November 2024

Bees

• Twenty master gardeners have collected 25,000 bees. Here's why.

PA IPM

• New specialist named to help Pennsylvanians implement integrated pest management

Slugs

• How Crop Farmers Can Solve Their 2024 Slug Problem in 2025

Spotted Lanternfly

• Spotted lanternfly reports in Allegheny County plummeted 90% in 2024 — but they're not done yet

Ticks

• Tick-Control Tubes: Consistent, Long-Term Use Improves Effectiveness

University Fellowships

• University fellowships awarded to 110 graduate students

U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture

• Penn State researchers earn funding for sustainable weed and insect management

Wasps

• New wasp species named after famous thieves
• 22 notorious thieves found hiding in Pennsylvania. But it's not what you think
• From Catwoman to Han Solo, newly discovered wasps named after famous thieves

David Hughes - 2024 Alex and Jessie C. Black Award for Excellence

Fang (Rose) Zhu - 2024 Early Achievement in Research Award from the College of Agricultural Sciences

Seth Bordenstein - High-Impact Research Publication in One Health (See Below)

Publications

• Prophage proteins alter long noncoding RNA and DNA of developing sperm to induce a paternal-effect lethality, Rupinder Kaur, Angelina McGarry, J. Dylan Shropshire, Brittany A. Leigh, Seth R. Bordenstein, Science, 2024
• Critical thermal maxima differ between groups of insect pollinators and their foraging times: Implications for their responses to climate change, López-Uribe, M. M., Appert, M. K., Delgado, A. X. ., Herrera-Motta, A. F., Jimenez, A., Martín-Rojas, R. D. ., Ramos-Abensur, V. M., Riaño-Jimenez, D. A., Cure, J. R., Fuentes, J. D., Duque, L. O., & Gonzalez, V. H., Journal of Melittology, 122, 2024
• The Evolution of Queen Pheromone Production and Detection in the Reproductive Division of Labor in Social Insect Colonies, Juergen Liebig and Etya Amsalem, Annual Review of Entomology, 2024
• Post-transcriptional regulation of Dufour’s gland reproductive signals in bumble bees, Nathan Derstine, Tatiana Laremore and Etya Amsalem, BMC Genomics 25, 976 (2024)
• Stomata: gatekeepers of uptake and defense signaling by green leaf volatiles in maize, Feizollah A Maleki, Irmgard Seidl-Adams, Gary W Felton, Mônica F Kersch-Becker, James H Tumlinson, Journal of Experimental Botany, erae401, 2024

More publications can be found on the Publications section of the Entomology website.