On 9 November 2025 the Society hosted an (in person only) event during the Entomological Society of America meeting in Portland Oregon (USA), with a poster session followed by a trip to a local pub.
The following posters were shown:
Ants, Plants, and Parasitoids: Investigating the natural history of an introduced Orasema wasp (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) on Hawai’i
Ashley Yên Nhi Bui (University of California-Riverside); John Heraty (University of California-Riverside)
Lost in the Dark: Why We Still Don’t Understand Parasitoid Decline and Extinction
Jessica Awad (Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands); Cristina Vasilita (Karslruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany); Lars Krogmann (State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Germany)
Frederic Enock and the origin of the name “Fairyflies”
Natalie Dale-Skey (Natural History Museum/London/United Kingdom)
Native bee microbiomes in Central Texas
Zoë M. BeDell (Texas A&M University/College Station/USA) ; Erick V. S. Motta(Texas A&M University/College Station/USA)
The Global Whitefly Parasitoids Handbook: an identification manual to their most effective natural enemies
Andrew Polaszek (Natural History Museum, London, UK); Zachary Lahey (Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, USA)
Pollinators and Nonnative Plant Competitors of Spalding’s Catchfly
Aidan Hersh (WSU/Pullman/USA); Silas Bossert (WSU/Pullman/USA); Elizabeth Murray ((WSU/Pullman/USA)
Diversity and taxonomy of Guatemala’s native bees: New contributions and updates
Ana Cristina Garcia-Cordon (Washington State University)
In addition a very well attended students/ECP lunch – organised by Thomas Hall (ISH Student Representative), Robin Marquez and Skye Austin – took place on Tuesday 11 November
