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And with the final tour wrapped up, that concludes the 5th Combined Australian and New Zealand Entomological Societies Conference.
Thank you to everyone who made the journey, our colleagues from the ESNZ, & to all our AES members who make these conferences possible.
See you all at Conference 2026!

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And that’s a wrap for presentations at the 5th Combined Australian and New Zealand Entomological Societies Conference. Thank you to everyone who took the time to put together such an amazing range of talks. Which ones did you find the most interesting?
Tomorrow: tours and workshops!

☕ Welcome back to our third and final day of talks at the 5th Combined Australian and New Zealand Entomological Societies Conference! We’ve got plenty of topics, plenaries, and don’t miss the Award Presentations! 🏆

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Good morning and welcome to day 2 of the 5th Combined Australian and New Zealand Entomological Societies Conference! Anyone presenting today? Why not promote yourself?

First up, see everyone at the second Plenary Session: the Phil Carne Presentations.

That's a wrap for day 1 of the conference, but students hang around for the Student Event Evening at Badger & Co At 6 🍻

What was your most interesting fact you learnt on day one?

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Hope everyone enjoyed lunch and networking. What session is everyone off to next?

Quick note, if you have any photos, papers or notes you want to share, feel free to use the discord: discord.gg/Ms8RAXdqcr

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Good morning all! And welcome to the first day of talks at the 5th Combined Australian and New Zealand Entomological Societies Conference!! First up the Planary Session, see you all there!
Who's talks are you looking forward to today?

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And we are off! See you at the welcome reception!

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And we are off! See you at the welcome reception!

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Welcome to Canberra to all those who are starting to trickle in from around Australia, from across the Tasman and even around the world!

See you tomorrow at the welcome reception for the 5th Combined Australian and New Zealand Entomological Societies Conference.
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🧳 Only 5 sleeps until the 5th Combined Australian and New Zealand Entomological Societies Conference!! Time to pack your bags and Sweep Nets.

Who is going?

Why not introduce yourself on the Discord channel?
discord.gg/Ms8RAXdqcr

And don't forget to enter the competitions! buff.ly/Q6jrXBd

9 days to go until the 5th Combined Australian and New Zealand Entomological Societies Conference!
Want to chat or organise with people attending? Feel free to do so on our Discord server:

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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The Murray Fletcher Award About the award 

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!

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Less than a month to go until the Societies Conference – 1–4 December!
Have you…
✈️ Booked flights & accommodation?
🖱️ Checked out the program, tours, photography competition and workshops on the website?
👕 Ordered a souvenir t-shirt?
See you there!
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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…

🕒 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:

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.

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?

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.

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:

🦗 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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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.

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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YouTube video by Perran Ross How Wolbachia mosquitoes can prevent dengue transmission

I made a stop-motion animation to explain how Wolbachia mosquitoes can control dengue transmission

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"Vote for your 2025 ABC Australian Insect Of the year"

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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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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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.

The Entomological Society of Victoria invites nominations for the Le Souef Memorial and Emerging Awards, closing 30 September 2025.

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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: