamp, and containers for specimens. Materials for the classroom sessions will be provided.
More information on logistics and the curriculum areforthcoing. Please reach out if you have questions.

Best wishes, the True Bug Short Course team

Rochelle Hoey-Chamberlain, MSc
Assistant Specialist
Heteropteran Systematics Lab (Weirauch Lab) and the Wilson Rankin lab
Department of Entomology
University of California-Riverside
rhoey001 at ucr.edu<mailto:rochelle.hoeychamberlain at ucr.edu>
(951)827-5708

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