Friday, November 21, 2014
James Kamstra on “The Insect Life Cycle”
James Kamstra has been an active field naturalist in Ontario for over 40 years and is particularly knowledgeable on insects, herpetofauna, birds and botany. He is the Eastern Canada regional editor for the North American Butterfly Association and has compiled two butterfly counts for over 15 years. He works as an ecological consultant for an environmental /engineering firm largely on environmental impact studies. James has conducted full biophysical inventories of a number of natural areas in southern Ontario including the Severn River Corridor in Muskoka and Awenda Provincial Park. He is also a member on the Committee of Species at Risk in Ontario (COSSARO).