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Despite worldwide restrictions and lockdowns preventing participation in many summertime activities, the ninth annual National Moth Week – held in July 2020 – broke several records and attracted hundreds of new “moth-ers.” With mothing one of the safest, most enriching activities that families and individuals could do in their own backyards during the pandemic, National […]
Entomology
Where Did the Asian Longhorned Ticks in the U.S. Come From?
The invasive population of Asian longhorned ticks in the United States likely began with three or more self-cloning females from northeastern Asia, according to a Rutgers-led study. Asian longhorned ticks outside the U.S. can carry debilitating diseases. In the United States and elsewhere, they can threaten livestock and pets. The new study, published in the […]
National Moth Week, July 18-26, Offers a Safe, Enriching Activity for All Ages; Perfect for Social Distancing
Editor’s Note: National Moth Week – an international citizen science event – stems from a local effort and was co-founded by SEBS Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences researcher Liti Haramaty, and Department of Entomology alum David Moskowitz. Looking for an activity that’s safe, fun and enriching for all ages while social distancing or sheltering […]
Message from Chancellor Brian Strom: Taking Action to Prevent Eastern Equine Encephalitis
September 23, 2019 Dear Members of the Rutgers Community: The New Jersey Department of Health has been actively working to spur action from New Jerseyans to take precautions to prevent the spread of Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus (EEEV), a serious and sometimes deadly virus transmitted to people and horses by the bite of […]
National Moth Week 2019 Breaks Records With Events in 46 Countries and All 50 U.S. States
International citizen science initiative started by SEBS researcher Liti Haramaty, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences and alum David Moskowitz, Department of Entomology, spreads awareness of moths’ diversity and vital roles in the ecosystem. The eighth annual National Moth Week, a global citizen science project that spotlights moths’ beauty, diversity and ecological importance, broke records […]
Fighting Mosquitoes in Your Backyard with Scientists’ Help
Rutgers develops Citizen Action through Science approach Thanks to an innovative mosquito control approach developed at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, residents in several Maryland neighborhoods reduced populations of invasive Asian tiger mosquitoes by an impressive 76 percent, on average. The Rutgers-led project, called Citizen Action through Science (Citizen AcTS), mobilizes neighbors guided by scientists to address […]
Rutgers Study Reveals Residents’ Attitudes and Home Sanitation Predict Presence of German Cockroaches
With the support of a grant from U.S. Department of Agriculture Northeastern Integrated Pest Management Center, Changlu Wang, associate extension specialist in the Department of Entomology, and his team of researchers discovered that home sanitation and residents’ attitudes were a good predictor of the presence of German Cockroaches (Blattodea: Ectobiidae) in their apartments. The study […]
Scientists spent years on a plan to import this wasp to kill stinkbugs. Then it showed up on its own.
Rutgers University entomologist Anne Nielsen and graduate student Nick Avila have been tracking the samarai wasp (Trissolcus japonicas) as a possible biocontrol agent to help manage the brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) invasion that has been destroying crops which, in this case, are peaches in a Bridgeton, New Jersey orchard, managed by Rutgers Agricultural […]
Dina Fonseca and Team Develop a New Technique for Stinkbug Surveillance
New method that tests for insect DNA on farm produce could “revolutionize” agricultural pest surveillance If a farmer can grow it, a brown marmorated stinkbug can destroy it. However, by the time farmers notice an infestation, they are nearly powerless to halt it. But there is hope: Borrowing techniques from aquatic science, researchers have discovered […]
The Lone Star tick is gorging on Garden State blood
In this Asbury Park Press article by Russ Zimmer, Andrea Agizi who works with the Tick-Borne Disease Laboratory at Rutgers, talks about the Lone Star Tick and her research into this prevalent New Jersey pest.
