Publications

Clem, C. Scott. 2026. The Unsung Heroes: The Importance of Flies (Diptera) in Wild and Domesticated Pollination in Threats to Pollinator Abundance and Diversity (book chapter, In press)

Harris-Shultz, K., J.S. Armstrong, J. Knoll, S. Sapkota, and C. Scott Clem. 2025. Insect Pollinivores of Sorghum bicolor and Plant Traits that Influence Visitation. Journal of Entomological Science. https://doi.org/10.18474/JES24-57

Clem, C. Scott, S. K. Reynolds, B. Fitz-Gerald, and A. Young. 2024. A comprehensive review of long-distance hover fly migration (Diptera: Syrphidae). Ecological Entomology, 49(6), pp.749-767. Invited Review https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13373

Clem, C. Scott and Joseph V. McHugh. 2024. Documentation of Diurnal and nocturnal Migratory Activity of the Dragonfly Anax junius (Odonata: Aeshnidae) on Sapelo Island, Georgia, USA. Southeastern Naturalist 23(3):N54–N57. https://doi.org/10.1656/058.023.0316

Clem, C. Scott and W.E. Snyder. 2024. Common Hover Flies of Georgia: An Introductory Guide (Diptera: Syrphidae). University of Georgia Extension Bulletin 1565. https://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.html?number=B1565

Harris-Shultz, K.R., J.S. O’Hearn, J. Knoll, and C. Scott Clem. 2024.Insects Foraging on Pearl Millet, Cenchrus americanus, Pollen. (Journal of Entomological Science).

McCravy, K.W., Clem, C. Scott, Bailey, J.B., Elgar, S.A. and Blaauw, B.R. 2024. Hover fly (Diptera: Syrphidae) diversity and seasonality in North Georgia apple and peach orchards. Journal of Economic Entomology, p.toae103.

Capel, S.L.R., B.F. Allan, A. Favela, C. Scott Clem, S.K. Ooi, S.V. Herrera, L.J. Wilson, and L.R. Strickland. 2023. Education in the Anthropocene: Assessing planetary health science standards in US public education. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 290(2007), p.20230975. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0975

Clem, C. Scott, L. V. Hart, and T. C. McElrath. 2023. A century of Illinois hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae): Museum and citizen science data reveal recent range expansions, contractions, and species of potential conservation significance. Journal of Insect Science, 23(4): 13; 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iead051

Clem C. Scott, K. A. Hobson, and A. N. Harmon-Threatt. 2022. Do Nearctic hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) engage in long-distance migration? An assessment of evidence and mechanisms. Ecological Monographs, e1542. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1542.

Clem, C. Scott, K. A. Hobson, and A. N. Harmon-Threatt. 2022. Insights into natal origins of migratory Nearctic hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae): New evidence from stable isotope (δ2H) assignment analyses. Ecography, e06465. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06465

Clem, C. Scott, B. Wingert, A. Kautz, A. Roe, et al. 2022. Checklist of true flies (Diptera) from San Luis Obispo County, California, U.S.A.: An outcome of the Fly School II taxonomic workshop. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 98(4): 270-299. https://doi.org/10.3956/2022-98.4.270

Pekarcik, A. J., M. Lorentz, C. Scott Clem, A. Raudenbush, D. Held, K.
Tilmon. 2022. Preliminary Feeding Assessments for Asiatic Garden Beetle, Maladera formosae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), Grubs and Adults. Great Lakes Entomologist (In press).

Pekarcik, A. J., C. Scott Clem, and K. Tilmon. 2022. Quick sex-determination of the Asiatic garden beetle, Maladera castanea (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Great Lakes Entomologist, 55(1). https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol55/iss1/8.

Clem, C. Scott, and A. Harmon-Threatt. 2021. Field borders provide winter refuge for beneficial predators and parasitoids: a case study on organic farms. Journal of Insect Science, 21(3). https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieab027.

Clem, C. Scott, T. Sparbanie, A. Luro, and A. Harmon-Threatt. 2020. Can anthophilous hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) discriminate neonicotinoid insecticides in sucrose solution? PLoS ONE 15(6): e0234820. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234820

Clem, C. Scott, D.R. Swanson, and Charles Ray. 2019. The Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Alabama, with a morphological key to species. Zootaxa 4688(2):151-198. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4688.2.1

Parker, C. et al. (+ 31 authors incl C. Scott Clem). 2019. Entomology in the 21st Century: Tackling Insect Invasions, Promoting Advancements in Technology, and Using Effective Science Communication-2018 Student Debates. Journal of Insect Science 19(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iez069

Clem, C. Scott and David Held. 2018. Associational interactions between urban trees: are native neighbors better than non-natives? Environmental Entomology https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvy071

Clem, C. Scott and Charles Ray. 2016. Checklist of the broad-headed bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Alydidae) of Alabama, United States. Checklist 12(5): 1974. https://doi.org/10.15560/12.5.1974

Clem, C. Scott and David Held. 2015. Species richness of eruciform larvae associated with native and alien plants in the southeastern United States.  Journal of Insect Conservation 19:987-997. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-015-9815-0