Entomology at LSU

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

Miniature museums show how bugs are ‘cool’ We use the museum to educate about how insects are an important part of our ecosystem.STEPHANIE HOWARDDIRECTOR OF THE PICKENS COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA

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:

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

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

As an artist-scientist, ‘I’m obsessed with pigments’ Biochemist Sierra Weir explores local ecosystems around Pittsburgh for art and inspiration.

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 surprising ancient history of the hedge apple 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.

Two new species of the genus Anillinus Casey (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Anillini) from the southern United States 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...

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

Andrew Johnston on Twitter “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. ”

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

Sternberg Lecture: Science in a Post-Truth Era — Ogden Honors College Erich and Lea Sternberg Professor Jim Ottea

Pselaphini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) of the Subantarctic and Chatham Islands of New Zealand; Description of Five Species and One Genus Abstract. The staphylinid subfamily Pselaphinae is generally depauperate at high latitudes. We examine one exception, the tribe Pselaphini, at the southern ext