Dipterists Society
An International Society for Dipterology
Please join the Dipterists Society for its 2026 North American Field Meeting being held from 15-19 June 2026 in northern Minnesota at the Itasca Biological Station. The station’s campus is on the eastern shore of Lake Itasca and provides an excellent opportunity to sample fly diversity from a variety of habitats, including dry old growth jack pine forest and extensive areas of groundwater-fed forested peatlands. The station is also located near the convergence of four major biomes (Eastern Broadleaf, Mixed Forest, Prairie Parkland, Tallgrass Aspen) that will allow for regional sampling that is not present in other areas of the Upper Midwest. Registration will include meals (3/day), lodging (4 nights), and transportation to collecting sites, and is estimated to be $350-500.
Further announcements will be made here, in the Fly Times, and through our Dipterists mailing list.
Although you do not need to be a member to attend the Society's meetings, we encourage you to join as a member, or to consider providing support. Our society relies completely on memberships and donations, so every member and every supporter is important!
Eighteenth: 2024, 15–19 July — Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington
Organized by Barbara Hayford & Andrew Fasbender
Report in Fly Times 73: 75-85
Seventeenth: 2022, 13–17 June [postponed from 2021 due to Covid-19 global pandemic] — Lighthouse Center for Natural Resources Education, New Jersey Pinelands, New Jersey
Organized by Jon Gelhaus
Report in Fly Times 69: 52-61
Sixteenth: 2019, 3–7 June — Bull Shoals Field Station, Ozark Plateau, Missouri
Organized by Greg Courtney & David Bowles
Report in Fly Times 63: 39-44
Fifteenth: 2017, 26–30 June — Lubrecht Experimental Forest near Missoula, Montana
Organized by Andrew Fasbender
Report in Fly Times 59: 51-57
Fourteenth: 2015, 7–11 June — Living on the Edge cabin, Red River Gorge, Kentucky
Organized by Greg Dahlem, with assistance from John Stireman & Ron DeBry
Report in Fly Times 55: 46-50
Thirteenth: 2013, 17–20 May — Mississippi Entomological Museum, Starkville, Mississippi
Organized by Richard Brown
No report in Fly Times
Twelfth: 2011, 7–11 June — BYU Timpanogos Lodge, near Sundance, Utah
Organized by Greg Courtney & David Bowles
Report in Fly Times 47: 25-32
Eleventh: 2009, 1–4 June — College of the Redwoods, Crescent City, California
Organized by Peter Kerr, with assistance from Steve Gaimari & Martin Hauser
Report in Fly Times 43: 25-26
Tenth: 2007, 13–16 August — Western New Mexico University, Silver City, New Mexico
Organized by Jim O'Hara
Report in Fly Times 39: 3-5
Ninth: 2005, 5–9 August — Malheur Field Station, Harney County, Oregon
Organized by Greg Courtney
Report in Fly Times 35: 2-5, as well as on the Courtney Lab website
Eighth: 2003, 16–20 May — Hocking Hills State Park, Hocking County, Ohio
Organized by Greg Dahlem
Report in Fly Times 31: 3-4
Seventh: 2001, 30 May–4 June — Sul Ross University, Alpine, Texas
Organized by Frank French
Report in Fly Times 27: 4-5
Sixth: 1999, 24–28 May — Camp Broadstone, Boone, Blue Ridge Mtns., North Carolina
Organized by Brian Wiegmann
Report in Fly Times 23: 3-4
Fifth: 1997, 3–7 May — New Ebenezer Retreat and Conference Center, Rincon, Georgia
Organized by Dan Hagan
Report in Fly Times 19: 4
Fourth: 1995, 1–5 August — San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica
Organized by Monty Wood & Manuel Zumbado
Report in Fly Times 15: 8
Third: 1993, Piney Woods Conservation Center, near Lufkin, Texas
Organized by Darlene Judd & Brian Brown
Report in Fly Times 11: 2
Second: 1991, 31 May–2 June, Southwestern Research Station, Portal, Arizona
Organized by Brian Brown, David Grimaldi & Steve Marshall
Report in Fly Times 7: 2-3
First: 1989, Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida
Organized by Steve Marshall, Chris Thompson & Mark Deyrup
Report in Fly Times 3: 3