The Editor-in-Chief of the Florida Entomologist, Emma Weeks, selected four articles as the best from each quarter. These articles will be submitted to a vote to the Florida Entomological Society Board and the Florida Entomologist Editorial Board to select the Article of the Year.
Posts by Dr. Xavier Martini
The next FES conference is set for next year in St. Augustine! We can wait to meet everyone there!
#Entomology #scientificmeeting #staugustine
I am looking to meet friends and colleagues at the next #EntSoc25. We will have not less than 6 presentations from our lab next week! Take this opportunity to meet our students, post-docs and learn about the research we are conducting!
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
The Florida Entomological Society Meeting is off to a great start! Thanks to the Citrus Research Center for hosting us!
#entomology #FloridaEntomology
In a recent article in Florida Entomologist, Michael Ulyshen from USDA service, and his colleagues, reported that Argopistes tsekooni a flea beetle from Asia, was now making its mark in the southeastern U.S.
#BiologicalControl #InvasiveSpecies #Entomology
Big success of the NFREC student competition this year with IFAS students from our lab and from Gainesville presenting their work
#universityofflorida
Help needed. My future student who was supposed to start next semester had her F1 visa rejected at the US embassy under Section 214(b). Has anyone had a similar experience and could provide any advice?
#student #internationalstudent #usimmigration
In a recent article published in February in Florida Entomologist, Collin Morisson (The University of Texas) and his collaborators describe the range extension of the cactus moth, Cactoblastis cactorum, in Texas. 1/5
#cactus #moth #entomology
We are now accepting registration, abstracts, and symposium submissions for the next Florida Entomological Society meeting in Lake Alfred, Florida. July 14-16, 2025. π
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See you there!
#entomology #scientificconference #Florida
The first workshop on the Management of Terrestrial Gastropods in Agriculture started!
Thank you so much for the Citrus Research and Education Center to host us, and USDA-NIFA for the funding.
#mollusks #ipm #agriculture
Our first Workshop on the Management of Terrestrial Gastropods in Agriculture started well!
It's great to see people face to face instead of online!
#mollusks #ipm #agriculture
Good day for our lab. Hellenah Khunga won the first place of the Master 10-min talk presentation, and I was honored to receive the Award for excellence in Integrated Pest Management at the SouthEastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America @entsocamerica.bsky.social
My students Kathi Malfa and Hellenah Khunga presented today at the SouthEastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America. During the student competition. They did great ππ»ππ»
Fascinating work from Mark G. Wright (U. of Hawaii) who uses synthetic honey bee alarm pheromone blend to repel elephants in Africa. Subadults and elephants from smaller herds were more likely to be deterred by the pheromone blend. #conservation
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