Department of Entomology

09/09/2026

Registration NOW OPEN! 🐜

Registration is now open for the 91st Annual Purdue Pest Management Conference in West Lafayette, Indiana! Earn CCH for your state, network with industry professionals, and be a part of this educational Purdue tradition! purdue.ag/pestcon

09/08/2026

Join us September 19–26th as we hunt for and photograph as many pollinators as possible (beetles included!) and post them to iNaturalist. Check out all our event details at the link below!

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09/08/2026

09/04/2026

🦋 Registration is now open for the 2026 OVEA Annual Meeting! This event is an excellent opportunity for students to present their research and gain valuable practice before the annual Entomological Society of America’s (ESA) meeting, while also providing valuable networking opportunities with other researchers from across the Ohio Valley. Please visit the website https://ag.purdue.edu/department/entm/ovea.html to learn more. Registration closes October 1.

09/03/2026

We are teaming up with West Lafayette Parks & Recreation and Lafayette Parks & Recreation to go head-to-head with Indiana University and Bloomington Parks and Recreation during the Parks for Pollinators BioBlitz, Sept 19–26! Whoever records the most observers, observations, and species wins bragging rights (and a trophy presented at Bloomington Bug Fest 🏆).

All you have to do is grab your phone and snap photos of pollinators using iNaturalist. New to the app? No worries! Come see us at one of our programs and we will help you get started.

📍 Park Photo Walks: Celery Bog (Sept 19, 10am–12pm) & McAllister Park (Sept 26, 9–11am)
📍 Lunch Break Walks: Smith Hall, 12–1pm on Sept 21, 23 & 25
📍 Pollinator ID Party: Sept 25, 2:30–4:30pm, SMTH 126 (snacks included!)

Boiler Up! And beat the Hoosiers 🚂💛🖤

08/23/2026

Come see us at the State Fair in the Purdue Extension Building! We will be here until 2:30!

08/18/2026

Genobee, a genetics-driven service platform, has the potential to help honeybee breeders make smarter breeding decisions, supporting healthier, more productive and resilient colonies. 🐝

Dylan Ryals in the Department of Entomology is advancing the platform as a Purdue Innovates Commercialization Fellow, working with faculty advisor Brock Harpur. With experience in commercial beekeeping, Dylan brings valuable perspective to translating Purdue University research into practical tools and pursuing entrepreneurship as a pathway to real-world impact across the beekeeping industry.

Learn more about the fellowship: https://stories.prf.org/purdue-commercialization-fellowship-ay26/

08/07/2026

A familiar late-season sight is showing up uncharacteristically early in Midwest cornfields, prompting a rush of aerial applications and raising questions among growers about whether chemical intervention is actually warranted. Dr. Christian Krupke, professor of entomology at

08/07/2026