Design a pretty cover! Use the group photo from the Fall

In this Issue:

Dept Head Letter………………...2

Hodson Alumni Award…..……..3

Bee Lab Groundbreaking……….4

Philips Lab Update………...…....6

Welcome to the Department…...8

New Graduate Students…...…...9

Awards & Honors………...…....10

Aukema Lab Adventures....…11

Frenatae Update……….……….12

Alumni Updates…...…………...14

Support Entomology…..……...15

Recent Publications….…...……16

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Dakota, and is excited to be back in the Midwest.

Following his PhD in Ecology at Colorado State he moved

to Rutgers for his Postdoctoral experience with Dr.

Rachael Winfree. Dan has truly “hit the ground running”

in recruiting graduate students, establishing research sites

for 2016, and collaborations with the DNR, on top of

teaching a course this fall.

Comings and Goings: On a sad note this year, we lost a

good friend to our department, Dr. Bob Hodson, the son

of Dr. Alexander Hodson (former Dept. Head). Please

see pg. 12 for a brief summary of Bob’s accomplishments

and his life with his great wife, Anita. It was a pleasure to

get to know Bob and Anita, as they were able to attend

several spring Hodson events – Bob will be missed

greatly! Also this year, Dr. Susan Weller, professor and

former Director of the Bell Museum, accepted a new

position as Director of the Natural History Museum at the

University of Nebraska. Although we will miss her

contributions, Susan agreed to stay on as a Graduate

Faculty member with Adjunct Faculty status. We look

forward to continuing some ongoing collaborations! As a

final note, it is with many mixed emotions that I write this

last “Heads Up” note to our Alumni and Friends. After a

busy 5 years, I’ve decided it’s time to return to research

and extension interests, and will be stepping down from

the department head position on December 31st. During

my time as DH my research program has really not

decelerated, but continued to grow, thanks in large part to

the great people and students in my lab (esp. Eric

Burkness, Theresa Cira!). I will miss the true dynamic

nature of the DH position, but it is also time for new

leadership, with new energy and new ideas for the

program! I will miss our front office staff, led so well by

Felicia Christy, her sense of humor, and the “controlled

chaos” of The Office, as I like to call it. I also want to

thank the faculty, graduate students, staff and YOU - our

alumni and friends who have been so supportive over the

past 5 years. For many reasons, the future looks bright for

the department. On this note, Dean Brian Buhr has been

very supportive, and has authorized a national search for a

new DH. The search, chaired by Dr. Emily Hoover

(Horticultural Science), is underway. In the meantime, I’m

also pleased to report that Dr. Stephen Kells, will be

serving as Interim DH, beginning January 1st. Please

welcome Steve to his new post, and very best wishes to

each of you in the New Year!

excellent work of Dr. Marla Spivak, Gary Reuter and Dr.

Becky Masterman (of Bee Squad fame), the new Bee and

Pollinator Research Laboratory moved successfully from

dream to drawing board, to reality, with construction

commencing this November! As noted on the following

pages, this event required many strategic planning meetings

with donors, the legislature, architects and the UMN and

College administration to make this happen. In brief, we will

now have access to a state-of-the-art facility to conduct

novel and timely research needed to address the many

concerns about the nationwide decline in honey bee

numbers, as well as native bee ecology and pollinator health.

As one California beekeeper said at the groundbreaking

ceremony, “this is a big deal, not just a benefit to Minnesota,

but to our industry nationwide – thank you!”

Hodson Alumni Recipient for 2015 & Student-Faculty

Awards: In May, we again hosted the 18th

annual Hodson

Alumni and Graduate Student Recognition celebration. The

recipient this year was Dr. Frank Shotkoski of Cornell

University, who gave a great presentation on the potential

for GM Crops to address some of the severe food security

issues in developing countries. In addition to honoring

Frank, we recognized numerous students for their awards

this year. Among the many awards this year (p.10), our

students received a record number of fellowships, including

a highly competitive Shevlin Fellowship for Anthony

Auletta (Mesce lab). Soon after the Hodson event, Amy

Morey (Venette lab) was honored at the NCB-ESA

meetings with the ESA Comstock Award as the top graduate

student in the NCB. These are just a few examples that

reflect the quality of our Graduate Students and faculty

mentors! Several faculty also received notable awards, with

two highlights including Dr. Stephen Kells for the Dean’s

Distinguished Extension Award, and Dr. George Heimpel,

with a Distinguished McKnight Professorship—the only

honoree in our college this year. The department now hosts

5 McKnight Faculty.

New Faculty & Staff: Speaking of native bees, we are

pleased to introduce our newest faculty member, Dr. Dan

Cariveau, as an Assistant Professor! Dan is from North

Greetings! Once again, 2015

has been a busy year, and it

seems one of the busiest ever!

In many ways, this past year

reflected a culmination of

many ongoing and

complementary development

efforts that our department

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The Hodson Alumni Award, named in honor of Dr. Alexander Hodson,

Department head from 1960-1974, is intended to annually recognize

and honor an outstanding alumna or alumnus of the Department of

Entomology.

Please consider submitting a nomination!

Nominations will be accepted at any time, but must be received by

February 15, 2016 to be considered for the current year’s award.

Nominations not previously selected will be held for 2 years (these may

be updated by the deadline). The recipient will be selected by the

Department’s Awards Committee, and must be willing to present a

seminar at the ceremony in May. Nominees must have demonstrated

distinguished accomplishments and leadership in entomology through

research, writing, teaching, extension or administration, and related

career activities.

Nominations may be sent to:

Department of Entomology – Awards Committee

1980 Folwell Ave. Rm 219. St. Paul, MN 55108

e-mail: entodept@umn.edu

Please submit: a cover letter of nomination highlighting the nominee’s

accomplishments, a CV, and two additional letters of support.

Mark Ascerno, Diana Ritchmond, & Felicia Christy

Abdulrahman Saad Al-Dawood, Ted Radcliffe,

Bhadriraju Subramanyam (Subi), & Betty Radcliffe

Drs. John Luhman and Roger Blahnik were recognized for their many

taxonomic contributions to the insect collection. Pictured with Ralph Holzenthal.

Dr. Frank Shotkoski was selected to receive the 2015 Hodson Alumni Award. Frank is

the Director of the Agricultural Biotechnology Support Project II (ABSPII) at Cornell

University where he manages a $15 million grant from the US Agency for International

Development, involving product planning, outreach and technology transfer to

developing countries in Asia and Africa, with a mandate to commercialize genetically

engineered crops. He earned his Ph.D. in Entomology (under Ann Fallon) from the

University of Minnesota in 1992, and his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science

from the University of Nebraska in 1988 and 1984, respectively. Frank did postdoctoral

research first at the University of Wisconsin, and then at the University of Washington,

where he expanded his interests in insecticide resistance and transformation technologies,

including applications to human gene therapy. In 1998, he joined Novartis Agribusiness

as a project leader in cotton biotechnology, and developed a recombinant insecticidal protein discovery platform to reduce

damage by sucking insect pests. He remained with Novartis Agribusiness after it merged with Zeneca Agrochemicals to

form Syngenta, where he continued his work with cotton, and extended his interests to potato biotechnology.

Frank’s current scientific and administrative responsibilities are best exemplified by his numerous presentations at

international meetings (China, India, the Philippines, Kenya, Egypt, South Africa and Vietnam), management of multi-

million dollar grants for Agricultural Biotechnology

Support, his patents for insecticidal cotton, and his

interactions with a wide range of institutions throughout the

world in the areas of transgenic plant discovery, research,

biotechnology and field testing. His achievements are a

credit to the Department, and speak well for the future of

biotechnology in global agriculture.

We were pleased to have Frank visit campus again in May,

to receive his award and give a talk titled: “The Biotech

Industry and its Global Application in Agriculture: Such a

Bright Future."

Dean Brian Buhr, CFANS, assuring Dept.

Head, Bill Hutchison that indeed, we will find

office space for Lucy, the dept. mascot and

queen bee.

Bee Lab supporters bid on honey-themed items at the silent

auction. Photo by Judy Griesedieck

Food trucks outside the honey house for a post-ground breaking celebration.

Photo by Judy Griesedieck

Gary Reuter (complete with tie) holds up a print as auctioneer

Andrew Imholte starts the bidding.

Photo by Judy Griesedieck

Breaking ground! (From left to right: Gary Reuter, Karen Kaler, Jack Thomas,

Betty Thomas, Lori K. Watso, Brian Buhr, Regent Honorable Thomas Devine,

Minnesota Representative Alice Hausman, U.S. Representative Betty

McCollum, Dr. Marla Spivak, Patti Smith, Brian Smith, Dr. Dan Cariveau)

Photo by Judy Griesedieck

The Bee Lab had a whirlwind first weekend in

August, raising funds and breaking ground for

the new Bee and Pollinator Research Lab in a

series of festivities. Beekeepers and supporters

came from across the country to help us

celebrate, including U.S. Representative Betty

McCollum, Minnesota Representative Alice

Hausman, President Eric and Karen Kaler,

Jack and Betty Thomas from Mann Lake,

Ltd, and Lori K. Watso, Secretary/Treasurer

of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux

Community. Thanks to everyone who came

out to help and join in the merrymaking!

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Design for the new Bee Lab

The new University of Minnesota Bee and Pollinator Research Lab has broken ground. Thanks to the support of

the Minnesota State Legislature and donors and friends like you, there will be a state-of-the-art facility committed

to helping bees, pollinators and bee keepers. This is a historical event and many are stepping forward to be part of

it. To mark your ongoing support of the Bee and Pollinator Research Lab, you have the opportunity to leave your

mark on the new facility. Your gift is 100% tax-deductible, and will help us close the gap on our fundraising goal.

Engraved hexagonal pavers will be placed in the pollinator

gardens of the new Bee and Pollinator Research Lab. Single

pavers are $250 and a cluster of pavers is $2,500.

Please contact the Bee Squad with questions about the paver

campaign at beesquad@umn.edu or 612-624-8989.

Four spaces in the new lab have been

named thanks to several generous donors:

Becky Masterman Practical

Laboratory for Bee Research

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux

Community Native Bee Lab

Mann Lake Ltd. Extraction Room

Brian and Patti Smith Bee Squad

Teaching Apiary

There are spaces still available! Naming

opportunities start at $100,000.

The building is also available for naming.

For questions and more information about

naming opportunities, please contact Shana

Zaiser via e-mail at: zais0003@umn.edu or

by phone at: 612-626-3045.

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I arrived in Grand Rapids on August 22, 2014. After getting settled in the first order of

business was finding a location for my research plots. I needed to find an area that was big

enough to establish perennial fruit crops and annual vegetable plots, but also had space for

the high tunnel research and education facility I envisioned at the NCROC.

In late April, we began plowing… and we found that there were a few rocks in this area!

High tunnels are increasingly used for season

extension throughout the North-Central region.

The management of the high tunnel

environment is somewhere between a

greenhouse and field production system. The

use of high tunnels extends the growing season

and creates ideal conditions for crop

production; however, the conditions are also

ideal for weed, disease and arthropod pests.

Because we still do not have a firm grasp on

how to maximize crop production and

minimize devastating pest outbreaks in high

tunnels I wanted to establish a high tunnel

research and education facility at the NCROC

in Grand Rapids.

With assistance from the department, my

Research and Outreach Center, I was able to

take the initial steps to establish this facility.

I finally settled on a 4 acre area north of our

cattle handling facility and budding hop yard.

It took longer than any of us expected, but we finally picked

enough rock that we were able to plant a few crops.

New High Tunnel Research and Education Facility

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Graduate Students

Sydney Glass is pursuing her Master’s and came into the lab from

Texas. Interestingly she grew up in a small town only about 80 miles

from where I grew up. She received her BS in Environmental Crop and

Soil Science with a concentration in Cropping Systems Management.

She came to Minnesota with a tremendous amount of experience and

passion for working with transgenic crops. Nevertheless, she agreed to

work on a project evaluating pest pressure and alternative controls in

high tunnels. To set up her experiments correctly we needed to construct

a series of small “high tunnels.”

After numerous hours of discussions and design meetings, we ordered

supplies and began building. On a Friday afternoon, after completing all

of the tunnels, we were very pleased with our efforts… until Monday!

The Silver Lining

Somewhat serendipitously, a new

opportunity much more in line

with Sydney’s interests presented

itself, and now Sydney is working

on understanding the potential

paradoxical effect of Bt pollen

contamination on feeding

behavior and resistance

management of corn earworm.

Grace Sward is another M.S.

student, and a

native of MN.

She received

her undergrad

degree from

Iowa State

University in

Entomology. When I first met her I asked why did you go to Iowa state?

Her answer was, “I wanted to get my degree in

Entomology, and UMN doesn’t offer that.”

Grace is working on public

enemy number one, spotted

wing drosophila. The overall

goal is to provide

knowledge that may aid in

optimizing monitoring and

control strategies for this

invasive pest. To

accomplish this she is

identifying and evaluating

non-crop host plant use,

correlating the seasonal

phenology of crop and non-

crop hosts with fly

populations and pesticide

application timing, and

working to develop a risk-

based IPM decision support

tool and early warning

system for Minnesota

growers.

Eric Middleton is a

Ph.D. student. He grew

up in Utah, got his

degree in biology from

the University of Utah,

and just started with us

in August.

Eric has a deep interest

in conservation, and

changing habitat for insect communities in agricultural

systems. He will be working on a project using a novel

food web based approach to evaluate species interaction in

an effort to optimize plant mixes to improve pollination

and biological control simultaneously. Through his novel

approach to studying the food webs of pollinators and

beneficial predators in a way that has previously only been

applied to biological control, we can understand how

habitat management affects the interactions of these insects

as well. This will allow us to link land management

practices to structural

attributes of the food

web, and finally, to the

ecosystem services

provided. Not only

does this work have

tremendous potential

to change the way that

we approach pest

management in agricultural systems, it is exactly the kind

of creative work that will characterize IPM programs in

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organizations who are working on restoration in

Minnesota’s prairies. He’s also excited to continue to study

native bees and pollination in agroecosystems.

This semester, Dan is teaching a graduate seminar course on

Science Communication and Ethics. He also plans to teach a

graduate course in Pollination Ecology and co-teach a

Pollinator Protection class for undergraduates.

Dan is from Grand Forks, ND, so he’s no stranger to the

Midwest. Growing up, he spent most of his free time

fishing, hiking, skiing and canoeing in Minnesota. These are

still his favorite things to do with his family, wife Alison

and two boys Dylan and Rowan.

Welcome, Dan! We’re happy to have you!

Recent Publications:

Winfree, R, J Fox, J, N Williams, J Reilly, and DP

Cariveau. 2015. Abundance of common species, not

species richness, drives delivery of a real-world ecosystem

service. Ecology Letters, in press.

Cariveau, DP, JE Powell, H Koch, R Winfree, N Moran.

2014. Variation in gut microbial communities and its

association with pathogen infection in wild bumble bees

(Bombus). The ISME Journal 8: 2369-2379. Link,

Supplementary Tables, and Dryad dataset.

and habitat factors influence native bee communities. In

addition, he is interested in how these native bees affect

the pollination of crops and native plants. He will be

focusing much of his research at the University of

Minnesota on how to most effectively implement prairie

restoration to conserve native bees and pollination

services.

He received a B.S. degree in wildlife biology from the

University of Montana and a Ph.D. in ecology from

Colorado State University. Just prior to Minnesota, Dan

was a postdoctoral research associate at Rutgers

University. At Rutgers he studied the role of native bees

in pollinating cultivated cranberries.

Dan says he is incredibly excited to be in Minnesota, as

there is so much support and interest in native bees here.

In addition to working with other scientists at the U of M,

he is looking forward to working with private

landowners, and state, federal, and non-profit

We’re pleased to welcome

our newest faculty

member, Dan Cariveau.

Dan joined our department

as an Assistant Professor in

August, bringing with him

an expertise in pollinator

ecology.

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Morgan Carr-Markell - Ph.D. Student, advised by Marla Spivak.

Morgan is studying how bees forage in and around restored native prairies to provide information for future bee-friendly prairie restoration projects. Her passion for bees was her gateway in to the wonderful world of entomology.

Allie Gebauer- M.S. Student, advised by Brian Aukema.

Allie is surveying Minnesota for parasitoids of larch casebearer. She is fascinated by insects because they have an alien-like quality the piques her curiosity, prompting her to ask questions, seek answers, and appreciate what she has learned.

Sydney Glass - M.S. Student, advised by Chris Philips.

Sydney is working in IPM pest management along with beneficial insect management in high tunnel vegetable crops. She's also fascinated by insects because there is so much that can be learned and applied from them.

Eric Middleton- M.S. Student, advised by Chris Philips.

Eric is seeking to understand how habitat management affects species interactions and how arthropods mediate ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes. He says insects are both awesome and vital to all ecosystems.

Patrick Pennarola - Ph.D. Student, advised by Karen Oberhauser. Patrick is studying insect conservation in prairies by investigating the differences in plant and insect communities in prairie remnants that have been managed through prescribed burns and through conservation grazing.

Daniela Pezzini- M.S. Student, advised by Bob Koch. Dani's research is concerned with stink bug monitoring and management. She's interested in pest management tactics that pose the least possible hazard to humans and the environment, and she's driven to make a difference.

Grace Sward- M.S. Student, advised by Chris Philips.

Grace is researching organic management of Spotted Wing Drosophila, and feels that insects are crucial to our environment. She's been playing with insects since she was knee high to a grasshopper, so she's come to the right place to study!

Dylan Tussey - M.S. Student, advised by Brian Aukema & Rob Venette.

Dylan is looking at Sub-lethal effects of winter cold during larval development on lipid content and dispersal capacity of adult emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis). He's pumped about insects, saying: Why study anything else?!

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Program - ASD, North Central Branch (NCB) Student

Travel Scholarships - Entomological Society of America.

Chiang Travel Grant.

Anthony Auletta – 2015: Marion-Brooks Wallace

Fellowship (UMN Dept. of Entomology), Thomas H.

Shevlin Fellowship (UMN Graduate School), Heiligenberg

Student Travel Award (International Society for

Neuroethology).

Lucas Camargos – 2015: Systematics Fund student

endowment award from the Society of Freshwater Science.

Darwin Scholars Programme Field Studies Council Grant.

Theresa Cira – 2015: Interdisciplinary Center for the Study

of Global Change: Global Food Security Fellowship, Morris

and Elaine Soffer Rockstein Graduate Fellowship, Great

Lakes National STEM Scholarship. Chiang Travel Grant.

Sam Fahrner – 2015: Chiang Travel Grant.

Allie Gebauer – 2015: Chiang Travel Grant.

Hannah Gray – 2015: ICGC Global Food Security

Fellowship and a US Borlaug Fellowship in Food Security.

Chiang Travel Grant.

Anthony Hanson – 2015: Kenneth and Barbara Starks

Plant Resistance to Insects Graduate Student Award, ESA

2015. Luger-Radcliffe IPM Fellowship, U of MN Dept. of

Entomology. American Seed Research Foundation –

Operation Student Connect Scholarship. ESA NCB Travel

Scholarship.

Andrea Hefty – 2015: Student presentation winner, North

Central Forest Pest Workshop. Chiang Travel Grant.

Joe Kaser – 2015-2016: UMN Doctoral Dissertation

Fellowship.

Petra Kranzfelder – 2015: Systematics Fund Award,

Society for Freshwater Science. UMN Doctoral Dissertation

Fellowship. Chiang Travel Grant.

Ian Lane – 2015: ESA P-IE Masters Achievement Award

Grace Li – 2014: Chiang Travel Grant

Amy Morey – 2015: DDF travel award, NCB-ESA J.H.

Comstock Award. Chiang Travel Grant.

Luis Ernesto Razuri Gonzales – 2015: Systematics Fund

student endowment award from the Society of Freshwater

Science. Walter H. Judd International Graduate &

Professional Fellowship from the Global Programs and

Strategy Alliance of the University of Minnesota. COGS

Travel grant, Council of Graduate Students, University of

Minnesota. JUDD Fellow.

Derek Rosenberger – 2015: Chiang Travel Grant

Marissa Streifel – 2015: Student presentation winner, North

Central Forest Pest Workshop. Chiang Travel Grant.

Grace Sward – 2015: North Central Region Sustainable

Agriculture Research and Education (NCR-SARE) Program

Anh Tran – 2015: 2nd Place (PI-E) 10 minute oral

presentation, The Dr. Nancy “Rusty” Barceló Scholarship,

CFANS Fellowship. Chiang Travel Grant.

Dylan Tussey – 2015: Chiang Travel Grant.

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Student Awards

2015 Graduations

Fraser McKee – Ph.D. Advised by Brian Aukema

“Biology and the population dynamics of the eastern

larch beetle, Dendroctonus simplex LeConte, and its

interactions with eastern larch (tamarack), Larix

laricina”

Amanda Stephens – M.S.

Advised by Rob Venette & Bill Hutchison

“Cold tolerance of Drosophila suzukii:

Can spotted wing drosophila overwinter

in Minnesota?”

Matt Smart – Ph.D. Advised by Marla Spivak

“Location, location, location: The influence of

land use on the health and survival of honey bee

colonies.”

Judy Wu-Smart – Ph.D. Advised by Marla Spivak

“Integrating science and policy: effects of

neonicotinoid insecticides on honey bee (Apis

mellifera L) and bumble bee (Bombus

impatiens Cresson) queens and colony development”

Renata Borba – Ph.D. Advised by Marla Spivak

"Constitutive and therapeutic benefits of plant resins

and a propolis envelope to honey bee, Apis mellifera

L. immunity and health"

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Presenting research at regional and national conferences is

an opportunity many students in the Entomology

department get to enjoy during their graduate careers. On

occasion, there is the opportunity to share their work on an

international stage. Earlier this fall, Brian Aukema and

two of his graduate students, Sam Fahrner and Derek

Rosenberger, traveled to Bariloche, Argentina to attend a

joint International Union of Forest Research Organizations

meeting with sections on "Ecology and Management of

Bark and Wood Boring Insects" and "Alien Invasive

Species and International Trade.” Brian was a keynote

speaker at the meeting, sharing research completed by

recent graduate Dr. Fraser McKee on climate change and

eastern larch beetle, a bark beetle in the Dendroctonus (tree

killer) genus that has been little studied until now.

Derek and Sam gave oral presentations on some of their

work in the Forest Entomology lab at UMN. Derek

presented some of his work on the development of

mountain pine beetle (D. ponderosae), another

Dendroctonus bark beetle, in novel pines as the insect’s

unprecedented range expansion continues to attract global

attention. His results on Scots pine, a Eurasian species, was

of particular interest to European scientists and

complimented studies on European woodwasp (Sirex noctilio) infesting the same species in western Europe. Sam

presented findings from an analysis of dispersal of non-

native insects and which factors are able to predict spread

rates, work that stemmed from his non-thesis departmental

seminar given to the Entomology Department in April

2015. Presentations by Brian, Derek, and Sam were

accompanied by over 50 other presentations and posters by

scientists from over 30 countries.

In addition to the benefits from networking and

presentations on forest insect, disease, and trade issues

from across the globe, Bariloche was a great place to visit

in its own right. Bariloche is located in the Patagonian

steppe in the shadows of the Andes Mountain range. A

conference-organized field trip provided a great taste of

the surrounding lakes and mountains, a chance to see

Andean condors flying in to roost for the night, and a

traditional “asado” or Argentine barbecue for lunch.

During the field trip, it became apparent that the region

has few native trees suitable for plantation forestry. As a

result, several western North American pines were

imported decades ago and are now common in the region,

some of which are now considered invasive!

Unfortunately, another import was unintentionally

introduced, the European woodwasp. There has been

significant damage in recent years, and conference

participants toured a highly infested plantation and

observed various monitoring and management techniques

being utilized to control this European insect infesting

western North American pines in South America.

Interestingly, this woodwasp has also become established

in New England, and several states are monitoring for this

insect. Thanks to research being done in Argentina, we

already know some of our western pines are susceptible!

Many of the top researchers in the world who study forest

insects and bark beetles were in attendance at this

relatively small meeting (~60 attendees), offering ample

opportunity for Brian to introduce Sam and Derek to

many researchers whose work has been integral in

framing their own research. The conference was not only

valuable as a means of disseminating some of the work

being done in Forest Entomology at the University of Minnesota, but a highlight of Sam and Derek’s graduate

education.

It’s been another phenomenally successful year for the Frenatae Community Outreach Initiative! Thus far

in 2015, our outreach volunteers—a team of over 35 graduate students, junior scientists, and post-doctoral

associates—have given more than 40 dynamic and engaging entomology presentations to audiences of all ages

throughout the Twin Cities area and beyond. All in all, Frenatae has brought insects (and smiles!) to several

thousand people this year!

The outreach program was founded in 2014 by current Frenatae President Erica Nystrom (MS student, Koch

lab), and is currently being managed by Public Outreach Coordinator Anthony Auletta (PhD student, Mesce

lab). Over the past year, we have been hard at work to continue building up our educational resources and

expanding the reach of the program. Among the new events for Frenatae this year were the UMN Bee Lab’s

Pollinator Party, the Minneapolis Monarch Festival, and an exciting partnership with the UMN Market

Science program to bring entomology to the Midtown Farmer’s Market in Minneapolis. As in years past, we

continue to partner with The Bell Museum of Natural History on campus and have participated in numerous

Bell Museum summer camp programs, as well as their Saturday with a Scientist series. In addition to these

events, we have also given presentations to numerous pre-K and elementary school classes, cub scouts and girl

scouts, and other interested parties in the Twin Cities metro area. And, of course, we made another strong

showing at the Minnesota State Fair, with Frenatae taking the lead on organizing the Entomology Department

exhibit this year. Our display proved to be one of the most popular in the entire Agriculture & Horticulture

building, and brought in a crowd of several thousand excited and curious fair-goers. Through all of these

fantastic events, we have helped foster a greater appreciation and understanding of insects and their kin in our

community, and have shown people that these amazing animals are deserving of respect and admiration instead

of fear and disgust.

We believe that, as students at a major land-grant university, we have a duty to share our knowledge and

enthusiasm for entomology with the greater Minnesota community. Going forward, we are very excited to

continue expanding our public outreach program. We currently have several exciting outreach opportunities

lined up for the remaining months of 2015. In the spring of 2016, we hope to raise the necessary funding for a

large-scale entomology fair right here at the U of M. All in all, the future is looking bright for our outreach

program, which has proven again and again to be incredibly beneficial for Frenatae, the Entomology

Department, and the community as a whole.

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The Pollinator Party is always a blast!

President: Erica Nystrom

Vice President: Anh Tran

Secretary: Edwin Benkert

Treasurer: Morgan Carr-Markell

Web: Grace Sward

Outreach: Anthony Auletta

Faculty Rep: Tavvs Alves

Honey Sale Reps: Katie Lee & Ian Lane

Seminar Reps: Eric Middleton & Dani Pezzini

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Future Entomologists at

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Entomology booth at the MN State

Fair – always a great time!

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Gerrit Cuperus (Ph.D. 1982, Radcliffe) was a faculty member

at Oklahoma State University Coordinator from 1982-2003. He

retired in 2003, where he was a Regents Professor and IPM

Coordinator. Since then he’s kept busy by editing several popular

text books: Stored Product Protection, Integrated Pest

Management: Potential, Constraints, and Challenges,

Ecologically Based Integrated Pest Management, and Areawide

IPM Implementation.

He has also co-edited a journal, Biopesticides International , for 8 years.

Gerrit was selected by the state governor’s office to guide the

MESONET Ag-Weather system from the University of

Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University., which receives

$1.8M in state support annually.

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Jessica Miller (M.S. 2014, Ferrington) has

been sharing her passion for insects with the

community through 'Insects We Like' classes

this summer. By getting kids and parents out

in to the Tiny Diner Farmhouse garden

(pictured below), Jessica has been able to

show them first hand just how important

insects are to our environment. Thanks for

inspiring the next generation of

entomologists, Jessica!

Dr. Min Zhu (Ph.D. 2004, MacRae, Radcliffe,

Ragsdale) and family, Hangzhou, China.

Dr. Robert Hodson, son of Dr. Alexander Hodson (and former Dept. Head),

passed away on April 24, 2015 at the age of 78, due to complications from

pancreatic cancer. Bob obtained his B.A. from the University of Minnesota,

and his Ph.D. in plant physiology from Cornell University, where he met his

wife, Anita. In 1969, following a postdoc at Brandeis University in Waltham,

MA, Bob and Anita moved to Newark, DE where he was a biology professor

at the University of Delaware (UD), until his retirement in 2013.

Bob's great passion was teaching undergraduates. He taught thousands of

biology and pre-med students during his 40+ years at UD. Bob was a member

of the UD faculty Senate; the UD faculty advisor for TriBeta, a national

biological honor society, and was the recipient of a campus-wide

distinguished teaching and advising award in 2002. A self-taught, early and

life-long advocate of using technology in the classroom, Bob was instrumental

in bringing technology to the UD biology department. He served as Secretary of the national Association for

Biology Laboratory Education for more than a decade. Bob's hobbies included being a scout leader, bird watcher,

horticulturist, conservationist, runner, and biker.

Bob is survived by his loving wife of 50 years, Anita of Newark, DE, two children, Elke Hodson of Washington,

D.C. and Timothy Hodson of Newark, DE, and many nieces and nephews. In 2013, Bob established the Bob &

Anita Hodson Undergraduate Research Award, to recognize students in our department who have demonstrated an

interest and/or promise for research.

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are to inspire society to value the environmental contributions of insects and other arthropods,

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Alves, T. M., MacRae, I. V. & Koch, R. L. 2015.

Soybean Aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Affects

Soybean Spectral Reflectance. Journal of Economic

Entomology. doi: 10.1093/jee/tov250

Andow, D. A., S. G. Pueppke, A. W. Schaafsma, A. J.

Gassmann, T. W. Sappington, L. J. Meinke, P. D.

Mitchell, T. M. Hurley, R. L. Hellmich, and R. P.

Porter. 2015. Early detection and mitigation of

resistance to Bt maize by western corn rootworm

(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Journal of Economic

Entomology. DOI: 10.1093/jee/tov238

Andow, D. A., J. R. Farias, R. J. Horikoshi, D.

Bernardi, A. R. B. do Nascimento and C.

Omoto. 2015. Dynamics of cannibalism in equal-

aged cohorts of Spodoptera frugiperda. Ecological

Entomology 40: 229-236. DOI: 10.1111/een.12178

Asplen, M., Hutchison, W. D., & 23 others. 2015. Invasion biology of spotted wing Drosophila

(Drosophila suzukii): a global perspective and future

priorities. Journal of Pest Science. 88(3): 469-494.

Avolio, M. L., Chang, C. C., Weis, J. J. & Smith, M. D.

2015. The effect of genotype richness and genomic

dissimilarity of Andropogon gerardii on invasion

resistance and productivity. Plant Ecology and

Diversity. 8, 1, p. 61-71.

Baldridge, GD, Li, YG, Witthuhn, BA, Higgins, LA,

Markowski, TW, Baldridge, AS and Fallon, AM.

2015. Mosaic composition of ribA and wspB genes

flanking the virB8-D4 operon in

the Wolbachia supergroup B strain, wStr. Arch of

Micribiology. DOI 10.1007/s00203-015-1154-8.

Baldridge, GD, Markowski, TW, Witthuhn, BA

Witthuhn, Higgins, LA, Baldridge AS and Fallon.

AM. 2015. The Wolbachia WO bacteriophage

proteome in the Aedes albopictusC/wStr1 cell

line: Evidence for lytic activity? In Vitro Cell Dev.

Biol--Animal, DOI 10.1007/s11626-015-9949-0.

Borba RS, Klyszek KK, Mogen KL, Spivak M. 2015.

Seasonal benefits of a natural propolis envelope to

honey bee immunity and colony health. J.

Experimental Biology. doi:10.1242/jeb.127324

Bulgarella, M., Trewick, S. A., Godfrey, A. J. R.,

Sinclair, B. J. & Morgan-Richards, M. 2015.

Elevational variation in adult body size and growth

rate but not in metabolic rate in the tree weta

Hemideina crassidens. Journal of Insect Physiology.

75, p. 30-38.

Bulgarella M & Heimpel GE. 2015. Host range and

community structure of avian nest parasites in the

genus Philornis (Diptera: Muscidae) on the Island

of Trinidad. Ecology and Evolution 5: 3695–3703.

Bulgarella M, Quiroga MA, Brito Vera GA, Dregni

JS, Cunninghame F, Mosquera Muñoz DA,

Monje LD, Causton CE & Heimpel

GE. 2015. Philornis downsi, an avian nest parasite

invasive to the Galápagos Islands, in mainland

Ecuador. Annals of the Entomological Society of

America. 108: 242–250.

Burkness, E. C., T. M. Cira, S. E. Moser, and W. D.

Hutchison. 2015. Bt maize seed mixtures for

Helicoverpa zea: Larval movement, development

and survival on non-transgenic maize. Journal of

Economic Entomology 2015; doi:

10.1093/jee/tov253.

Crosby, F. L., Brayton, K. A., Magunda, F.,

Munderloh, U. G., Kelley, K. L. & Barbet, A. F.

2015. Reduced infectivity in cattle for an outer

membrane protein mutant of Anaplasma

marginale. Applied and Environmental

Microbiology. 81, 6, p. 2206-2214.

Daly, Sally. (2015). Have No Fear!: Creating a "Water

Safety Days" Communications Plan for the Army

Corps of Engineers, Grand Rapids,

MN. University of Minnesota Digital

Conservancy. http://hdl.handle.net/11299/173748.

Davis, J. A., Radcliffe, E. B., Ragsdale, D. W. &

MacRae, I. 2015. Increasing In-Row Spacing

Enhances Potato Virus Y and Potato Leafroll

Virus Spread in Potato. American Journal of

Potato Research. 92, 4, p. 497-501

DeVries, Z. C., Kells, S. A. & Appel, A. G. 2015.

Effects of starvation and molting on the metabolic

rate of the bed bug (Cimex lectularius L.).

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 88, 1, p.

53-65

DeVries, Z. C., Reid, W. R., Kells, S. A. & Appel, A.

G. 2015. Effects of starvation on deltamethrin

tolerance in bed bugs, Cimex lectularius L.

(Hemiptera: Cimicidae). Insects. 6, 1, p. 102-111

Dolph, C. L., S. L. Eggert, J. Magner, L. C.

Ferrington Jr. and B. Vondracek. 2015. Reach-

scale stream restoration in agricultural streams of

southern Minnesota alters structural and functional

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responses of macroinvertebrates. Freshwater Science,

34(2): 535-546.

Eckberg, J. O., Peterson, J. A., Borsh, C. P., Kaser, J.

M., Johnson, G. A., Luhman, J. C., Wyse, D. L. &

Heimpel, G. E. Jan 1 2015. Field abundance and

performance of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) on

soybean aphid. Annals of the Entomological Society

of America. 108, (1): 26-34

Eckberg, J. O., Johnson, G. A., Pain, R. E., Wyse, D.

L. & Heimpel, G. E. 2015 Spillover of tent

caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum) herbivory onto

willow bioenergy crops in an agricultural landscape.

Annals of Applied Biology. 167, 2, p. 178-185.

Egan, A. T., Ferrington Jr, L. C., Lafrançois, T.,

Edlund, M. B. 2015. Seasonal variation in

chironomid emergence from coastal pools. European

Journal of Environmental Sciences. 5(1): 15–23.

Egan, A. T. & Ferrington, L. C. Jun 1 2015. Zonal

stratification and geographic clustering of a species-

rich chironomid community in freshwater coastal

rock pools. Hydrobiologia. 751(1): p. 147-158.

Egan, A. T., Ferrington, L. C., Lafrançois, T., Edlund,

M. B. & McCullough, J. 2015. Spatial arrangement

and metrics of freshwater coastal rock pools applied

to amphibian conservation. Limnologica. 51: 101-

109.

Fahrner, S. J., Lelito, J. P. & Aukema, B. H. 2015. The

influence of temperature on the flight capacity of

emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis and its

parasitoid, Tetrastichus planipennisi: implications to

biological control. BioControl. 60(4): 437-449.

Fallon, A. M. 2015. Effects of mimosine on Wolbachia

in mosquito cells: Cell cycle suppression reduces

bacterial abundance. In Vitro Cellular and

Developmental Biology - Animal. (in press).

Farias, J. R., Andow, D. A., Horikoshi, R. J., Sorgatto,

R. J., Santos, A. C. D. & Omoto, C. 2015.

Dominance of Cry1F resistance in Spodoptera

frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on TC1507 Bt

maize in Brazil. Pest Management Science. (in

press).

Ferrington Jr, L. C., Masteller, E. 2015. Emergence

dynamics of Diamesa cheimatophila Hansen

(Diptera: Chironomidae: Diamesinae). European

Journal of Environmental Sciences. 5(1): 24–30.

Hanson, A.A., J. Orf, R.L. Koch. 2015. Sources of

soybean aphid resistance in early maturing soybean

germplasm. Crop Science. (in press).

Hanson, A. A., R. D. Moon, R. J. Wright, T. E.

Hunt, W. D. Hutchison. 2015. Degree-day

prediction models for the flight phenology of

western bean cutworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

assessed with the concordance correlation

coefficient. Journal of Economic Entomology. 108:

1728–1738.

Harley CM, Reilly MG, Stewart C, Schlegel C,

Morley E, Puhl JG, Nagel C, Crisp KM, Mesce

KA. 2015. Compensatory Plasticity Restores

Locomotion after Chronic Removal of Descending

Projections. J Neurophysiol. 2015 113(10):3610-

3622.

Heu, C. C., Kurtti, T. J., Nelson, C. M., Munderloh,

U. G. 2015. Transcriptional analysis of the

conjugal transfer genes of Rickettsia bellii RML

369-C. PLoS One 10(9): e0137214.

Hodgson, E. W., Wright, R., Gray, M., Hunt, T.,

Ostlie, K. & Andow, D. A. 2015. Farmer

responses to resistance issues in corn rootworm to

BT corn: Qualitative analysis of focus groups.

Journal of Extension. 53, 2, 2RIB7

Iverson, J. M., T. M. Cira, E. C. Burkness and W.

D. Hutchison. 2016. Cannibalistic oophagy in

Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidaea)

colonies. Journal of Entomological Science (in

press).

Kaser, J. M. & Heimpel, G. E. 2015 Linking risk and

efficacy in biological control host-parasitoid

models. Biological Control. 90, p. 49-60

Kantar MB, Tyl CE, Dorn KM, Zhang X, Jungers

JM, Kaser JM, Schendel RR, Eckberg JO,

Runck BC, Bunzel M, Jordan NR, Stupar RM,

Marks MD, Anderson JA, Johnson GA,

Sheaffer CC, Schoenfuss TC, Ismail B, Heimpel

GE, Wyse D. 2015 Accepted. Perennial grain and

oilseed crops. Annual Review of Plant Biology.

Koch, R. L., Sezen, Z., Porter, P. M., Ragsdale, D.

W., Wyckhuys, K. A. G. & Heimpel, G. E. 2015. On-farm evaluation of a fall-seeded rye cover crop

for suppression of soybean aphid (Hemiptera:

Aphididae) on soybean. Agricultural and Forest

Entomology. 17, 3, p. 239-246

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Koch, R. L. & Pahs, T. 2015. Species composition and

abundance of stink bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera:

Pentatomidae) in Minnesota field corn.

Environmental Entomology. 44(2): 233-238.

Koch, R.L. and W.A. Rich. Stink bug (Hemiptera:

Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) feeding and phenology

on early-maturing soybean in Minnesota. Journal of

Economic Entomology.

http://jee.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/07/

29/jee.tov218 (in press)

Kranzfelder, P and L. C. Ferrington Jr. 2015.

Characterization of Chironomidae (Diptera)

surface-floating pupal exuviae sample sort time

from coastal tropical aquatic systems.

Environmental Monitoring and

Assessment. 187:70 DOI 10.1007/s10661-015-

4313-0

Krischik, V., Rogers, M., Gupta, G. & Varshney, A.

2015. Soil-applied imidacloprid translocates to

ornamental flowers and reduces survival of adult

coleomegilla maculata, harmonia axyridis, and

hippodamia convergens lady beetles, and larval

danaus plexippus and vanessa cardui butterflies.

PLoS ONE. 10, 3, e0119133.

Kriticos, D. J., Ota, N., Hutchison, W. D., Beddow,

J., Walsh, T., Tay, W. T., Borchert, D. M.,

PaulaMoreas, S. V., Czepak, C. & Zalucki, M. P.

2015. The potential distribution of invading

Helicoverpa armigera in North America: Is it just a

matter of time? PLoS ONE. 10, 3, e0119618

Kurtti, T. J., Felsheim, R. F., Burkhardt, N. Y.,

Oliver, J. D., Heu, C. C. & Munderloh, U. G.

2015. Rickettsia buchneri sp. Nov., a rickettsial

endosymbiont of the blacklegged tick ixodes

scapularis. International Journal of Systematic and

Evolutionary Microbiology. 65, 3, p. 965-970.

Lee, K., Steinhauer, N., Travis, D. A., Meixner, M.

D., Deen, J. & Vanengelsdorp, D. 2015. Honey

bee surveillance: A tool for understanding and

improving honey bee health. Current Opinion in

Insect Science. 10, p. 37-44.

Lee, Kathleen V., Nathalie Steinhauer, Karen

Rennich, Michael E. Wilson, David R. Tarpy,

Dewey M. Caron, Robyn Rose et al. 2015. "A

national survey of managed honey bee 2013–2014

annual colony losses in the USA." Apidologie 46, 3

(2015): 292-305.

Lynn, G. E., Oliver, J. D., Nelson, C. M., Felsheim,

R. F., Kurtti, T. J. & Munderloh, U. G. 2015. Tissue distribution of the Ehrlichia muris-like

agent in a tick vector. PLoS ONE. 10, 3,

e0122007.

McKee, F. R. & Aukema, B. H. Feb 1 2015. Influence of temperature on the reproductive

success, brood development and brood fitness of

the eastern larch beetle Dendroctonus simplex

LeConte. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 17,

1, p. 102-112.

Mazack J. E., P. Kranzfelder, A. M. Anderson, R.

W. Bouchard, J. Perry, B. Vondracek, and L.

C. Ferrington. 2015. Survivorship and longevity

of adult Diamesa mendotae Muttkowski, 1915

(Diptera: Chironomidae) at controlled, sub-

freezing temperatures. Aquatic Insects: 1-8.

Muñoz-Quesada, F. J. & Holzenthal, R. W. 2015 Revision of the Neotropical species of the

caddisfly genus Wormaldia McLachlan

(Trichoptera: Philopotamidae. Zootaxa. 3998, 1, p.

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Oliver, J. D., Chávez, A. S. O., Felsheim, R. F.,

Kurtti, T. J. & Munderloh, U. G. 2015. An

Ixodes scapularis cellline with a predominantly

neuron-like phenotype. Experimental and Applied

Acarology. 66, 3, p. 427-442.

Paula, D. P., Linard, B., Andow, D. A., Sujii, E. R.,

Pires, C. S. S. & Vogler, A. P. 2015. Detection

and decay rates of prey and prey symbionts in the

gut of a predator through metagenomics.

Molecular Ecology Resources.15, 4, p. 880-892.

Paula, D. P., D. A. Andow, C. S. S. Pires and E. R.

Sujii. 2015. Impacto da introdução de pragas

sobre a biodiversidade, pp. 79-101. In R. L.

Sugayama, M. Lopes da Silva, S. X. de Brito

Silva, L. C. Ribeiro and L. E. P. Rangel (eds.),

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Politicas e Perspectivas. Sociedade Brasileira de

Defensa Vegetal, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerias,

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Pezzini, D. T. & Koch, R. L. 2015 Compatibility of

flonicamid and a formulated mixture of pyrethrins

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Science and Technology. 25, 9, p. 1024-1035

Rich, W.A. and R.L. Koch. Effects of Rag1 aphid-

resistant soybean on mortality, development and

preference of brown marmorated stink bug

(Pentatomidae). Entomologia Experimentalis et

Applicata. (in press)

Robinson, S. J., Neitzel, D. F., Moen, R. A., Craft,

M. E., Hamilton, K. E., Johnson, L. B., Mulla,

D. J., Munderloh, U. G., Redig, P. T., Smith, K.

E., Turner, C. L., Umber, J. K. & Pelican, K.

M. 2015. Disease Risk in a Dynamic

Environment: The Spread of Tick-Borne

Pathogens in Minnesota, USA. EcoHealth. 12, 1,

p. 152-163.

Sorge, U. S., Moon, R. D., Stromberg, B. E.,

Schroth, S. L., Michels, L., Wolff, L. J., Kelton,

D. F. & Heins, B. J. 2015. Parasites and parasite

management practices of organic and conventional

dairy herds in Minnesota. Journal of Dairy

Science. 98, 5, p. 3143-3151.

Svobodová, Z., Habuštová, O. S., Hutchison, W.

D., Hussein, H. M. & Sehnal, F. 2015. Risk

assessment of genetically engineered maize

resistant to Diabrotica spp.: Influence on above-

ground arthropods in the Czech Republic. PLoS

ONE. 10, 6, e0130656.

Therrien, J., Mason, C. J., Cale, J. A., Adams, A.,

Aukema, B. H., Currie, C. R., Raffa, K. F. &

Erbilgin, N. 2015. Bacteria influence mountain

pine beetle brood development through

interactions with symbiotic and antagonistic fungi:

implications for climate-driven host range

expansion. Oecologia. (in press).

Thomson, R. E. & Holzenthal, R. W. 2015. A

revision of the Neotropical caddisfly genus

Leucotrichia Mosely, 1934 (Hydroptilidae,

Leucotrichiinae). ZooKeys. 499, p. 1-100

Tylczak, L., Andow, D., Borgida, E., Hurley, T. &

Williams, A. 2015. Design clarity in public

outreach documents: A guidebook for a first

detector volunteer network. Journal of Extension.

53, 2, 2TOT3.

Wang, J., Dyachenko, V., Munderloh, U. G. &

Straubinger, R. K. 2015. Transmission of

Anaplasma phagocytophilum from endothelial

cells to peripheral granulocytes in vitro under

shear flow conditions. Medical Microbiology and

Immunology. 204,5, p. 593-603.

Wimer, A.F., C.R. Philips, T.P. Kuhar, J.C.

Adams, Z. Szendrei. 2015. Baseline

susceptibility and field efficacy of tolfenpyrad on

Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata

(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Advances in

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Winfree, R, J Fox, J, N Williams, J Reilly, and DP

Cariveau. 2015. Abundance of common species,

not species richness, drives delivery of a real-

world ecosystem service. Ecology Letters, in

press.

Wilson, M. B., Brinkman, D., Spivak, M.,

Gardner, G. & Cohen, J. D. Jan 1 2015.

Regional variation in composition and

antimicrobial activity of US propolis against

Paenibacillus larvae and Ascosphaera apis.

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 124, p. 44-50

Zeilinger, A. R., Olson, D. M., Maclean, D., Mori,

N., Nakata, R. & Andow, D. A. 2015.

Behavioural and chemical mechanisms of plant-

mediated deterrence and attraction among

frugivorous insects. Ecological Entomology.

Zeilinger, A. R., Olson, D. M., Raygoza, T. &

Andow, D. A. 2015 Do counts of salivary sheath

flanges predict food consumption in herbivorous

stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)? Annals of

the Entomological Society of America. 108, 2, p.

109-116.

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