Urban garden management can play an important role in supporting species diversity and the provision of insect-mediated services, says ecologist Monika Egerer, an assistant professor at Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany.

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A cluster of monarchs overwintering in an 80-foot-high eucalyptus tree at the Natural Bridges State Park, Santa Cruz, on Nov. 14, 2016. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Monarch Population May Be 'Fluttering Back'

November 18th, 2021

Let the count begin! Researchers and volunteers in a three-week project headed by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation are now counting the Western monarch population at overwintering sites along the California coast. It all began Saturday.

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The Bohart Museum of Entomology surpassed its goal of $5000 and gratefully received $6000. (Screen shot)

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Why Folks at the Bohart Museum of Entomology Are Smiling--And So Very Grateful

November 17th, 2021

If the folks at the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis are smiling even more than usual, that's because their UC Davis CrowdFund project resulted in 120 percent funded! In a month-long campaign, they were seeking $5000 by Oct. 31 and donors generously provided them with a total of $6000.

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A flameskimmer dragonfly, Libellula saturata, perched in Vacaville, Calif. One of Professor Kimsey's students commented on their "superior haunting skills."(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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Treasured Comments About Insects: Can We Hear a Collective 'Sigh?'

November 16th, 2021

It's a given: entomologists collect insects.

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UC Davis doctoral student Danielle Rutkowski--framed--as the winner of a President's Prize at the Entomological Society of America meeting. (Photo by Entomological Society of America/Photography G)

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They Were Framed...Picture Perfect!

November 15th, 2021

When the Entomological Society of America honored its President's Prize winners at its recent meeting in Denver, it did so "picture perfect." At the awards podium, each winning graduate student held up an empty frame lettered with "Student Competition Winner." And filled the frame.

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