More than 30 staff and students from the Zoology and Entomology Department and Centre for Biological Control postgraduates and researchers attended the joint congress of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa (ESSA), Zoological Society of Southern Africa (ZSSA) and the Annual Research Symposium on the Management of Biological Invasions in Southern Africa last week at CSIR, Pretoria. Collectively, the group presented a diverse array of research during this conference, with more than 25 posters and presentations given by both staff and students.