Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology University of Delaware Spring 2013 Seminar Series Wednesday 11:15 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. Room 009 Townsend Hall *Refreshments at 11:00 a.m.* ______________________________________________________________________________

February 6 Christy Visaggi – Lecturer, Georgia State University. “Bored to death: tales of molluscan predation in modern and ancient environments”

February 13 David Onstad – Senior Research Scientist, DuPont Co. “Microevolution in heterogeneous landscapes: the dynamics of corn rootworms”

February 20 William Ryan ¬– Ph.D. Candidate. “Employing a botanical and avian monitoring program to evaluate the effects of restoration techniques on ecological communities in temperate eastern North American serpentine barrens”

February 27 Kaity Handley ¬– M.S. Candidate. “The effect of urban forest quality and composition on populations of long-horned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)” Tim Watt – M.S. Candidate. “Optimization of laboratory methods for mass rearing of Spathius galinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) as a newly introduced parasitoid of emerald ash borer in North America”

March 6 Julie Beston – U.D. Postdoc. “What do American black bears and Canada geese have in common?”

March 13 William Lamp – Associate Professor, University of Maryland. “Non-target effects of transgenic corn debris in streams: The changing picture of risk assessment”

March 20 Leonard Gianessi – Director, Crop Protection Research Institute. “The worldwide importance of pesticides in crop production”

March 20, 4:00pm THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY’S MARCH 2013 MEETING Allen Lab Conference Room 101 Stephen C. Mason, Jr. – Curatorial Assistant, Dept. of Entomology, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. “Winging it in Mongolia: The Butterflies of Mongolia”

March 27 Spring Break April 3 Solny Adalsteinsson ¬– Ph.D. Candidate. “The influence of urban forest characteristics on tick-borne disease dynamics” Hariyo Wibisono ¬– Ph.D. Candidate. TBA

April 10 Dan Cariveau ¬– Postdoctural Research Associate, Rutgers University. “Landscape and restoration ecology of native bees: from conservation to crop pollination”

April 17 Sam Droge ¬– Biologist, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Beltsville, MD. “The latest on monitoring: using geo-cached photo-stations to measure landscape change on public lands/Pollinator webs in the Badlands of Badlands National Park/A nation-wide network of traps to measure pollinator changes”

April 24 Andrew Landsman ¬– Ph.D. Candidate. TBA Josh Rhoades ¬– M.S. Candidate. “Phylogenetic patterns in mating behavior and reproductive compatibility in the genus Aphelinus (Chalcidoedea, Hymenoptera)”

May 1 Jason Hill ¬– Postdoctural Researcher, University of Connecticut. “The population effects of experimental vegetation manipulation on grassland sparrows”

May 8 Brian Eyler ¬– Deer Project Leader, Maryland DNR. “The art and science of modern day deer management”

May 15 Dustin Brisson – Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania. “Recent and rapid population growth and range expansion of blacklegged ticks in North America”

May 22 Rachel Urbanek – Assistant Professor, Arkansas Tech University. “Deer vs. humans: management on the urban battlefront”