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Jacqueline Serrano, wearing blacks sunglasses and a gray shirt, holds both hands together in front of her torso as a large beetle walks on her hands. the beetle has two long horns on its head, one above the other, the upper horn longer than the lower one. the upper horn is longer than the rest of the beetle's body. in total the beetle is roughly as long as the width of Serrano's hand. the beetle's horns are black, while its body is light greenish-brown with small black spots.

Finding Pheromones: How One Entomologist Puts Discoveries to Work in Pest Management

Meet Jacqueline Serrano, Ph.D., entomologist and chemical ecologist at the USDA Agricultural Research Service and subject of the next installment of our “Standout Early Career Professionals” series.

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Pheromone Treatment Puts Up the “No Vacancy” Sign for Douglas-Fir Beetles

A new review article looks at the research and development of a leading method for protecting Douglas-fir trees from bark-beetle infestations, using the pests' antiaggregation pheromone against them—essentially putting up a "no vacancy" sign that sends the beetles elsewhere.

Scientists Stumble Upon Promising Repellent for Beetle Pest

Researchers discovered a potential repellent for walnut twig beetles when they ran out of one adhesive for sticky traps and switched to another, and suddenly the beetles were no longer attracted to the traps.

New Ingredient Improves Pheromone Lure for Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Researchers at USDA's Agricultural Research Service identified a chemical that enhances capture of the invasive brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) in pheromone traps

Dr. Tom Baker Talks About Harry Shorey, a Pioneer in Pheromone Biology

At the 2015 annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Dr. Tom Baker (Penn State University) delivered the Founders’ Memorial Lecture. The Founders’ Memorial Award was established in 1958 […]