Orchid bees
Tribe Euglossini
Burying beetle
Nicrophorus orbicollis
Stingless bees
Tetragonisca angustula
Giant mayfly
Hexagenia limbata
Rusty patched bumble bee
Bombus affinis
Goldenrod soldier beetle
Chauliognathus pensylvanicus
Colorado potato beetle
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Common blue damselfly
Enallagma cyathigerum
Valley carpenter bee
Xylocopa sonorina
Spongy moth
Lymantria dispar
Honeybee
Apis mellifera
Mining bee
Andrena sp.
Squash vine borer
Melittia cucurbitae
Bumblebee mimic robber fly
Laphria thoracica
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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Entomology Digest – Summer 2022
Letter from the Chair Entomology Community and Friends of the Department, “New faces and Congratulations” We are fortunate to welcome Dr. Emily Bick as new Assistant Professor in Entomology and beginning this summer 2022. Dr. Bick is titled as a Precision Pest Ecologist & Field Crops Extension Entomologist, and her program will solidify a core…
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Land Acknowledgement Workshop & Resources
This series was hosted by the Entomology and Horticulture DEI committees, represented by Hanna McIntosh, Amaya Atucha, Beth Workmaster, Christelle Guédot, Claudia Calderon, Guolong Liang, Linda Crubaugh, Skye Harnsberger, and Willow Lovecky. Information about the workshops as well as recordings and select resources for further exploration of this topic have been compiled by the committees and…
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Congratulations to Entomology’s 2022 PhD Graduates!
The Entomology Department proudly recognizes two newly minted graduates, Dr. Erin Lowe and Dr. Yi-Ming Weng! Dr. Erin Lowe A big congratulations to Dr. Erin Lowe of the Gratton Lab, who successfully defended her dissertation on May 11, 2022. Erin’s thesis exemplified agroecological research and Erin’s interdisciplinarity. She studied on-farm strategies for bee conservation in…
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Congratulations to the inaugural Global Health graduating class!
On Friday, May 13, we celebrated the graduation of our first cohort of Global Health majors (n=37) with families and friends at a ceremony in Ebling Hall. Dr. Jonathan Patz, Director of the Global Health Institute, provided words of wisdom, and then each graduate walked across the stage to receive their diploma covers and congratulations. …
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Entomology undergraduates showcase their research
On May 3rd, 2022, Introductory Biology 152 students including several who worked with labs in the Department of Entomology presented posters on their research at a symposium in Union South. Great job, Morgan, Maya, and Mikaela!! Morgan Weissner: Impact of plastic mulches on the biological control of thrips Abstract: Integrated pest management techniques offer solutions…
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.