elcome to the Entoblitz website.  Use the links to your left to discover more about the annual Texas Entoblitz.  To find out what Entoblitz is, click on General Info.  To find out why we Entoblitz, click on Philosophy.  To find out where we are going this year, where we have gone in the past, and what we have accomplished click on Entoblitz Sites.  There you will find additional links to pictures, species lists, participants, and site descriptions.  Please feel free to contact the planning team with any comments and/or questions.

Entoblitz 2012 Is April 27th-29th at the University of Oklahoma Biological Station!
First Ever Joint Blitz with the University of Oklahoma

Download the registration form here. Registration for Entoblitz 2012 Deadline is February 28th!  

Any students attending from Texas A&M need to fill out the following two forms: 1) waiver and release form (each person attending), http://insects.tamu.edu/intranet/pdf/student_waiver_form.pdf, and 2) travel information form (each person driving but listing all passengers),https://studentactivities.tamu.edu/app/form_travel/index/edit/code/08811-3ADCF. Please turn in forms to Ben Diehl (Office: Heep 216C, Email: b-diehl@tamu.edu, Phone: 330-883-5117) at least one week before the event.

For details on the 2012 EntoBlitz, go here.

Hi Everyone,

      This is an initial email invitation to the first ever joint Oklahoma and Texas Entoblitz being held at the University of Oklahoma Biological Station this April 27th-29th, 2012. Entoblitz is a yearly entomology-based rapid biological survey organized by the Texas A&M University Entomology Graduate Student Organization (EGSO), and examples of past events that they have organized over the years in Texas can be found at this site. It is an opportunity for professional, amateur, and students of entomology to meet, greet, collect, and network with scientists, and will be the first time to occur across the Red River.

This year because of the close proximity of the OU Biological station to scientists in both states, my TAMU alumni status and current University of Oklahoma employment, and the lingering effects of the drought and heat-wave in Texas, TAMU collection manager Ed Riley, TAMU graduate student Ben Diehl and I decided it would be a great opportunity to host the blitz here on the border of Oklahoma. Even though the blitz is unfortunately the weekend after the OAS spring meeting, we hope that its possible for some of you to do a joint attendence.

As things progress over the next few weeks, we'll be putting out more information about the blitz and will either update the Entoblitz website directly (or I will supplement it with a page on the SNOMNH website in Recent Invertebrates). There will be two options for housing for the duration of the blitz: camp at Juniper Point (pets, RV's allowed) or stay at the station (beds and linens provided, but no pets or camping). At least one meal (Saturday night) will be a combined dinner prepared by OU's dining services. The OU station will be the central site of organization, but collecting will be accomplished there and additional nearby localities.

Please feel free to contact me (kmenard@ou.edu) for any questions. Further, if you think you may or may not attend, whether you would like to stay at the Station ($25 a night) or camp (group camping rates apply) a preliminary estimate of attendees would be appreciated.
                

Thank you for your time!
                            Katrina

Entoblitz 2012 Flyer