Texas Entomological EventsJan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / Jun / July / Aug / Sept / Oct / Nov / Dec Schedule of events with entomological components from Texas and surrounding areas -----> Note, Not All Dates/Years Are Current <----- Return to Texas
Entomology - Compiled by Mike
Quinn |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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), 432-364-2499 or education_cdri@overland.net www.cdri.org/index.html Annual Event |
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| ENTOBLITZ - 2008 April 18-20, 2008 Big Thicket National Preserve (Lance Rosier Unit) 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 |
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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 |
| Dragonfly Days - 2008 May 15 - 18, 2008 Valley Nature Center, Weslaco, TX (956) 969-2475 or info@valleynaturecenter.org http://tinyurl.com/44gnb2 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 |
| Caterpillar Crawl Garden Walk - 2008 May 17, 2008 Texas Discovery Gardens @ Fair Park, Dallas, Texas 214 428 7476 • TDG@TexasDiscoveryGardens.org www.texasdiscoverygardens.org/visitors_events_index.shtml Annual Live Butterfly Immersion Exhibits Since 1995 |
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| Mount Magazine Butterfly Festival - 2008 June 20 - 21, 2008 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 |
| National Pollinator Week - 2008 June 22 - 28, 2008 Pollinator Partnership http://www.pollinator.org/pollinator_week_2008.htm Annually Since 2007 Official Texas Pollinator Week Proclamation |
Pollinator Fest - 2008 June 21, 2008 Texas Master Naturalist: Heartwood Chapter Conroe, Texas http://heartwoodtmn.org/node/752 First Annual |
| 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 - 2008 |
| Butterflies, Dragonflies and Summertime Things Festival -
2008 July 26, 2008 Bastrop Gardens, Cedar Creek, TX 512-30-FLORA (303-5672) or ladybutterfly@onr.com www.bastropgardens.com/NewsRelease.htm Annual Since 2005 |
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| Grand Opening of the Pollinator Garden -
2008 August 23, 2008 Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute (CDRI) 432-364-2499 or mspanowicz@cdri.org http://www.cdri.org/Events/index.html |
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| 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/ |
Dragonfly Festival - 2008 September 6 - 7, 2008 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 |
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Nature Quest - 2008 September 19 - 21, 2008 Uvalde, Texas 1-800-210-0380 or info@thcrr.com www.thcrr.com/static/index.cfm?contentID=1 Annually Since 2006 |
Haynesville Celebration of Butterflies - 2008 September 13, 2008 Haynesville, Louisiana (318) 624-1929 or lklacy@magnolia-net.com www.claiborneone.org/haynesville/butterfly.html Annually Since 2000 |
| 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 Symposium - 2008 October 18 - 21, 2008 Beaumont, TX 830-997-9272 www.npsot.org/symposium2008/ Annual Event |
| Fall Plant Sale and Gardening
Festival - 2008 October 18 - 19, 2008 Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - Austin Over 300 species and 23,000 native plants www.wildflower.org/plantsale/ Annually Since 1989 |
Fire Ant Festival - 2008 October 13, 2008 Marshall, TX (903) 935-7868 or chamber@marshalltxchamber.com www.marshall-chamber.com/pages/fireants.php Annually Since 1982 |
| Texas Butterfly Festival - 2009 October 22 - 24, 2009 Greater Mission Chamber of Commerce Mission, TX 800-580-2700 or mission@missionchamber.com www.texasbutterfly.com/ Annually Since 1996 |
El Cielo Butterfly Festival - 2008 October 19 - 23, 2008 Cd. Mante, Tamaulipas, Mexico Sonia Ortiz - info@mexbirds.net Phone: 011-52-(81)8378-5926 www.mexbirds.net/id11.html Annually Since 2006 |
| 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 - 2008 October 18, 2008 Grapevine Convention & Visitors Bureau Grapevine, TX 817-410-3185 or 800-457-6338 http://tinyurl.com/3dpros Annually Since 2001 |
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Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival - 2008 November 5 - 9, 2008 Harlingen Area Chamber of Commerce 1-800-531-7346 www.rgvbirdfest.com/ Annually since 1994 |
Victoria Birding & Butterfly Festival - 2008 November 20 - 23, 2008 Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico Sonia Ortiz - info@mexbirds.net Phone: 011-52-(81)8378-5926 www.mexbirds.net/victoriabirding/ |
Butterfly & Dragonfly Walks
Regularly scheduled walks
Valley Nature Center
Weslaco, TX
(956) 969-2475 or info@valleynaturecenter.org
www.valleynaturecenter.org/
Monthly Since 1999
06 Dec 2008 © Mike Quinn / Texas Entomology