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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Professor Rick Lindroth to retire after 37 years
A special congratulations is also due to our friend and colleague, Dr. Richard (Rick) Lindroth who will be retiring from the Department of Entomology after 37 years of a highly successful career as a celebrated chemical ecologist. Rick has been awarded several professorships here at the UW-Madison to include the Kellett Mid-Career Award, the Vilas…
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Gigi La Budde hosts the Undergraduate Entomology Society in Spring Green
On Saturday, October 1st, the Undergraduate Entomological Society (UES) visited Spring Green, Wisconsin where they were guided by Gigi La Budde thorough dry sand prairies, oak savannas, and lush deciduous woods. Though the sight of an assemblage of this size, wielding nets and a kill jars, may send some folks running, this trip had no…
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PhD student Kristina Lopez wins award for Best Student Presentation at Society of Vector Ecology meeting
Kristina Lopez, a PhD student in Entomology advised by Dr. Susan Paskewitz, was awarded the 2022 Dan Strickman Memorial Award for Best Student Presentation at the 2022 Society of Vector Ecology International Congress. Read below for more information about her presentation. Congratulations Kristina! Title: Insecticide resistance status of West Nile Virus vectors in the Chicago…
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Kemp Station: A hidden gem of scientific research
Julia Wiessing, a UW undergraduate majoring in Entomology, recently published the following piece about Kemp Station in The Daily Cardinal. Learn more about Kemp Station here. Driving north, away from the bustling streets of Madison and its cookie-cutter suburbs, is a window into Wisconsin’s landscapes. The scenery along US-51 changes from city to suburb, from…
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UW–Madison earns Bee Campus USA certification
The University of Wisconsin–Madison has earned the Bee Campus USA Certification, making it one of 140 Bee Campus Affiliates nationwide. Bee Campus USA, an initiative of the Xerces Society, “…provides a framework for campus communities to work together to conserve native pollinators by increasing the abundance of native plants, providing nest sites, and reducing the use…
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.