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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. Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich
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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.


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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)
 * captioned (takes one n)
 * species (the singular is also species)
 * dependent (does not take an a)
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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) (needs a good SVG diagram, e.g. )

Legend
= Started by me = Almost started = Translated = Expanded = Illustrated (see my gallery) = To do
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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!


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My travels
 Manual to finding scientific name etymology
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 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.
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Like 75-85% of Europeans I have cusps of Carabelli, but according to my dentist, mine are particularly large.
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