Department of Entomology

UMN Entomology Graduate Program
Dragonflies on a branch

The mission of the Department of Entomology is to conduct research and education in the science of entomology, emphasizing the systematics, biodiversity, biology, ecology, and importance of insects and their relatives in relation to human welfare, and the maintenance of a healthy environment.


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  • MPR covers the career of professor Marla Spivak as she plans for retirement

    May 30, 2024

    Professor Marla Spivak will retire at the end of 2024, MPR asked her to reflect on her 30-year career at the University of Minnesota.

  • UMN Entomology winners at NCB ESA!

    April 5, 2024

    The recent the North Central Branch - Entomological Society of America (NCB-ESA) meeting in Fort Collins, CO, was an exciting one for UMN Entomology! Faculty, students and an alumna were selected for NCB branch awards and student competition prizes.

  • Cristian Beza-Beza visits the IEXA Entomological Collection at the Instituto de Ecología in Xalapa, Veracruz, México

    March 12, 2024

    This January our President’s Postdoctoral Fellow Cristian Beza-Beza visited the IEXA Entomological Collection at the Instituto de Ecología in Xalapa, Veracruz, México as part of the project "Curation and Study of the Personal Collection of Pedro Reyes-Castillo at the Colección Entomológica del Instituto de Ecología (IEXA): Continuing the Legacy of Biodiversity Research in Passalidae." funded by the “Ross Taylor Bell and Joyce Rockenbach Bell Research Grant” from the Coleopterist Society.