Australian Entomological Society

We couldn’t resist a Lepidoptera logo! 🦋 AES will be discontinuing its X/Twitter account and migrating to Bluesky under the handle: @austentsoc.bsky.social. Hope to see you there! buff.ly/3VbHpTU

We couldn’t resist a Lepidoptera logo! 🦋 AES will be discontinuing its X/Twitter account and migrating to Bluesky under the handle: @austentsoc.bsky.social. Hope to see you there! buff.ly/3VbHpTU

Friday ear worm: Bugs by Jesse Welles "well have a reason and know why, don’t do it jus so they’ll die, if yer gonna kill a bug don’t do it jus because" youtu.be/6cbrmyg1UTg?si… @RoyEntSoc @EntsocAmerica @Aust_Ent_Soc

Spiders: Beneficial or bad news in paddocks? Entos & Agros let me know your thoughts. This Lynx spider aimed high in 2025, capturing a Caterpillar-hunter Specid wasp @IOA_UWA @GRDCWest @AFEntomology @Aust_Ent_Soc

Newly published in Austral Entomology: Barros et al. reports the first record of Hoplopeza pulcherrima (Diptera: Hybotidae) in New Zealand via @inaturalist, along with a redescription of the species and an updated key to Australasian Ocydromiinae genera. buff.ly/3CHDzvr

And that's a wrap for #AusEnto2024! We hope all attendees had a fantastic time & gained valuable insights from the conference. See you next year in... CANBERRA! Returning to the nation's capital after a decade to celebrate the AES's 60th anniversary! See you all at #AusEnto2025

Good morning Hobart! Presentations at #AusEnto2024 have wrapped up, But don’t leave just yet—if you’ve booked, we’ll see you on the Field Trip to Tahune Forest from 10:00 to 16:30 🥾🥾

Welcome to day 3 #AusEnto2024! Loads more talks, keynote presentations, and awards ceremony!

It is the second day of #AusEnto2024! Plenty more talks, including keynote presentations and the conference dinner 🍽️

My PhD student Lachlan Gretgrix gave his first conference talk on improving quantification of #metabarcoding assays for agroecosystem monitoring at @Aust_Ent_Soc conference! Presenting experiments using unique molecular identifiers to reduce amplification bias

Good Morning Hobart! First day of talks today! Conference opening in just a few minutes!! buff.ly/4fncs7v

And we are off! #AusEnto2024

Destination sponsor: Business Events Tasmania Awards sponsorship: peerJ open advances in zoology Sponsorship: Bugs For Bugs Field trip sponsor: University of Tasmania.

Before we kick off, a big thanks to our sponsors for helping make this conference possible. Conference partner: Australian Entomological Supplies Conference supporters: Tasmanian Government, and Plant Health Australia.

@BeeBabette @cardosopmb At the end of the conference the next location will be announced, fingers crossed it's closer to you next year!

@Aust_Ent_Soc @cardosopmb So much #fomo 😭 (a 6 hr flight is not recommended when 30 weeks pregnant 😅)

Welcome to Tasmania @cardosopmb! Looking forward to your talk!

Good morning Hobart! Well the day has finally arrived, attendees are trickling in and the directors are having their strategic planning meeting. See you at the welcome reception! Hotel Foyer, Old Woolstore 4:30.

@AmberB_C I'm sure that can be arranged 🙂

@Aust_Ent_Soc I can’t make it sadly but should have some pictures in the photography competition! @Aust_Ent_Soc I’d love to see photos of the display!

Tomorrow's the day: #AusEnto2024 kicking off with the 16:30 Welcome Reception (Hotel Foyer, Old Woolstore). Who will we be seeing there? 🥂🪲🍷 conferences.com.au/2024aes-progra…

We are saddened to announce the passing of Dr David Kendray McAlpine, MSc, PhD, DIC, a preeminent Australian Diptera taxonomist and describer of 7 new families, 50 genera, & 415 species. David’s remarkable contributions will leave a lasting legacy. Vale Dr David Kendray McAlpine