Annapolis, MD; July 31, 2013 -- The Entomological Society of America (ESA) recently launched the Entomology Today Blog (http://www.entomologytoday.org), a project designed to highlight news stories about insects and related arthropods, cover meetings and events from entomological societies, and to provide a venue for entomologists to share their research and discoveries online.

Annapolis, MD; July 31, 2013 -- The Governing Board of the Entomological Society of America has elected ten new Fellows of the Society for 2013. The election as a Fellow acknowledges outstanding contributions to entomology in one or more of the following: research, teaching, extension, or administration. The following Fellows will be recognized during Entomology 2013 -- ESA's 61st Annual Meeting -- which will be held November 10-13, 2013 in Austin, Texas:

Annapolis, MD; July 29, 2013 -- The Entomological Society of America (ESA) recently announced several important improvements to its Associate Certified Entomologist (ACE) program. They include:

- Requiring Continuing Education Units (CEU) for ACE renewal
- ACE applications and renewals moving to a three-year renewal cycle
- A new ACE exam to debut in January 2014
- The debut of a new ACE Award
 
Requiring CEUs for renewal

Annapolis, MD; July 29, 2013 -- The latest issue of the Journal of Integrated Pest Management (http://www.entsoc.org/jipm) -- an open-access, peer-reviewed, extension journal covering the field of integrated pest management -- contains articles on using IPM to control corn earworms, beetles, and other insect pests, plus an article highlighting the accomplishments of the Research Program for Deployed Warfighter Protection against disease-carrying insects.

Annapolis, MD; June 10, 2013 -- Nearly 300 entomologists will meet June 16-19, 2013 at the Best Western Ramkota Rapid City Hotel & Conference Center in Rapid City, South Dakota as the Entomological Society of America's North Central Branch holds its 68th Annual Meeting.

Topics of discusssion will include:

- Forests pests, such as the mountain pine beetle and the emerald ash borer

- Agricultural insect pests such as the western corn rootworm, the soybean aphid, and the twospotted spider mites

- Urban insect pests, such as bed bugs and termites

Annapolis, MD; June 10, 2013 -- Many maple trees share a suite of important arthropod pests that have the potential to reduce the trees' economic and aesthetic value.

Annapolis, MD; June 5, 2013 -- The emerald ash borer (EAB), a relatively new invasive insect pest, has killed tens of millions of ash trees throughout the eastern United States since it was first detected in 2002 in Michigan and Canada. This insect has the potential to kill an estimated seven billion ash trees in urban and rural forests and could cause tens of billions of dollars in damage.

Annapolis, MD; June 5, 2013 -- As populations of wild turkeys have increased, the number of complaints about crop damage has also increased. However, a literature review which was recently published in the June 2013 issue of Journal of Integrated Pest Management, finds that these claims are mostly exaggerated.

Annapolis, MD; June 3, 2013 -- As part of its initiative to support students in the pursuit of their scientific careers, Monsanto has donated $45,750 to the Entomological Society of America (ESA) for a student scholarship and awards program for 2013 and 2014.

Lanham, MD; May 15, 2013 -- The Entomological Society of Canada (ESC) recently announced that it would co-locate its 2016 annual meeting with the 2016 International Congress of Entomology (ICE 2016) in Orlando, Florida. They will be joined by the Entomological Society of America (ESA), the host of ICE 2016, who will also co-locate their 2016 annual meeting in Orlando. This combination of three entomology meetings is expected to be the largest gathering of scientists and experts in the history of insect science, with an expected attendance of more than 6,000 delegates.