Cases of Dengue Drop 91 Percent Due to Genetically Modified Mosquitoes
Scientists reduced the cases of dengue by 91% in the city Piracicaba, located in the Brazilian state of São Paulo by using sterile insects
An Interview with Joseph Conlon, Technical Advisor of the American Mosquito Control Association
The week of June 26 to July 2, 2016 has been declared National Mosquito Control Awareness Week by the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA). The goal is to educate the […]
National Pollinator Week is about More than Just Honey Bees
June 20-26, 2016 is National Pollinator Week, and it’s a busy time of the year for bee scientists with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) — and not just for the […]
Edward Knipling and Raymond Bushland Win Award for the Sterile Insect Technique
Two prominent members of the Entomological Society of America were posthumously selected as winners of the Golden Goose Award, which honors scientists whose federally funded work may have been considered […]
Entomologists and Medical Experts Participate in Zika Symposium
(This blog post contains excerpts from an article by Kathy Keatley Garvey.) On May 26, 2016 a symposium on Zika was held at the University of California, Davis. Speakers included […]
A Report from the Integrated Tick Management Symposium in Washington, DC
By Richard Levine In May 2016, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Entomological Society of America (ESA), the IPM Institute of North America, and the North Central […]
New Website Features Insects of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Robert Peterson, a professor at Montana State University, has created an online collection of his photos showcasing the insect world of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). Peterson hopes the online […]
It’s Mosquito Awareness Week in California
This week (April 17-23, 2016) is Mosquito Awareness Week in California, and mosquito-control districts are doing their best to educate the public about how to control mosquito populations. As we […]
Urban Moths Have Evolved to Avoid the Big City Lights
We’re gonna start this one off with a moth joke, because — why not? A new study published in Biology Letters by Swiss zoologists shows that urban moths have learned […]
Education, Mosquito Management Programs, and Cooperation Needed to Stop Zika, Dengue, and Chikungunya
The Entomological Society of America (ESA) and Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil (SEB) held a Summit in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil on 13 March, 2016 to discuss the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which […]
Video on How to Make Delicious Cockroach Tapioca
By Richard Levine This week I attented the joint annual meeting of the Entomological Society of Brazil and the Latin American Congress of Entomology in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. One day […]
A Report from the Summit on the Aedes aegypti Crisis in the Americas in Brazil
By Richard Levine Yesterday, March 13, 2016, nearly 70 scientists, public-health officials and other participants attended the Summit on the Aedes aegypti Crisis in the Americas, a one-day meeting convened […]
Mowing Less Along Highways May Preserve Pollinator Abundance and Diversity
Mowing less frequently along Florida’s highways may boost pollinator biodiversity, according to new research in the journal Florida Entomologist. Pollinators visit flowers searching for food in the forms of nectar […]
Bacteria Can Be Used for RNA Interference in Insects
Bacteria in the gut of disease-bearing insects — including the mosquito which carries the Zika virus — can be used as a Trojan horse to help control the insects’ population, […]
Free Resources on Aedes aegypti and Zika Virus Research
In response to the recent outbreak of the Zika virus in the Americas, Oxford University Press has curated a collection of free articles on the virus and its carrier, the […]
Different Insect Species Use Different Chemicals to Identify Queens
For years it was thought that ants, wasps, and other eusocial insects used a common class of chemical compounds to distinguish queens from workers and other members of their colonies […]