Category: News 2012
Congratulations Students!
These graduate students received the following awards: Ivan Milosavljevic - H.S. Telford Entomology Scholarship Christine Ann Lynch - George Tamaki Memorial Scholarship Charlie Coslor -…
Insect Flight Mill Video Now Available
December 2012, On Solid Ground You may remember the article about entomology graduate student Teah Smith’s insect flight mills research project in the October 10…
Healthy Bees
Nov 21, 2012, KING 5 News If anyone was going to find a way to save collapsing bee colonies, it was probably Eric Olson. "He's…
Emeritus Faculty Member Passes Away
Dear Colleagues, It is with sadness that I pass along the news of the passing of one of our own, Dr. Bob Harwood. Among…
Insect Flight Mill Research Returns Valuable Information
M.S. student, Teah Smith watches a moth do laps on a flight mill. Photo by Bob Hoffmann/WSU MNEC. Researchers at the WSU Tree Fruit Research…
Automated Insect Traps Aim to Simplify Pest Detection
September 2012, On Solid Ground, by Bob Hoffman Insect traps can be an orchardist’s best friend, giving early notice of emerging threats to fruit. But…
Alkali Bee
August 6, 2012, Seattle Times, by Lynda V. Mapes Farmers worry that road project will turn productive bees into roadkill The world's largest managed population…
Life Histories – The Butterflies of Cascadia
Fall 2012 | Washington State Magazine | by Tim Steury James, a research entomologist at the Irrigated Tree Fruit Research Center in Prosser, has with…
Newest Faculty Member
It is a pleasure to announce the Dr. David Crowder has accepted an offer to join the faculty of the Department of Entomology here at…
Insulin Signal Sensitivity
WSU News, July 26, 2012 Pullman, WA PULLMAN, Wash. – In the animal kingdom, huge weapons such as elk antlers or ornaments like peacock feathers…