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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Celebrating Black Entomologists
The Insect Ambassadors recently put together a video for Black History Month celebrating the contributions of renowned Black Entomologists to the field. The video was originally screened at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery’s Science Saturday event on Feb 21, 2021, and can be viewed here. Read the transcript below, or download a copy. Charles…
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Entomology Digest – February 2021
Message from the Chair Entomology Community and Friends of the Department, “It’s a Virtual World” The UW-Madison continues to monitor the progress of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and our collective action as a campus seems to remain successful in limiting new cases. We continue to see declines in our weekly positivity rates (<0.3%) from among 5,400…
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Entomology Digest – November 2020
Message from the Chair Entomology Community and Friends of the Department, “Tell me the Good News First” In my first 5 months of being chairperson in the Department of Entomology, so many things have been in flux and transition. Importantly, the face of the Department continues to change as we welcome the arrival of Dr.…
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Changing of the Guard
July 1st marks the changing of the guard. Thank you Dr. Susan Paskewitz for your service to the department. Dr. Russ Groves is the new Entomology chair. He formerly served as Assistant Chair. His research interests include vegetable crops IPM, insects in relation to plant disease, resistance management. You can learn more about Dr. Groves…
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Take Kids on a Backyard Safari
PJ Liesch was quoted in National Geographic magazine via MSN: “Spending time in nature and specifically looking for insects or other creatures as part of a bioblitz activity can expose children to the amazing diversity of life around us,” says entomologist Patrick Liesch of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “It can also teach about the life…
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.