Gerry Wegner, BCE, an entomologist with Varment Guard Environmental Services and ProGuard Commercial Pest Solutions, has prepared a bug clock for the Entomological Foundation's silent auction to be held at Entomology 2012 in Knoxville, TN:

Rick Vetter, a research associate at the University of California-Riverside, is featured in this news video on how brown widow spiders are displacing black widow spiders around southern California homes. The video and many other news items on this subject are based on research that Vetter and his co-authors published recently in the Journal of Medical Entomology.

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Dr. Jim Wangberg, an ESA member since 1973, will retire September 7, 2012.

Janet Knodel, an entomologist at North Dakota State University, is featured in this news video on forest tent caterpillars.

"When they're in really high numbers they can cause defoliation to the trees that can weaken the immune system and make the tree susceptible to disease," she said. "They can defecate everywhere, and it gets so loud, sounds like it's raining."

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A number of ESA members from various land-grant universities have teamed up to create the IPMPro app.

The goal of IPMPro is to streamline pest management decisions and employee training and to make complying with state pesticide recordkeeping regulations easy. The mobile app is available to purchase for iPhone, iPad and Android devices through Apple and Android marketplaces.

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Mike Raupp, a professor and entomologist at the University of Maryland, is featured in this news video on mosquitoes, where he talks about products that can be used to avoid them.

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Wayne J. Ohnesorg, an extension educator and PhD student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is part of a team which created the "Aphid Speed Scout" app, which was selected as the Top Best Mobile App for Agriculture by CropLife. The free app will make scouting for soybean aphids easier and faster, and it even works without an Internet connection.

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George Ball, an ESA member for 40+ years and a faculty member of the University of Alberta, is the subject of a May 6 newspaper article called "Going bug-eyed for beetles."

Ball, who is 86 years old, said “I like beetles, especially ground beetles, because they have a nice compact form that varies in shape, size and colour. Their esthetics appeal to the simple mind. They taught me a lot about the diversity of life. Without them, our notion of natural selection would be impoverished.”

Bob Wright, an extension entomologist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is featured in this video about the unusually high number of army cutworm moths, and whether they will affect planted corn. UNL extension educators are reporting calls from producers concerned about army cutworm moths affecting corn.

"The moth flight is early because of the warm winter, and probably higher because of the mild winter," he said. "But they're not going to do any more damage this summer."

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John D. Hopkins, an assistant professor and extension entomologist at the University of Arkansas, is featured in this news video on insect parts in everyday foods. The Food and Drug Administration regulates the ingredients of the nation's favorite foods, and they say certain levels of insect parts are acceptable.

"Aphids are small, soft bodied insects that, for the most part, if ingested would just add a little protein to your diet. It's nothing to be concerned or worried about. It's not a health hazard," Hopkins said.