it is here!! this short film turned out so well--deserving for such an illustrious career.
Dr. John Morse was recently the subject of a short film "Caddisfly", directed by Olivia Lund Johnson. After a stint on the film festival circuit, it is now available for public viewing (account sign-up required): waterbear.com/watch/caddisfl…
It's a lovely story. Please enjoy!
the biodiversity in southern Appalachia is incredible. sky islands are incredible. so much left to learn from it!
Clemson put out a nice press release featuring some of our recent Appalachian litter arthropod work:
news.clemson.edu/uncovering-…
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Please check out our new MyIPM App. Only two crops tomatoes and cucurbits but it’s launched. More vegetables will be added over time. Please let me know if you are interested in participating in this useful new IPM tool for veggies. – at Blacksburg, VA
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Erin Eure just finished a great presentation about the recently released MyIPM Veg App at the SE Veg and Fruit Expo in Myrtle Beach, SC. This is a new sister version of MyIPM App for fruits and row crops focused on Veg crops. Scan the QR cod e if you want to download it! #vegs – at Myrtle Beach, SC
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Open tenure-track faculty position at Clemson in Turf and Ornamental Entomology! please forward to anyone who might be interested. For best consideration please apply by the end of November.
Great symposium! thanks to all the organizers and presenters
Thanks to everyone who attended the Predators of the Acari World symposium yesterday. The session was a total success #EntSoc23 @AcarologicalSoc
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New work by the @CaterinoLab used #metabarcoding to shed light on dark taxa in sky-island Appalachian leaf litter, assessing patterns of endemicity using large-scale, voucher-based barcoding - doi.org/10.1111/icad.12697
#OpenAccess #COI
Photos: M. Caterino/Clemson University
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My latest publication is featured in Entomology Today 🙂
Amblyseius swirskii feeds on various insect and mite species, including many pests of vegetable crops. A new article in the Journal of #IPM explores the biology and uses for this versatile mite.
🔗 This Predatory Mite is a Rising Star in Pest Management
entomologytoday.org/2023/10/…
@Thrips_iD @Bertonemyia @OhBuggers
Here is another one :)
Live specimens looked like six-spotted thrips at first, except with heavier pigmentation of the spots (becoming more like 3 lines). but pronotal setae do not look nearly long enough. any idea?
come join us in Charleston!
🍉🥬🥦🍅🍓The Postharvest Lab at @ClemsonUniv is recruiting!
We are seeking a #PhD student interested in 1) fruit/vegetable #quality and #shelf-life and 2) conventional and biotechnological approaches for reducing produce #losses and #waste.
@ClemsonCAFLS
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I am coming across (and trying to learn!) some new thrips species. Thrips people, does this look like Heliothrips spp. or am I way off? @Thrips_iD @OhBuggers
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Southeastern entomologists, be on the lookout: a newly introduced hornet in our neighborhood (found first in Savannah, GA).
macon.com/news/state/georgia…
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A dangerous landing. This is a phorid fly trying to lay her eggs on the heads of these army ants. Her larvae are parasitic and will feed internally within the ant's head before popping it off and emerging.
🚨Citizen science opportunity.
Carolinians--Keep a look out for native muhlygrass (sweetgrass) and if it's infested with mealybug. If so, please report any sightings using the QR code in the article:
hgic.clemson.edu/muhlygrass-…
growingproduce.com/crop-prot…
thrips of course, but what's a "cucumber bug"? ;)
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So true. Japanese beetle bags certainly give off the aesthetics that they are doing something good for your garden, but they’re really pulling in beetles from all over the neighborhood to your yard. – at Virginia, USA
Japanese beetle trapping generally doesn't help your home garden.
See more at hortnews.extension.iastate.e…
@ISU_HortNews @ISUANR @ISUExtension @ReimanGardensIA #gardening
ALT Japanese beetle on leaf
ALT Japanese beetles on leaf
As annoying as the Charleston mosquitoes are I am continually thankful I don't need to be concerned with contracting a debilitating illness. Shout out to public health efforts for keeping it that way!
"Even if this turns out not to be widespread, it’s a good reminder: Malaria could make a comeback in the US, and we — and our public health infrastructure — ought to be prepared." vox.com/science/2023/6/23/23…
and whenever I speak to someone who is surprised these mosquito-borne illnesses used to be much more common I always think of and point them to the old entertaining disney educational/propaganda videos on this: youtube.com/watch?v=y68F8YwL…