Entomology at LSU

03/30/2024

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On Monday night, March 18th, 2024, in downtown Augusta, GA two LSU Gradu… Blake Wilson needs your support for LSU Graduate Students Injured in Random Shooting

03/06/2024

02/12/2024

LSU alums Mike Ferro and Pat Wooden show off
their latest outreach creation.

We use the museum to educate about how insects are an important part of our ecosystem.STEPHANIE HOWARDDIRECTOR OF THE PICKENS COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA

12/08/2023

Please join me in congratulating our LSAM Curator Victoria Bayless, the 2023 recipient of Honorary Member of the Coleopterists Society, an international society with members from 47 nations. Honorary Member status is the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award and is the highest honor given by the society. Congratulations Victoria! More information about this prestigious award may be found on the society's website at:

Recognizing devotion to the Coleopterists Society and dedication to the discipline with our Honorary Members.

11/16/2023

Nice article in Nature about former grad student Sierra Weir's path to the intersection of science and art.

Biochemist Sierra Weir explores local ecosystems around Pittsburgh for art and inspiration.

11/28/2021

Nice National Geographic article on the Osage orange/hedge apple tree based largely on departmental alum Dr. Mike Ferro's monograph on the species.

The softball-sized fruits of the Osage orange may have evolved to be eaten by extinct megafauna, and their wood is ideal for making archery bows and warm fires.

02/11/2021

Two new species of blind ground beetles are described from the southern United States. One species, Anillinus relictus sp. nov. (type locality: E of Oneonta, Blount County, Alabama), based on the structure of male genitalia, is similar to Texan Anillinus, in particular to the endogean A. sinuatus Je...

02/25/2020

Nice opportunity for someone with taxonomic, diagnostic, and instructor skills: https://jobs.uark.edu/postings/39715

02/17/2020

“Tenebrionidae Identification and Classification Workshop - August 10-13, 2020 and I are working to organize this workshop to learn darkling beetles located ! If you are interested, let us know - formal registration to open soon. ”

02/07/2020

Here is a link to Dr. Jim Ottea's Sternberg Lecture next Tues. in the Union

Erich and Lea Sternberg Professor Jim Ottea

09/18/2019

Abstract. The staphylinid subfamily Pselaphinae is generally depauperate at high latitudes. We examine one exception, the tribe Pselaphini, at the southern ext