Stories indexed under: Entomology

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• Old and new insect pests begin bugging Wisconsin July 7, 2011
• Curiosities: How high can bugs fly? Feb. 15, 2011
• Rhythmic vibrations guide caste development in social wasps Jan. 24, 2011 Future queen or tireless toiler? A paper wasp's destiny may lie in the antennal drumbeats of its caretaker.
• New treatments protect Christmas from ‘Grinch’ grub Dec. 1, 2010 Across northern Wisconsin, many of the state's Christmas tree growers struggle to protect their trees from an insect pest known as the white grub, which lurks in the soil, feeds on tree roots and destroys the crop.
• Bioenergy choices could dramatically change Midwest bird diversity Oct. 4, 2010 Ambitious plans to expand acreage of bioenergy crops could have a major impact on birds in the Upper Midwest, according to a study published today (Oct. 4) in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
• Curiosities: Why are yellow jackets most noticeable in late summer? Sept. 7, 2010
• Fighting the Grinch who stole Wisconsin's Christmas trees Dec. 15, 2009 An entomology research team from UW-Madison aims to squash a grub that plagues as many as one-third of Wisconsin’s approximately 1,100 Christmas tree farms.
• UW-Madison entomologist helps farmers deal with tricky crop pest Sept. 15, 2009 Historically, crop rotation has worked to keep the western corn rootworm in check in Wisconsin.
• As ticks expand, new areas may become prone to Lyme disease April 27, 2009 Last summer, after returning home from a walk in Madison's Dudgeon-Monroe neighborhood, Susan Paskewitz was astonished to find a deer tick crawling up her dog's hind leg. It was the first time Paskewitz, a University of Wisconsin-Madison entomologist, had collected a tick in the city. Within the month, she learned of two other such cases.
• Entomology department’s centennial celebration features butterfly exhibit March 30, 2009 To help celebrate its 100th year, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Entomology is inviting the public to get up close and personal with members of the wide world of insects.
• Wielding microbe against microbe, beetle defends its food source Oct. 2, 2008 As the southern pine beetle moves through the forest boring tunnels inside the bark of trees, it brings with it both a helper and a competitor. The helper is a fungus that the insect plants inside the tunnels as food for its young. But also riding along is a tiny, hitchhiking mite, which likewise carries a fungus for feeding its own larvae.
• Professor tracks mosquitoes for the sake of public health Aug. 22, 2008 Under a cloud of mosquitoes on a muggy June morning, Susan Paskewitz sits down in the grass, rolls up her pant leg and extends her calf as bait.
• Curiosities: Why does it seem like mosquitoes are attracted to some people more than others? June 30, 2008
• Recent sightings: Bugged May 19, 2008
• Six faculty members receive Kellett Mid-Career Awards March 18, 2008 Six UW–Madison faculty have been honored for their research with Kellett Mid-Career Awards.
• Hungry insects leave clues to impacts of climate change Aug. 27, 2007