The department offers courses leading to doctoral, master's and, bachelor of science degrees in entomology, as well as an undergraduate minor in entomology. Our Center for Vector Biology is a nationally and internationally known program for mosquito, tick, and blackfly research. The Department's Insect Museum contains over 1/4 million specimens collected from the 1800's to present time which serve to record environmental changes over time. Today, our faculty conducts research involving the systematics of dragonflies and other insects, insect plant interactions, biology and spread of invasive insects, public health issues and biological monitoring of earth's environment, and pests of blueberries, cranberries, ornamentals, tree fruit, turf, and vegetables. Over the years, department faculty have studied a wide variety of economically important insects including mosquitoes, gypsy moth, Colorado potato beetle, and cockroaches. There is no mosquito and tick control service available anywhere that can guarantee complete elimination of mosquitoes and ticks, after all mosquitoes fly in and ticks catch rides from mice, deer, and other wildlife that pass by.The Department of Entomology at Rutgers University was established in 1888 as part of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. How effective are the mosquito and tick treatments?
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