         
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT - PA Department of Agriculture is seeking seasonal/intern positions to assist in invasive insect surveillance operations for 2009.
Forty-two (42) federally funded seasonal employment positions are being made available by the Plant Protection Division of the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture’s Bureau of Plant Industry. These non-Civil Service positions in Entomology will focus on insect surveillance to detect invasive species like the
Emerald Ash Borer.
Thirty (30) Forest Insect Pest Aide 1 (FIPA1) positions are being hired to form two-person crews for the following 15 counties:
Armstrong, Cambria, Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Somerset, Venango, Warren, Washington, and Westmoreland.
Eight (8) FIPA1 positions will be hired to work in two-person crews with multi-county responsibility in Eastern Pennsylvania.
General familiarity with the counties in which survey work will take place will be helpful but is not required. Employee crews will work independently,
and will be headquartered at their place of residence. Two (2) Forest Insect Pest Aide 2 (FIPA2) positions will be hired to oversee field crews,
one in Northwest PA and one in Southwest PA. Two Engineering and Scientific Technical Intern (ESTI) positions will be hired to process samples at PDA
Entomology Laboratory in Harrisburg. ESTI applicants must be registered college students. Insect identification experience is preferred, but not required.
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Welcome to the Entomological Society
of Pennsylvania!
The ESP or EntSocPA is one of
the oldest entomological societies in the United States.
At one time, the Society published the Melsheimer
Series, a journal of entomological interest. People
sometimes contact the Society looking for old reprints.
If you are searching for Melsheimer articles, please
contact the webmaster and he will forward your request
to the proper parties.
The purpose of
ESP is to promote the study of entomology at both the
professional and amateur level. We welcome all
interested parties to join our society whether your
interest lies in research, photography, collecting, or
simply marveling over insects of all kinds. You can have
a PhD in Entomology or no formal training at all.
ESP holds an annual conference each Fall in
Pennsylvania. We try to pick a new location around the
state for each meeting to allow for equality in travel
time for members attending the conference and to explore
the various areas of this large state.
ESP also holds or participates in other events
throughout the year. We try to hold at least one
collecting trip per year to an area not normally
accessible to insect collecting (usually Pennsylvania
state parks). Participation in these collecting trips is
not limited only to current members and their families.
If you'd like to come out on a trip and see what we're
about, check out our
Collecting Trips
page. Members have also helped out at the Penn State
Great Insect Fair, the Ned Smith Festival, and at other
events around the state. If you'd like us to staff an
informational booth or offer educational outreach at
your next event, please contact us and we'll see what we
can do.
Association By-Laws
An Adobe PDF version of the
Society by-laws may be read by
clicking here.
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