The features from the Texas A&M University Department of Entomology. The features are published twice monthly. http://insects.tamu.edu/feature/index.cfm Tue, 09 Feb 2010 7:20:00 CST http://insects.tamu.edu/feature/eubanks_argentina_research/index.html Entomology Associate Professor Dr. Micky Eubanks’ research is taking a global angle as he investigates the diet and foraging habits of fire ants in the United States and Argentina. Fire ants are invasive species in the United States and native to Argentina. For more than two years, his NSF-funded research team, which includes PhD Students Paul Lenhart and Alison Bockoven, and postdoctoral research associate Shawn Wilder, has been determining where fire ants forage and what they eat in the United States and in Argentina.

]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 7:20:00 CST http://insects.tamu.edu/feature/index.cfm#current http://insects.tamu.edu/feature/2010_agrilife_awards/index.html The Department of Entomology continued to celebrate the New Year as faculty and staff were honored during the Entomology Department annual meeting. During the Texas AgriLife Conference held on January 12, four of the Department's Research, Extension and Teaching members received honors from the agency and the Vice Chancellor's office, as well as various awards from the Departmental meeting of Faculty Staff and Students

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