Person using a reverse leaf blower to sample insects in a corn field.

Nottingham Entomology

Welcome!  The Nottingham Entomology lab is based out of WSU’s Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center in Mount Vernon. Our primary goal is emphasize the development of ecologically and quantitatively based integrated pest management (IPM) through applied research and education for regional crops of significance in Northwestern Washington. Topics include insect behavior, phenology, biological control, cultural control, and chemical control.

Current Research

A group of people in a field taking notes and listening to speaker Louie Nottingham demonstrate insect traps in blueberries.
Louie demonstrating insect traps in a blueberry field, spring 2024
A green bug and six smaller green bugs on the back of a green leaf.
Green aphids on a blueberry leaf, May 2024
Small orange bugs on the back of a green leaf.
Orange aphids on a blueberry leaf, May 2024
A person with a tan shirt and glasses sitting in front of a microscope turns to the camera with a petri dish of smashed red berries in his hand.
Charlie looking for SWD in berries, July 2023
Three people in a dirt field planting spinach; the person on the left is crouching to observe, the middle person is operating a blue seed planter and the person on the right is standing to observe.
Julia, Claire and Adriana planting spinach seeds, May 2024
A large number of black and orange striped caterpillars on a blueberry.
Tent caterpillars in blueberries at WSU NWREC, May 2024
Person in a white tyvek suit with backpack sprayer spraying a plot of spinach seeds; there is a danger keep out sign in the foreground.
Charlie spraying spinach seeds, May 2024
A person in a blue coat in standing next to a row of raspberries, getting ready to deploy a yellow sticky card trap.
Claire deploying sticky card traps in raspberries, May 2023
A bearded person in a red shirt holding a 3D printed mite, approximately 1 foot long.
Ben holding a 3D printed mite, May 2024

What’s New in the Lab

Claire Wins Poster Award

Claire Winslow (first semester Master’s student) won 2nd place for her poster on Spotted Wing Drosophila Integrated Pest Management at the Entomological Society of America’s Pacific Branch Meeting in Hawaii in April 2024. This was Claire’s first poster and conference as a graduate student, so it was a very exciting.

Pear Psylla Integrated Pest Management

Cacopsylla pyricola (Foerster) (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) Updated by Louis Nottingham, Robert Orpet, WSU Entomology; Tianna DuPont, WSU Extension. May 2022. Adapted from by Everett C. Burts, Helmut Riedl, and John Dunley, originally published 1993. Pear psylla is an important pest of pear in Washington. Honeydew produced by pear psylla causes fruit russet, and serious infestations can […]

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