February 2025 Membership meeting of the American Entomological Society

Hybrid American Entomological Society Meeting

Wednesday, February 26, 2024, 7 pm EST

Location:

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103

Meeting Topic:

February 2025 Membership meeting of the American Entomological Society

HYBRID MEETING – we are back to meeting in person as well as via zoom! (Zoom link below and flyer attached)

Free to all, all are welcome to attend!

Where: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, 1900 B. Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103. Butterfly Foyer meeting room. And via zoom

Flies, flowers, & false advertising – Floral mimicry of decomposing substrates

Most insect pollinators are physiologically adapted to detect and locate floral resources. Conversely, most insect-pollinated plants have floral signals honestly advertising themselves as “flowers” with associated resources. Interestingly, some flowers mimic decomposing organic matter and deceptively attract saprophagous insects seeking food and/or oviposition sites, duping them into acting as pollinators. My research focuses on identifying key traits that attract insects to decomposing substrates (and flowers mimicking these substrates), in order to better understand the ecology and evolution of these deceptive pollination strategies in Angiosperms (flowering plants).

ALSO: Elections for offices of AES for 2025-2027! Please also share recent observations or new books.

If you come to the Academy, along with refreshments, you will enjoy viewing some of the Academy’s spectacular insect specimens displayed in the meeting room.

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Next meeting: March 26, 2025 7PM. Hybrid format – in person and Zoom , Speaker to be announced

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Thanks for being a member!
Jon Gelhaus, Corresponding Secretary
Ashley Kennedy, Vice President

This is a Hybrid meeting both in person at the Academy of Natural Sciences & on Zoom.
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Guest Speaker

Kate Goodrich, Professor, Department of Biology, Widener University

Kate Goodrich is a Distinguished University Professor of Biology at Widener University. Her work primarily focuses on pollination ecology and floral phenotypes – in particular, floral scent. The Goodrich Lab is currently investigating floral mimicry of decomposing substrates using local species Asimina triloba (Annonaceae) and Symplocarpus foetidus (Araceae), and their associated insect pollinators.

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