Entomology
Department Updates
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Penn State Entomology and our Future Outlook
December 21, 2011
Upcoming Events
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One-day Symposium for the Center for Pollinator Research
May 21, 2012
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2012 Penn State Queen Rearing Workshop
June 2-3, 2012
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Bug Camp for Kids
June 25-28, 2012
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2012 Great Insect Fair
September 29, 2012
Entomology News and Announcements
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PCN Call-In Program: Stink Bugs
May 14, 2012Guests include John Tooker, Shelby Fleischer, and Steve Jacobs, all with the Penn State University, Department of Entomology. -
Invasion of Wolbachia into Anopheles and Other Insect Germlines in an Ex vivo Organ Culture System
May 8, 2012The common bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia manipulates its host's reproduction to promote its own maternal transmission, and can interfere with pathogen development in many insects making it an attractive agent for the control of arthropod-borne disease. However, many important species, including Anopheles mosquitoes, are uninfected.
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'Zombie-ant' fungus is under attack, research reveals
May 3, 2012A parasite that fights the zombie-ant fungus has yielded some of its secrets to an international research team led by Penn State's David Hughes. The research reveals, for the first time, how an entire ant colony is able to survive infestations by the zombie-ant fungus, which invades an ant's brain and causes it to march to its death at a mass grave near the ant colony, where the fungus spores erupt out of the ant's head. "In a case where biology is stranger than fiction, the parasite of the zombie-ant fungus is itself a fungus -- a hyperparasitic fungus that specializes in attacking the parasite that turns the ants into zombies," Hughes said. The research will be published in the journal PLoS ONE. -
Penn State Graduate Students in Entomology Featured at Speaker Series
April 19, 2012Thursday, March 15, Boys’ Latin students joined students from University City High School for the monthly Science Speaker Series. -
Applications now being accepted for the Dutch Gold Honey Scholarship
April 9, 2012The Penn State Department of Entomology is seeking undergraduate student applicants for the Dutch Gold Honey Scholarship for honey bee research.
