Curiosities abound at Maine museum Feb 7, 2010
Smaller collections illustrate entomology, botany, history, and foreign missions. In 1920, Lewis Carlton Bates, former president of Paris Manufacturing in West Paris, Maine, financed the renovation of a former training center into a museum to house the growing collections. (Boston Globe)
Home, yard and garden, 2-3: Unlike mammals, insects dont always chew Feb 4, 2010
Tom Turpin is professor of entomology at Purdue University. Article Rating. (Vincennes Sun Commercial, IN)
Bad bugs, weeds are hot topics at Grape Day Feb 4, 2010
Walt Bentley, Entomology Adviser for the UC Kearney Agricultural center. Kurt Hembree, Farm Adviser for the University of California Cooperative Extension, Fresno. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Virus pulls bait and switch on insect vectors Feb 2, 2010
"The virus improves the cues that insects use to identify food by elevating some aspect of a trait that is already in the plant," said Mark C. Mescher, assistant professor of entomology ... "Viruses like these (non-persistent ones) use a different system to ensure transmission," said Kerry E. Mauck, graduate student in entomology ... Mauck, Mescher and Consuelo De Moraes, associate professor of entomology, next tested the aphids to see which plant allowed them to reproduce the best. (EurekAlert!)
Natural Pest Control Saves Coffee Berry Jan 28, 2010
19, 2007) An entomology professor has discovered how to use scorpion genes to create a hypervirulent fungus that can kill specific insect pests, including mosquitoes that carry malaria and a beetle that. (Sep. (Science Daily)
Biofuel Crop Diversity Adds Value, Researchers Say Jan 26, 2010
"We found that the diversity of the plants has a direct effect on the number and diversity of beneficial insects," said Doug Landis, MSU professor of entomology and co-author of the study, to be published in a special issue of the journal BioEnergy Research ... "While there were similar numbers of bee species in each crop, the abundance of bees was three to four times higher in switchgrass and native prairie than in corn," said Rufus Isaacs, MSU entomology professor and study co-author ... In... (Science Daily)
Agrimony - An Herbal Profile Jan 20, 2010
Entomology of Agrimony. Latin Name: Agrimonia Eupatoria. (Suite101.com)
Deadly Scorpion Provides Safe Pesticide Jan 19, 2010
19, 2007) An entomology professor has discovered how to use scorpion genes to create a hypervirulent fungus that can kill specific insect pests, including mosquitoes that carry malaria and a beetle that. (May 14, 2009) Youngsters suffering severe nerve poisoning following a scorpion sting recover completely and quickly if a scorpion-specific antivenom is administered, according to a new. (Science Daily)
The Why Files Book! Jan 13, 2010
"It appears that the physical abuse caused them to perish," said Glen Needham, associate professor of entomology at Ohio State. And since flea eggs are even more delicate than adults, they are even less likely to outlast a visit to Vac-World. (Why Files)
Mosquito hunters invent better, cheaper, DIY disease weapon Jan 13, 2010
Emory has filed a provisional patent on the Prokopack mosquito aspirator, but the inventors have provided simple instructions for how to make it in the Journal of Medical Entomology. "This device has broad potential, not only for getting more accurate counts of mosquito populations, but for better understanding mosquito ecology," said Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, the invention's namesake and a post-doctoral in environmental studies. (EurekAlert!)
Why does it seem like mosquitoes are attracted to some people more than others? Jan 10, 2010
Theres always one in every group, says UW-Madison entomology professor and mosquito expert. Thats not to say mosquitoes target certain people because theyre tastier or have higher quality blood. (Why Files)
Fields of Scientific Study Jan 10, 2010
Entomology News Stories, Current Entomology News Events, Discoveries and Articles. Manually add to your RSS reader. (BrightSurf.com)
