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Tim Loh, Contributing Editor
Full name:
Tim Loh
E-mail address:
timruns99@yahoo.ca
City, state, country:
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Biography:

Immigrated to Canada from Singapore; lived in the Greater Vancouver area for 11 years before moving to Calgary, AB to pursue a Masters (biotechnology).
Will be starting an MS in Entomology this January at Texas A&M; area of research will be investigating the molecular biology & physiology of blood feeding and pathogen transmission in ticks (project not yet specified).
I'm a collector and naturalist during my spare time. I now focus mainly on beetles and heteroptera with a special interest in Canadian and northwestern carabids and the aquatic beetles (mainly Dytiscidae but hydrophilids and others to a lesser extent) and also true bugs.

List of Current Bugguide Records
Order Plecoptera
Perlidae
Megarcys sp.
Chloroperlidae
Neaviperla forcipata
Order Orthoptera
Acrididae
Aeropedellus clavatus
Myrmecophilidae
Myrmecophilus oregonensis
Order Lepidoptera
Nymphalidae (incl. subspecies)
Erebia discoidalis
Speyeria hesperis helena
Euphydryas anicia anicia

Noctuidae
Polychrysia esmeralda
Hydraecia pallescens
Agnorisma bugrai
Sunira verberata
Euxoa declarata

Geometridae
Aspitates aberrata
Order Hemiptera
Corixidae
Hesperocorixa laevigata
Hesperocorixa vulgaris
Cenocorixa bifida
Sigara alternata
Sigara conocephala
Sigara trilineata

Notonectidae
Notonecta kirbyi
Gerridae
Limnoporus dissortis
Limnoporus notabilis
Rhyparochromidae
Ligyrocoris sylvestris
Zeridoneus costalis
Trapezonotus sp
Atrazonotus sp. nr. umbrosus

Artheneidae
Chilacis typhae
Cymidae
Cymus luridus
Rhopalidae
Stictopleurus viridicatus
Coreidae
Coriomeris humilis
Scutellaridae
Eurygaster amerinda
Pentatomidae
Trichopepla grossa
Alydidae
Alydus conspersus
Miridae
Plagiognathus shoshonea
Order Coleoptera
Rhysodidae
Clinidium calcaratum
Haliplidae
Peltodytes tortulosus
Carabidae
Scaphinotus marginatus
Stereocerus haematopus
Pterostichus herculeanus
Pterostichus crenicollis
Pterostichus amethystinus
Chlaenius alternatus
Chlaenius lithophilus
Calathus ingratus
Calathus fuscipes
Nebria obtusa
Nebria mannerheimii
Agonum anchomenoides
Agonum nigriceps
Agonum thoreyi
Agonum cupreum
Agonum affine
Agonum piceolum
Agonum corvus
Agonum propinquum
Agonum sordens
Agonum subsericeum
Agonum errans
Agonum ferruginosum
Platynus mannerheimi
Diplous aterrimus
Patrobus stygicus
Notiophilus aquaticus
Diplocheila oregona
Amara obesa
Amara torrida
Amara lacustris
Amara cupreolata
Amara discors
Amara sinuosa
Amara ellipsis
Amara laevipennis
Amara apricaria
Amara littoralis
Amara pallipes
Amara scitula
Bradycellus harpalinus
Bradycellus lecontei
Bradycellus nubifer
Bradycellus congener
Anisodactylus alternans
Cymindis cribicollis
Loricera decempunctata
Bembidion planatum
Bembidion haruspex
Bembidion bimaculatum
Bembidion sordidum
Bembidion actuosum
Bembidion incrematum
Bembidion graphicum

Dytiscidae
Graphoderus occidentalis
Hydaticus aruspex
Dytiscus dauricus
Dytiscus alaskanus
Colymbetes exaratus
Rhantus binotatus
Rhantus consimilis
Rhantus wallisi
Agabus griseipennis
Agabus seriatus
Agabus antennatus
Agabus anthracinus
Agabus canadensis
Agabus discolor
Agabus punctulatus
Agabus tristis
Ilybius fraterculus
Ilybius angustior
Ilybius subaeneous
Ilybius pleuriticus
Oreodytes crassulus
Oreodytes scitulus
Stictotarsus griseostriatus
Stictotarsus striatellus
Hygrotus tumidiventris
Hygrotus unguicularis
Hygrotus patruelis
Hygrotus marklini
Hygrotus suturalis
Hygrotus compar
Hydroporus pervicinus
Sanfilippodytes compertus
Nebrioporus macronynchus
Laccophilus biguttatus
Laccophilus maculosus decipiens

Staphylinidae
Deinopteroloma pictum
Lampyridae
Phausis rhombica
Cantharidae
Cantharis aneba
Throscidae
Pactopus horni
Scarabaeidae
Aphodius criddlei
Aphodius erraticus

Buprestidae
Agrilus liragus
Poecilonota ferrea

Dryopidae
Helichus striatus
Melyridae
Dasytes sp.
Coccinellidae
Coccinella hieroglyphica
Hippodamia falcigera
Hippodamia expurgata
Brachiacantha albifrons
Nephus georgei

Tenebrionidae
Clamoris americana
Blapstinus substriatus
Stenotrachelidae
Cephaloon tenuicorne
Anthicidae
Notoxus nevadense
Meloidae
Epicauta ferruginea
Chrysomelidae
Hydrothassa boreella
Cerambycidae
Cortodera longicornis
Curculionidae
Rhyncolus macrops
Listronotus filiformis

Order Diptera
Asilidae
Laphria janus