In this year when everybody is stuck at home I decided to give a different presentation in a conference. I participated in “Tales from the Field” Symposium at the Entomological Collections Network Meeting to talk a little bit about my work sampling beetles from palm trees. It turns out people liked it and voted as the best presentation for the “Golden Net” prize!
Luckily there was a bit of a relief from covid lockdown in Panama in the weeks before so I was able to record fieldwork. The video also includes a tribute to Sergio Vanin, who unfortunately passed away the day I was recording the video and was key for the success of these field trips and the research that came out of it in so many ways.
2020 Entomological Collections Network Meeting, Tales from the Field symposium