Ottoe skipper (Hesperia ottoe) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 16

Reginald P. Webster is currently working as a private consultant. He holds a PhD degree in Entomology from the Department of Entomology, Michigan State University. He has authored or co-authored over 20 scientific publications, including recent papers on the life history of the endangered Maritime Ringlet butterfly and a description of a new species of moth. He has also authored numerous reports on the biology, ecology and population structure of the Maritime Ringlet. He taught courses in Population Biology and Ethology at the University of New Brunswick. Since 1999, Dr. Webster has been doing surveys of rare and endangered butterflies for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife. During the past 10 years, he has been conducting inventories of butterflies, moths and selected families of beetles (mostly Carabidae) at several sites in New Brunswick. He is currently a member of the Arthropods Specialist Subcommittee of COSEWIC.

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