Entomology Newsletter, 2012 - Department of Entomology

Department of Entomology College of Food Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

Newsletter 2012

1 Entomology Newsletter 2012

Newsletter Sections

Letter from Department Head, Bill Hutchison 2

International Visiting Scholars 3

International Research 5

Bed Bug Research Update 7

Frenatae Updates 8

Graduate Student Awards 9

Selected Publications 10

Support the Next Generation of Entomologists 14

Letter from Department Head

Bill Hutchison


It’s hard to believe we are coming to the end of another busy year! I am proud to say that 2012 was a year of many achievements for our faculty and students. The department has also undergone some significant changes. Due to our first real snowstorm in years (an actual 12 inches), I am forced to slow down and reflect on some major highlights of 2012 for the

Department of Entomology. Global Connections -- Felicia Christy (Assoc. Administrator) and I thought we should showcase the many International Visiting Scholars we hosted this year. These scholars include Dr. Nicolas Desneux, a Research Scientist with the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), hosted by Dr. George Heimpel, Dr. Panagiotis (Panos) Milonas (Greece) and Juliano Farias (Brazil), hosted by Dr. David Andow. In addition, we have an increasing number of popular “sandwich PhD” International visitors, gaining experience to augment their graduate degrees in their host countries. This year, Carla Dutra (Brazil) and Zdenka Svobodová (Czech Republic) were hosted by Dr. Hutchison. To round out this International year, Dr. Aziz Lagnaoui, from Morocco, (former student of Emeritus Professor, Dr. Ted Radcliffe) was our Hodson Alumni Award recipient. Aziz, now with the World Bank, gave a great seminar on the many challenges of implementing a variety of IPM Programs in developing countries. Insect Museum – Our Insect Museum has grown considerably, this year, thanks to three unique contributions, and a lot of extra work by Museum Director, Dr. Ralph Holzenthal and Curator, Dr. Paul Tinerella. After a year of planning and remodeling in Hodson Hall, a new Aquatic Insect Collection from the USGS, is being prepared for entry. This collection will add ~2 million specimens to the current 4.5 million. We also received a donation of ~5000 slides of midges (Chironomidae) from Dr. Jim Sublette and family. Dr. Sublette is a world authority on Chironomidae. This is the remaining material from Dr. Sublette's large donation of slides (70,000+) given to the Insect Collection ~3 years ago. This, gives us one of the most diverse chironomid collections in the world. Finally, Dr. Bill Scharf, who received his PhD in the 1960s under Roger Price, made a significant donation. His research interests are in ornithology, mammalogy, and entomology. He donated a large collection of fleas (ca. 5000 slides) and established an annuity with the University Foundation for future support of the Insect Collection. All of the slides from Dr. Sublette's former donation and Dr. Scharf's recent donation have been scanned and digitized and are

available at insectcollection.org. Stay tuned for more about the Digitization of the entire collection which is well underway, and will be fully rolled out in 2013! To date, all UMSP Insect Collection specimens are digitized and/or computerized. Glass microscope slides scanned include 639,885 specimens, insect drawers imaged (5,943 drawers) total 1,477,755 pinned specimens (Odonata, dragonflies and damselflies- preserved in envelopes are included in this total), and glass vials (label data and card catalog scanned only), include data for 1,710,444 specimens. The grand total for UMSP: 3,828,104 specimens. This does not include the new Aquatic (NAWQA) collection that awaits unpacking and curation. A total of 12 software apps are now operational, each constructed for image processing and data acquisition. The new Insect Collection database: DeCOR - Digital entomology Collections Object Repository is operational. The interface is available in Zooming Format at: http://www.insectcollection.umn.edu. In addition to the many Graduate Student awards this year (see pg. 9), Dr. Karen Mesce received the prestigious Ada Comstock Award. This award & lecture was established to acknowledge and honor the scholarly accomplishments and leadership of distinguished women faculty. For the sciences, only one award is given out every two years. Karen’s lecture was entitled, "Two Brains Are Better Than One: How Small Brains Make Big Decisions,” and presented an overview of her original and imaginative approach to understanding how neuronal networks develop and function. One might call her research “art in scientific communication. Her work has revolutionized thinking about the plasticity of the nervous system--capturing functional changes of individual invertebrate neurons (in teal-colored caterpillars, OCD honey bees and leeches!) under hormonal or neurotransmitter control in a visually compelling context.” In addition to all these accomplishments, we had a very successful national search for a new Extension Soybean Entomologist & Assistant Professor. This position was made possible by a unique partnership between the Minn. Soybean Growers, University of Minnesota Extension, and our College of Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS). I am pleased to announce that Dr. Bob Koch, a graduate of our program, has accepted this position and will be joining us on January 3rd, 2013. Bob brings an excellent balance of ecological and pest management research, and outreach experience, including 5+ years working with the Invasive Species Group of the Minn. Dept. of Agriculture. I want to thank the entire Search Committee, including co-chairs Roger Moon and Marla Spivak for their excellent work. Best wishes for a Safe and Great New Year!

International Visiting Scholars


Our research reaches far and wide, and this year, we have the honor of introducing you to some of our visiting scholars and researchers who are bringing an international flair to the Department of Entomology.

Dr. Panagiotis (Panos) Milonas Associate Research Scientist, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Greece Fulbright Fellowship, September-December 2012 Andow, Insect Ecology Lab

Invasive insect species may have detrimental ecological and economic impact through a variety of mechanisms. In Greece, 194 insect species have

been recognised as invasive. Quantitative analysis and incorporation of uncertainty into these models is generally recognised as future need. Therefore, within this research proposal we aim to develop modelling approaches for ERA that incorporate uncertainty analysis into qualitative methods and begin developing more quantitative models associated with invasive species that have recently introduced or

threaten to be introduced to Greece.

Juliano Farias Department of Entomology, University of Sao Paulo, Piracicaba Brazilian CAPES Foundation, September 2012 - January 2013 Andow, Insect Ecology Lab

Bt corn has been planted throughout Brazil for about 4 years to control the Lepidopteran pest complex. One of the key pests is fall armyworm,

Spodoptera frugiperda. I have been studying the genetics and distribution of resistance to Cry1F toxin in this species and have used an F2 screen to identify resistance alleles from populations throughout Brazil. During my visit, I will analyze these data and write up results for publication.

Dr. Nicolas Desneux Research Scientist INRA Sophia Antipoles, France (INRA is like the USDA of France) Heimpel Lab

Dr. Desneux (Nico) is well-known for his work in the areas of biological control and ecotoxicology. His work at the INRA in France focuses on

biological control of pest species that are invasive to Europe as well as the sublethal effects of insecticides to biological control agents and pollinators. Nico spent time in the Heimpel lab as a post-doc in 2006-7 during which time he did some very innovative work on host range in soybean aphid parasitoids. He is back now as a visiting scientist to continue research on host specificity and related topics.

International Visiting Scholars


Carla Dutra

Carla, a PhD student at the Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados (UFGD), Dourados-MS, Brazil, spent 6 months in the Hutchison lab (2011-2012), studying the tritrophic influence of Bt corn on fall armyworm larvae and Harmonia axyridis predation. The research reflects her long-term interest in ecological risk assessment of transgenic crops on non-target predator species. Soon after her departure in February, the research was published (Dutra et al. 2012, PLoS One), and was included in her dissertation. Also, Carla and Zdenka Svobodova (below), were 2 of 3 graduate student winners of the International GM Crops Conference (ISBGMO), St. Louis, MO, in September.

Zdenka Svobodová

Zdenka is a PhD student at Entomologický ústav BC AV ČR, Institute of Entomology, & Přírodovědecká fakulta JČU, Faculty of Science University of

South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic. Following the ISBGMO meetings in September, she spent 3 months in Hutchison’s lab this fall semester. Zdenka continued working on the tritrophic Bt maize system with fall armyworm and Harmonia. However, she modified the protocol to allow for maximum daily consumption rates by Harmonia, and generated some interesting results. This work will continue as she returns to her lab in the CR; this will also be a chapter in her dissertation. Congratulations also to Zdenka!

Dr. Yumi Kumagai

Postdoctoral Research Associate Kurtti/Munderloh Lab

Dr. Yumi Kumagai, a native of Tokyo, joined us in September this year. Most recently, she worked at the Thailand-Japan Research Collaboration

Center in Bangkok, but before that, she was a postdoctoral scientist at Ohio State University. There, her research focused on the mechanisms whereby Ehrlichia chaffeensis, a tick-borne pathogen that causes ehrlichiosis, introduces substances into host cells that control the host response. She further participated in investigating related disease agents, such as Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Neorickettsia

sennetsu, and has authored and co-authored 23 publications (8 as first author) in top journals such as Journal of Bacteriology and Infection and Immunity.

International Research –Andow


Dr. David Andow spent a large portion of his year in various countries around the world. He has graciously agreed to share with us a few photos and stories. Japan, March 24-29, 2012. After landing in Tokyo, I too k the trains to visit Dr. Keizi Kiritani at his apartment at a hot springs on the Izu Peninsula. The next day, I traveled with him by shinkansen (the view of Mt. Fuji was spectacular) to Nara, where we attended the annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology, held directly across the street from the famous Nara Deer Park. Dr. Kiritani, who is an honorary member of the ESA, was feted at a special symposium held in his honor, and I gave a talk to explain how he had influence my work. In addition to many interesting talks in Japanese, I learned about a new research project to study the ecological impacts of the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster. Professor Yukawa and Dr. Kiritani near Nara train station

Vatican. June 23- July 1, 2012. I was invited by the Papal Counsel for Justice and Peace to talk about the role of GMOs in reducing hunger and improving food security for the poor. Bishops and Cardinals comprised about half of the audience, and the rest were priests and lay people active in the Church. There was considerable interest in my topic, and the talk and ensuing discussion lasted 3 hours. The Counsel is following up on these discussions and we have recently been in contact. Group photo of part of the participants (Andow is in the upper left.)

Brasilia, Brazil. July 4 - August 5, 2012. The purpose of this visit was to set up a new research project on agroforestry for small-scale producers in Brazil. Frances Homans (Department of Applied Economics) also visited for about 10 days during my visit so that we could coordinate a biological and an economic component for this new research. Our colleagues in Brazil have been conducting research on agroforestry for several years, and we were fortunate to visit some their study farms. As a test case, we will be examining the practices of about 140 strawberry producers in the Federal District around Brasilia. David Andow (l) and Frances Homans (r) with the Valdire family

During December 2011, David Andow traveled to Madrid, Spain to collaborate with Pedro Castañera's research group at the Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CIB) on understanding why Sesamia nonagriodes (Mediterranean corn borer) has not evolved resistance to Bt corn in Lleida in northeast Spain. He will be collaborating on IRM problems in Spain for the next few years

International Research - Heimpel


Dr. George Heimpel has embarked upon a new research project that is taking him to the Galapagos Islands and to Trinidad & Tobago. The research involves an avian parasite – the muscid fly Philornis downsi - that is invasive in the Galapagos and attacking Darwin’s finches and other endemic birds. This fly lays its eggs into bird nests and the hatching larvae (maggots) feed on the nestlings, often killing them. As is common for invasive species, P. downsi is having a devastating effect in its introduced range (Galapagos) but much less of an impact in its native range, which includes Trinidad & Tobago. Dr. Heimpel is exploring the possibility of introducing a specialized parasitoid of Philornis from Trinidad to the Galapagos in an effort to protect Darwin’s finches from this invasive fly. The research has involved 2 trips to Galapagos and 3 to Trinidad & Tobago over the last year and a half.

Photo showing participants of a workshop held in Galapagos during February 2012.

Dr. Heimpel (L) checking fly traps in the Galapagos highlands with colleagues – August 2012.

Darwin’s finches by David Lack

Bed Bug Research Update -Kells


Commissioner of Agriculture Visits Kells Lab

L to R: Dr. Stephen Kells, Dr. Rajinder Mann, Commissioner Fredrickson, and Dean Bev Durgan, University of Minnesota – Extension, during the commissioner’s visit.

On September 10, 2012 Minnesota’s Commissioner of Agriculture, Dave Frederickson, visited the University of Minnesota, Department of Entomology to tour Dr. Stephen Kells’ lab and learn about the bed bug research and extension program. The Let’s Beat the Bug! Campaign is being supported by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Commissioner Frederickson was joined by Dean Durgan and Senior Associate Dean Ponce de León as well as various staff from MDA and UMN. The visit began with a brief presentation by Dr. Kells on general bed bug information and covered the cutting edge research being completed by Dr. Kells and his graduate students. Ms. Shindelar, the community health coordinator, followed up with a presentation introducing the Let’s Beat the Bug! Campaign, its successes and work that still needs to be completed. Following a brief discussion Dr. Kells led a tour of his lab which provided the Commissioner and Deans with an opportunity to see where and how the bed bug research is being completed. Overall the visit was very successful, Commissioner Frederickson and his staff left with a greater knowledge of bed bugs and their impact on society. Greg Buzicky, Director of the Pesticide and Fertilizer Management Division at MDA said “It was wonderful to get a chance to see, and hear, the challenges, the accomplishments and great strides in understanding this pest. The outreach is cutting edge and having a huge impact on people’s lives.”

Frenatae Updates


The 2011 Annual Honey Sale, our major fundraising event, was bigger than ever with a number of new items added to the merchandise roster including notecards boasting illustrations done by students in Dr. Ralph Holzenthal’s Scientific Illustration of Insects course and silk scarves hand dyed by the graduate students using cochineal scale insects. All of these items, along with the usual honey (of course!), beeswax candles, and calendars (also made using illustrations from Dr. Holzenthal’s course) will be available again at this year’s Annual Honey Sale (5-7 December 2012) – be sure to get your honey, notecards, calendars, and scarves before they sell out!

In the spring we were pleased to bring Alex Wild, a renowned insect photographer and biologist at the University of Illinois, as our invited seminar speaker. While here, Alex gave an incredible seminar, put on an insect photography workshop, had lunch with the graduate students,

and joined us for our monthly Pig’s Eye. We had a great time while he was here and look forward to seeing more photographs and research from Alex. As the spring semester came to a close, Frenatae hosted the first Departmental Pig Roast! Dr. Ralph Holzenthal was gracious enough to lend us the use of his fantastic backyard for this event, which followed the Annual Students vs. Faculty Softball Game. Both events were a total blast…the Pig Roast was some good eating! At the Hodson Awards we were quite pleased to award Dr. Tim Kurtti with this year’s FAME Award (Faculty Award for Mentorship in Entomology). Congratulations, Tim – we hope you’ve been able to enjoy your tick etching wine glasses (etchings courtesy of our own Judy Wu)!

Dr. Allyssa Anderson, Ph.D. – Len Ferrington Dr. Thelma Heidel, Ph.D. – Ragsdale/Heimpel

Entomology Student Organization Frenatae

Officers for 2012-2013

President: Heather Cummins Vice President: Theresa Cira Treasurer: Joe Kaser Honey Sale Coordinator: Judy Wu Secretary: Lindsey Christianson Faculty Meeting Representative: Jessica Miller Social Media Coordinator: Gretchen Wilbrandt Student Seminar Committee: Derek Rosenberger COGS Representatives: Alex Egan & Lesley Tylczak

Jessica Miller (L), and Theresa Cira (R) on a collecting trip.

Congratulations 2012 Graduates!!

Graduate Student Awards


Alyssa Anderson – 2012: Torske Klubben Graduate Fellowship for Minnesota Residents; Society for Freshwater Science Endowment Award – Systematics Fund; Dayton Bell Museum Fund Research Fellowship. 2011: Graduate Student Block Grant Travel Fellowship; Best Student Oral Presentation Award (18th International Symposium on Chironomidae); Morris and Elaine Soffer Rockstein & Graduate School Fellowship.

Renata Borba – 2012: NAPPC – Pollinator Partnership Grant, NCR-SARE Graduate Student Grant.

Megan Carter – 2012: Graduate School Summer Block Grant Fellowship, Dept. of Entomology.

Theresa Cira – 2012: MGK Fellowship

Lindsey Christianson – 2011: President’s Prize (1st Place, M.S. Poster Presentation (student competition), National ESA Meeting, Reno, NV.

Heather Cummins – 2012: Dayton Bell Museum Fund Fellowship, Block Travel Grants.

Joel Gardner – 2012: Dayton Bell Museum Fund Fellowship.

Thelma Heidel – 2012: Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) Student Scholarship. 2011: Ceres Trust Graduate Student Research Initiative Grant, University of Minnesota CFANS Graduate Student Scholarship. Morris and Elaine Soffer Rockstein & Graduate Fellowship for Entomology PhD Students, Runner-up, Ph.D. student paper competition10-minute talks, NCB-ESA 2011 Annual Meeting; NCB-ESA 2012 Student Travel Award; Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) 2012 Student Scholarship.

Andrea Hefty – 2011 - 2012: NSF-IGERT Fellowship.

Joe Kaser – 2010 - 2012: NSF-IGERT Fellowship.

Petra Kranzfelder – 2012: Master's, Professional, and Doctoral International Research Grant; Dayton-Wilkie Natural History Fellowship, Bell Museum of Natural History; Graduate School Summer Block Grant Fellowship, Dept. of Entomology. 2011: Graduate School Summer Block Grant Fellowship, Dept. of Entomology; Allan Peterson & Graduate School Fellowship for M.S. Students, Dept. of Entomology;

Block Grant Travel Award, Dept. of Entomology; Scholarly Travel Award, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly.

Fraser McKee – 2012: Research Poster Competition, 2nd Place, Western Insect Work Conference, British Columbia. Amy Morey – 2010-2012: NSF-IGERT Fellowship. 2012: NCB-ESA Graduate Scholarship, NSF-RCN FORECAST travel grant, NCB-ESA Presidential Student Travel Scholarship. 2011: President’s Prize (2nd Place) Poster Competition, National ESA Meeting, Reno, NV; Marion-Brooks Wallace Fellowship. Adela Oliva Chavez – 2012: Lydia and Alexander Anderson Fellowship (The Graduate School); GAPSA International Travel Award. Matthew Smart – 2012: North Dakota Honey Promotion Fund.

Robin Thomson – 2012 - 2013: Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. 2011-2012: CIC/Smithsonian Institution Pre-doctoral Fellowship.

Judy Wu: 2011-2014: EPA Star Fellowship. 2012: American Association of Professional Apiculturists Student Scholarship.

Graduate Student Award Winners at the Annual Hodson Alumni and Grad Student Recognition Event.

Selected Publications


Andow, D A. 2012. Cry toxins in transgenic plants have direct effects on natural enemies in the laboratory. Environmental entomology 41 (5): 1045.

Asplen, M. K., K. A. G. Wyckhuys, and G. E. Heimpel. 2011. Parasitism of autumnal morphs of the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines (Hemiptera: Aphididae), by Binodoxys communis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on buckthorn. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 104:935-944.

Beckmann, J. F. and Fallon, A. M. Decapitation improves detection of Wolbachia pipientis (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) in Culex pipiens Linnaeus (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes by the polymerase chain reaction. J. Med. Entomol., 49, 1103-1108, 2012.

Bell, J. R., E. C. Burkness, A. E. Milne, D. W. Onstad, M. Abrahamson, K. L. Hamilton, and W. D. Hutchison. 2012. Putting the brakes on a cycle: bottom-up effects damp cycle amplitude. Ecology Letters 15: 310-318.

Blahnik, R.J., and R.W. Holzenthal. 2012. New Neotropical species of Chimarra (Trichoptera, Philopotamidae). ZooKeys 184: 1-33.

Burkness, E. C., and W. D. Hutchison. 2012. Bt pollen dispersal and Bt kernel mosaics: Integrity of non-Bt refugia for lepidopteran resistance management in maize. Journal of Economic Entomology 105(5): 1773-1780.

Chacon, J. M., M. K. Asplen, and G. E. Heimpel. 2012. Combined effects of host-plant resistance and intraguild predation on the soybean aphid parasitoid Binodoxys communis in the field. Biological Control 60:16-25.

Cho, S., Zwick, A., Regier, J., Mitter, C., Cummings, M., Yao, J., Du Z., Zhao H., Kawahara, A., Weller, S., Davis, D., Baixeras, J., Brown, J., and C. Parr. 2011. Deliberately Unequal Gene Sampling: Boon or Bane for Phylogenetics of Lepidoptera (Hexapoda)? Systematic Biology 60: 782-796. Doi10.1093/sysbio/syr079.

Crisp, K. M., B. R. Gallagher, K.A. Mesce. 2012. Mechanisms contributing to the dopamine induction of crawl-like bursting in leech motoneurons. Journal of experimental biology 215 (17): 3028.

De Boer, J. G., B. Kuijper, G. E. Heimpel, and L. W. Beukeboom. 2012. Sex determination meltdown upon biological control introduction of the parasitoid Cotesia rubecula? Evolutionary Applications 5:444-454.

de la Giroday, H. M. C., A. L . Carroll, B. H. Aukema. 2012. Breach of the northern Rocky Mountain geoclimatic barrier: initiation of range expansion by the mountain pine beetle. Journal of biogeography 39 (6): 1112.

Desneux, N., R. Blahnik, C. J. Delebeque, and G. E. Heimpel. 2012. Host phylogeny and specialisation in parasitoids. Ecology Letters 15:453-460.

Dutra, C. C., R. L. Koch, E. C. Burkness, M. Meissle, J. Romeis, W. D. Hutchison, and M. G. Fernandes. 2012. Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) exhibits no preference between Bt and non-Bt maize fed

Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). PLoS ONE 7(9): e44867. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044867.

Flint, S., Heidel, T., Loss, S., Osborne, J., Prescott, K., and Smith, D. 2012. Biosafety Technical Series No. 2: Summary and comparative analysis of nine national approaches to ecological risk assessment of living modified organisms in the context of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Annex III. 178 pp.

Gagnon, A. E., J. Doyon, G. E. Heimpel, and J. Brodeur. 2011. Prey DNA detection success following digestion by intraguild predators: influence of prey and predator species. Molecular Ecology Resources:1022-1032

Gagnon, A. E., G. E. Heimpel, and J. Brodeur. 2011. The ubiquity of intraguild predation among predatory arthropods. PLoS One 6:e28061.

Gerenday, A. and Fallon, A. M. 2011. Increased levels of the cell cycle inhibitor protein, dacapo, accompany 20-hydroxyecdysone-induced G1 arrest in a mosquito cell line, Archs. Insect Biochem. Physiol., 78, 61-73

Heimpel, G. E., and M. K. Asplen. 2011. A goldilocks hypothesis for dispersal of biological control agents. BioControl 56:441-450.

Hellestad, V.J., Witthuhn, B.A., Fallon, A.M. 2011. The insect repellent DEET (N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide) increases synthesis of glutathione S-transferase in cultured mosquito cells. Cell Biology and Toxicology, 27, 149-157

Herlihy, M. V., R. G. van Driesche, M. R. Abney, J. Brodeur, R. A. Casagrande, D. A. Delaney, T. Elkner et al. 2012. Distribution of Cotesia rubecula (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and its displacement of Cotesia glomerata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Eastern North America. Florida Entomologist 95:458-464.

Holzenthal, R.W. 2012. "Trichoptera," in AccessScience, http://www.accessscience.com

Holzenthal, R.W., and B. Ríos-Touma. 2012. Contulma paluguillensis (Trichoptera: Anomalopsychidae), a new caddisfly from the high Andes of Ecuador and its natural history. Journal of Freshwater Science 31: 442-450.

Houghton, D.C. 2012. Biological diversity of the Minnesota caddisflies (Insecta, Trichoptera). ZooKeys 189: 1–389.

Huang, F. 2011. Success of the high‐dose/refuge resistance management strategy after 15 years of Bt crop use in North America. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata 140 (1): 1.

Ives, A R. 2011. The evolution of resistance to two-toxin pyramid transgenic crops. Ecological applications 21 (2): 503.

Jervis, M. A., A. Moe, and G. E. Heimpel. 2012. The evolution of parasitoid fecundity: a paradigm under scrutiny. Ecology Letters 15:357-364.

Koch, R. L., M. D. Abrahamson, K. A. G. Wyckhuys, D. W. Ragsdale, K. Koch et al. 2012. Response of soybean insects to an autum-seeded rye cover crop. Environmental Entomology 41:750-760.

Selected Publications


Machial, L. A., B. S. Lindgren, B. H. Aukema. 2012. The role of vision in the host orientation behaviour of Hylobius warreni. Agricultural and forest entomology 14 (3): 286.

Machial, L. A., B. S. Lindgren, R. E. Steenweg, and B. H. Aukema. 2012. Dispersal of Warren Root Collar Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Three Types of Habitat. Environmental entomology 41 (3): 578.

Milonas, P G., S.L. Farrell, and D. A. Andow. 2011. Experienced males have higher mating success than virgin males despite fitness costs to females. Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 65 (6): 1249.

Moon, R. D. 2012. Design of tables and figures for display of scientific data. Chapter 2, in: Jennings, C. A., T. E. Lauer and B. Vondracek [eds.], Scientific Communication for Natural Resource Professionals, American Fisheries Society, Herndon, VA. 180 pp.

Moon, R. D. 2012. “Bugs 101” for dairy fly management. Fly management on your organic dairy workshop, Essex Junction, VT. April 19. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg9Tk4I-CxU.

Moon, R. D. 2012. Improve your data presentation, Entomological Society of America Webinar series, May 22. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-z3By6aZWY.

Morey, A. C., W. D. Hutchison, R. C. Venette, and E. C. Burkness. 2012. Cold hardiness of Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) pupae. Environmental Entomology 41(1): 172-179.

Mustard J. A., V. Vergoz, K. A. Mesce, K. A. Klukas, et. al. 2012. Dopamine signaling in the bee. Honebee Neurology and behav. Part 3: 199-209

Nieukerken, E.J., S. Weller, M.A. Solis, C. Mitter, M.E. Epstein. et al. 2011. Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. 61 references In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness Zootaxa 3148: 212–221

Olson, D. M., J. R. Ruberson, A. R. Zeilinger, and D. A. Andow. 2011. Colonization preference of Euchistus servus and Nezara viridula in transgenic cotton varieties, peanut and soybean.

Ragsdale, D. W., D. A. Landis, J. Brodeur, G. E. Heimpel, and N. Desneux. 2011. Ecology and management of soybean aphid in North America. Annual Review of Entomology 56:375-399.

Reyes, P E., J. Zhu, B. H. Aukema. 2012. Selection of Spatial-Temporal Lattice Models: Assessing the Impact of Climate Conditions on a Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak. Journal of agricultural, biological, and environmental statistics 17 (3): 508.

Roe, A.D., Miller, D.R., and Weller, S.J. 2011. Complexity in the Dioryctria zimmermani species group: incongruence between species limits and molecular diversity. Annals of Entomological Society. 104: 1207-1220.

Sambaraju, K R., A. L. Carroll, J. Zhu, K. Stahl., R. D. Moore, B. H. Aukema. 2012. Climate change could alter the distribution of mountain pine beetle outbreaks in western Canada. Ecography 35 (3): 211.

Santos, A.P.M., and R.W. Holzenthal. 2012. Three new species of Atopsyche Banks (Trichoptera, Hydrobiosidae) from Brazil. ZooKeys 207: 65-78.

Simone-Finstrom, MD, Spivak M. 2012. Increased resin collection after parasite challenge: A case of self-medication in honey bees? PLoSOne 7(3): e34601. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034601

Simmons, R.B., S.J. Weller and S.J. Johnson. In press. The evolution of androconia in mimetic tiger moths (Noctuoidea: Erebidae: Arctiinae) Annals of the Entomological Society.

Spivak M, Mader E, Vaughan M, Euliss, NH Jr. 2011. The plight of bees. Environ. Sci. & Technol.45: 34-38.

Taylor, D. B., R. D. Moon and D. R. Mark. 2012. Economic impact of stable flies (Diptera: Muscidae) on cattle production. J. Med. Entomol. 49: 198-209.

Thomson, R. E. 2012. Descriptions of new species of Leucotrichiinae (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) from Brazil. Psyche 2012, Article ID 916718, 7 pages. doi: 10.1155/2012/916718.

Thomson, R.E., and R.W. Holzenthal. 2012. New species and records of Hydroptilidae (Trichoptera) from Venezuela. ZooKeys 185: 19-39.

VanEngelsdorp, D, Tarpy, D, Baylis, K, Spivak , M, et al. 2012. The Bee Informed Partnership: Using beekeepers’ real-world experience to solve beekeepers’ real-world problems. Amer Entomologist 58: 116-118..

White, J. A., E. C. Burkness, and W. D. Hutchison. 2012. Biased sex ratios, mating frequency and Nosema prevalence in European corn borer, at low population densities. Journal of Applied Entomology. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2012.01738.x.

Zaspel, J.M., R. Zahiri, D. Janzen, M.A. Hoy, S.J. Weller, & N. Wahlberg. 2012. A molecular phylogeny of the vampire moths and their fruit-piercing relatives using molecular data (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Calpinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65:786-791.

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Hodson Alumni Award Winner


2012 Hodson Alumni Award Winner Dr. Aziz Lagnaoui

Dr. Abdelaziz (“Aziz”) Lagnaoui is a distinguished alumnus of the College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS), University of Minnesota. He received his M.S. in 1990 and Ph.D. in 1991 in the Department of Entomology from

the University of Minnesota. Dr. Edward (Ted) B. Radcliffe served as his Major Professor for both degrees. As a graduate student, Aziz was a Linnaean Games Team Member representing the Department of Entomology at the Entomological Society of America (ESA) conferences from 1986 through 1989. The team won in both 1986 and 1988.

In 1991, Dr. Lagnaoui went to work for the International Potato Center's (CIP) Regional Office for North Africa and the Middle East, based in Tunis. In this capacity he worked to develop collaboration between national programs in the region and took the lead in coordinating research activities. From 1997 to 2002, Dr. Lagnaoui was project leader for integrated pest management (IPM) for root and tuber crops at the CIP, based in Lima, Peru. In this position, he directed IPM research and training programs worldwide, and has now worked in more than 30 countries.

Dr. Lagnaoui has been widely published and acknowledged throughout his distinguished career

for his ability to work across cultures and disciplines. Since his first position with the

International Potato Center (CIP) in Tunisia and Peru, to his current position, Aziz has taken on increasingly challenging agricultural and community development mandates. He is currently the Senior Pest Management Policy Adviser for the Quality Assurance and Compliance Unit of the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Group (ESSD) with the World Bank, Washington, D.C. In this capacity Dr. Lagnaoui works with some of the world's poorest countries on sustainable development by creating partnerships among public, private, and non‐governmental sectors.

In 2003, he was awarded the prestigious University of Minnesota Distinguished Leadership Award for outstanding achievements. On May 14th, the Department of Entomology honored Dr. Lagnaoui with the 2012 Hodson Graduate Alumni Award, University of Minnesota.

Dr. Ted Radcliffe addressing the attendees of the Hodson Alumni Award and Graduate Student Recognition Event

Call for Nominations


The Department of Entomology, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences at the University of Minnesota is proud to announce a call for nominations for the 2013 Hodson Graduate Alumni Award. The 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. The Award will be presented during the Department’s Honors Day which also pays tribute to the achievements of students in the Entomology Graduate Program. Nominations are invited based on the following: One awardee will be chosen annually in

March and invited to participate in the Department’s Honors Day. The award includes travel to St. Paul and related expenses.

Nominees must have received a graduate degree in an entomological program from the University of Minnesota. The degree must have been granted at least five years before nomination.

Nominees must have demonstrated

distinguished accomplishment and leadership in entomology through research, writing, teaching, extension or administration, and related career activities.

Nominations consist of a letter highlighting

the nominee’s accomplishments, a current curriculum vitae, and three letters of

support. Only one nomination from the same source will be accepted in a given year.

The awardee must be willing to present a

seminar during the Department’s Honors Day in May.

The award will not be bestowed on the same

person more than once in ten years. Nominations will be accepted at any time, but must be received by 15 February 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 awardee will be selected by the Awards Committee of the Department of Entomology.

To be eligible for the 2013 Award, nominations must be received by 15 February, 2013. The Award will be presented at a Department Honors Day in May 2013.

Nominations should be sent to: William D. Hutchison, Professor and Head Dept. of Entomology University of Minnesota 1980 Folwell Ave, Rm 219 St. Paul, MN 55108 Email: [email protected]

Call for Nominations 2013

Support the Next Generation of Entomologists!


Guarantee the successful future of the Department of

Entomology by including us in your estate plans.

The Department of Entomology provides world-leading research and education that inspires society to value the environmental contributions of insects and their relatives, and to use best management practices to protect our food, health, and environment. Our students and faculty are well positioned to provide practical and creative solutions to everyday problems not only in Minnesota but throughout the world. We believe in the need to build on this history. You can help guarantee our future success by including the Department of Entomology in your estate plans. A gift in your estate leaves a legacy and at the same time may provide* tax savings. You may direct your gift to a specific area of research, students or to the Department’s greatest needs (see web link below). Many alumni and friends of the Department of Entomology have received great satisfaction from including the department in their charitable gift plans. We hope you will join them by including us in your future plans as well. The generosity of alumni and friends has created several fellowships and scholarships including:

MGK Fellowship in Pest Management Morris and Elaine Soffer Rockstein Graduate Fellowship (Fund #7616) Sping & Ying-ngoh Lin Graduate Fellowship (Fund #5257) Allan Peterson Graduate Fellowship Marion Brooks-Wallace Graduate Fellowship (Fund #8543) Granovsky Pest Management Scholarship

For confidential inquiries concerning cash gifts, gifts of securities or planning an estate gift for the Department of Entomology, contact:

Cynthia Cashman Director of Development CFANS External Relations 235 Skok Hall 2003 Upper Buford Circle St. Paul, MN 55108 Ph: 612-624-7489 Ph: 1-800-775-2187 Email: [email protected]

*Please consult with your own tax advisor or attorney. We also invite you to consider gifts to generate momentum for the proposed “Bee Research and Discovery Center.” For information, see www.BeeCenter.umn.edu or contact Dr. Marla Spivak ([email protected]). Fellowships and scholarships that anyone can contribute to are indicated by a Fund #. Please specify the Fellowship and Fund# with your check/gift. If you want to contribute to a Fellowship or Scholarship without a fund letter, contact Dr. Bill Hutchison. With just a few clicks of the mouse, gifts can now be made easily, by visiting the new on-line giving page at our department web site. Please see: http://www.entomology.umn.edu/Giving/index.htm

Dr. Karen Mesce receiving her Ada Comstock from Dr. Peg Lonnquist, Women’s Center Director, Office of Equity and Diversity, University of Minnesota.

ENTOMOLOGY NEWSLETTER

FALL 2012


Produced for Alumni & Friends of the Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota.

The Entomology Newsletter is an annual publication of the Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota. The University of Minnesota is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, or sexual orientation.

Editor: Bill Hutchison Production Editor: Felicia Horan

Editor: Tomi Olayiwola Circulation: Rachel Ibes

Public Relations Committee Bill Hutchison (Chair), Jeff Hahn, Karen Mesce, Mike Herron, Lee French, Ann Fallon (ex-officio)

Acknowledgements The editor and Public Relations Committee thank all the staff, students, faculty, and alumni who helped contribute to this newsletter. We particularly express our appreciation to Felicia Horan and Tomi Olayiwola for newsletter production and Alumni & Friends mailing list maintenance.

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Phone: (612) 624-3636 Fax: (612) 625-5299 E-mail: [email protected] Web Page: http://www.entomology.umn.edu/

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Upcoming Meetings: NCB-ESA Annual Meeting June 16-19, 2013, Rapid City, SD ESA National Meeting (& Alumni Mixer)Nov. 17-20, 2013 Austin, TX Meeting Websites, see: http://www.esancb.org/ http://www.entsoc.org/

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