Endangered Hawaiian picture-winged flies a key piece to restoring ecosystem February 23, 2023 UH News Scientists from UH and DLNR are working together to re-establish picture-winged fly populations, including Drosophila hemipeza, an endangered species.
New app: You can help thwart a bug that’s devastated 176k+ acres November 14, 2022 UH News The College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources develops a smartphone app to manage the invasive twolined spittlebug.
Invasive hala scale eradicated at UH Mānoa thanks to collaborative campus effort September 14, 2022 UH News CTAHR, the UH Campus Arboretum and Landscape Services worked together to manage the pest.
Mystery solved: New ‘menehune’ wasp discovered on UH Mānoa campus March 14, 2022 UH News The ecology of an elusive group of wasps answered through the discovery of an undescribed species on the UH Mānoa campus.
Big bug win! Student team takes national title November 16, 2021 UH News UH Mānoa graduate students earn a national championship in entomology.
Endangered Hawaiian bees, snails and birds get $1M for research November 4, 2021 UH News The collaborative project will help protect Hawaiian yellow-faced bees, land snails and ʻelepaio birds.
More than seven-fold increase in wēkiu bug survey on Maunakea October 31, 2021 UH News CMS land managers collected nearly 3,000 bugs from the live traps compared to about 400 bugs in the last two years.
Grad student conducts in-depth arthropod research on Maunakea August 23, 2021 UH News CTAHR researchers Brad Reil and Dan Rubinoff wrapped up a multi-year study mapping the food web among species on Maunakea.
Damsels in distress get help from Lyon Arboretum, DLNR May 31, 2019 UH News Lyon Arboretum works with state Department of Land and Natural Resources to provide additional habitat for an endangered damselfly.
Bees were the stars at Oʻahu Urban Garden Center event June 14, 2018 UH News A live bee hive was the featured attraction for more than 300 attendees at Oʻahu Urban Garden Center’s Second Saturday event.