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Join the 2026 Joro Watch Spotting and Photo Contest October 12–18 and contribute to citizen science by reporting Joro spider sightings. Clear photographs help experts verify reports—and open the contest to a little fun with a photo challenge, although getting a spider to smile is never easy.
The 2027 Wild Spotter Invasive Species Ambassador Training provides the leadership, outreach, and community engagement skills needed to build a place-based citizen science program. Learn how to engage volunteers, put Wild Spotter to work, and join a growing network of Ambassadors protecting the places they care about.
EDDMapS offers several dashboards to explore reviewed data, check your reporting activity, review your verifier activity, and work with project-level information. Learn what each dashboard does and which one best fits your needs.
EDDMapS Query helps you find and work with invasive species data based on the questions you want to answer. Learn what the tool does, how queries work, and ways EDDMapS data can support management, research, education, and planning.
The Southern Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Center presented its first-ever “Pulling Together” Friends of IPM Award to the Gulf South VECTOR project during the 2026 National Conference on Urban Entomology. The award recognizes Gulf South VECTOR’s collaborative efforts to expand training, strengthen partnerships, and build regional capacity for vector management across the Gulf South.
Hear first-hand how Wild Spotter Invasive Species Ambassador Cameron Bailey Oldham brought the Wild Spotter Detection Campaign to the Huntsville Botanical Garden. Join Bugwood Office Hours on July 24, then discover how you can become part of the growing Wild Spotter Ambassador network through the Class of 2027 training.
Bugwood Tools provide ready-to-use solutions for collecting data, managing resources, sharing information, and supporting outreach. See how researchers, educators, land managers, program teams, and community scientists can use these free tools to simplify their work and increase their impact.
Join the 5th Annual Joro Spider Spotting Contest, October 12–18, 2026. Submit sightings through JoroWatch.org, EDDMapS.org, or the free EDDMapS app and help track the spread of Joro spiders through citizen science.
Explore global invasive species challenges on the 2026 International Tour in South Africa, with immersive site visits focused on ecosystem impacts, land management, and innovative solutions.
Join the 2027 Wild Spotter Invasive Species Ambassador Training in Alabama to gain hands-on skills in community-based invasive species management, using tools like EDDMapS and the Wild Spotter app.
Celebrate 30 years of Bugwood at the 2026 Bugwood Summit, featuring the latest updates to EDDMapS, Bugwood Images, Wild Spotter, and real-world applications of these tools.
Bugwood, the University of Georgia’s Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health, celebrates 30 years of advancing invasive species management through innovative technology and collaboration. From early CD-ROM projects to nationally recognized tools like EDDMapS and Wild Spotter, Bugwood continues to develop solutions that support education, reporting, and resource management. Explore how Bugwood Tools are driving impact and what’s ahead as the Center enters its fourth decade.
Join the 2026 Joro Watch Spotting and Photo Contest October 12–18 and contribute to citizen science by reporting Joro spider sightings. Clear photographs help experts verify reports—and open the contest to a little fun with a photo challenge, although getting a spider to smile is never easy.
The 2027 Wild Spotter Invasive Species Ambassador Training provides the leadership, outreach, and community engagement skills needed to build a place-based citizen science program. Learn how to engage volunteers, put Wild Spotter to work, and join a growing network of Ambassadors protecting the places they care about.
EDDMapS offers several dashboards to explore reviewed data, check your reporting activity, review your verifier activity, and work with project-level information. Learn what each dashboard does and which one best fits your needs.
EDDMapS Query helps you find and work with invasive species data based on the questions you want to answer. Learn what the tool does, how queries work, and ways EDDMapS data can support management, research, education, and planning.
The Southern Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Center presented its first-ever “Pulling Together” Friends of IPM Award to the Gulf South VECTOR project during the 2026 National Conference on Urban Entomology. The award recognizes Gulf South VECTOR’s collaborative efforts to expand training, strengthen partnerships, and build regional capacity for vector management across the Gulf South.
Hear first-hand how Wild Spotter Invasive Species Ambassador Cameron Bailey Oldham brought the Wild Spotter Detection Campaign to the Huntsville Botanical Garden. Join Bugwood Office Hours on July 24, then discover how you can become part of the growing Wild Spotter Ambassador network through the Class of 2027 training.
Bugwood Tools provide ready-to-use solutions for collecting data, managing resources, sharing information, and supporting outreach. See how researchers, educators, land managers, program teams, and community scientists can use these free tools to simplify their work and increase their impact.
Join the 5th Annual Joro Spider Spotting Contest, October 12–18, 2026. Submit sightings through JoroWatch.org, EDDMapS.org, or the free EDDMapS app and help track the spread of Joro spiders through citizen science.
Explore global invasive species challenges on the 2026 International Tour in South Africa, with immersive site visits focused on ecosystem impacts, land management, and innovative solutions.
Join the 2027 Wild Spotter Invasive Species Ambassador Training in Alabama to gain hands-on skills in community-based invasive species management, using tools like EDDMapS and the Wild Spotter app.
Celebrate 30 years of Bugwood at the 2026 Bugwood Summit, featuring the latest updates to EDDMapS, Bugwood Images, Wild Spotter, and real-world applications of these tools.
Bugwood, the University of Georgia’s Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health, celebrates 30 years of advancing invasive species management through innovative technology and collaboration. From early CD-ROM projects to nationally recognized tools like EDDMapS and Wild Spotter, Bugwood continues to develop solutions that support education, reporting, and resource management. Explore how Bugwood Tools are driving impact and what’s ahead as the Center enters its fourth decade.