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    • Column 1
      • Online Ticketing
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        • Attractions Passport - 3 museums
      • Opening Hours
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    • Column 2
      • Directions
        • Jardin botanique
        • Insectarium
        • Biodôme
        • Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan
        • Contact
        • Newsletter
      • Calendar of Events
      • Birdwatching
    • Column 3
      • Groups
        • Reservation request
        • Booking terms
        • Group rates
        • FIT clients
        • Guided Tours
        • Group Entrance
      • Current Promotions
      • Accès Montréal card
    • Column 4
      • Gift shops
      • Dining areas
      • Visitor services
        • Wheelchair loans
        • Strollers and changing tables
        • Cloakrooms
      • Adapted services
        • Special pathways
        • Accommodating guide dogs
      • Photography and commercial shoots
        • Film shoots
        • Photography
      • Room Rentals
        • Find a meeting room
        • Rental conditions
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        • Reserve a meeting room
      • Accommodations
    • Space for Life on social media

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  • Explore our Spaces
    • Column 1
      • Biodôme
        • About
          • Mission
          • History
        • What to do
          • What’s new
          • Ecosystems
            • Tropical Rainforest
            • Gulf of St. Lawrence
            • Laurentian Maple Forest
            • Labrador Coast
            • Sub-Antarctic Islands
          • Exhibitions
        • Plants and animals
          • Find an animal
          • Search for a plant
        • Tips for visitors
    • Column 2
      • Insectarium
        • About the Insectarium
          • Mission
        • The Insectarium metamorphosis
    • Column 3
      • Jardin botanique
        • The Garden and its History
          • History
            • Timeline
            • Brother Marie-Victorin
            • Henry Teuscher
            • André Bouchard
          • Mission
          • Partners
        • Garden map
        • Rules for the Jardin botanique
        • Greenhouses collections
          • Aroids
          • Begoniaceae
          • Bonsai and Penjing
          • Bromeliads
          • Cacti and other succulents
          • Cycads
          • Ferns
          • Gesneriads
          • Orchids
          • Managing plant collections
            • Plant acquisition
            • Exchanges
            • Purchases
            • Donations
            • Harvests
            • Jardin botanique de Montréal Index Seminum
          • Horticultural expertise
            • Behind the scenes
            • Ecological management of the Garden
            • Animal management
        • Gardens and greenhouses
          • Lotus
          • Flowering crabapples
          • Lilacs
        • Blooms
          • Blooms of the week
          • Calendar of blooms
        • Cultural Gardens
          • Chinese Garden
            • Architecture of the Chinese Garden
            • Elements of the Chinese Garden
          • First Nations Garden
            • Visiting the First Nations Garden
            • Horticultural challenges in the First Nations Garden
            • Legends of the First Nations Garden
          • Japanese Garden
            • The elements of the Japanese Garden
            • The Japanese Pavilion
            • Gardens of the Japanese Garden
        • The Frédéric Back Tree Pavilion
        • Henry Teuscher Award
          • Applications
          • Winners of the Henry Teuscher Award
        • Horticultural conferences
    • Column 4
      • Planetarium
        • About the Planetarium
        • History
        • Works of art and heritage
          • The van der Heide sundial
          • The Ingot by Slater
          • The monument to Copernicus
        • Architectural achievement
          • An international competition
          • The architects’ inspiration
          • A sustainable building
          • Professionals and partners
        • Fact sheets
          • Passport to the Universe
          • One Day… on Mars
          • aurōrae
          • Continuum
        • Virtual ORIGINS exhibit
    • Column 5
      • Space for Life
        • About Us
        • Declaration on an Ethical Code for the Biosphere
        • What is biodiversity?
          • Endangered biodiversity
            • Habitat destruction
            • Overexploitation
            • Pollution
            • Invasive species
            • Climate change
          • What can we do?
        • Large-scale projects
        • The Laboratory of Possibilities
        • Sustainable development policy
        • Human and Nature Encounters
        • Requests for donation and guest passes
        • Sustainable development at Space for Life
          • Sustainable development history
  • Further reading
    • Column 1
      • The Green Pages
        • ABCs of gardening
          • Fact sheets
          • Pesticide-free gardening
            • Control methods
            • Getting to know low-impact pesticides
          • Caring for beds
          • Watering the garden
            • How to water
            • Improved watering techniques
          • Winter protection
            • Prevention
            • Materials
            • Winter protection essentials
            • Protection by plant type
          • Fertilizing your ornamental garden
            • Soil texture
            • Soil structure
            • pH
            • Organic matter
            • Living soil
            • Organic amendments
            • Mineral amendments
            • Plants’ nutrient requirements
            • Description of fertilizers
            • Fertilizing trees, shrubs and perennials
            • Fertilizing annuals
            • Overfertilizing
            • Foliar feeding
            • The golden rules for fertilizing
          • Vermicomposting
          • Plant nomenclature
          • Seed or stone?
          • Container gardening
            • Choice of container and soil
            • Choice of plants
            • Pests and diseases
            • Watering and fertilization
            • Other environmentally friendly practices
        • Indoor Plants
          • Indoor Plants – Fact sheets
          • General care of indoor plants
            • Light
            • Humidity, temperature and watering
            • Fertilizing
            • Repotting
            • Common growing problems
            • Caring for indoor plants in the wintertime
            • Bringing your plants indoors and outdoors
            • Buying a potted flowering plant
          • Propagating indoor plants
            • Air layering
            • Root division, stolons and leaf plantlets
            • Offsets and suckers
            • Propagating indoor plants using cuttings
          • Indoor plants and air quality
          • Terrarium
            • Container and materials
            • Preparation and planting
            • Choosing plants
            • Maintenance of the terrarium
          • Indoor bonsai
            • Indoor versus outdoor bonsai
            • Basic care
            • Selecting species
          • Growing orchids
            • Flowering and watering
            • Lighting and temperature
            • Relative humidity, fertilization and flower spike
            • Repotting and potting media
            • Easy-to-grow orchids
            • Growing problems
          • Pollinating orchids
            • Nectar
            • Pseudopollen and mobile parts
            • Mimicry and pseudocopulation
            • Colors, shapes and odours
          • Epiphytic cacti
            • Description of botanical genera
            • General care
          • Succulent plants
            • Watering and light
            • Temperature and fertilizing
            • Outdoors
            • Potting soil and repotting
            • Propagation of succulent plants
            • Pests and diseases
            • Most common growing problems
          • Cyclamen
            • Maintenance of your cyclamen
            • Encouraging your cyclamen to rebloom
            • Propagating cyclamen
            • Cyclamen pests and diseases
            • Caring for your cyclamen
          • Poinsettias
            • Legend
            • History
            • Caring for your poinsettia
            • Encouraging your poinsettia to rebloom
            • Poinsettia care by season
            • Pests and diseases
          • African violet
            • Light and temperature
            • Care
            • Potting soil, containers and repotting
            • Propagation of the African violet
            • Pests and diseases that affect African violets
          • Amaryllis
          • Hortensia (Hydrangea macrophylla)
        • Diseases, pests and undesirable plants
          • Diseases, pests and undesirable plants - Fact sheets
          • Invasive exotic insects
          • Entomopathogenic nematodes
          • Scat! How to keep animals out of your flower and vegetable gardens
          • Undesirable plants
          • Control methods
          • Giant hogweed
          • Ragweed or poison ivy?
          • Learn to recognize poison ivy
          • Japanese knotweed
          • Garlic mustard: an invasive plant that threatens our flora
        • Trees and shrubs
          • Trees and shrubs – Fact sheets
          • Planting trees and shrubs
            • What to look for when choosing trees and shrubs
            • When to plant
            • Choosing, transporting and storing trees and shrubs
            • Planting your tree or shrub
            • Planting in poorly drained soil
            • Mulch
            • Protecting the trunk
            • Staking a tree
            • Watering and inspecting
            • Mulching, staking, pruning and fertilization
            • Winter protection for trees and shrubs
            • Glossary
          • Pruning ornamental trees and shrubs
            • Pruning techniques
            • Pruning deciduous trees
            • Pruning deciduous shrubs
            • Pruning evergreens
            • Pruning hedges
          • Pruning fruit trees
            • Young trees – formative pruning
            • Heading vs thinning
            • Mature trees
            • Neglected or damaged trees
            • Annual calendar
          • Cultivating hydrangeas
            • Growing requirements
            • Pruning
            • Types of hydrangeas
          • Lilacs
            • Growing lilacs
            • Pruning lilacs
            • Lilac enemies
          • Rhododendrons
            • Growing rhododendrons
            • Rhododendron maintenance
            • Cultivars or species
            • Diseases and pests
          • Roses
            • Choosing roses
            • Growing requirements
            • Types of roses
            • Planting
            • Pruning
            • Fertilization
            • Watering
            • Winter protection for roses
            • Roses: Diseases and pests
            • Preventive growing practices
            • Recommended cultivars
            • The 'Montréal' rose
          • Climbing plants
            • Growth forms
            • Planting and care
            • Watering and pruning
            • Selecting plants
          • Deciduous and coniferous trees in city gardens
          • Mistletoe
          • Holly
          • Growing oak trees from acorns
          • Growing ginkgo from seed
          • Diseased Russian olive trees
          • Flowering crabapple cultivars
          • Lichens and trees
          • Fall colours
          • Tree roots and building foundations
        • Lawn and ground covers
          • Ground covers – Fact sheets
          • Guide to organic lawn care
            • Mowing the lawn
            • Watering the lawn
            • Soil structure and fertility
            • What is thatch?
            • Reseeding bare patches
            • Sparse lawn and weeds
            • Pests and diseases
            • Lawn calendar
          • Ground covers
            • Plants' needs
            • Planting
            • Maintenance of ground covers
            • Selecting species
          • Mosses
        • Annuals, perennials and bulbs
          • Annuals, perennials and bulbs – Fact sheets
          • Annuals
            • Seeding annuals
            • Datura and Brugmansia
            • Overwintering geraniums
          • Bulbs
            • Hardy bulbs
            • Non-hardy bulbs
            • Camouflaging bulb leaves
            • Squirrels and bulbs
          • Perennials
            • Dividing perennials
            • Cutting back perennials
            • Caring for perennials and bulbs
          • Cultivating alpine plants for rock gardens
            • Creating a rock garden
            • Selecting plants for a rock garden
            • Maintenance of alpine plants
            • Propagation of alpine plants
          • Growing hardy ferns
            • Hardy and vigorous ferns
            • Ferns to plant near water
            • Ferns for dry, shady areas
            • Evergreen ferns
            • Other species
          • Lotus
            • How to grow
            • Uses
          • Catnip
            • Reactions
            • Animals and humans
            • How to grow
          • Bloodflower, a monarch magnet
        • Vegetables and herbs
          • Vegetables and herbs – Fact sheets
          • The vegetable garden
            • Location, dimensions and planning
            • Importance and preparation of the soil
            • Indoor seeding: Vegetables and annuals
            • Maintenance of the vegetable garden
            • Vegetable selection
            • How do we grow potatoes? Planter’s guide
            • Squash recipes
            • Roast your pumpkin seeds
            • Raised bed vegetable garden
            • Jardin botanique salsa verde
          • Harvesting seeds from a vegetable garden
            • Flower fertilization
            • Stages of hand-pollination
            • Cross-pollinating plants
            • Self-pollinating plants
            • Storage
            • Suppliers of heirloom seeds
          • Harvesting and drying decorative gourds
          • History of vegetable gardens in Québec
            • Pre-colonial era and New France
            • Evolutions in landscaping
            • Modern vision of the vegetable garden
          • Edible flowers
            • Precautions and floral products
            • Uses
            • Harvest and storage
            • Recipes
            • Common edible flowers
          • Herbs
            • Growing tips
            • Caring, fertilizing and pests
            • Harvesting herbs
            • Growing herbs indoors
          • A kitchen garden for biodiversity
            • Attracting pollinators to the garden
            • Attracting birds to the garden
          • Multicultural gardens
            • African vegetable garden
            • Latin American vegetable garden
        • Landscaping
          • Design a landscaping plan
          • Butterfly gardening
            • Knowing your environment
            • Nectar-producing plants
            • Host plants
            • Laying out your garden
            • Choosing the right plants
          • In my winter garden
            • Trees
            • Shrubs
            • Conifers
            • Herbaceous plants
            • Out-of-zone gardening
          • A garden full of fall colours
            • Perennials
            • Ornamental grasses
            • Trees and shrubs
          • A cutting garden
            • Cutting and maintaining cut flowers
            • Keeping cut flowers fresh
            • Cutting and air drying flowers
            • The language of flowers
            • Say it with flowers
          • Plants for shade gardens
            • How much shade you have
            • Disadvantages of your site
            • Conditions for maintenance and growth
            • Selecting the right plant for shade gardens
        • Québec native plants
          • A garden for biodiversity
          • Native, exotic, naturalized or invasive
          • Native plants for your garden
          • Plants from the Laurentian Maple Forest and Gulf of St. Lawrence
          • Harlequin blue flag (Iris versicolor)
          • Milkweed
          • Carnivorous plants
            • Nutrition
            • Types of traps
            • Evolution of carniverous plants
            • List of families and genera
            • Carnivorism and plants
            • Carnivorous plants of Québec
            • Sarracenia
            • Drosera
            • Pinguicula
            • Utricularia
          • Mushrooms
            • The role of mushrooms in nature
            • Human uses and tips on collecting
            • Where and when to find mushrooms
            • To eat or not to eat?
        • Bibliography and resources
      • Insects and other arthropods
        • What is an arthropod?
          • What is an insect?
            • A three-part body
            • How they eat
            • From egg to adult
            • Incomplete metamorphosis
            • Complete metamorphosis
          • Springtails
          • Myriapods
          • Spiders
            • Spiderwebs
          • Pseudoscorpions
          • Woodlice
          • Classification of insects
            • Scientific names
            • What is an order of insects?
            • Chart of the orders of insects
          • Valuable allies
            • Producers
            • Pollinators
            • Environmental quality indicators
            • A food source
            • Decomposers and tillers
            • Biological control agents
        • Studying insects
          • Observing insects
            • The ABCs of observing arthropods
            • When to observe them
            • Where to observe them
            • Planning your outing
          • Collecting insects
            • Insect boxes and drawers
            • Catching insects
            • Killing insects
            • Preserving specimens
            • Identifying specimens
            • Maintaining a collection
            • Buying insects
          • Raising insects
            • Creating an ant farm
            • Raising house crickets
            • Raising yellow mealworms
            • Raising praying mantids
        • Bees, wasps and bumble bees
          • Solitary bees and social bees
          • Wasp and bee stings
          • Honey bees
          • Virescent green metallic bee
          • Bumble bees
          • Leafcutting bees
            • Alfalfa leafcutting bees
          • Social wasps and hornets
          • Digger wasps
            • Sand wasp
            • Black and white digger wasp
          • Ichneumon wasps
            • Giant ichneumon
          • Sphecid wasps
            • Great golden digger wasp
            • Black and yellow mud dauber
          • Horntails
            • Pigeon tremex
        • Spiders
          • How dangerous are spiders?
          • Controlling spiders
          • Tarantulas
          • Fishing spiders
          • Western black widow spider
          • Garden spiders
          • Crab spiders
            • Goldenrod spider
          • Jumping spiders
            • Zebra spider
          • Yellow sac spider
          • Long-bodied cellar spider
        • Ants
          • Diet
          • Life in society
          • Ecological importance
          • Carpenter ants
          • Pharaoh ants
          • Ants in the house
            • Finding an ant nest
            • Eliminate the queen to destroy the colony
            • Prevention and control
            • Using boric acid-based bait
        • Flies and mosquitoes
          • Bee flies
          • Fruit flies
          • Black flies
          • Mosquitoes
          • Syrphid flies
        • Butterflies, moths and caterpillars
          • Tiger moths
            • Virginia ctenucha
            • Isabella tiger moth
          • White-marked tussock moth
          • Tent caterpillars
          • Gossamer-winged butterflies
            • Silvery blue
          • Brush-footed butterflies
            • Great spangled fritillary
            • Painted lady
            • White admiral
            • Monarch
            • Mourning cloak
            • Question mark
            • Red admiral
            • Viceroy
          • Papilionidae
            • Black swallowtail
            • Canadian tiger swallowtail
          • Pierids
            • Clouded sulphur
            • Cabbage white
          • Saturniidae
            • Rosy maple moth
            • Luna moth
            • Polyphemus moth
            • Cecropia moth
            • Promethea moth
          • Sphinx moths
            • Abbott’s sphinx
            • Hummingbird moths
            • Waved sphinx
            • Elm sphinx
            • Modest sphinx moths
          • Gypsy moth
        • Stick insects
        • Scorpions
        • Singing insects
          • Cicadas
            • Dog-day cicada
          • Marsh meadow grasshopper
          • Crickets
            • House crickets
          • Snowy tree cricket
          • Oblong-winged katydid
        • Aquatic insects
          • Water bugs
            • Giant water bug
          • Mayflies
          • Dragonflies
            • Green darners
          • Megaloptera
            • Dobsonfly
          • Caddisflies
        • Unwanted roommates
          • Cockroaches
          • Woodlice
          • Dermestidae
            • Larder beetles
          • How to control insects that live in foodstuffs
          • Silverfish and firebrats
          • Head lice
          • Pseudoscorpions
          • Shiny spider beetle
          • Fleas
          • Bed bugs
            • Allergies and bites
            • Prevention and detection
            • Controlling their spread
          • Meal moth
          • Indian meal moth
          • Centipedes
          • Drugstore beetle
          • Yellow mealworms
        • The strangers around us
          • Jewel beetles
          • Leaf beetles
          • Lady beetles
            • Asian lady beetle
          • Springtails
            • Snow flea
          • Click beetles
          • Long-horned beetles
            • Asian longhorned beetles
          • Fireflies
          • Mantids
            • Praying mantids
          • Myriapods
          • Sap beetles
          • Earwigs
          • Aphids
          • Scarab beetles
            • European chafers
            • Japanese beetle
        • Arthropods and us
          • Insects and our health
        • Interesting books and links
        • Search for an insect or an arthropod
      • Astronomy
        • Questions about astronomy
        • Monthly sky
        • The Pocket Planetarium
        • Ephemerides
          • Planets visible to the naked eye
          • Phases of the moon
          • Equinoxes and solstices
          • Astronomy resources on the Web
        • Astronomical events
          • Transit of Mercury - November 11, 2019
            • Visibility of the transit of Mercury (2019)
            • Observing the transit of Mercury (2019)
          • Perseids
            • What is a shooting star?
            • Perseids in 2019
            • Perseids in 2018
            • Perseids in 2017
            • Perseids in 2016
            • Perseids in 2015
            • Perseids in 2014
            • Perseids in 2013
            • Perseids in 2012
            • Perseids in 2011
            • Perseids in 2010
            • Perseids in 2009
          • The Mars Hoax
          • Past astronomical events
            • Solar Eclipse - August 21, 2017
            • Transit of Mercury - May 9, 2016
            • December 21, 2012 - The End of the World?
            • Transits of Venus
            • Partial Solar Eclipse - June 1, 2011
            • Comet Holmes - Autumn 2007
            • Transit of Mercury - November 8, 2006
          • How to safely observe the Sun
            • Important warning about solar observations
            • The eclipse in a box: pinhole projection
            • Projection with binoculars
            • Projection with a small telescope
            • Direct observation with a solar filter
          • Observing shooting stars
      • Astronomy at home
      • At-home gardeners
      • Older inquiring minds
      • Space for Life on social media
      • Young inquiring minds
    • Column 2
      • Blog
      • Ask our experts
        • Horticultural information service
          • Horticulture: The most popular questions
            • Spring questions
            • Summer questions
            • Fall questions
            • Winter questions
          • Horticultural information counter
        • Entomological information
          • How to send us a specimen?
          • Identify an insect
          • General entomological question
      • It’s the Holiday Season!
        • Space for Life quizzes
    • Column 3
      • Environmental tips
        • Reducing our impact on forests
          • Reducing paper consumption
          • Reusing paper
          • Recycling paper
        • Reducing waste and water pollution
          • Reducing water consumption
          • Reusing water
          • Reducing water pollution
        • Measuring our impact on the environment
    • Column 4
      • Video gallery
      • Jardin botanique library
        • Jardin botanique de Montréal slide library
        • Conditions for using images
    • Explore the splendours of the sky

      Monthly Sky

      Monthly Sky

      Discover what you can see in the sky this month.
  • Get involved
    • Column 1
      • All about Monarchs
        • Mayor's Monarch Pledge
        • Mission Monarch
      • SEM'AIL
        • Background
        • Some basic concepts
        • The wild leek in danger
        • Reducing the impact of harvesting
        • Seeding how-tos
          • The ABCs of sowing
          • Seeding methods
          • Transplanting, a risky operation
        • Further reading
      • Nunavik Sentinels
      • Nature near you
    • Column 2
      • My Garden
        • Biodiversity Garden
        • Edible Garden
          • The TOP 12 plants for a blossoming vegetable garden
        • Monarch Oasis
          • The TOP 10 plants for monarchs
        • Bird Garden
        • Basic principles of organic gardening
        • Certification
        • Gardenaut gallery
        • Frequently Asked Questions – My Garden
      • The Laboratory of Possibilities
        • Imagining the Jardin botanique de Montréal of 2031
          • Study of mobility on Jardin botanique site
        • Imagining the future of the Insectarium
        • Transition Pathways
        • The Biodiversity Challenge
          • Instructions for Android
          • Instructions for iPhone
          • Instructions for Windows or Mac
        • Inventing the Future
        • Unlocking Human Potential for Biodiversity
    • Column 3
      • Friends of Space for Life
        • Friends of the Montréal Biodôme
        • Friends of the Montréal Insectarium
        • Friends of the Jardin botanique de Montréal
        • Montréal Planetarium Astronomical Society
        • Be a volunteer
        • Affiliated societies of the Jardin botanique
    • Column 4
      • Space for Life Foundation
      • Support Space for Life
        • Make a donation
        • Become a partner or a sponsor
      • The Montréal Space for Life charter of citizen participation
    • Support the Space for Life

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      Space for Life Foundation

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  • Kids and teachers
    • Column 1
      • Plan a school trip
        • Supervising students
        • Financial assistance for schools
    • Column 2
      • Educational activities
      • Complementary activities
      • SEM’AILjr
      • Naturally Curious
      • School newsletter
      • Teacher training sessions
    • Column 3
      • Montréal Space for Life Day camps
        • Find a day camp
        • Registration and conditions
        • Zero-waste objective
        • Integration guide
      • Youth Gardens
    • Column 4
      • Astro-Kids
        • Astro-Kids activities
        • Astronomy glossary
        • Astro-Jeunes collection
        • Astronomy references
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  • Scientific research
    • Column 1
      • Science at the Biodôme
        • Research projects
        • Conservation projects
        • Biodôme research team
          • Andrée Nault
          • Claire Vasseur
          • Emiko Wong
          • Gheylen Daghfous
          • Nathalie R. Le François
            • N.R. Le François | Scientific publications
        • Facilities
    • Column 2
      • Science at the Jardin botanique
        • Research at the Jardin botanique de Montréal
        • Jardin botanique research team
          • Alain Cogliastro
          • Alain Cuerrier
          • Frédéric Pitre
          • Marc St-Arnaud
          • Michel Labrecque
          • Simon Joly
          • Stéphanie Pellerin
        • Main research themes
        • Scientific publications
        • Pathway to phytotechnologies
      • The Pathway to Phytotechnologies
        • 7 stations
          • Filtering marshes
    • Column 3
      • Science at the Insectarium
        • Overview of research
          • Advancing entomological knowledge
          • Insectarium associate researchers/entomologists
          • Research orientations and scientific contributions
          • Michel Saint-Germain
        • The role of the Insectarium's scientific collections
          • History of entomological collections
          • Orientations for the development of scientific collections
          • Preventive conservation program for scientific collections
        • What do our scientific collections contain?
          • Insect database
            • Lists of species for the main collection groups
            • Brother Laliberté's historic collection of Coleoptera
            • Info-Muse data base
          • Type specimens of scientific collections
        • Accessible collections
          • Access and consultation
          • Loans of specimens for scientific research
          • Donations of specimens to the Montréal Insectarium
            • List by donor of entomological collections and specimens
        • Scientific publications
    • Column 4
      • Science at the Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan
        • Exoplanets
        • Meteorites
        • Data visualization
        • Science didactics
        • Planétarium Rio Tinto Alcan research team
          • Olivier Hernandez
          • André Grandchamps
          • Marc Jobin
          • Jonathan Gagné
      • Research and conservation at Space for Life
      • The Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centre
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