New pest control technologies, including RNA-based products, offer novel ways of targeting important crop pests while reducing conventional pesticide inputs.  Vegetable entomologist Dr. Russ Groves […]

Deer ticks pose significant health risks to Wisconsin residents and Governor Tony Evers recently signed a bill requiring the DNR to do more to warn […]

Extension entomologist PJ Liesch was recently interviewed by both the Wisconsin State Journal and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about the potentially deadly effects of blister […]

Monarch expert Dr. Karen Oberhauser was recently featured in the Washington Post regarding monarch butterflies and the challenges they face due to climate change.

Dr. Sean Schoville and graduate student Khuram Zaman were recently featured in Molecular Ecology Spotlight.  Zaman and Schoville have been studying butterfly wings and the […]

Extension entomologist PJ Liesch will be discussing insects at the Science on Tap Event in Minocqua on Wednesday, December 4th.  Science on Tap events are […]

Every year, teams of entomology students from around the country face off at the Linnaean Games—a head-to-head entomology-themed trivia competition held at the annual Entomological […]

Despite the early snow around Halloween and unseasonably cold temperatures, ticks can still be encountered.  Tick levels seem to be similar to last year or […]

The entomology department is excited to announce our new forest entomologist, Dr. Amy Trowbridge.  Amy’s research focuses on how climate variability can alters a tree’s […]

Monarchs are on the move one their 2000+ mile trip to their overwintering ground in Mexico.  Monarch expert, Dr. karen Oberhauser describes the biology of […]