Posts Tagged: Iowa State University
Do You Know Where Your Pollinators Are?
It's National Pollinator Week. Do you know where your pollinators are? If you're thinking bees,...
European paper wasps protecting the nest they're building on the lip of a recycling bin near the Mann lab, UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
European paper wasp chowing down on food on the lip of a recycling bin near the Mann lab, UC Davis campus. Another wasp delivered it to the guard. Maybe it's the remains of a caterpillar? (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
These European Paper Wasps Didn't Get the Memo
They didn't get the memo. A sign on a recycling bin near the Mann Laboratory at the University of...
A sign on a UC Davis recycling bin clearly says "Bottles and Cans Only." It says nothing about wasps. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of the European paper wasps building their nest beneath the overhanging lid of a recycling bin. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
European paper wasps even built a nest in a donation box in the Reiman Gardens, Iowa State University. "These ladies had expensive taste," quipped associate professor Amy Toth, who reseachers European paper wasps. (Photo by Amy Merritt, Reiman Gardens)
Bryony Bonning Accepts Endowed Chair Position at University of Florida
Alumni NewsProfessor Bryony Bonning of Iowa State University, a former postdoctoral researcher in...
Professor Bryony Bonning: from Hammock lab to Iowa State University to Florida State University
Amy Toth Seminar on Social Paper Wasps
DAVIS--Evolutionary ecologist Amy Toth of Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, will speak on...
Amy Toth of Iowa State University will discuss "Molecular Evolution in Insect Societies: Insights from Genomics of Primitively Social Paper Wasps" at a seminar May 13 at UC Davis.