Facilities

The Department of Entomology relocated from Patterson Building to the 5th floor of the newly built Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building (ASI) in 1991. This area features eighteen modern laboratories, growth chamber facilities and office space for faculty, staff and students. Greenhouse facilities are available nearby.

Chemical Ecology Lab (formerly known as Pesticide Research Lab) The Chemical Ecology Lab is located on Orchard Road near the main campus. Four faculty members have offices and labs at this location along with several post docs and graduate students. A new greenhouse facility was recently added to the Lab providing space for research projects in a high-tech, state-of-the-art greenhouse environment. Additional greenhouse facilities and the Gypsy Moth Research Center are also located in this area.

The Frost Entomological Museum
The Frost Entomological Museum is located on Curtain Road across from the ASI Building in Headhouse III. The research collection is comprised of over 2,000,000 specimens of insects representing at least 15,000 species. A Butterfly House is adjacent to the museum maintains various life stages of Monarch butterflies during several months of the year. The Museum and Butterfly House are popular stops for campus visitors and school groups.

Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center
The Entomology Farm is located at the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center in the Rock Springs area, approximately 10 miles west of campus. The Entomology Farm consists of 88 acres of test plots used for a wide range of faculty and student research projects.

Fruit Research and Extension Center
The Fruit Research and Extension Center is located in Biglerville in southcentral Pennsylvania. The Center, which is situated on over 125 acres of land, is part of the research and extension division of the College of Agricultural Sciences. Research is conducted at the Center for improving methods of fruit production, better pest and disease control programs, and improved fruit storage methods.

Lake Erie Regional Grape Research and Extension Center
The Center is located on 40 acres about 15 miles east of Erie and is part of a cooperative effort between Penn State and Cornell University. Research projects involve testing vineyard disease and insect controls.

Other Facilities:

• Center for BioDiversity Research
• Entomology Ornamentals and Turf Laboratory
• Gypsy Moth Research Center
• Southeast Agricultural Research and Extension Center