Orchid bees
Tribe Euglossini
Photo: Tony Shen
Burying beetle
Nicrophorus orbicollis
Photo: Tony Shen
Stingless bees
Tetragonisca angustula
Photo: Tony Shen
Giant mayfly
Hexagenia limbata
Photo: Tony Shen
Rusty patched bumble bee
Bombus affinis
Photo: Jeremy Hemberger
Goldenrod soldier beetle
Chauliognathus pensylvanicus
Photo: Tony Shen
Colorado potato beetle
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Photo: Ben Bradford
Common blue damselfly
Enallagma cyathigerum
Photo: Jeremy Hemberger
Valley carpenter bee
Xylocopa sonorina
Photo: Jeremy Hemberger
Spongy moth
Lymantria dispar
Photo: Jeremy Hemberger
Honeybee
Apis mellifera
Photo: Ben Bradford
Mining bee
Andrena sp.
Photo: Ben Bradford
Squash vine borer
Melittia cucurbitae
Photo: Jeremy Hemberger
Bumblebee mimic robber fly
Laphria thoracica
Photo: Jeremy Hemberger
Welcome to the Department of Entomology!
The Department of Entomology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison is a world-class graduate training and research institution committed to advancing research in insect biology in both basic and applied contexts. We offer MS and Ph.D. degrees in Entomology and two undergraduate majors (Entomology & Global Health). Our faculty and staff members along with our graduate students, postdoctoral associates, affiliated and emeritus professors offer a dynamic and interdisciplinary research and teaching environment to prepare students for a future in entomology.
The Department is housed in Russell Laboratories and makes extensive use of campus greenhouse facilities and the agricultural research stations located throughout the state for research, outreach and educational purposes. Russell Labs houses three departments: Entomology, Forest and Wildlife Ecology, and Plant Pathology. The building is centrally located on the UW-Madison campus making it ideal for collaborative work with other departments.
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PhD student Claire Schloemer part of team awarded WEDA Excellence in Extension Programming award
A team of researchers from Auburn University and University of Hawaii at Manoa, including Claire Schloemer (PhD student, Groves Lab), were awarded the 2026 Western Extension Directors Association Award for Excellence in Extension Programming-Team for their work on the Organic Sweet Potato IPM and Soil Health Management for Small- and Mid-Size Farms project funded by…
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Entomology Digest – Spring 2026
Howdy, Entomology community! We hope this gets to you in time to celebrate the returning buzz of springtime! As we enter the approach semester, I would just like give a shout out to the wonderful staff in the Russell Labs Hub, our talented undergraduate and graduate students, and our faculty, who all have been a…
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New bug-tracking project aims to help monitor health of Wisconsin waterways
A new project known as BenthicNet is training students to collect aquatic insects that can be used to track the health of waterways across Wisconsin. It gets its name from organisms known as benthic invertebrates that live on the bottom of streams, lakes and rivers. They include aquatic insects in addition to snails, clams and worms that spend part…
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UW Entomology students Victoria Salerno and Sophie Perry recognized at ESA
Two UW-Entomology students, Victoria Salerno (co-advised by Dr. James Crall and Dr. Russ Groves) and Sophie Perry (Dr. Christelle Guedot) received second place in their respective student competition categories at the national Entomology Society of America. Victoria was recognized for her presentation in the SysEB: Honey bees and native bees category with her talk titled…
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Dr. Emily Bick receives International Date Palm Prize
Dr. Emily Bick was recently awarded the International Date Palm Award in Saudi Arabia, presented by the National Center for Palms and Dates at the Sixth International Date Palm Conference and Exhibition, where she gave the plenary address. The prize recognizes innovation research supporting the date palm industry. Dr. Bick was recognized for her work…
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Advancing research in insect biology in both basic and applied contexts.
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Embodying the Wisconsin Idea, making the boundaries of our work the boundaries of the Wisconsin and beyond.
Vision
We focus on high-impact science that leverages our collective expertise on arthropod biology to solve problems in agriculture, the environment, and human health.