Papers are invited to be presented at the 19th Congress of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa and the 37th Congress of the Zoological Society of Southern Africa in July 2015. These congresses will be jointly hosted by the Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown. The ESSA congress will be run on the 13th, 14th and 15th of July and the ZSSA congress on the 15th, 16th and 17thJuly 2015. The overlap day will focus on “Invasion Biology”, a theme common to both societies. Submitted papers should be topical and current. The closing date for all oral and speed title submissions will be 28 February 2015 and the deadline for all online abstract submissions will be 31 March 2015.