2024 Annual Meeting Registration and Call For Papers

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Due to potential impacts from Hurricane Milton, the combined annual conference of the Southern Lepidopterists’ Society and the Association for Tropical Lepidoptera has been rescheduled for 25-27 April 2015. Check back here for further details.

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Southern Lepidopterists’ Society and Association for Tropical Lepidoptera Joint Conference is one month away!

The combined meeting will also commemorate the McGuire Center’s 20th anniversary.

Please find attached Call for Papers and Registration. 

Thursday, October 10  – Sunday, October 13, 2024  Gainesville, Florida

Thursday  

  • 4:00 – 5:00 PM   Registration at McGuire Center  

Friday

  • 8:00 AM. – 9:00 AM   Registration;
  • 9:00 AM Presentations at McGuire Center
  • 6:00 PM  Annual Banquet at Sweetwater Branch Inn. 
  • Renowned butterfly photographer Rick Cech will be our Keynote speaker.

Saturday    

  • 8:00 AM  Presentations at McGuire Center                 
  • 4:00 PM  Picnic and mothing at Morningside Nature Center (see details below)

Sunday      

  • 8:00 AM. – noon  Presentations at McGuire Center

Saturday Picnic & Mothing  – 

Morningside Nature Center, east of Gainesville (3540 E. University Ave., Gainesville)

  • 4:00 PM  ATL-SLS ‘Mothing workshop’
  • 6:00-7:00 PM – Buffet-style picnic dinner at Morningside’s Pavilion
  • Dusk until midnight – Mothing!!  Attendees are encouraged to bring moth lighting, photography,  and collecting gear. 

LODGING RECOMMENDATIONS

Hilton UF Conference Center – A block of rooms is being held for ATL-SLS meeting attendees at the Hilton UF, directly across the street from the McGuire Center.  5 ‘double queen’ & 5 ‘standard king’ rooms; nightly rate quoted, $169. USD/night (for up to 4 nights, e.g., arrive Oct.10, depart Oct.14).  ‘booking link‘ for making individual reservations is <https://group.hilton.com/2ip6v1>, rooms are held under ‘Lepidopterists’ Society‘.   Contact person at Hilton UF is Christina Rodenwoldt (<>), Tel.: +1 (352) 384-3412.

Sweetwater Branch Inn – This beautiful site, with easily-accessed rooms, is located east of the main UF campus. The Inn offers free shuttle service to and from the McGuire Center.   https://sweetwaterinn.com/accommodations-gainesville-fl 

In addition, there are many Airbnb and other hotel options in the Gainesville area. Hope to see you soon!

Laura Gaudette

Secretary, SLS

2024 Annual Meeting Announcement

by Administrator

Due to potential impacts from Hurricane Milton, the combined annual conference of the Southern Lepidopterists’ Society and the Association for Tropical Lepidoptera has been rescheduled for 25-27 April 2015. Check back here for further details.

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The combined in-person/virtual Annual Meeting will be held at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, 11-13 October 2024, with presentations Friday, Saturday morning and afternoon and Sunday morning. The banquet will be held Friday evening. 

Linked here are the Registration Form and Call for Abstracts.

Please make your registration 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  and pay via PayPal on the ATL website: https://troplep.org/2024_annual_meeting.html. 

Lodging: Links for hotel reservations at the Hilton UF Conference Center and Sweetwater Branch Inn are also available on the ATL website.

2023 Annual Meeting Announcement

by Administrator

2023 Combined Annual Meeting of the Southern Lepidopterists’ Society and the Association for Tropical Lepidoptera

Please join us for the combined in-person annual meetings in Gainesville, Florida, 13-15 October 2023. A call for papers and registration forms will be distributed by August, or you may contact Deborah Matthews in advance by email (). Events will begin with a Friday evening reception hosted by Bob and Becky Belmont at their new home bordering Gainesville’s Split Rock Conservation Area. Bob will have a moth sheet set up for collecting at his home Friday night and collecting opportunities within the Conservation Area may be arranged in advance by contacting Bob directly (). McGuire Center Collections access will be available before and after the meetings by contacting Andrei Sourakov (). Talks will take place in the McGuire Center Conference Room Saturday morning and afternoon, as well as Sunday morning. The Saturday evening banquet will be held at the Gainesville Women’s Club, 2809 W. University Ave. We look forward to seeing you here again at the McGuire Center!

Meeting Committee:

Keith Willmott – Editor, Tropical Lepidoptera Research, McGuire Center Director

Deborah Matthews – Program Coordinator

Bob Belmont – Reception & Split Rock Collecting Coordinator

John Douglass – Banquet coordinator & Secretary, Association for Tropical Lepidoptera

Andrei Sourakov – McGuire Center Collections Coordinator

David Fine – Chairman, Southern Lepidopterists’ Society

Jeff Slotten – Treasurer, Southern Lepidopterists’ Society

J.D. Turner – Executive Director, Association for Tropical Lepidoptera

Nancy Turner – Webmaster, Association for Tropical Lepidoptera

P.S. Check out the link below to see all of the species Bob has been finding at the Split Rock Conservation Area!

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/mcguire/lepidoptera-of-split-rock-conservation-area-alachua-county-florida/