Texas Entomological Events

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Schedule of events with entomological components from Texas and surrounding areas

-----> Note, Not All Dates Are Current Year<-----

Return to Texas Entomology - Compiled by Mike Quinn


January

Texas A&M University Insect Collection - 2008
Annual Informal Open House
January 2008
Edward G. Riley - Associate Curator - College Station, TX
(979) 845-9711 -  EGRchryso@tamu.edu 
http://insects.tamu.edu/feature/museum/
Annually Since 1988
Butterfly & Dragonfly Walks
Regularly scheduled walks
Valley Nature Center
Weslaco, TX
(956) 969-2475 or info@valleynaturecenter.org
http://www.valleynaturecenter.org/
Monthly Since 1999


February

Annual Guano Gathering - 2006
February 8, 2006
Natural Bridge Caverns Road
Sponsored by Jim "Crash" Kennedy: jkennedy@batcon.org 
@ Bat Conservation International's (BCI) Bracken Bat Cave 
Annually Since 1998
Brownsville International Bird Festival - 2008
February 14 - 16, 2008
Brownsville Convention and Visitor's Bureau
Marcie Lasseigne - mlasseigne@brownsville.org http://www.brownsville.org/bcvborg/
Annually Since 2001

El Cielo Nature Festival - 2008
February 28 - March 2, 2008
Cd. Mante, Tamaulipas, MEXICO
sortiz@teledinamica.com.mx - Phone 011-52(81)8378-5926
www.elcielofestival.com/
Annually Since 2004
Birding & Butterfly Festival - 2008
February 6-9, 2008
Laredo, TX
Jim Hailey at:
361-288-2759 or greenj@prontonet.net
1st Annual Event


March

Texas Tropics Nature Festival - 2005
March 31st - April 3rd
McAllen Chamber of Commerce, McAllen, TX
(877) MCALLEN or ttnf@mcallencvb.com
www.mcallencvb.com 
Annually Since 1999
Insect Safari - 2005
March 19, 2005 - Saturday, 10 a.m. - noon 
Texas Discovery Gardens @ Fair Park, Dallas, Texas 
edu@TEXASDISCOVERYGARDENS.ORG or 
(214) 428-7476
www.texasdiscoverygardens.org/events.html
Annual Live Butterfly Immersion Exhibits Since 1995

BioBlitz - 2005
March 21-26, 2005
Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute (CDRI), Fort Davis , TX
432-364-2499 or education_cdri@overland.net
www.cdri.org/index.html
Annual Event


April

ENTOBLITZ - 2008 
April 18-20, 2008
Big Thicket National Preserve (Lance Rosier Unit) near Saratoga
Glené Mynhardt:  979-458-4362 or glene@tamu.edu 
http://entoblitz.tamu.edu/entoblitz_2008/index.html

Annually Since 2000
Spring Plant Sale and Gardening Festival - 2008
April 12-13, 2008
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - Austin
Over 300 species and 23,000 native plants
http://www.wildflower.org/plantsale/
Annually Since 1989

Nature Quest - 2008
April 22 - 27, 2008 
Uvalde, TX
1-800-210-0380 or info@thcrr.com
http://www.thcrr.com/static/index.cfm?contentID=1
Annually Since 2000
Spring Fling & Butterfly Festival - 2008
April 19, 2008
At the EmilyAnn Theatre, Wimberley, TX
(512) 847-6969 or info@emilyann.org
http://www.emilyann.org/butterflyday.htm
Annually Since 1998


May

Dragonfly Days - 2008
May 15 - 18, 2008
Valley Nature Center, Weslaco, TX
(956) 969-2475 or info@valleynaturecenter.org http://www.valleynaturecenter.org/dragonflydays/2008/dragonfly2008.html
Intermittently Since 2000 - (Photos from 2004)
UT Press Outdoor Book Sale - 2008
--- No Outdoor Book Sale This Year ---
University of Texas, Austin, TX
SE corner of IH-35 & Manor Road
www.utexas.edu/utpress/about/booksale.html
Annually Since 1976


June

Butterfly Plant Sale - 2006
June 3
Texas Discovery Gardens @ Fair Park, Dallas, Texas 
edu@TEXASDISCOVERYGARDENS.ORG or (214) 428-7476
www.texasdiscoverygardens.org/events.html
Annual Live Butterfly Immersion Exhibits Since 1995
Mount Magazine Butterfly Festival - 2007
June 22 - 23, 2007
Paris Area Chamber of Commerce, Paris, Arkansas 
(479) 963-2244 or parischamber@centurytel.net
www.butterflyfestival.com/
Annually Since 1997

Lepidopterists' Society Meeting - 2008
June 23 - 27, 2008
Mississippi State University
http://facweb.furman.edu/~snyderjohn/lepsoc/meet.htm 
Annually Since 1950
Dragonfly Workshop - 2007
June 30, 2007
Texas Discovery Gardens in Fair Park
Omar Bocanegra - Omar.Bocanegra@wt.net
http://www.texasdiscoverygardens.org/events.html
Annually Since 2004


July

4th of July Butterfly Counts - 2008
Late June to Mid July
North American Butterfly Association (NABA)
25 Texas locations in 2001
www.naba.org/counts.html - Map of TX Counts (All Counts)
Annually Since 1975 (Initiated by the Xerces Society)

The Great Texas Mosquito Festival - 2007
July 26 - 28, 2007
Clute, TX (55 minutes south of Houston)
(800) 371-2971 or clutegtmf@computron.net
www.mosquitofestival.com/
Annually Since 1982!


Butterflies, Dragonflies and Summertime Things Festival 2007
July 28, 2007
Bastrop Gardens, Cedar Creek, TX
512-30-FLORA (303-5672) or ladybutterfly@onr.com http://www.bastropgardens.com/NewsRelease.htm
First Annual
BioBlitz - 2004
July 16, 2004
Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute (CDRI) 
Fort Davis, TX
432-364-2499 or education_cdri@overland.net
www.cdri.org/index.html


August

Dragonfly Festival - 2007
August 25 - 26
Roswell Convention & Civic Center, Roswell, New Mexico
(505) 622-6755  ext 16 or dragonflyfest@hotmail.com
www.rt66.com/~kjherman/fbl/df.html
Annually Since 2001


September

Mexico Independence Day NABA Butterfly Count - 2007
September 1, 2007 
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico 
Alida Madero-Enkerlin - alida.madero@gmail.com 
or Dan Hardy - dhh787@yahoo.com 
www.chipinque.org.mx/
Haynesville Celebration of Butterflies - 2007
September 15, 2007
Haynesville, Louisiana
(318) 624-1929 or lklacy@magnolia-net.com
www.claiborneone.org/haynesville/butterfly.html
Annually Since 2000

Nature Quest - 2007
September 14 - 16, 2007
Uvalde, TX
1-800-210-0380 or info@thcrr.com
http://www.thcrr.com/static/index.cfm?contentID=74

Annually Since 2006


October

Monarch Tagging - 2007
October 13-14, 2007
Balcones Canyonlands NWR - Austin
(512) 339-9432 ext. 42 or rob_iski@fws.gov
http://southwest.fws.gov/refuges/texas/balcones/events.htm
Annually Since 2001
NPSOT-NPAT Joint Symposium - 2007
October 18 - 21, 2007
Georgetown
, TX
symposium2007@npsot.org
http://www.npsot.org/symposium2007/home/index.shtml
Annual Event

Fall Plant Sale and Gardening Festival - 2007
October 13-14, 2007
 
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - Austin
Over 300 species and 23,000 native plants
http://www.wildflower.org/plantsale/
Annually Since 1989
Fire Ant Festival - 2007
October 13 - 14
Marshall, TX
(903) 935-7868 or chamber@marshalltxchamber.com
www.marshall-chamber.com/pages/fireants.php

Annual event

Texas Butterfly Festival - 2007
October 18-21 2007
Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce 
Mission, TX
800-580-2700 or mission@missionchamber.com 
www.texasbutterfly.com/
Annually Since 1996
Pre-Fest Butterfly Tour to MEXICO
There will be no Pre- or Post-Fest Trips in 2007
Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce
800-580-2700 or mission@missionchamber.com 
http://www.texasbutterfly.com/prefest.html
Annual Trips to Mexico Since 1999

Rio Grande Prix of Butterflying - 2007
Any two days between October 16 & 20, 2007
To benefit the NABA International Butterfly Park
Rio Grande Valley of Texas and/or Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Sue Sill - 956-583-9009 - sill@naba.org 
http://tinyurl.com/56kyb
Annually Since 2002
Butterfly Flutterby Festival - 2007
October 20, 2007
Grapevine Convention & Visitors Bureau 
Grapevine, TX
817-410-3185 or 800-457-6338
http://tinyurl.com/3dpros
Annually Since 2001


November

El Cielo Butterfly Festival - 2007
Oct 31 - Nov 4, 2007
Cd. Mante, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Sonia Ortiz sortiz@teledinamica.com.mx 
Phone: 011(5281)8378-5926 
www.elcielofestival.com
Annually Since 2006
Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival - 2007
November 7-11, 2007 
Harlingen Area Chamber of Commerce 
1-800-531-7346
www.rgvbirdfest.com/ 
Annually since 1994


December

Butterfly & Dragonfly Walks
Regularly scheduled walks
Valley Nature Center
Weslaco, TX
(956) 969-2475 or info@valleynaturecenter.org
http://www.valleynaturecenter.org/
Monthly Since 1999


01 Mar 2008 © Mike Quinn / mike.quinn@tpwd.state.tx.usTexas Entomology