 | From Arsenic to DDT: A History of Entomology in Western Canada Subjects: Entomology -- Canada Weslern -- History; Insects Injurious and beneficial -- Canada Western -- History.; Insect control -- Canada Western -- History; This is the story of entomology in western Canada from the time of the explorers to the outbreak of the Second World War. Riegert describes the impact of insect hordes; from the mosquitoes which assaulted the Danish explore Jens Munk on the shores of Hudson Bay in 1619, to the devastating plagues of grasshoppers of the 1930s. Riegert Paul : PAUL W. RIEGERT is a member of the Department of Biology at the University of Regina. |
