Dipterists Society
An International Society for Dipterology
This will be the fourth offering of the course, which is now an event of the Dipterists Society.
The two-week course is open to all who are interested, covering family-level identification, morphology, natural history, ecology, collecting methods, specimen preparation, curation, and other topics through lectures, fieldwork, and lab. On the return to San José, we plan to stop at the Costa Rica National Museum to visit the Entomology collections—their Diptera curator is an alumna of Fly School II!
Costs are estimated to be approximately $1,500 USD, which includes $1,250 station fees (lodging and food). Participants will be responsible for their own transportation to San José, Costa Rica, and any lodging before or after the course.
The application will be available here, on this website, in January 2026, and will be announced through the dipterists mailing list, and the Fly School mailing list. Also see the announcement in Fly Times issue 75. Dipterists Society members will also be eligible to apply for Dipterists Society grants if selected to attend.
If you have any questions, feel free to email the Organizer, Giar-Ann Kung, at dipteracourse@gmail.com.
If you would like to support Fly School, consider donating to the Dipterists Society! You may earmark a donation, or any part of a donation, to Fly School in the “Other Information” field.
Although you do not need to be a member to attend any Society events, meetings, or educational opportunities, 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!
Third: 2024, Soltis Center for Research and Education, San Juan de Peñas Blancas, San Ramón, Costa Rica
Organized by Giar-Ann Kung
Archived website 1, Archived website 2
Second: 2019, Camp KEEP, Montaña de Oro State Park, California, USA
Organized by Giar-Ann Kung
Archived website
First: 2017, Wrightwood, California, USA, San Juan de Peñas Blancas, San Ramón, Costa Rica
Organized by Emily Hartop
Archived website