Greetings to you all. At long last here it is. I apologise for the long delay in getting this posted, the year and last few months have been tremendously challenging.
     With this issue of Notes we are beginning a new policy. Instead of an occasional massive update we are going to try to get new material posted as it comes in. Hopefully this will keep the site fresh and more interesting for you.
     Once again we have some good stuff here for you. However we can not let it stop here, we need more, many more contributions and input from you all. So please once again take a few minutes and put something together to share. In addition I need your help in the following matter, when sending out the rare but important updates, I get many bounced emails. This is usually the result of an email change which is not forwarded to me. Additionally I am sure many of you have had changes in life which are not reflected in Notes, please why not update us now so we can be current.
     The springtime in Southern California was pretty much a bust, we had little winter or spring rain which resulted in much poorer collecting than last season. Flowers... what flowers. The spring bloom was very spotty at best. We have hope that this upcoming season will be better as the are predicting a weak to moderate El nino condition
     Finally a bit of business that I find rather distasteful, I have tried to avoid the need to ask for donations to help keep the site running. If you want to see "Notes" continue on and grow as it has been, please consider helping out financially with the up keep of the site. Please remember contributions are totally voluntary and in no way required to keep your name on the subscription list, but are necessary to keep "Notes" alive and healthy. To all of those who have been able to help a huge thank you.

Announcements & Bulletin Board
Page 2 Request for Donations
Page 3 Festschrift
Page 4 ANT STAMPS? Yes!
ANT COURSE 2007
Publication Policy Change

Field trips

Lets get together

Field Work

Information Needed
Origins of the hostility assay by Chris Starr
References needed by Nicolas Degallier
Pest ant records needed by James Wetterer
Authority for Thysanura Needed by Bill Clark
Ant rearing info needed by Leïla von Aesch
Looking for myrmecophilous Staphylinidae by Peter Hlavac
Material needed by Mark Moffett
Roberto M. Pereira
Solenopsis maps needed by Walter Tschinkel
Volunteers and input needed by Donald de Mackiewicz Jr. 
Information needed by John Warner
Argentine ant records wanted by James Wetterer
Info on Aenictogitoninae needed by David Merrill
Mentor needed by Carlos Moura
Permit info needed by Zach Prusak
Info needed on Hawaiian ants by Camie Martin
Undergrads needed by John LaPolla

Opinion / Correspondence

Correcting our correctors 1 by Cesare Baroni Urbani & Maria L. de Andrade

Correcting our correctors 2 by Cesare Baroni Urbani & Maria L. de Andrade

PHALACROMYRMECINI: defending the defensible by Barry Bolton

Maintaining the current Dacetini: any need to correct the correctors? by Barry Bolton

Chris Starr sent these in:
"Here's a piece just from The Straight Dope, a weekly column answering questions on just about everything. Cecil Adams is a committee, as I understand it, and he has a board of experts to deal with various kinds of specialized questions. His expert on bugs is Doug Yanega of the Univ. of California. In any event, you might like to put a link to this piece in Notes from Underground."

The straight dope1

The straight dope 2

The Loaded Language of Science By JOAN M. HERBERS

Specimens Needed
Bothriomyrmex needed by Dmitry A. Dubovikoff
In need of Army Ants by Gordon C. Snelling
In need of Camponotus by Dinah Davidson
Lasius (Acanthomyops) and relatives needed by Joe Raczkowski
In need Linepithema by Alex Wild
Leptothorax needed by André Francoeur
Neotropical Monomorium Wanted by Fernando Fernandez
Polyrhachis needed by Rudy Kohout
Specimens needed by Roy R. Snelling  
Specimens needed for excocrine analysis by Tappey Jones
In need of Pogonomyrmex by Robert Johnson
Tatuidris needed by David Donoso
WANTED: Specimens of ANY Anoplolepis species  by Kirsti Abbott
In need of Myrmecocystus by Brian O'Meara
Request for Ponerine Specimens by Chris Schmidt
Needed Tapinoma by Chris Hamm
Pavement Ants Wanted by Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner, Florian M. Steiner and Andy Suarez
Brood Samples needed by Stefanie Berghoff
West Indian and Atlantic island ant specimens by Jim Wetterer
Stenamma Needed by Michael Branstetter
Needed: Procryptocerus by Francisco Serna
Mite Identifications by John Moser
Liometopum specimens needed by Israel del Toro
Needed: Labidus cocoons by Stefani Berghoff
Wanted: Cardiocondyla by Juergen Heinze
Anecdotes needed by David Donoso
Wanted: Hypoponera by Shawn Dash
Megalomyrmex specimens needed by Juan M. Vieira