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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Download the Tick App and Help Researchers Track Ticks
A free citizen science opportunity from the Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Diseases is available now: The Tick App. Researchers have developed a mobile app, “your tick expert on-the-go,” that allows users to share their experiences with ticks to help prevent future tick bites. After a survey to gather information about a user’s environment,…
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UW Entomology Alum Receives Killam Annual Professorship at University of Alberta
UW Entomology alum Nadir Erbilgin (Ph.D. 2001) received the University of Alberta Killam Annual Professorship. This award is granted to only 8 faculty annually based on outstanding quality of teaching, research, and supervision of graduate and undergraduate students. Nadir is Professor and Agricultural Research Chair in the Dept. of Renewable Resources in Edmonton.
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New App Helps Wisconsin Farmers, Researchers Track Wild Bee Populations
Dr. Claudio Gratton and Katy Thostenson were recently featured in this story from Wisconsin Public Radio on the launch of the WiBee app—a smartphone app for citizen scientists to help monitor bees in the state.
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Asian Giant Hornet Not an Immediate Threat to Wisconsin
The news has been filled with reports about the Asian giant hornet recently, but Extension entomologist PJ Liesch recently spoke with Spectrum News and Madison’s WORT 89.9 about these insects and why they do not pose an immediate threat to Wisconsin.
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Michael Howe Receives 2020 Memorial Scholarship
Ph.D. candidate Mike Howe was recently awarded the 2020 Memorial Scholarship from the Western Forest Insect Work Conference. The scholarship was awarded in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of forest entomology.
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.