Introduction

The Center for Ecological Entomology has current projects ranging from systematics to biological control to integrated pest management programs in field and vegetable crops to tracking the spread of invasive species.

Biological Control

Biological Control of Purple Loosestrife

Midwest Institute for Biological Control

Wiedenmann Lab

Biology & Ecology

Ecological interrelationships among plants, herbivorous insects, and their natural enemies in urban landscapes

Soucek Lab
Zaborski Lab

Collections

Microsporidian spore collection

Solter Lab

Invasive Species

Asian Longhorned Beetle

Soybean Aphid

Japanese Beetle
Voegtlin Lab

Pest Management

Western Corn Rootworm Research

Integrated Pest Management Program

Spencer Lab
Levine Lab
Shaw Lab
Eastman Lab

Medical Entomology

West Nile Virus

St. Louis Encephalitus
Novak Lab

Migration & Dispersal

Migration and Dispersal of Agriculturally Important Biota

Surveys

Deer tick and Lyme Disease in Illinois

Western Corn Rootworm in Illinois

Systematics

Towards a World Monograph of the Therevidae

Butterflies of Illinois

Systematics of Microsporidia