Category: News
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Grad Student Audrey Simard’s Research on Guttation Fluid and Potential Impacts on Pollinators Featured in The Country Today
Graduate student Audrey Simard’s research on gutstion fluid and the potential impacts on pollinators was recently featured in this article from The Country Today: http://www.thecountrytoday.com/Country-Life/Country-Life-News/2018/08/06/div-class-libPageBodyLinebreak-Student-studies-guttation-fluid-effects-on-pollinators-div.html
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Armyworms Popping Up in Damaging Numbers in Crop Fields Around Wisconsin
In a surprise for the state’s farmers, armyworms have been popping up in damaging numbers in crop fields around Wisconsin according to Integrated Pest Management specialist Bryan Jensen: https://www.wisfarmer.com/story/news/state/2018/07/22/armyworms-living-up-their-name-farm-fields-summer/816974002/
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Northern Black Widow Rarely Encountered in Wisconsin
The Northern Black Widow (Latrodectus variolus) is a rarely encountered spider in Wisconsin according to extension entomologist PJ Liesch in this column for Wisconsin Public Radio: https://www.wpr.org/wiscontext-northern-black-widow-rare-wisconsin-sightings-spiked-2017
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The Tick App Launched
Researchers at UW-Madison have teamed up with colleagues at Columbia University to create and launch The Tick App to collect data on ticks encountered by the general public. Efforts at UW-Madison are…
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Ticks Abundant This Year and Showing Up in More Residential Areas
No two years are the same when it comes to outdoor pests like ticks. Ticks are not only abundant this year, but they’re showing up in more and more in…
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Congratulations to Dr. Dave Hogg on his Retirement!
Congratulations to Dave Hogg on his recent retirement from the UW-Madison Entomology Department. Dave has been an exemplary colleague, mentor, advisor, and friend since he began working in the UW-Madison…
