Australian Entomological Society
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The Australian Entomological Society aims to advance & disseminate entomological knowledge in all its aspects.
Publisher of Austral Entomology.
Publisher of Austral Entomology.
10 days to go till the 5th Combined Australian & NZ Entomological Societies Conference!
Don't forget to enter the photography competition!
There is a category for all types:
📸 Photography (SLR or similar)
📱 Smart phone
💻 Open category (digital, illustration, sculpture, etc)
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Don't forget to enter the photography competition!
There is a category for all types:
📸 Photography (SLR or similar)
📱 Smart phone
💻 Open category (digital, illustration, sculpture, etc)
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November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
10 days to go till the 5th Combined Australian & NZ Entomological Societies Conference!
Don't forget to enter the photography competition!
There is a category for all types:
📸 Photography (SLR or similar)
📱 Smart phone
💻 Open category (digital, illustration, sculpture, etc)
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Don't forget to enter the photography competition!
There is a category for all types:
📸 Photography (SLR or similar)
📱 Smart phone
💻 Open category (digital, illustration, sculpture, etc)
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Presenting at the AES Conference? You could be in the running for the Murray Fletcher Award: $300 + certificate for the best presentation or poster advocating for the value of entomological collections in science, diagnostics, or education. No entry required: all eligible talks & posters considered!
The Murray Fletcher Award
About the award
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November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Presenting at the AES Conference? You could be in the running for the Murray Fletcher Award: $300 + certificate for the best presentation or poster advocating for the value of entomological collections in science, diagnostics, or education. No entry required: all eligible talks & posters considered!
Less than a month to go until the Societies Conference – 1–4 December!
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November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Less than a month to go until the Societies Conference – 1–4 December!
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🖱️ Checked out the program, tours, photography competition and workshops on the website?
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🕒 Final call for input!
The Australian Entomological Society’s Collections Committee survey closes today.
Your feedback is needed to help assess interest in a future Collections Workshop.
Survey link:
The Australian Entomological Society’s Collections Committee survey closes today.
Your feedback is needed to help assess interest in a future Collections Workshop.
Survey link:
Collections Workshop Survey
This survey has been created by the Australian Entomological Society's Collections Committee to evaluate interest and need in a Collections Workshop. We welcome responses to this survey from anyone…
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🕒 Final call for input!
The Australian Entomological Society’s Collections Committee survey closes today.
Your feedback is needed to help assess interest in a future Collections Workshop.
Survey link:
The Australian Entomological Society’s Collections Committee survey closes today.
Your feedback is needed to help assess interest in a future Collections Workshop.
Survey link:
Last chance to vote for the 2025 ABC Australian Insect of the Year!
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Will the Australian Entomological Society's pick, the Bird Dropping Beetle (Excastra albopilosa) be your vote?
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Will the Australian Entomological Society's pick, the Bird Dropping Beetle (Excastra albopilosa) be your vote?
Vote for your favourite Australian Insect of the Year
Whether you love beetles or the giant mantis it's time to cast your vote for Australia's top insect.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Last chance to vote for the 2025 ABC Australian Insect of the Year!
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Will the Australian Entomological Society's pick, the Bird Dropping Beetle (Excastra albopilosa) be your vote?
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Will the Australian Entomological Society's pick, the Bird Dropping Beetle (Excastra albopilosa) be your vote?
Only two days left to vote for the 2025 ABC Australian Insect of the Year!
Why not give the Australian Entomological Society's pick, the Bird Dropping Beetle (Excastra albopilosa), a vote?😉
Vote here:
Why not give the Australian Entomological Society's pick, the Bird Dropping Beetle (Excastra albopilosa), a vote?😉
Vote here:
Vote for your favourite Australian Insect of the Year
Whether you love beetles or the giant mantis it's time to cast your vote for Australia's top insect.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Only two days left to vote for the 2025 ABC Australian Insect of the Year!
Why not give the Australian Entomological Society's pick, the Bird Dropping Beetle (Excastra albopilosa), a vote?😉
Vote here:
Why not give the Australian Entomological Society's pick, the Bird Dropping Beetle (Excastra albopilosa), a vote?😉
Vote here:
🦗 Newly published Austral Entomology: Bulbol et al. document the first confirmed record of Rhopalosomatidae (Hymenoptera) parasitizing Phalangopsidae crickets in the Neotropics, providing new insights into host associations and parasitoid ecology in Brazil and Costa Rica.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
🦗 Newly published Austral Entomology: Bulbol et al. document the first confirmed record of Rhopalosomatidae (Hymenoptera) parasitizing Phalangopsidae crickets in the Neotropics, providing new insights into host associations and parasitoid ecology in Brazil and Costa Rica.
Newly published Austral Entomology: A study by Souza-Gonçalves et al. establishes the new beetle genus Bucerocaputis (Ciidae) from Brazil’s Cerrado and Caatinga, describing two new species and their distinguishing morphological traits.
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October 16, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Newly published Austral Entomology: A study by Souza-Gonçalves et al. establishes the new beetle genus Bucerocaputis (Ciidae) from Brazil’s Cerrado and Caatinga, describing two new species and their distinguishing morphological traits.
The Great Southern BioBlitz 2025 runs from 24–27 October — get outside this spring to record wildlife via iNaturalist
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October 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The Great Southern BioBlitz 2025 runs from 24–27 October — get outside this spring to record wildlife via iNaturalist
Newly published Austral Entomology: A study by Saraiva et al. describes two new Iguarassua species from Brazil’s Northern Atlantic Forest and revises the taxonomy of minute leaf-litter Stygnidae, synonymising Kaapora under Iguarassua.
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October 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Newly published Austral Entomology: A study by Saraiva et al. describes two new Iguarassua species from Brazil’s Northern Atlantic Forest and revises the taxonomy of minute leaf-litter Stygnidae, synonymising Kaapora under Iguarassua.
Newly published in Austral Entomology: A study by Bird et al. establishes baseline susceptibility of Australian Spodoptera frugiperda to cyantraniliprole and develops diagnostic tests to support resistance management.
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October 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Newly published in Austral Entomology: A study by Bird et al. establishes baseline susceptibility of Australian Spodoptera frugiperda to cyantraniliprole and develops diagnostic tests to support resistance management.
Newly published study in Austral Entomology: Chen-Hsin Fan et al. uses genetic and morphological evidence to reinstate Apiomorpha crispa (Fuller, 1896) as a distinct species separate from A. strombylosa.
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October 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Newly published study in Austral Entomology: Chen-Hsin Fan et al. uses genetic and morphological evidence to reinstate Apiomorpha crispa (Fuller, 1896) as a distinct species separate from A. strombylosa.
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I made a stop-motion animation to explain how Wolbachia mosquitoes can control dengue transmission
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How Wolbachia mosquitoes can prevent dengue transmission
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October 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I made a stop-motion animation to explain how Wolbachia mosquitoes can control dengue transmission
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This year, the ABC's audience will determine Australia's Insect of the Year!
Polling will open on October 4 on the ABC website, where you can pick your favourite.
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Polling will open on October 4 on the ABC website, where you can pick your favourite.
#InsectOfTheYear2025 #ABCNews
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October 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This year, the ABC's audience will determine Australia's Insect of the Year!
Polling will open on October 4 on the ABC website, where you can pick your favourite.
#InsectOfTheYear2025 #ABCNews
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Polling will open on October 4 on the ABC website, where you can pick your favourite.
#InsectOfTheYear2025 #ABCNews
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Newly published in Austral Entomology: Liu et al describes the new assassin bug Rasahus ellipticus sp. nov., reinstates R. sipolisii as a valid species, reports the macropterous male of R. bifurcatus for the first time, and designates lectotypes for several related taxa.
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September 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Newly published in Austral Entomology: Liu et al describes the new assassin bug Rasahus ellipticus sp. nov., reinstates R. sipolisii as a valid species, reports the macropterous male of R. bifurcatus for the first time, and designates lectotypes for several related taxa.
Newly published article in Austral Entomology: Santis et al., reviews the Neotropical genus Campylocheta (Diptera: Tachinidae), synonymises two genera, describes three new species, and provides an identification key to Neotropical species.
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September 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Newly published article in Austral Entomology: Santis et al., reviews the Neotropical genus Campylocheta (Diptera: Tachinidae), synonymises two genera, describes three new species, and provides an identification key to Neotropical species.
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The Entomological Society of Victoria invites nominations for the Le Souef Memorial and Emerging Awards, closing 30 September 2025.
Awards — The Entomological Society of Victoria
To perpetuate the memory of the late John Cecil Le Souëf, an esteemed member of the Entomological Society of Victora who died in 1982, the Society proudly offers the Le Souëf Awards.
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September 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The Entomological Society of Victoria invites nominations for the Le Souef Memorial and Emerging Awards, closing 30 September 2025.
Don’t forget to prepare your entries for the 2025 AES Photographic Competition. Open to members with prizes in photography, smartphone shots, and creative media. For details visit:
Awards, Grants & Competitions - Australian Entomological Society 56th Annual Conference - Marie Reay Teaching Centre | ANU
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September 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Don’t forget to prepare your entries for the 2025 AES Photographic Competition. Open to members with prizes in photography, smartphone shots, and creative media. For details visit:
Already secured your conference ticket to 5th Combined Australian and New Zealand Entomological Societies Conference?
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See you on Monday the 1st of December 2025!
Don't forget to book your Flights and accommodation before options become limited!
See you on Monday the 1st of December 2025!
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See you on Monday the 1st of December 2025!
Don't forget to book your Flights and accommodation before options become limited!
See you on Monday the 1st of December 2025!
🌊 🏝️ Newly published in Austral Entomology: Johnston et al. (2025) demonstrate that seabird carrion on nearshore islands can sustain specialised insect communities distinct from the mainland, dominated by the littoral blowfly Calliphora maritima.
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September 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
🌊 🏝️ Newly published in Austral Entomology: Johnston et al. (2025) demonstrate that seabird carrion on nearshore islands can sustain specialised insect communities distinct from the mainland, dominated by the littoral blowfly Calliphora maritima.
🌽 Newly published in Austral Entomology: Casuso et al. document 26 predator species of the corn leafhopper Dalbulus maidis in northern Argentina, increasing the total known across the Americas to 40 and highlighting their role in natural pest control.
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September 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
🌽 Newly published in Austral Entomology: Casuso et al. document 26 predator species of the corn leafhopper Dalbulus maidis in northern Argentina, increasing the total known across the Americas to 40 and highlighting their role in natural pest control.
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Applications for the Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP) are open for graduate, predoctoral, postdoctoral, and senior researchers, with a deadline of October 15, 2025.
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Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP)
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August 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Applications for the Smithsonian Institution Fellowship Program (SIFP) are open for graduate, predoctoral, postdoctoral, and senior researchers, with a deadline of October 15, 2025.
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⏰ Honours and postgrad entomology students; Only one week left to submit your entry for the Phil Carne Prize! Get your paper in by 31 August for a chance at $1500 and AES conference recognition. For details visit: buff.ly/J5J4zWs
The Phil Carne Prize
Images provided by Peter Chew www.brisbaneinsects.com
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August 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
⏰ Honours and postgrad entomology students; Only one week left to submit your entry for the Phil Carne Prize! Get your paper in by 31 August for a chance at $1500 and AES conference recognition. For details visit: buff.ly/J5J4zWs
⏰ One week left to nominate for the Penny Gullan Award: recognising excellence in entomology among early career researchers (within 10 years of graduation). Nominations close 31 August.
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Penny Gullan ECR Award
Images provided by Peter Chew www.brisbaneinsects.com
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August 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
⏰ One week left to nominate for the Penny Gullan Award: recognising excellence in entomology among early career researchers (within 10 years of graduation). Nominations close 31 August.
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👕 Heading to the Australian & NZ Entomological Societies Conference on 1-4 of December & would like a T-shirt or other items for the event? Conference designs are now available on the AES Redbubble store.
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August 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
👕 Heading to the Australian & NZ Entomological Societies Conference on 1-4 of December & would like a T-shirt or other items for the event? Conference designs are now available on the AES Redbubble store.
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