Aramee Diethelm, Ph.D

I spent a day at the Bohart Museum of Entomology for an outreach event all about bees, wasps, and the many insects that imitate their warning signals. Public interest in pollinators has grown in recent years, but most people are familiar with only a narrow slice of the diversity of invertebrates and the ecosystem services they provide. At my flip-station, visitors guessed whether an insect could sting or pollinate, then flipped the card to test their knowledge. Hoverflies

I recently began work on a research project that brings together universities, conservation organizations, and federal agencies....

This fall, I volunteered with the University of Nevada, Reno Natural History Museum during an outreach event that welcomed students from...

For Earth Day, I joined the University of Nevada, Reno Natural History Museum to volunteer at their outreach booth. Kids leaned in close...

Biotic and abiotic stressors play a pivotal role in shaping herbivore population dynamics, but their impact is far from isolated....

Butterflies (Lepidoptera) use many chemical cues to select their host plants. In plants within the Asclepias genus (milkweeds) the...

To investigate the factors influencing the use of milkweed (Asclepias spp . ) populations by monarch butterflies for breeding behaviors...

To investigate the interacting effects of herbivory and drought on the above-ground chemistry and physical characteristics of narrowleaf...

After 3 months of rearing over 100 monarch larvae on three species of Asclepias L. (milkweed) I am proud to be presenting my preliminary...

The 14th Annual Urban Ecology and Conservation Symposium was hosted by Portland State University today. Speakers from all over the world...