Orchid bees
Tribe Euglossini
Photo: Tony Shen
Burying beetle
Nicrophorus orbicollis
Photo: Tony Shen
Stingless bees
Tetragonisca angustula
Photo: Tony Shen
Giant mayfly
Hexagenia limbata
Photo: Tony Shen
Rusty patched bumble bee
Bombus affinis
Photo: Jeremy Hemberger
Goldenrod soldier beetle
Chauliognathus pensylvanicus
Photo: Tony Shen
Colorado potato beetle
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Photo: Ben Bradford
Common blue damselfly
Enallagma cyathigerum
Photo: Jeremy Hemberger
Valley carpenter bee
Xylocopa sonorina
Photo: Jeremy Hemberger
Spongy moth
Lymantria dispar
Photo: Jeremy Hemberger
Honeybee
Apis mellifera
Photo: Ben Bradford
Mining bee
Andrena sp.
Photo: Ben Bradford
Squash vine borer
Melittia cucurbitae
Photo: Jeremy Hemberger
Bumblebee mimic robber fly
Laphria thoracica
Photo: Jeremy Hemberger
Welcome to the Department of Entomology!
The Department of Entomology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison is a world-class graduate training and research institution committed to advancing research in insect biology in both basic and applied contexts. We offer MS and Ph.D. degrees in Entomology and two undergraduate majors (Entomology & Global Health). Our faculty and staff members along with our graduate students, postdoctoral associates, affiliated and emeritus professors offer a dynamic and interdisciplinary research and teaching environment to prepare students for a future in entomology.
The Department is housed in Russell Laboratories and makes extensive use of campus greenhouse facilities and the agricultural research stations located throughout the state for research, outreach and educational purposes. Russell Labs houses three departments: Entomology, Forest and Wildlife Ecology, and Plant Pathology. The building is centrally located on the UW-Madison campus making it ideal for collaborative work with other departments.
Values such as inclusion, integrity, community, and respect are an integral part of department culture and official code of conduct.
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Department News
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Swarm To Table food and insect celebration returns April 15, 2023
The UW-Madison Undergraduate Entomology Society, Slow Food UW, and MIGHTi are pleased to announce the 2023 Swarm To Table event, to be held 2:00-5:00 pm, Saturday, April 15th, at The Crossing (1127 University Ave, Madison, WI 53715). Swarm to Table is a celebration of insects in food, art, and human culture, with a gourmet tasting…
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Single Mow of Park Trails Not Enough to Reduce Ticks
Dr. Xia Lee, public health entomologist in the Vectorborne, Respiratory, and Invasive Diseases Unit at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, shares an update on research investigating whether current tick prevention practices in state and county parks (i.e. mowing park trails) is sufficient to control blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis), which transmits Lyme disease. Read the…
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Russ Groves and Shawn Steffan feature in latest issue of CALS Grow Magazine
The Fall 2022 issue of Grow Magazine, published by the UW College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, is out and features two articles highlighting recent work by Russ Groves and Shawn Steffan. Fall 2022 CALS Research Roundup: Watch the short film SymBeeOsis In spring 2021, associate professor of entomology Shawn Steffan and members of his lab…
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Entomology Digest – Fall 2022
Letter from the Chair Entomology Community and Friends of the Department, Our faculty search for a Vector Biologist/Ecologist continues. The vacancy remains posted on the Jobs at UW site, and we are actively working to recruit a highly qualified candidate. The new faculty person will work closely with members of the Midwest Center of Excellence…
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Christelle Guédot receives NIFA SCRI funding for insect mating disruption project
Christelle Guédot, associate professor and extension specialist in the Department of Entomology, recently received $49,979 in funding for a project titled “Killing them softly: Defining the future of insect mating disruption in specialty crops,” through NIFA’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI). It was among 25 projects to share $70M in funding. Project description (from CRIS…
Meaningful Research
Advancing research in insect biology in both basic and applied contexts.
Top-notch Instruction
Interdisciplinary instruction to inform students, collaborators, and the community.
Far-reaching Impact
Embodying the Wisconsin Idea, making the boundaries of our work the boundaries of the Wisconsin and beyond.
Vision
We focus on high-impact science that leverages our collective expertise on arthropod biology to solve problems in agriculture, the environment, and human health.