ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOUTHERN LEPIDOPTERISTS' SOCIETY AND THE ASSOCIATION FOR TROPICAL LEPIDOPTERA, April 25-27, 2025

*This conference was rescheduled to April 2025 due to Hurricane Milton in October 2024. The meeting venue was also recently moved to the nearby Entomology/Nematology building due to upcoming construction at the Florida Museum of Natural History -https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/pressroom/2024/12/13/museum-postpones-closure/

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, 24 April

4:00-11:00: Reception and evening collecting. Cuscowilla Nature Center. Meet in Lodge building. Light snacks available. Set up traps to leave overnight. Light sheets may be set up and tended until 11 pm. Some electrical outlets available for sheets.

FRIDAY, 25 April

8:00-11:55: Morning Session. 1031 Steinmetz Hall (UF Entomology/Nematology Bldg.).
12:00-12:55: Lunch. (Pizza and Veggie trays, soft drinks) NATL pavilion.
1:00-5:00: Afternoon Session. 1031 Steinmetz Hall.
6:00-10:00 Banquet. Sweetwater Branch Inn, 625 E. University Ave. Parking across the street, North side of University Ave. at the Kirby Center. Guest Speaker Rick Cech - "A Week in Paraiso".

SATURDAY, 26 April

8:00-11:55: Morning Session. 1031 Steinmetz Hall.
12:00-12:55 Group Photo and Lunch. (Subway sandwiches courtesy of the Neal Family). NATL pavilion.
1:00-5:00 Afternoon Session. 1031 Steinmetz Hall.
6:00-12:00: Mothing Picnic - Morningside Nature Center (3540 E. University Ave.) - We have a special use permit for the evening and will be joined by Morningside staff members. Light finger foods available at the screened in pavilion in the picnic area starting at 6:00. Bucket traps may be set up as early as 4:00 pm. Communal sheets will be set up in the vicinity of the pavilion. RSVP to Debbie Matthews if you would like to set up a trap as we must coordinate the number and locations with Morningside staff.

SUNDAY, 26 April

8:00-12:00 Morning Session. 1031 Steinmetz Hall.

Registration

To register: download, complete and email or mail the Registration form.
To pay total registration fee (including banquet if relevant), send a check payable to Association for Tropical Lepidoptera (which will handle SLS registration as well) and mail to: Deborah Matthews, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, P.O. Box 112710, Gainesville, FL 32611-2710.

Alternatively, you may e-mail a scan of this form to dlott@flmnh.ufl.edu, and pay via PayPal, entering your registration total in the 'Price per item' box via the button below: