Category Archives: Entomology

Entomology

Researchers working with fire ants are trying to understand how a small group of ants can convince a larger group to change a fundamental aspect of their behavior—whether they kill or nurture multiple queens. Their work was published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

 Entomology May 07, 2025

A minority can influence whole group to change, study finds

Pinned specimens of common tiger (Danaus genutia) and common crow (Euploea core) butterflies. (Photo by Maria Luisa Müller-Theissen)

 Entomology April 02, 2025

Museum collections reveal worldwide spread of butterfly disease

Illustration of grasshopper, ladybu, and butterfly with a blue background, green grass, and a tree on the right side.

 Entomology March 05, 2025

A Bug’s Life

Braconid wasps use a class of viruses called bracoviruses that can hijack the cells of their hosts without destroying them, expressing genes important to the survival and development of the wasp’s offspring while it feeds on the live host.

 Entomology February 05, 2025

CAES researchers study how parasitic wasps use ancient viruses to ensure survival

The study represents the most detailed and comprehensive picture to date of the health of the monarch fall migration in eastern North America.

 Entomology October 16, 2024

The monarch butterfly may not be endangered, but its migration is

UGA student Counting Pollinators

 Entomology July 31, 2024

Join the Great Southeast Pollinator Census, Aug. 23-24

Cicada Brood13

 Entomology May 15, 2024

Georgia’s Brood XIX is here: Periodical cicadas make their mark on the Southeast

Joro Spider

 Entomology February 13, 2024

Joro spiders well poised to populate cities

 Entomology February 12, 2024

Mapping the economic value of pollinators

 Entomology October 25, 2023

Unveiling the fearsome hickory horned devil