Entomology Club at the University of Florida

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Entomology Club at the University of Florida

The Entomology Club at the University of Florida is an active student organization that seeks to bring together students of entomology.

Spring Semester 2022 meetings at 5:30pm in EYN 2218:
1/12
1/19
1/26
2/9
2/23..

President - Brett Labella
Vice President - Jordyn Ranfone
Treasurer - Cameryn Lein
Secretary - Lucia Navia
Webmaster - Savannah France
Fundraising Chair - Gaby Gonzales
Programming Chair - Jennifer Villate

What is now the Entomology Club began in 2002 as "The Insect Collecting Society". Lindsay Griffin Was the inaug

ural President and approximately 5 students carried the society's activities. At that time, there were only 18 majors and minors in entomology with an average GPA of 2.37. In 2005, we became"The Entomology Club" and registered in 2008 as an official Student Government Organization. Today, there are almost 80 entomology club members who come from a variety of majors campus-wide. We have 74 majors and minors in entomology with an average GPA of 3.66. The Entomology Club is regarded as one of the most active in campus and outreach activities in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. We have been the only club for three years to be invited to participate in Parents' Weekend, organized by New Student Programs at UF. Club members participate in an array of activities including school visits, CALS Connection, Parents' weekend, majors fairs, dorm visits and other activities associated with either CALS or UF.

11/17/2025

Our Entomology & Honey Bee Club Collaboration Meeting had a great turn out! We hope everyone enjoyed learning about each other’s clubs and meeting the honey bees and our arthropods. Our next meeting (11/20) will be in preparation for our Spring Bugfest, which will focus on social insects! 🐝

10/31/2025

Hello all! We hope that you enjoyed our Halloween meeting. There were great costumes this year and we were impressed by everyone’s entomology Kahoot skills!
Happy Halloween! 🪰🎃

10/19/2025

Our 2025 Fall camping trip to Osceola National Forest was a blast! We hope you all enjoyed spending the weekend out in nature and the waffles.😋 We will host another camping experience in Spring, so be on the look out for more information as the end of this semester approaches! 🐛

10/16/2025

Our arts and crafts meeting was a lot of fun! We hope you enjoyed making lip balm and creating bug decorations for our bulletin board. Be on the lookout for future activities including NATL’s night collecting event (Oct. 21) and our Coffee Hour (Oct 24)!
Next meeting is October 30th. See you there!🐞

10/10/2025

Hello bug enthusiasts! Our next meeting will be on Thursday, September 16th at 4:30 pm in Steinmetz 2218. After our meeting we will have a variety of materials for making fun bug crafts and lip balm, and there will be snacks!

See you there! 🐛

10/02/2025

Hey bug enthusiasts! Thank you for joining us for our insect curation demo meeting!

Be on the look out for more information on our upcoming meetings and events on the Group Me.
Great job pinning and spreading! 🐞🦋

09/26/2025

Hello, everyone! We hope you are enjoying your semester and are seeing lots of bugs out and about! Our next meeting will be on Thursday, October 2, in Steinmetz 2218, at 4:30 pm. We will be discussing upcoming events and hosting an insect curation workshop, so make sure to bring your pinning equipment and some insects! If you need to borrow equipment or specimens to practice with, we will have a limited number available to use.
See you there! 🐛

09/21/2025

Thank you for joining us in NATL for our collection trip! We hope you enjoyed learning more about collection techniques and were able to find some neat bugs. See you at our next GBM (10/2)!🐛

09/12/2025

Our next group meeting is Thursday, September 18th at 4:30 pm! After a brief collection techniques presentation in Steinmetz Hall 2218, we will walk across the street to UF’s Natural Area Teaching Lab (NATL). We will have some sweep nets and aquatic nets available at the meeting, but be sure to bring containers and collection equipment!

We look forward to seeing you there! 🐛🐞🐜

09/10/2025

What a great way to start off the semester! Thanks for joining us at CALS Kickoff this year!🪲

Come see us at the upcoming Majors and Minors Fair (9/17) and TailGATOR (10/4)!

09/06/2025

Our first GBM of the year had a great turn out and was full of enthusiasm! We hope you enjoyed the refreshments and meeting our arthropods.

Be on the look out for future events! 🐛 🐜🐞

04/16/2025

The Entomology Club recently won the Community, Collaboration, and Integrity club of the year awards at the CALS Council Awards! Congratulations to everyone!

Address

1881 Natural Area Dr
Gainesville, FL
32611-1902

Website

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uf-bugfest-tickets-127957685883

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