Tag: Entomology
- Posted on June 9, 2011
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Posted on May 20, 2011
Phil Pellitteri: Crop eating stink bug alert
/RSS Feed[audio:https://news.cals.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/phill_pellitteri_stink_bugs.mp3|titles=Phill Pellitteri: Crop-eating stink bug alert] Phil Pellitteri, UW Insect Diagnostic Lab Department of Entomology College of Agricultural and Life Sciences pellitte@entomology.wisc.edu (608) 262-6510 Stink […]
- Posted on May 9, 2011
- Posted on May 6, 2011
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Posted on April 11, 2011
Five things everybody should know about bedbugs
1. They plagued the Neanderthals Bedbugs have been a problem for humans since prehistory, and it is speculated that they originated from caves that our […]
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Posted on April 5, 2011
Science Expeditions 2011 in pictures
Touching it with their own hands — and seeing it with their own eyes — made science come alive for those who attended this year’s Science Expeditions, […]
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Posted on February 28, 2011
A bug in the system
Climate change is fueling the biggest outbreak ever of tree-killing bark beetles. The insects are decimating conifer forests from Alaska to Arizona—and raising concerns that they could reach the Upper Midwest.
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Posted on January 24, 2011
Drumming guides caste system in wasps
Future queen or tireless toiler? A paper wasp’s destiny may lie in the antennal drumbeats of its caretaker. While feeding their colony’s larvae, a paper […]
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Posted on December 7, 2010
Chris Williamson
Chris Williamson is an associate professor of entomology and extension specialist on insect control, focusing on turfgrass and ornamental plants. In recent years, he has […]
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Posted on December 1, 2010
New treatments protect Christmas trees from ‘Grinch’ grub
Across northern Wisconsin, many of the state’s Christmas tree growers struggle to protect their trees from an insect pest known as the white grub, which […]
