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WCAX (Channel 3)  visited the lab to cover the developing swede midge story. Undergrads Laurel, Robin, and Phoebe also got on tv! Here is Laurel getting filmed. Link to the story    

Yolanda was interviewed by Mitch Wertlieb of Vermont Public Radio (VPR) last Friday morning about current our research efforts to manage the invasive swede midge. We need your support to develop solutions for managing this pest. To directly support us, … Continue reading →

IAEL Ph. D. student Elisabeth Hodgdon just won a NE SARE Graduate Student grant for her proposal titled, “Development of an effective and economical pheromone mating disruption system for swede midge”. NE SARE gives out nice cushy awards of $15 … Continue reading →

At what times of the day are swede midge males most frequently searching for mates? To answer that question, one must observe the patterns in their activity for 24 hours. Elisabeth and the U. of Guelph technicians set up pheromone traps baited … Continue reading →

Glenna Malcolm at Penn State University and I have just published a case study for ecological thinking from my previous work on sunflower domestication and tritrophic interaction. The study can be found at NSF’s National Center for Case Study Teaching … Continue reading →