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

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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.
(Note: items can only be ordered online and will not be available at the event)
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The Bogong Storytellers project seeks to learn what bogong moths mean to people across Australia. Share your story and support conservation by completing their survey: buff.ly/pKca3Co

Scientists have discovered a new giant stick insect species, Acrophylla alta, in the high-altitude rainforests of Far North Queensland, believed to be Australia’s heaviest insect. buff.ly/4Rpz792

A fully funded PhD position at Stellenbosch University is available from October 2025 to investigate fruit fly (Tephritidae) dispersal and pest management using ecological, genomic, and spatial modelling, with applications due by 30 June 2025. See attached image for details.

Interested in doing a PhD on insects? La Trobe has some opportunities available:

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Hello Bluesky!🦋
Ready to take wing.