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 inaugural 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.

HALLOWEEN BUG PARTAY!! BUG COSTUMES!!! GET READY!This Friday, we will be having a bugtastic time! We will also be doing ...
10/19/2026

HALLOWEEN BUG PARTAY!! BUG COSTUMES!!! GET READY!

This Friday, we will be having a bugtastic time! We will also be doing several activities, such as creating your OWN take-home kill jar, creating bug antennae to wear, and decorating your bug net!! (please bring your own net).

You DONT want to miss the activities we have planned! Also the food 🤤🤤🤤 We will have some but bringing some to share is encouraged!!! The more the merrier

📍Steinmetz Hall - Room 2218
⏰ This Friday, @ 5:00 PM

🎃🕸️🕷️🎃🕸️🕷️🎃🕸️🕷️

FOOD FOR EVERYONE! You seriously gotta be there for creating a kill-jar, they are actually crazy useful to have for your collections 🪦

SEE YA THERE! SHOW UP IN YOUR BUG COSTUMES OR HALLOWEEN COSTUMES! No worries if ya can’t but they are highly encouraged 👀

Interested in MACROPHOTOGRAPHY? looking at BUGS? taking AWESOME pictures of bugs?!??Join us on October 9th, this FRIDAY ...
10/05/2026

Interested in MACROPHOTOGRAPHY? looking at BUGS? taking AWESOME pictures of bugs?!??

Join us on October 9th, this FRIDAY for a COLLAB event between UF’s Entomology Club and the Society of Conservation Photography!

We are eager and excited to give everyone an awesome talk on macrophotography tips, tricks, and strategies, and we’ll even head out to NATL for your own chance to snap some awesome (one-of-a-kind) buggy pictures for yourself!!! 🐞🐜🪲

We advise you to bring your own camera, but we will also have attachable clip-on lenses that you can put on your phone camera to help you achieve the macro level shots! 📸

Weather permitting, it is our pro tip to please wear long pants and closed-toed shoes for our next-door adventure to NATL.

Like usual we will meet at…

📍Steinmetz Hall - Room 2218
⏰ 5:00 PM

CANT WAIT TO SEE EVERYBUGGY THERE! 🐛🐛🐛

WE KNOW ITS USUALLY ON FRIDAYS…but this week we are getting it done on a THURSDAY! (due to TailGATOR date conflict) :Pyo...
09/21/2026

WE KNOW ITS USUALLY ON FRIDAYS…
but this week we are getting it done on a THURSDAY!
(due to TailGATOR date conflict) :P

you DON’T wanna miss THIS!!!
free pinning and spreading workshops… totally EPIC!!!
spare bugs lying around? bring em here! we encourage you to bring and practice on your own specimens, but we DO have spare practice specimens!

TIP: it may be helpful to rehydrate your bugs beforehand if you plan on spreading em!

📍 Steinmetz Hall - Room 2218
⏰ 5:00 PM

cookies and drinks provided 🤤🤤🤤🍪🍪🍪🥤🥤

JOIN US THIS FRIDAY!we NEED you. PLUS learn tons of AWESOME stuff.📍Steinmetz Hall ⏰ 5:00 PM Photo credit to Colin Price ...
09/07/2026

JOIN US THIS FRIDAY!
we NEED you.
PLUS learn tons of AWESOME stuff.

📍Steinmetz Hall
⏰ 5:00 PM

Photo credit to Colin Price for all microscope photos
colin price
(yes you have a chance of finding all of these!!!)

It’s hard to find good uncopyrighted music but I liked this one quite a bit…SAVE THE DATE, THE TIME, BE THERE! 😘📍Steinme...
08/24/2026

It’s hard to find good uncopyrighted music but I liked this one quite a bit…

SAVE THE DATE, THE TIME, BE THERE!
😘

📍Steinmetz Hall @ UF
🚪 ROOM 2218
⏰ 5:00 PM

We wil be doing GBM’s every other FRIDAY! and a whole lotta stuff packed in the in-between

Meet our 2026-2026 officer team! :)Totally awesome things in the works…
08/22/2026

Meet our 2026-2026 officer team! :)
Totally awesome things in the works…

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Awards Ceremony 2026! The UF Entomology Club was awarded with the CALS Council ...
04/16/2026

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Awards Ceremony 2026! The UF Entomology Club was awarded with the CALS Council Clubs of the Year Community Award! We are so proud of all of our members who help make this club great. Special shout out to our Vice President, Jennifer Martocci, for her recognition as a CALS Top Ten Senior!

Officer elections are next Thursday (4/23) at 5:00 pm in Steinmetz 2218!!! We will also have our end of semester party t...
04/16/2026

Officer elections are next Thursday (4/23) at 5:00 pm in Steinmetz 2218!!! We will also have our end of semester party to celebrate all of your hard work! If you are interested in running for office you must meet at least one of our prerequisites:

🪲Attended at least 3 GBMs

OR

🐞Volunteered at 2 of our events

Please fill out our interest form if you are planning to run for any of our positions and send our current president your brief presentation or pitch at [email protected].

We hope to see you at the meeting!

Our 2026 Spring camping trip to Osceola National Forest was full of bugs and fun! It is always a pleasure to see charism...
04/02/2026

Our 2026 Spring camping trip to Osceola National Forest was full of bugs and fun! It is always a pleasure to see charismatic oak treehoppers and observe so many scorpions! We hope you all enjoyed spending the weekend out in nature and are ready to finish this semester strong. If you were not able to make it this year, we hope you will join us next time!

We host a camping trip every semester, so be on the look out! 🐛

Thank you for joining us as we start working on decorations and activities for BugFest! Your commitment and enthusiasm t...
03/27/2026

Thank you for joining us as we start working on decorations and activities for BugFest! Your commitment and enthusiasm towards entomological education makes events like this possible!

We were excited to see so many new faces out at the sheet during our night collecting event. We hope that you were able to get some new insect orders or families for your collections and that, if you enjoyed seeing all the bugs, you will stop by again! :-)

That’s all for now! Stay tuned for more information on our upcoming events and BugFest through our Instagram or GroupMe!

Join the GroupMe: https://groupme.com/join_group/53257459/JuDZajul

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1881 Natural Area Dr
Gainesville, FL
32611-1902

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