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The Entomological Collections Network (ECN) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of entomological science through the preservation, management, use, and development of entomological collections and taxonomy.

Our position in regard to the resolution about the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.This issue deeply affects o...
09/26/2026

Our position in regard to the resolution about the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.

This issue deeply affects our community, with many members having visited or worked closely with the academy over the years. We stand with savetheacademy.

Our position in regard to the resolution about the Academy of Natural Sciences. The current situation deeply affects our...
09/26/2026

Our position in regard to the resolution about the Academy of Natural Sciences.

The current situation deeply affects our community, with many members having visited the academy over the years. We stand with savetheacademy.

Time to submit your talk titles for !We’re currently calling for talk titles for the annual Entomological Collections N...
08/28/2026

Time to submit your talk titles for !

We’re currently calling for talk titles for the annual Entomological Collections Network meeting, taking place in Columbus, OH, November 6-7. 🪰

Our meetings provide an opportunity for the community to gather and share updates from our collections, discuss new tools/workflows/resources and strengthen the network.

This year, we have another exciting range of symposia… from assessing the use of collections for conservation and teaching, machine learning, uncovering hidden gems in collections and sharing our entomological beginnings. Check out the website for our full list of symposia.

Talk titles are due by September 14 and can be submitted via the form on our webpage [link in bio].

Short abstracts (150 word maximum) are due by September 28, and can be emailed to our program officers at [email protected].



📷 Isa Betancourt: specimens from ASU Biocollections ASU Insect Collection

Registration for is NOW OPEN!As well as standard in-person registration, we have discounted rates for online registrat...
08/18/2026

Registration for is NOW OPEN!

As well as standard in-person registration, we have discounted rates for online registration, for students and for volunteers. Head to the link in our bio and make the most of our early-bird rates (ending on September 14!

We have also now opened our call for talks. This year, we have another exciting range of symposia… from assessing the use of collections for conservation and teaching, machine learning, uncovering hidden gems in collections and sharing our entomological beginnings. Check out the website for our full list of symposia and instructions on how to submit your talk titles.

We hope to see you in Columbus, OH, November 6-7, 2026! 🐜



📷 Isa Betancourt: specimens from NEON Biorepository at ASU

Do you work with insect collections? Yes?! Then we hope to see you at ! 🪲This year, our annual meeting will be taking p...
07/31/2026

Do you work with insect collections? Yes?! Then we hope to see you at ! 🪲

This year, our annual meeting will be taking place in Columbus, Ohio, just ahead of the Entomological Society meeting.

When: November Friday 6 - Saturday 7, 2026
Where: Columbus Hilton Downtown hotel

That’s right folks, we’re trialling something new and starting a day earlier than usual. We really hope you can join us!

Once again, we’ll be offering a hybrid format (held in-person and streamed via Zoom), to help members of our community participate wherever they are from. We also offer discounted rates for students, volunteers and will soon be announcing our travel bursaries.

DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR A SYMPOSIUM?
We’d love to hear from you! Proposals for symposia are due August 7. Please contact the program co-chairs Chris Wirth and Adam Haberski at [email protected] if you’d like to organize a symposium.



📷 Isa Betancourt: specimens from ASU Insect Collection

As the end of this year is upon us, we wanted to take a moment to thank all of you that joined us for the 2025 ECN Annua...
12/31/2025

As the end of this year is upon us, we wanted to take a moment to thank all of you that joined us for the 2025 ECN Annual Meeting, with a special thanks to our volunteers and sponsors who helped make it happen. If you attended, but have not received a link to the post-meeting survey, please let us know, as we are keen to hear your feedback.

Don’t forget to mark your calendars for our next meeting, which will be held November 7–8, 2026 in Columbus, OH, USA (and online).

In the meantime, please stay in touch for updates, continued networking, and entomological collections news, through our listserv, website and the ECN socials.

Thank you & Happy New Year!

ECN Board ✨update✨…At our recent meeting in Portland, we announced our new board members. For those of you that might ha...
12/23/2025

ECN Board ✨update✨…

At our recent meeting in Portland, we announced our new board members. For those of you that might have missed it, here’s a recap!

We are delighted to have Isa Betancourt return to her role as Co-communications Officer, and very excited to welcome Adam Haberski as Program Co-Chair and Peter Oboyski as our new President. The rest of the board remains the same, with Oliver Keller now moving into the role of Past President.

As well as welcoming our new board members, we hope you will also join us in thanking our outgoing board members Kristin Jayd and Ainsley Seago. We are very grateful for their dedication to ECN over the past few years. Thank you both!

📷 [Image 1: Isa holding up beetle specimens in the collection at ASU. Image 2: Peter & Adam beside our ECN banner at our annual meeting in Portland].

A look back at …We want to say a huge thank you to each and every one of you that participated in this year’s Entomolog...
11/17/2025

A look back at …

We want to say a huge thank you to each and every one of you that participated in this year’s Entomological Collections Network meeting. Thank you to all our fantastic speakers who inspired us, enlightened us, sparked debate and even made us laugh. Thank you again to our sponsors, who helped make this meeting possible. Finally thank you to everyone that attended both in person in Portland, and online, especially those of you that joined for the first time!

Thank you all for being part of this community!

Our meetings would not be possible without the incredible support of our sponsors. This year we were joined in-person by...
11/09/2025

Our meetings would not be possible without the incredible support of our sponsors. This year we were joined in-person by
and HH Elements.

We were also sponsored by:
EntoQuip, Symbiota, ESA-SysEB, Furth Museum Consulting, , Species File Group, The Lepidopterists Society, , The Pacific Coast Entomological Society, and . Plus a number of very generous private individuals.

To all our corporate, institutional & personal sponsors - Thank you! 

If you attended our annual meeting last year in Phoenix, you may have met some of our youngest attendees, Connor Hsu & C...
11/09/2025

If you attended our annual meeting last year in Phoenix, you may have met some of our youngest attendees, Connor Hsu & Cole Crammer. We were so impressed by their passion for entomology & outreach. They’re now in 11th grade and this year they’re back to deliver their first ever ECN talk!

Connor & Cole are on a mission to engage children with insects through meaningful, community-based experiences. What started out as a simple idea between two motivated high school freshman, has grown into one of the leading youth-focused entomology programs in Southern California, and the first youth division of the Lorquin Entomological Society - !

They create their own specimen displays and use these in combination with live insects to explore insect biodiversity and teach basics collection techniques. The peer-to-peer nature of their work is what makes their efforts so unique and successful.

Since 2023, this young team have organised over 15 public events and reached thousands of attendees! 😮

We’re hopeful that this will be the first of many talks from this dedicated duo.

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