This new image was sent this morning..

NATIONAL EXHIBITORS:                                           *Noted Entomological Collections       1: Central Victorian Regional Insect Collection*. Website: cvric.com.au  2: Central Victorian Junior Entomology (Insect) Club. Website: Junior Entomology Club  3: Cleve Herd Collection*. Website Article: C. Herd Lepidoptera Collection  4: Insectpets Australia. Website: Insectpets  5: Queen of Ants Live Ant Keeping. Website: Queen of Ants  6: The Festive Factory. Website: The Festive Factory  7: Jonathan Stephens. Website: Jonathan Stephens  8: Declan Hegge. Website: Declan Hegge Arachnology  9: Entomological Society of Victoria. Website: Ento Soc Vic10: McGenniskin Collection and Mantis Project*. Website: McGenniskin Collection

11: Articulated Imagination. Website: Articulated Imagination12: Violet Eyes Entomology. Website: Violet Eyes Entomology13: Upper Campaspe Landcare Network. Website: Upper Campaspe Landcare14: Victorian Apiarists Association. Website: Victorian Apiarists Association15: Bush Bees. Website: Bush Bees16: Rest in Pieces. Website: Rest in Pieces17: Minibeast Wildlife. Website: Minibeast Wildlife18: Australian Invertebrates. Website: Australian Invertebrates19: Macedon Ranges Shire Council. Website: Environment/Planning Dept20: Insectemporium. Website: Insectemporium

21: Bugs and Slugs. Website: BugsnSlugs22: Bardee. Website: Bardee23: The Ant Lab. Website: The Ant Lab24: Victorian Carnivorous Plant Society. Website: VCPS25: Information Desk / Sponsors. Website: Information/Sponsors26: Everything Silkworms. Website: Everything Silkworms27: University of Melbourne Biological Sciences*. Website: Sch of Bio28: Dockrill Insect Enclosures. Website: Dockrill Insects29: Natures Garden Gift. Website: Natures Garden Gift30: Amphibian Research Centre. Website: The ARC                     EXHIBITION INSECT ARTISTS:       31: Amanda Jane Aish. Website: Amanda Jane Aish32: Donna Anderson. Website: Donna Anderson33: Robyn Leeder. Website: Robyn's Prints and Paintings34: Dr Sally Berridge. Website: Dr Sally Berridge35: Ray Besserdin. Website: Ray Besserdin Paper Sculpture36: Christine Turner. Website: Christine Turner

It is exciting to announce that the final exhibition stalls have now been take and that there are no more exhibitor spaces left. What an amazing turnout for this, the Inaugural 2022 Entomology Insect Expo!!

Hopefully, the next one will be even bigger and better.

This image was taken at 10:22PM via the Federation Square Webcam and sent to us from Only Melbourne operators. It looks as if this individual is possibly in the act of consuming pizza. 

We will keep members of the public updated as news come in.

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I SAW HIM....HES HERE!!!!!We were in Melbourne Friday night as a Skybus pulled up. All of a sudden, I noticed something fly up and hang from the ceiling of the station. I just managed to get a shot with my mobile before he vanished!! We were all stunned.....

!!!! SUPERHERO SPOTTED ON VIC ROADS FREEWAY CAM !!!!
A Vic Roads Freeway Camera has captured something remarkable on the Tullamarine Freeway heading towards the Melbourne CBD. The image was taken not long after a similar figure was also photographed on the exterior of an inbound Qantas flight from the United States on the 10/06/2022 at 2.37PM.
This may confirm with our news sources that this individual may be heading into the Melbourne CBD looking for possible transport to the 2022 National Entomology Insect Expo on July 1 - 2 - 3 at the Woodend Buffalo Stadium.
All Authorities, including Police, have now been informed and members of the public are now being asked to keep an active alert for any sightings while he remains on the move.

Following on from a recent leaked source that a well known 'Character' had heard about the 2022 National Entomology Insect Expo and was apparently heading down under to see it, this image was sent to us anonymously at 2:37Pm this afternoon from a well known Plane Spotting area near Melbourne airport. The flight was inbound from the United States.
The C.V.R.I.C can not confirm nor deny what seems to be attached to the aircrafts exterior.....

We have just received information from one of our contacts in the United States that an internationally recognised 'SUPERHERO' has heard of the 2022 National Entomology Insect Expo being held on July 1 - 2 - 3 in Woodend at the Buffalo Sports Stadium and is heading to Australia to specifically see it.

WATCH THIS SPACE AS MORE NEWS COMES IN  !!!

The Bendigo Bank is renown for supporting worthwhile community projects throughout the Macedon Ranges and true to form, they have done it again!
Bendigo Community Bank Gisborne & District has officially become the major Sponsor of the 2022 National Entomology Insect Expo. The Central Victorian Regional Insect Collection would like to acknowledge such amazing support by Bendigo Bank and extends to them congratulations and thanks.. 

The Macedon Ranges Shire Council Environment and Planning Department has officially
become a Major Sponsor for the 2022 National Entomology Insect Expo to be held on
July 1 -2 - 3rd at the Woodend Buffalo Sports Stadium.

The Exhibition Director, Bert Candusio was
delighted that the Council had jumped on board for what promises to be one of the Shires major annual
events and hopefully will continue to grow bigger and bigger each year.

Our Curator, Bert Candusio featured in several ABC Radio interviews this week. First came ABC Radio Central Victoria with Sian discussing the Central Victorian Regional Insect Collection and its history.

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The following morning, ABC Radio 774 Melbourne also picked up on the story and Bert was again on the airwaves talking with Ali Moore about the significance of the collection and its future development.

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 In early December 2021, a team from the Central Victorian Regional Insect Collection (C.V.R.I.C) headed by its curator Bert Candusio and renoun invertebrate seeker Trevor Glyn-Jones, went into a remote and heavily forested area of the Lerderderg State Park in order to search for one of the most elusive and curious oddities of the animal kingdom. This creature has remained virtually unchanged for over 540 million years and is known as the Peripatus or Velvet Worm.

Many biologists today consider it a living fossil and it represents the shape and form of one of the first creatures to have ever walked upon the dry land.

Living a secluded and nocturnal existence, these animals live within rotting logs and feed on a large variety of invertebrates such as ants, termites, spiders and cockroaches. Although only a few centimeters in length, they are voracious predators and capture their prey by means of sticky slime-like threads which they squirt onto their victim. Once secured, the prey is devoured by powerful slicing jaws.

The research team were curious to see if the animals still existed in the same locality based on the first specimen collected in 1895. Known as Ooperipatus oviparus (Dendy, 1895), these animals are rarely seen by members of the public and so the C.V.R.I.C Team was keen to find at least one specimen to help highlight the importance of habitat conservation. Only one specimen was found after many hours of detailed searching.

The specimen was recently a *Special Guest* on the C.V.R.I.C TV Zoom Cast and many viewers were amazed at the appearance of this wondrous little animal. Another Zoom *Special* Episode devoted to this animal will be scheduled soon. Details will be available on the cvric.com.au website.

Congratulations to our graduates of the Ecology and Identification of the Ants of the Macedon Ranges Course 2021.
(Andrej Hohmann, Kylie McGenniskin and Violet, Danielle Thyne, Megan Radford, Bronwyn Morris with Course Director Bert Candusio). (Missing: Greg Cassidy, Jonathan Stephens, Darcy Dreja, Elyse Dixen)

The 6 week course covered early evolution of the Hymenoptera, Classification of Insect Orders, Ecology of the Formicidae, The Ant Castes, Collecting Methods, Specimen Preparation, Collection Curation, Identification to Sub Family Level and Databasing a Collection.

This was such a successful course that another will be run in 2022. Congratulations Graduates!

(Note: Several Graduates couldnt attend Graduation Presentations due to the severe weather experienced that evening.)

Next week on CVRIC TV, we have a special guest in the form of a live colony of Oribatid Soil Mites.

Closely related to other Arachnids, these mites are common in soil and assist in the decomposition of organic nutrients.
We hope you can join us this coming friday at 8:00 Pm. See you there.