October 27, 2021 • Wednesday, 4pm •
Virtual American Entomological Society Meeting
Dr. Michelle Duennes, Assistant Professor of Biology, St. Vincent College
https://maduennes.wordpress.com/
Using molecular tools to understand how environmental stressors impact bumble bees
Poor nutrition due to a lack of floral resources, pesticide exposure, and climate change all have direct effects on the health, stability, and fitness of bumble bees. This talk will discuss how Dr. Duennes and colleagues have used and are using -omics approaches to understand how these factors work individually and synergistically to affect bumble bee health at the individual level via laboratory manipulations and at the population level through wild bumble bees in the Sierra Nevada.
October 27 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT (USA)
Zoom link will be emailed to members.
Meetings are free and open to the public.
Mark your calendars for our upcoming meetings:
November 17, 2021, Virtual Meeting, 4:00 pm EST
December 15, 2021, Webinar, 4:00 pm EST
Past Meetings
June 23, 2021 • Wednesday, 4pm •
Virtual American Entomological Society Seminar
Using Existing Entomological Data to Improve Conservation Efforts and Undergraduate Education
Guest lecture by Dr. Kathryn Weglarz:
https://www.westfield.ma.edu/academics/biology-department/kathryn-weglarz
June 23 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT (USA)
Webinars are free and open to the public.
May 26, 2021 • Wednesday, 4pm •
Virtual American Entomological Society Seminar
Dragonfly, Damselfly and Dictyopteran Evolutionary History
Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) are charismatic freshwater insects, but their systematics have been difficult to resolve using traditional molecular methods. The results of new genomic level phylogenetic work has influenced our understanding of the evolution of reproductive strategies in this group. Termite diet driven diversification will be reviewed briefly.
May 26 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT (USA)
Seminars are free and open to the public.
April 28, 2021 • Wednesday, 4pm
Virtual American Entomological Society Meeting
Edible Insects: Western Taboo Food or Healthy, Eco-friendly Diet of the Future?
Worldwide, many cultures embrace entomophagy, the eating of insects. Grasshoppers, mealworms, giant water bugs, and many other insects are eaten out of choice, not as famine food in times of scarcity. So, why haven’t western societies embraced entomophagy? And why should they? Sujaya Rao will share her perspectives, and leave you with ‘food for thought’, in lieu of food with bugs!
https://www.entomology.umn.edu/faculty-staff/sujaya-rao
We will also Present the Calvert Awards for the best entomological science projects in the Philadelphia region – junior and high school students
April 28 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT (USA)
Meetings are free and open to the public.
March 24, 2021 • Wednesday, 4pmVirtual American Entomological Society Meeting
Detecting Climate-Driven Macroscale Changes in Boreal and Tundra Butterfly Communities
Earth’s boreal and tundra regions are facing some of the most extreme climatic changes on the planet, yet our knowledge of insect biodiversity in this region is sparse. Here I use museum and community science observations to assess how threatened butterfly communities are responding to climate change within western subpolar North America over the past 5 decades.
March 24 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT (USA)
Meetings are free and open to the public.
February 23, 2021, Wednesday, 4pmVirtual American Entomological Society Meeting
Parasite Hunters: Engaging the Hunting Community to Uncover the Status of Ticks, Deer Keds, and their Pathogens
The speaker, Karen Poh, Penn State University, Postdoctoral Scholar, will discuss the Parasite Hunter project, a community science project involving hunters to collect ticks and deer keds from hunter-harvested deer. The goal of this research is to protect hunters and other outdoor enthusiasts from vector-borne diseases by determining the distribution of ticks and deer keds on white-tailed deer, identifying the pathogens they may carry, and highlighting the tactics people take to prevent vector-borne diseases while outdoors.
February 23 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT (USA)
Meetings are free and open to the public.
December 2, 2020, Wednesday, 4pmVirtual American Entomological Society Meeting
Finding Our Way to Greener Pastures:
Successes and Challenges of Regal Fritillary Butterfly Conservation, Grassland Management, and Reintroductions
The speakers, Erika McKinney and Virginia Tilden will discuss the ongoing efforts in the conservation of the Regal Fritillary Butterfly in eastern North America, including reintroduction efforts.
December 2 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT (USA)
Meetings are free and open to the public.
October 28, 2020, Wednesday, 4pm •
Virtual American Entomological Society Meeting
Investigating Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) Movement Ecology to Inform Conservation Strategies
Kelsey E. Fisher,
Iowa State University
Department of Entomology – Ph.D. Candidate
Center for Communication Excellence (CCE) – Interdisciplinary Writing Consultant
View her paper here:
Employing Very High Frequency (VHF) Radio Telemetry to Recreate Monarch Butterfly Flight Paths
October 28 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT
Meetings are free and open to the public.
February 2020 Meeting
Stream Restoration in the Delaware Basin:
Insects as Bioindicators
Stefanie A. Kroll, Ph.D., Watershed Ecology Section Leader
Delaware River Watershed Initiative
Patrick Center for Environmental Research
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Assistant Research Professor
Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 7:00 PM
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia
Mezzanine, NW corner of Lobby, Mezzanine Level above Dinosaur Hall
Meetings are free and open to the public.