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Applied Entomology Lab
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The lab explores the remarkable abilities and behavioral mechanisms of insects and applies them to new technologies.
AboutAbout the lab
Pursuing the wonders of insects and putting their abilities to use
The Applied Entomology Lab studies the special abilities, functions, and behavioral mechanisms of insects.
The lab pursues both basic research that explores the wonders of biological phenomena and research that uses insect abilities to create new technologies.
For example, it is developing a circular food production system that uses black soldier flies.
The lab was formerly the Pest Entomology Lab and is the lab responsible for entomology in the Faculty of Agriculture.
Key terms
- Carbon neutral
- Balancing the amount of greenhouse gases emitted against the amount absorbed, so that the net amount is zero
- Black soldier fly
- A kind of fly whose larvae grow by feeding on organic matter such as food waste. The larvae are expected to be used as a raw material for feed for farmed fish and livestock
- Speciation
- The process by which a new, separate species arises from a single species
NewsLab news
Held the Round B graduate admissions information session for the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology (10/17)
Supervised an insect quiz book for children
Developed a technology to make insects raised for feed accumulate high concentrations of amino acids (jointly with NARO)
Discovered a key gene that keeps insects in the larval state (jointly with NARO)
A student received the Young Researcher Excellent Presentation Award at the International Congress of Entomology
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies insects from three fields: the development of insect functions for practical use, evolutionary biology, and animal physiology and behavior. Research themes differ depending on the faculty member.
*Illustrative imageMaking Use of Insects' Special Abilities
To address global warming and famine, the lab explores the special abilities and functions of insects. By recycling resources and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, it aims to create a carbon-neutral future.
*Illustrative imageFighting and Courtship in Drosophila prolongata
Using Drosophila prolongata, the lab investigates male-specific morphology and fighting and courtship behavior. Through ecological analysis and genetic methods, it analyzes how behavior adapted to the environment has evolved.
*Illustrative imageInsect Body Size and Curious Behavior
Insects are the group of organisms that has undergone the most speciation, and they have adapted to every environment on Earth. The lab explores questions such as how insect body size is determined and why insects show curious behaviors.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Applied Entomology Lab consist of faculty members, academic specialist staff, technical assistants, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorShimoda MasamiPublications ↗
- Associate ProfessorTakashi MatsuoPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorSugihiko HoshizakiPublications ↗
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Report an errorAbout the images
The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Black Soldier Fly - Hermetia illucens, National Arboretum, Washington, D.C” Judy Gallagher / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Making Use of Insects' Special Abilities: “Black soldier fly larvae eating shrimp waste” Zenyrgarden / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Fighting and Courtship in Drosophila prolongata: “Prolongata” Takashi Matsuo / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Insect Body Size and Curious Behavior: “Display drawer )” Natural History Museum: Coleoptera Section from South Kensingon, London, UK / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Plant Molecular Genetics Lab): “Moss chloroplasts 100× objective” Kelvinsong / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Plant Resource Genomics Lab): “Mahangu (pearl millet) field flourishing in the perfect climate in the rural north of Namibia” Shikoha Tautiko / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Yamori Lab): “Chemistry of green - Flickr - Robert Couse-Baker” Robert Couse-Baker from Sacramento, California / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Plant Pathology Lab): “Leaf with ToMV” RosieScienceGal / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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