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Entomology Advanced Training for Master Gardeners & Master Naturalists

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The regular, week long training has been cancelled for 2020 due to COVID, but we are hosting a four part online Zoom training for you to get your entomology fix! Time for each meeting: 6-7:30pm October 6 – Entomology 101 & How to ID Common Insect Orders October 7 – Native Pollinators & Pollinator Gardening October 13 – Veggie Pest Management October 14 – Landscape and Ornamental Pest Management Presenters include: Molly Keck, Erfan Vafaie, Wizzie Brown Register here: https://agriliferegister.tamu.edu/organizationListings/11 Cost is $25 for all four sessions.  Presentations… Read More →

Cicada killer wasps emerging in Central Texas

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Over the past week I’ve been getting questions on large wasps that people are seeing emerging from the ground.  They want to know what they are and be reassured that they are not the Asian giant hornet.  These wasps are known as cicada killers and are aptly named.  Cicada killers are large wasps, reaching around 1.5 inches.  They have a rusty colored head and thorax with a black and yellow patterned abdomen.  The wings are also rusty in color, but transparent. Cicada killer wasps are solitary, but multiple… Read More →

Why entomology? Why study bugs?

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I often get the questions of today’s topic posed to me when I meet people.  Why did you go into entomology?  How did you decide to work with bugs? It all started when I was a kid.  I loved insects.  I have various memories throughout my childhood that pointed to my future career as an entomologist, but I didn’t know at the time that I could work with insects and get paid for it. In 5th grade, we were assigned to research and write a report on the… Read More →