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  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    Current Development and Research of Insect Repellents On-Demand Presentations
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre
    Organizer: Mustapha Debboun, BCE – Delta Mosquito and Vector Control District
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    MUVE: Forensic Entomology On-Demand Presentations
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    MUVE: Urban Entomology On-Demand Presentations
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    MUVE: Vector Biology On-Demand Presentations
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    Student MUVE and PBT: Vector Biology, Physiology, and Toxicology On-Demand Presentations
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyPhysiology, Biochemistry, and ToxicologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    Student MUVE and SysEB: Behavior, Genetics, and Biodiversity On-Demand Presentations
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySystematics, Evolution, and BiodiversityStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    Where the Wild Things Are: One Health at the Wildlife-Arthropod Interface On-Demand Presentations
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre
    Organizer: Karen C. Poh – USDA-ARS
    Organizer: Risa Pesapane (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    A morphological and genetic survey of forensically important blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in the Phoenix metropolitan area
    Presenting Author: Sydnee Wedel (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University
    Co-Author: Kathryn Melancon – Arizona State University
    Co-Author: Jonathan Parrott (he/him/his) – Arizona State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    Abiotic factor affecting mosquito and alphavirus interactions
    Presenting Author: Abdullah A. Alomar – Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory
    Co-Author: Barry W. Alto – Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    Antennal transcriptome analysis of the chemosensory gene families in the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus
    Presenting Author: Paula Castillo (she/her/hers) – Louisiana State University
    Co-Author: Qian Sun – Louisiana State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    Application of a novel spatial olfactometer for the study of filth flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae, Muscidae, and Sarcophagidae)
    Presenting Author: Wes Watson – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Ann Carr – Vanderbilt University
    Co-Author: Kim Y. Hung, BCE – Coachella Valley Mosquito Vector Control District
    Co-Author: Anastasia C. Figurskey – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Steve Denning – North Carolina State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    Blood meal host profiles of Aedes albopictus in neighborhoods of varying socioeconomic status
    Presenting Author: Chang-Hyun Kim – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Co-Author: Leta Chesser – University of Illinois
    Co-Author: Jiayue Yan – University of Illinois
    Co-Author: Andrew Mackay – Illinois Natural History Survey
    Co-Author: Chris Stone – Illinois Natural History Survey
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    Diaphorina citri and its natural enemies in different high-density citrus plantings
    Presenting Author: Jean-Yves Berisse – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Jawwad A. Qureshi – University of Florida
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    Does prior exposure to an insecticide alter the vector competence of dengue virus in Aedes aegypti?
    Presenting Author: Robert L. Aldridge (he/him/his) – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Barry W. Alto – Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory
    Co-Author: C. Roxanne Connelly, BCE – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Co-Author: Bernard Okech – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Blair Siegfried – Pennsylvania State University
    Co-Author: Kenneth J. Linthicum, BCE – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    Economic optimization of Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti releases to prevent to dengue
    Presenting Author: Chanheung Cho – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Brandon D. Hollingsworth – University of North Carolina
    Co-Author: Zachary S. Brown – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Alun Lloyd – North Carolina State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    Effectiveness of brassica seed meals as potential ecofriendly larvicides for mosquito control
    Presenting Author: Lina B. Flor-Weiler – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: William T. Hay – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Robert W. Behle – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Susan McCormick – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Steve Vaughn – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Mark A. Berhow – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Ephantus J. Muturi – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    Effects of sulfur dioxide fumigation for postharvest control of navel orangeworm on pistachios
    Presenting Author: Yong-Biao Liu – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    Impacts of bioassay type and source population size on insecticide resistance assessment in the German cockroach (Blattella germanica)
    Presenting Author: Madison P. Gits (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Ameya D. Gondhalekar – Purdue University
    Co-Author: Elizabeth Long – Purdue University
    Co-Author: Michael E. Scharf – University of Florida
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    Overview of toxicity of terpenoid compounds against Aedes mosquitoes: A review
    Presenting Author: Dipsikha Bora – Dibrugarh University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    RESCUE! Semiochemicals-based fly traps for consumer market
    Presenting Author: Qing-He Zhang – Sterling International, Inc.
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    Simulation of Rhipicephalus sanguineus control efficiency in residential environments using an individual-based model
    Presenting Author: Yuexun Tian – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Austin J. Henneberg – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Phillip Kaufman – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Cynthia C. Lord – University of Florida
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    Toxicity profiling of fourteen commercially-sourced essential oils against the common bed bug Cimex lectularius L.
    Presenting Author: Junaid U. Rehman (he/him/his) – The University of Mississippi
    Co-Author: Amar Chittiboyina – University of Mississippi
    Co-Author: Ikhlas A. Khan – University of Mississippi
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    Where they breed determines how they bite – Mechanistic links between larval ecology and host-seeking behavior in mosquitoes
    Presenting Author: Karthikeyan Chandrasegaran (he/him/his) – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Co-Author: Clement Vinauger – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    Worker behavioral response to lignoceric and hexacosanoic acid, two major components of the solider defensive secretion in formosan subterranean termites (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae)
    Presenting Author: Joseph E. McCarthy – Louisiana State University
    Co-Author: Qian Sun – Louisiana State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    Building hunter engagement for large-scale monitoring of wildlife ectoparasites: Lessons learned from the Yukon winter tick monitoring project
    Presenting Author: Emily S. Chenery – University of Toronto
    Co-author: Maud Henaff – Department of Environment
    Co-author: Kristenn Magnusson – Department of Environment
    Co-author: N. Jane Harms – Department of Environment
    Co-author: Nicholas E. Mandrak – University of Toronto
    Co-author: Péter K. Molnár – University of Toronto
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    The role of gopher tortoises' burrows in mosquito overwintering strategy in Florida
    Presenting Author: Estelle Martin (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
    Co-author: Mba Mosore – University of Florida
    Co-author: Kendall Long – University of Florida
    Co-author: remy Powel – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Lawrence Reeves – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Nathan Burkett-Cadena – University of Florida
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • On-Demand
    On Demand
    Dose-response assay for highly volatile pyrethroids against Aedes aegypti and Anopheles minimus (Diptera:Culicidae) using a high-throughput screening system
    Presenting Author: Chris Dae-Yun Kim (he/him/his) – Kasetsart University
    Co-Author: Theeraphap Chareonviriyaphap – Kasetsart University
    Co-Author: Jeffrey Hii – James Cook University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    9:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    Entomology Careers – “Industry” Isn’t a Bad Word!
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Organizer: Michelle Hartzer, BCE – 360 Pest and Food Safety Consulting
    Organizer: Ron Harrison – Orkin, LLC
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    9:00 AM – 9:05 AM PT
    Introductory remarks
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Presenting Author: Michelle Hartzer, BCE – 360 Pest and Food Safety Consulting
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    9:05 AM – 9:25 AM PT
    Non-traditional educational track + non-traditional career path = industry
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Presenting Author: Angela Tucker – Douglas Products
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    9:25 AM – 9:45 AM PT
    How I created a successful industry career without a 5-year plan
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Presenting Author: Janet Kintz-Early (she/her/hers) – JAK Consulting Services LLC
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    9:45 AM – 10:05 AM PT
    From non-profit to profit: An urban entomologists journey in the industry
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Presenting Author: Brittany Campbell, BCE – Control Solutions Inc.
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    10:05 AM – 10:25 AM PT
    Entomology in structural pest management - adventures in the insect world
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Presenting Author: Alice Sinia – Orkin Canada
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    10:35 AM – 10:55 AM PT
    It's better to be lucky than good…? An unexpected career path in entomology
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Presenting Author: Janis Reed – Control Solutions Inc.
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    10:55 AM – 11:15 AM PT
    Leveraging your experience to help the broader scientific community through policy
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Presenting Author: Erin Cadwalader – Entomological Society of America
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    11:15 AM – 11:35 AM PT
    How being as tenacious as a termite helped forge my non-academic career
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Presenting Author: Nicola Gallagher – Syngenta
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    11:35 AM – 11:55 AM PT
    Making a career path outside of academia
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Presenting Author: Shannon L. Sked – Western Fumigation
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    11:55 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    Panel discussion
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    1:30 PM – 5:30 PM PT
    MUVE: Veterinary Entomology
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 224
    Moderator: Shaun Dergousoff – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
    Moderator: Claire E. Gooding (she/her/hers) – Simon Fraser University
    Moderator: Mackenzie Tietjen – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    1:30 PM – 1:42 PM PT
    A pilot study to mimic a European index framework for mosquito-virus dyads endemic or expected to become endemic in Canada over the next 50 years
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 224
    Presenting Author: Antoinette Ludwig (she/her/hers) – Public Health Agency of Canada
    Co-Author: Philippe Berthiaume – Public Health Agency of Canada
    Co-Author: Miarisoa Rindra Rakotoarinia – Public Health Agency of Canada
    Co-Author: Anirudh Bakshi – Public Health Agency of Canada
    Co-Author: Mariola Mascarenhas – Public Health Agency of Canada
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    1:42 PM – 1:54 PM PT
    An ecological niche model incorporating genetics for Cochliomyia hominivorax (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in the Caribbean
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 224
    Presenting Author: Mackenzie Tietjen – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    1:54 PM – 2:06 PM PT
    Dust materials reduce the escape ability of bed bugs from pitfall style monitors
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 224
    Presenting Author: Souvic Sarker – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Co-Author: Changlu Wang – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    2:06 PM – 2:18 PM PT
    Exploring antibiotic affects on New World screwworm to optimize Tet-off transgenic sexing systems
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 224
    Presenting Author: Alex P. Arp – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Gladys Quintero – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Mario Vasquez – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Agustin Sagel – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    2:30 PM – 2:42 PM PT
    Impact of carrion decomposition on soil physicochemical parameters beneath rabbit carcasses placed on the surface and buried in three types of soil in Malaysia
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 224
    Presenting Author: Sarabjit Singh – Universiti Teknologi MARA
    Co-Author: Yong Soon Kong – Universiti Teknologi MARA
    Co-Author: Razuin Rahimi – Universiti Teknologi MARA
    Co-Author: Mansharan Kaur – Universiti Teknologi MARA
    Co-Author: Heo Chong Chin – Universiti Teknologi MARA
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    2:42 PM – 2:54 PM PT
    Managing biting flies using repellents applied to animals
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 224
    Presenting Author: Alec C. Gerry – University of California
    Co-Author: Laura Harmon – University of California
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    2:54 PM – 3:06 PM PT
    miRNA dynamics in the understudied vector, Culicoides sonorensis
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 224
    Presenting Author: Mary K. Mills – University of South Carolina
    Co-Author: Paula Rozo Lopez – University of Tennessee
    Co-Author: William Bryant – Augusta University
    Co-Author: Barbara S. Drolet (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    3:06 PM – 3:18 PM PT
    Polarization-sensitive photoreceptors affect the visual choices of stable flies
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 224
    Presenting Author: Adam J. Blake – University of Washington
    Co-Author: Stephanie To – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Emmanuel Hung – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Geoffrey Ng – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: James Qian – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    3:18 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    Spatial ecology of Culicoides biting midges in sylvatic and agricultural habitats
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 224
    Presenting Author: Cassandra Steele – University of Arkansas
    Co-Author: Emily Gray McDermott – University of Arkansas
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    3:42 PM – 3:54 PM PT
    Treatment of chickens with thyme essential oil for control of northern fowl mites
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 224
    Presenting Author: Amy C. Murillo – University of California
    Co-Author: Caleb Hubbard – University of California
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    3:54 PM – 4:06 PM PT
    Utilizing comparative transcriptomics to understand the effects of vesicular stomatitis virus infection on neuro-sensory function in Culicoides midges
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 224
    Presenting Author: Edward Bird – Kansas State University
    Co-Author: Brandon L. Hall – Kansas State University
    Co-Author: Dana Nayduch – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Kristopher SIlver – Kansas State University
    Co-Author: Barbara S. Drolet (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    4:06 PM – 4:18 PM PT
    Vertebrate hosts of mosquitoes in southern Alberta livestock pastures
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 224
    Presenting Author: Shaun Dergousoff – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
    Co-Author: Tim J. Lysyk – Retired
    Co-Author: Neil Chilton – University of Saskatchewan
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    4:18 PM – 4:30 PM PT
    Visualisation of blue-tongue virus infection and replication in the midgut of Culicoides biting midges
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 224
    Presenting Author: Faye Brown – The Pirbright Institute
    Co-Author: Marc Guimera – The Pirbright Institute
    Co-Author: Karin Darpel – Vector Borne Disease Inst for Animal Health
    Co-Author: Christopher Sanders (he/him/his) – The Pirbright Institute
    Co-Author: Greg Hurst – University of Liverpool
    Co-Author: Georgette Kluiters – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Matthew Baylis – University of Liverpool
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Sunday, Nov 13th
    3:30 PM – 5:30 PM PT
    MUVE Mentorship Network Reception
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Organizer: Bethany McGregor – USDA-ARS
    Organizer: Edward L. Vargo – Texas A&M University
    Organizer: Rebecca T. Trout Fryxell (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee
    Organizer: Karen C. Poh – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyFunctions/Events/Meetings
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:00 AM – 10:00 AM PT
    Grad MUVE: Genetics and Genomics
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Moderator: Olav Rueppell – University of Alberta
    Moderator: Edward L. Vargo – Texas A&M University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:00 AM – 10:00 AM PT
    Grad MUVE: Molecular and Cellular Biology
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 202
    Moderator: Judith Mogouong – Cornell University
    Moderator: Jaya Sravanthi Mokkapati – Pennsylvania State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:00 AM – 10:00 AM PT
    Grad MUVE: Urban and Structural Pests
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 109
    Moderator: Chow-Yang Lee, BCE – University of California
    Moderator: Neil Spomer – Corteva Agriscience
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:00 AM – 10:00 AM PT
    Grad MUVE: Vector Biology and Management 1
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 203
    Moderator: Cierra Briggs – University of Arkansas
    Moderator: Karen C. Poh – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:00 AM – 10:00 AM PT
    Undergrad MUVE and PBT: Evolution and Genetics
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 204
    Moderator: Berenice Romero – University of Saskatchewan
    Moderator: Mikaelison da Silva Lima – University of Nebraska
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:00 AM – 10:00 AM PT
    Undergrad MUVE: Behavior and Ecology
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 201
    Moderator: Kateryn Rochon – University of Manitoba
    Moderator: Justin Talley – Oklahoma State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:00 AM – 8:12 AM PT
    Coconut fatty acids repel southwestern United States urban pest arthropods
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 109
    Presenting Author: John L. Agnew, II – New Mexico State University
    Co-Author: Alvaro Romero – New Mexico State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:00 AM – 8:12 AM PT
    Colony and population genetic structure of the newly invasive white-footed ant (Technomyrmex difficilis) in the U.S.
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Presenting Author: Kuan-Ling Liu – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Pierre-André Eyer – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Robert Puckett – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Anjel Helms – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Edward L. Vargo – Texas A&M University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:00 AM – 8:12 AM PT
    Contamination of nectar sources and pollinators with an insect growth regulator when using autodissemination approaches for mosquito control
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 203
    Presenting Author: Sri Jyosthsna Kancharlapalli – Texas Tech University
    Co-Author: Corey L. Brelsfoard – Texas Tech University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:00 AM – 8:12 AM PT
    Evaluating specificity and selectivity of flavivirus target sequences by NS3 proteases in Aedes aegypti cells using a quenched-GFP reporter
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 202
    Presenting Author: Alexius O. Dingle – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Zach Adelman – Texas A&M University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:00 AM – 8:12 AM PT
    2nd Place: Characterizing the multi-modal host cue complex that attracts stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 201
    Presenting Author: Miele McGowan – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Emmanuel Hung – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Tandeep Brar – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT
    Deciphering the role of Amblyomma maculatum hemocytes during Rickettsia parkeri infection
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Presenting Author: Abdulsalam Adegoke – University of Southern Mississippi
    Co-Author: Shahid Karim – The University of Southern Mississippi
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT
    Detection and quantification of toxic heavy metals on calliphoridae larvae
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 204
    Presenting Author: Daniela Bermeo Grajales – Kean University
    Co-Author: Cathleen Doherty – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Co-Author: Denise Gemmellaro – Kean University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT
    Effects of starvation on foraging behavior in the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae)
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 109
    Presenting Author: Arjun Khadka – Louisiana State University
    Co-Author: Qian Sun – Louisiana State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT
    1st Place: Conductive and convective heat, but not infrared radiation, mediate stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, and horn fly, Haematobia irritans, alighting and probing responses on thermally different targets
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 201
    Presenting Author: Eve P. Meyer – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Emmanuel Hung – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Nelson Lee – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT
    1st Place: Differences in detrital resource availability for Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens mosquitoes along socioeconomic gradients and implications for competition
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 203
    Presenting Author: Sarah Rothman (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland
    Co-Author: Shannon LaDeau – Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
    Co-Author: Amanda Rockler – University of Maryland
    Co-Author: Hubert Montas – University of Maryland
    Co-Author: Sacoby Wilson – University of Maryland
    Co-Author: Adel Shirmohammadi – University of Maryland
    Co-Author: Victoria Chanse – University of Maryland
    Co-Author: Paul T. Leisnham – University of Maryland
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT
    2nd Place: Immune defense and the unfolded protein response in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 202
    Presenting Author: Dominique Magistrado (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Sarah M. Short – The Ohio State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:24 AM – 8:36 AM PT
    Conspecific presence increases the attractiveness of visual targets to host-seeking stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 201
    Presenting Author: Justin Wong – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Emmanuel Hung – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:24 AM – 8:36 AM PT
    Draft genome for Aedes triseriatus, the vector of La Crosse virus
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 204
    Presenting Author: Sergiu Cociuba – University of Calgary
    Co-Author: Andrea Gloria-Soria – The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
    Co-Author: Gen Morinaga – University of Calgary
    Co-Author: John S. Soghigian – University of Calgary
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:24 AM – 8:36 AM PT
    Effects of soil on larval mosquito development and adult oviposition behavior of Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 203
    Presenting Author: Kellen Pautzke (she/her/hers) – Washington State University
    Co-Author: Kellen Pautzke (she/her/hers) – Washington State University
    Co-Author: Allan S. Felsot – Washington State University
    Co-Author: John P. Reganold – Washington State University
    Co-Author: Jeb P. Owen – Washington State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:24 AM – 8:36 AM PT
    Effects of urban land use gradients on the wild bee microbiome
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Presenting Author: Phuong N. Nguyen (she/her/hers) – York University
    Co-Author: Sandra M. Rehan – York University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:24 AM – 8:36 AM PT
    Effects on an artificial sweetener on the water balance of the German cockroach (Blattodea: Ectobiidae)
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 109
    Presenting Author: Shao-Hung Lee – University of California
    Co-Author: Dong-Hwan Choe – University of California
    Co-Author: Michael K. Rust – University of California
    Co-Author: Chow-Yang Lee, BCE – University of California
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:24 AM – 8:36 AM PT
    Insulin-like peptides regulate egg formation in Anopheles stephensi
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 202
    Presenting Author: Benjamin Phipps (he/him/his) – University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Mark R. Brown (he/him/his) – University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Michael R. Strand – University of Georgia
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:36 AM – 8:48 AM PT
    Different spider, similar signal - Identification of sex pheromone components produced by female triangulate cobweb spiders, Steatoda triangulosa
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 201
    Presenting Author: Jane Vurdela (she/her/hers) – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Andreas Fischer – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Regine Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Nastaran Bahar – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Santosh Alamsetti – Simon Fraser University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:36 AM – 8:48 AM PT
    Feeding cessation after ingestion of 20-hydroxyecdysone in the Formosan subterranean termite
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 109
    Presenting Author: Kaitlin Gazdick – University of Flordia
    Co-Author: Sang-Bin Lee – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Nan-Yao Su – University of Florida
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:36 AM – 8:48 AM PT
    Functional analysis of the effects of mating on Aedes aegypti female immunity
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Presenting Author: Brendan J. Kelly – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Dominique Magistrado (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Sarah M. Short – The Ohio State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:36 AM – 8:48 AM PT
    Microbiome diversity in hard ticks collected from domestic animals in orange walk district, Belize, Central America
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 202
    Presenting Author: Donovan K. Leiva – University of Notre Dame
    Co-Author: Caroline Pitts – University of Notre Dame
    Co-Author: Alvaro Cruz – Belize Vector and Ecology Center
    Co-Author: Marla Cansino – Belize Vector and Ecology Center
    Co-Author: Marie Pott – Belize Vector and Ecology Center
    Co-Author: Jailene Castillo – Belize Vector and Ecology Center
    Co-Author: Nicole L. Achee – University of Notre Dame
    Co-Author: John P. Grieco – University of Notre Dame
    Co-Author: Benedicte Fustec – University of Notre Dame
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:48 AM – 9:00 AM PT
    Discovery and seasonal abundance of a new pheromone component produced by western black widow spiders, Latrodectus hesperus
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 201
    Presenting Author: Aryan Monfared – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Andreas Fischer – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Alexandra Fischer – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Kelvin Lau – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Santosh Alamsetti – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Regine Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:48 AM – 9:00 AM PT
    Histamine production in common urban arthropods
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 109
    Presenting Author: Simona Principato – University of Kentucky
    Co-Author: Alvaro Romero – New Mexico State University
    Co-Author: Zachary DeVries – University of Kentucky
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:48 AM – 9:00 AM PT
    Phytotelmata ecology influences coexistence of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in California
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 203
    Presenting Author: Benjamin L. Nyman – University of California Riverside
    Co-Author: Alec C. Gerry – University of California
    Co-Author: Kurt Anderson – University of California
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:48 AM – 9:00 AM PT
    The microRNA profiles between a generalist and specialist fed tick females
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 202
    Presenting Author: Brenda Galvan – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Crisitina Harvey – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Perot Saelao – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Donald B. Thomas – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Adela S. Chavez – Texas A&M University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    8:48 AM – 9:00 AM PT
    1st Place: Intergenerational patterns of microbiota acquisition in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Presenting Author: Holly L. Nichols – University of Wisconsin
    Co-Author: Kerri L. Coon – University of Wisconsin
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT
    Fly after-party: The effects of human toxicants on fly behavior
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 201
    Presenting Author: Connor A. Cavett – Oklahoma State University
    Co-Author: Astri C. Wayadande – Oklahoma State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT
    Population genomics reveal contiguous high density residential areas to be most conducive for gene flow in dengue vector Aedes albopictus
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Presenting Author: Huiqing Yeo – National University of Singapore
    Co-Author: Hui Zhen Tan – National University of Singapore
    Co-Author: Qian Tang – National University of Singapore
    Co-Author: Tyrone Tan – National University of Singapore
    Co-Author: Jia wei Lin – National University of Singapore
    Co-Author: Chanditha Hapuarachchi – Environmental Health Institute
    Co-Author: Nalini Puniamoorthy – National University of Singapore
    Co-Author: Frank Rheindt – National University of Singapore
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT
    Relationships between insecticidal activity and spatial repellency of plant essential oils in Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 203
    Presenting Author: Yujin Kim – Seoul National University
    Co-Author: Jun-Hyung Tak – Seoul National University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT
    1st Place: Hybrid Coptotermes colonies shed light on symbiosis in lower termites
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 202
    Presenting Author: Joseph F. Velenovsky, IV – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Francesca De Martini – Mesa Community College
    Co-Author: Jonathon Hileman – Arizona State University
    Co-Author: Nan-Yao Su – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Gillian Gile – Arizona State University
    Co-Author: Thomas P. Chouvenc – University of Florida
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT
    1st Place: Investigation of a novel allergen from the common bed bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 109
    Presenting Author: Johnalyn Gordon (she/her/hers) – University of Kentucky
    Co-Author: Zachary DeVries – University of Kentucky
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:12 AM – 9:24 AM PT
    Investigating the relative importance of reflective intensity, colour, and polarization characteristics of visual cues for stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, attraction
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 201
    Presenting Author: Sophie Hennig – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Emmanuel Hung – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Sonali Timmath – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Adam J. Blake – University of Washington
    Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:12 AM – 9:24 AM PT
    Ow! What just bit me? Creating a reference library of DNA barcodes to identify mosquito species in British Columbia
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 204
    Presenting Author: Joshua M. Chen (he/him/his) – The University of British Columbia
    Co-Author: Dan Peach – University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Benjamin Matthews (he/him/his) – The University of British Columbia
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:12 AM – 9:24 AM PT
    Postecdysis behavioral patterns in Coptotermes gestroi (Wasmann)
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 109
    Presenting Author: Hunter S. Bergbower – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Sang-Bin Lee – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Nan-Yao Su – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Thomas P. Chouvenc – University of Florida
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:12 AM – 9:24 AM PT
    The influence of extrinsic factors on the diversity of the mosquito microbiota
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 203
    Presenting Author: Daniel W. Perez-Ramos (he/him/his) – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Martina Ramos – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Kyle Payne – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Bryan Giordano – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Eric P. Caragata – University of Florida
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:12 AM – 9:24 AM PT
    Transcriptome sequencing reveals involvement of innate immune system in response to viral infection in Solenopsis invicta (Buren)
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 202
    Presenting Author: Valerie R. Holmes (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Spencer S. Johnston – Texas A&M University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:12 AM – 9:24 AM PT
    2nd Place: Quit bugging me: The influence of phorid flies on foraging and immunity in fire ant workers
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Presenting Author: Joanie T. King – New Mexico State University
    Co-Author: Jesse Starkey – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Valerie R. Holmes (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Robert Puckett – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Edward L. Vargo – Texas A&M University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT
    Living the fly life: Adaptation and diversification of mosquito-derived Serratia strains
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 201
    Presenting Author: Miranda G. Barnes – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Co-Author: Dana Price – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT
    Sleep deprivation alters blood-feeding propensity, host landing and immune gene expression in Aedes aegypti
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Presenting Author: Oluwaseun M. Ajayi (he/him/his) – University of Cincinnati
    Co-Author: Evan S. Smith – University of Cincinnati
    Co-Author: Lucas A. Gleitz – University of Cincinnati
    Co-Author: Justin M. Marlman – University of Cincinnati
    Co-Author: Clement Vinauger – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Co-Author: Joshua B. Benoit – University of Cincinnati
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT
    2nd Place: The perfect meal: Determining how aging affects cockroach gel bait performance
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 109
    Presenting Author: Isabelle M. Lucero (she/her/hers) – University of Kentucky
    Co-Author: Sudip Gaire (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky
    Co-Author: Zachary DeVries – University of Kentucky
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT
    2nd Place: V410L kdr mutations in Aedes aegypti populations from Harris County, TX, USA, and their influence in survivorship after exposure to Permanone 31-66 in field cage tests
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 203
    Presenting Author: Jonathan R. Hernandez – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Shuling Liu – Oregon Health & Science University
    Co-Author: Chris Fredregill – Harris County Public Health
    Co-Author: Patricia V. Pietrantonio – Texas A&M University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:36 AM – 9:48 AM PT
    Stomoxys flies harbor a low complexity microbiota dominated by environmental mastitis pathogens
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Presenting Author: Andrew J. Sommer – University of Wisconsin
    Co-Author: Kerri L. Coon – University of Wisconsin
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:36 AM – 9:48 AM PT
    Unraveling the mysteries of egg development in Stomoxys calcitrans
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 204
    Presenting Author: Lauren Hightower – University of South Carolina
    Co-Author: KayLee Thomson – University of South Carolina
    Co-Author: Mary K. Mills – University of South Carolina
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    9:48 AM – 10:00 AM PT
    Transcriptomic investigation of trematode-infected ant brains uncovers molecular basis of parasite-induced behavior manipulation
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Presenting Author: Chenhua Li – University of Calgary
    Co-Author: Cameron P. Goater – University of Lethbridge
    Co-Author: James D. Wasmuth – University of Calgary
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM PT
    Grad MUVE and P-IE: Biodiversity and Ecology
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 121
    Moderator: Monica A. Farfan – Colorado State University
    Moderator: Daniel S. Gruner – University of Maryland
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyPlant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM PT
    Grad MUVE and P-IE: Pests, Extension, and Forensic
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 202
    Moderator: Amanda L. Roe, BCE – College of Saint Mary
    Moderator: Oluwaseun M. Ajayi (he/him/his) – University of Cincinnati
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyPlant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM PT
    Grad MUVE and P-IE: Pollinators
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 119/120
    Moderator: John O. Boyi (he/him/his) – Baylor University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyPlant-Insect EcosystemsStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:30 AM – 12:30 PM PT
    Grad MUVE: Vector Surveillance
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 201
    Moderator: Jennifer A. Henke (she/her/hers) – Coachella Valley Mosquito Vector Control District
    Moderator: Benjamin L. Nyman – University of California Riverside
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:30 AM – 10:42 AM PT
    A social and ecological approach to mosquito species distribution across land use in Bangor, Maine
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 201
    Presenting Author: Megan Schierer (she/her/hers) – University of Maine
    Co-Author: Allison Gardner – University of Maine
    Co-Author: Sandra De Ursioste-Stone – University of Maine
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:30 AM – 10:42 AM PT
    Cross-species infection in milkweed butterflies: Host resistance, tolerance, and immune defense to a protozoan parasite
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 121
    Presenting Author: Maria L. Muller Theissen – University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Maria L. Muller Theissen – University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Sonia M. Altizer – University of Georgia
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:42 AM – 10:54 AM PT
    Assessing permethrin resistance for Culex tarsalis in southern California
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 201
    Presenting Author: Julie Tsecouras (she/her/hers) – University of California
    Co-Author: Tara Thiemann – University of the Pacific
    Co-Author: Kim Y. Hung, BCE – Coachella Valley Mosquito Vector Control District
    Co-Author: Jennifer A. Henke (she/her/hers) – Coachella Valley Mosquito Vector Control District
    Co-Author: Alec C. Gerry – University of California
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:42 AM – 10:54 AM PT
    Evaluation of the effectiveness of DNA/RNA shield for the preservation of microbial DNA in field-collected insect specimens
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 202
    Presenting Author: Ezra Bailey – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Cristian Fernando Beza-Beza – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Brian M. Wiegmann – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Aram Mikaelyan – North Carolina State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:54 AM – 11:06 AM PT
    Collection and quantification of Permanone® 31-66 deposited during mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus field bioassays towards improving survival probability models
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 201
    Presenting Author: Han-Jung Lee – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Michael R. Shields – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Miguel A. Saldaña – Harris County Public Health
    Co-Author: Chris Fredregill – Harris County Public Health
    Co-Author: Patricia V. Pietrantonio – Texas A&M University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:54 AM – 11:06 AM PT
    1st Place: Generating fluorescent blow fly strains to aid in validation of postmortem interval estimates
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 202
    Presenting Author: Amber MacInnis (she/her/hers) – Florida International University
    Co-Author: Andre Costa-da-Silva – Florida International University
    Co-Author: Anthony Bellantuono – Florida International University
    Co-Author: Matthew DeGennaro – Florida International University
    Co-Author: Jeffrey Wells – Florida International University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:06 AM – 11:18 AM PT
    Concurrent treatment with two miticides for management of Varroa destructor, a parasitic mite of Apis mellifera honey bee colonies
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 119/120
    Presenting Author: Dan Aurell (he/him/his) – Auburn University
    Co-Author: Selina Bruckner (she/her/hers) – Auburn University
    Co-Author: Clint Wall – Auburn University
    Co-Author: Geoffrey Williams – Auburn University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:06 AM – 11:18 AM PT
    Dung beetle biodiversity in cattle pastures and forested habitats in northeast Arkansas
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 121
    Presenting Author: Becca L. Lett (they/them/theirs) – Arkansas State University
    Co-Author: Tanja McKay – Arkansas State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:06 AM – 11:18 AM PT
    Effects of season on vector mosquito species abundances: Implications for understanding temporal patterns in mosquito community data
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 201
    Presenting Author: Amely M. Bauer – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Philip G. Hahn – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Robert Guralnick – Florida Museum of Natural History
    Co-Author: Lindsay P. Campbell – University of Florida
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:06 AM – 11:18 AM PT
    Making a pest useful: Can dermestid beetles help evaluate pet food protein quality?
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 202
    Presenting Author: Mollie M. Toth – Kansas State University
    Co-Author: Charles G. Aldrich – Kansas State University
    Co-Author: Thomas W. Phillips – Kansas State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:18 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    How tensorflow and machine learning can be used to survey the population of species
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 201
    Presenting Author: Ghorban A. Miarkiani – University of Hawai'i
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:18 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    Modelling black soldier fly egg mass for commercial production
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 202
    Presenting Author: Patricia Okpara – University of Windsor
    Co-Author: Sherah VanLaerhoven, BCE – University of Windsor
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:30 AM – 11:42 AM PT
    Predicting blow fly species (Diptera: Calliphoridae) habitat and resource preferences in Essex County, ON, CA
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 202
    Presenting Author: Madison Amber Laprise – University of Windsor
    Co-Author: Sherah VanLaerhoven, BCE – University of Windsor
    Co-Author: Alice Grgicak-Mannion – University of Windsor
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:30 AM – 11:42 AM PT
    2nd Place: Investigating spatiotemporal distributions of West Nile virus in sentinel chicken coops during an active transmission season in Florida
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 201
    Presenting Author: Yasmin Tavares – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Jonathan Day – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Bryan Giordano – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Bradley H. Eastmond – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Lindsay P. Campbell – University of Florida
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:42 AM – 11:54 AM PT
    Range expansion of the Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum Koch
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 201
    Presenting Author: Afsoon Sabet – Mississippi State University
    Co-Author: Jerome Goddard – Mississippi State University
    Co-Author: Samuel F. Ward – Mississippi State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:54 AM – 12:06 PM PT
    The functional diversity of urban ground arthropods in Prince George, British Columbia
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 121
    Presenting Author: Claire A. Paillard – University of Northern British Columbia
    Co-Author: Lisa M. Poirier, BCE – University of Northern British Columbia
    Co-Author: Dezene P. Huber – University of Northern British Columbia
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:54 AM – 12:06 PM PT
    Tylosin and lincomycin protect honey bee larvae from an oxytetracycline-resistant Melissococcus plutonius strain in vitro
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 119/120
    Presenting Author: Fatima Masood (she/her/hers) – University of Saskatchewan
    Co-Author: Jenna thebeau – University of Saskatchewan
    Co-Author: Allyssa cloet – University of Saskatchewan
    Co-Author: Ivanna Kozii – University of Saskatchewan
    Co-Author: Michael Zabrodski – University of Saskatchewan
    Co-Author: Sarah Biganski – University of Saskatchewan
    Co-Author: Marta Guarna – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
    Co-Author: Elemir Simko – University of Saskatchewan
    Co-Author: antonio ruzzini – University of Saskatchewan
    Co-Author: Sarah Wood – University of Saskatchewan
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:54 AM – 12:06 PM PT
    1st Place: The community composition of La Crosse virus vectors varies with urbanization intensity in Knox County, TN, USA
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 201
    Presenting Author: Corey Day – University of Tennessee
    Co-Author: Rebecca T. Trout Fryxell (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    12:06 PM – 12:18 PM PT
    Using Systematic Review Data to evaluate the collection strategies and host preference of Amblyomma americanum and Dermacentor variabilis ticks (Acari:Ixodidae) across the United States
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 201
    Presenting Author: Dayvion Adams – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Michael H. Reiskind – North Carolina State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:30 AM – 12:45 PM PT
    Grad MUVE and PBT: Behavior and Ecology
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Moderator: Rizana M. Mahroof – USDA-NIFA
    Moderator: Benjamin Matthews (he/him/his) – The University of British Columbia
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:30 AM – 12:45 PM PT
    Grad MUVE: Vector Biology and Management 2
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 203
    Moderator: Christopher J. Vitek – University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
    Moderator: Karen C. Poh – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:30 AM – 10:42 AM PT
    A "tail" of two rodents: Investigating connections between host behavior and tick attachment
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 203
    Presenting Author: Jessica E. Brown (she/her/hers) – Pennsylvania State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:30 AM – 10:42 AM PT
    1st Place: Aedes aegypti preference between canines and humans volatile skin compounds
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Presenting Author: Melissa B. Rosalez (she/her/hers) – University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
    Co-Author: Christopher J. Vitek – University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
    Co-Author: Rupesh Kariyat – University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:42 AM – 10:54 AM PT
    An assessment of life history strategies for Asian longhorned tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) on farms in eastern Tennessee
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 203
    Presenting Author: Rebecca A. Butler – University of Tennessee
    Co-Author: L. Muller – University of Tennessee
    Co-Author: David Paulsen – University of Tennessee
    Co-Author: Jennifer Chandler – University of Tennessee
    Co-Author: Rebecca T. Trout Fryxell (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:42 AM – 10:54 AM PT
    Attraction of horn flies,Haematobia irritans, to cattle host semiochemicals
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Presenting Author: Emma M. Kovacs (she/her/hers) – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Sophie Su – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Regine Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:54 AM – 11:06 AM PT
    Behavioral evidence for unicoloniality in Pheidole megacephala (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on O'ahu, Hawai'i
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Presenting Author: John A. Lawrence – University of Hawai'i
    Co-Author: Jia-Wei Tay – University of Hawai'i
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    10:54 AM – 11:06 AM PT
    2nd Place: An evaluation of contact and topical toxicity of fluralaner on culicoides biting midges
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 203
    Presenting Author: Blythe E. Lawson – University of Arkansas
    Co-Author: Emily Gray McDermott – University of Arkansas
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:06 AM – 11:18 AM PT
    Direct and indirect selection pressures of insecticide resistance development in Anopheles and Culex mosquitoes
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 203
    Presenting Author: Do Eun Lee – Seoul National University
    Co-Author: Ju Hyeon Kim – Seoul National University College of Medicine
    Co-Author: Si Hyeock Lee – Seoul National University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:06 AM – 11:18 AM PT
    1st Place: Blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis, sense and avoid ant-frequented areas
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Presenting Author: Claire E. Gooding (she/her/hers) – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Regine Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:18 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    Microbe-mediated attraction of stable flies to host cattle
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Presenting Author: Saif A. Nayani – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Sam Meraj – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Emerson Mohr – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:18 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    1st Place: Sexually dimorphic flicker fusion and wing flash frequencies in stable flies and horn flies: A potential basis for augmenting light traps
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 203
    Presenting Author: Emmanuel Hung – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Gunisha Sanghera – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Adam J. Blake – University of Washington
    Co-Author: Megan MacGregor – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:30 AM – 11:42 AM PT
    Hot and bothered: Tick attachment and white-footed mouse stress in a burned landscape
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 203
    Presenting Author: Jesse R. Evans – Pennsylvania State University
    Co-Author: Erika T. Machtinger – Pennsylvania State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:30 AM – 11:42 AM PT
    Old widows lie about their age – sexual conflict and mate-choice manipulation in false black widow spiders
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Presenting Author: Andreas Fischer – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Camilla Roman-Torres – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Beatrice Chee – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    11:54 AM – 12:06 PM PT
    Stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans (Linnaeus 1758), host blood meal identifications from an exotic wildlife park in Texas
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 203
    Presenting Author: Lauren Beebe – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Pia Olafson – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Phillip Kaufman – Texas A&M University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    12:06 PM – 12:18 PM PT
    2nd Place: The relationship between Aedes albopictus host preference and feeding patterns around the world
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 205
    Presenting Author: Kara M. Fikrig – Cornell University
    Co-Author: Noah Rose – Princeton University
    Co-Author: Nathan Burkett-Cadena – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Basile Kamgang – The Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases
    Co-Author: Paul T. Leisnham – University of Maryland
    Co-Author: Alongkot Ponlawat – Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences
    Co-Author: Sarah Rothman (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland
    Co-Author: Tanise Stenn – Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory
    Co-Author: Lindy McBride – Princeton University
    Co-Author: Laura C. C. Harrington – Cornell University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyStudent Competition 10-Minute Paper
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    2:30 PM – 6:30 PM PT
    MUVE Business Meeting
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Organizer: Edward L. Vargo – Texas A&M University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyOrganized Meeting
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    2:30 PM – 2:40 PM PT
    Introductory remarks
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Presenting Author: Edward L. Vargo – Texas A&M University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyOrganized Meeting
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    2:40 PM – 3:10 PM PT
    Highlights in Medical Entomology
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Presenting Author: Maria Luisa Simoes – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyOrganized Meeting
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    3:10 PM – 3:20 PM PT
    Get to know your table
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyOrganized Meeting
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    3:20 PM – 3:50 PM PT
    Highlights in Veterinary Entomology
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Presenting Author: Caleb Hubbard – University of California
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyOrganized Meeting
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    4:05 PM – 4:35 PM PT
    Highlights in Urban Entomology
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Presenting Author: Sydney E. Crawley – North Carolina State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyOrganized Meeting
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    4:45 PM – 5:05 PM PT
    ESA Town Hall
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Presenting Author: Chris J. Stelzig, CAE – Entomological Society of America
    Presenting Author: Jessica L. Ware – American Museum of Natural History
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyOrganized Meeting
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    5:05 PM – 5:25 PM PT
    Award winner recognition
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyOrganized Meeting
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    5:25 PM – 5:40 PM PT
    Business meeting
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyOrganized Meeting
  • Monday, Nov 14th
    5:40 PM – 6:30 PM PT
    Reception/social
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 221/222
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyOrganized Meeting
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    9:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    Current Development and Research of Insect Repellents
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Organizer: Mustapha Debboun, BCE – Delta Mosquito and Vector Control District
    Moderator: Agenor Mafra-Neto – ISCA Technologies
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    9:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    MUVE: Vector Physiology and Control 1
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Moderator: Brian Lovett – USDA-ARS
    Moderator: Elizabeth Taylor (she/her/hers) – Northern Illinois University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    9:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    Testing Cockroaches - Could Laboratory Bioassay Results be Used to Infer Field Performance?
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Organizer: David L. Cox – Syngenta
    Organizer: Chow-Yang Lee, BCE – University of California
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    9:00 AM – 9:05 AM PT
    Introductory remarks
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Mustapha Debboun, BCE – Delta Mosquito and Vector Control District
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    9:00 AM – 9:05 AM PT
    Introductory remarks
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Chow-Yang Lee, BCE – University of California
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    9:05 AM – 9:22 AM PT
    Odorant receptor 3D structures reveal clues about repellent mechanisms
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Robert Renthal – University of Texas at San Antonio
    Co-author: Liao Chen – University of Texas
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    9:05 AM – 9:25 AM PT
    The use of the Ebeling choice-box to predict insecticide performance in German cockroaches
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Chow-Yang Lee, BCE – University of California
    Co-Author: Michael K. Rust – University of California
    Co-author: Dennis Lee – University of California
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    9:12 AM – 9:24 AM PT
    Differences in diel activity patterns across Aedes species
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Nicole Wynne – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Co-Author: Clément Vinauger – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Co-Author: Shajaeza Diggs – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT
    Industrial minerals for vector control: A to Z
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: R. Michael Roe – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Jean M. Deguenon – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Kaiying Chen – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Grayson L. Cave – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Roger D. Lawrie – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Elise Richardson – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Steve Denning – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Wes Watson – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: David Stewart – Imerys
    Co-Author: Loganathan Ponnusamy (he/him/his) – North Carolina State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    9:25 AM – 9:45 AM PT
    Laboratory and field studies testing resistance monitoring and management strategies for German cockroaches
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Michael E. Scharf – University of Florida
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    9:36 AM – 9:48 AM PT
    Macrocyclic lactones: A soil bacterium metabolite category for the management of different types of insecticide resistance
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Haley Johnson – Valent BioSciences
    Co-Author: Banugopan Kesavaraju – Valent BioSciences, LLC
    Co-Author: Jason Clark – Valent BioSciences, LLC
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    9:39 AM – 9:56 AM PT
    How repellents work in ticks? Complex strategies by a simpler system
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Zainulabeuddin Syed – University of Kentucky
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    9:45 AM – 10:05 AM PT
    Performance of gel baits against German cockroaches - laboratory and field studies
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Changlu Wang – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    9:48 AM – 10:00 AM PT
    Resistance surveillance in Aedes aegypti using bottle bioassays and molecular KDR screening
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Mark Janowiecki, BCE – City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite, and Rodent Control Board
    Co-Author: Carrie Cottone – City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite, and Rodent Control Board
    Co-Author: Claudia Riegel – City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite, and Rodent Control Board
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    9:56 AM – 10:13 AM PT
    Novel development of natural product product-based repellent
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Junwei J. Zhu – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    10:05 AM – 10:25 AM PT
    Selection of competitive German cockroaches gel bait in the laboratory for providing optimal control in the field
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Dini M. Miller – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    10:12 AM – 10:24 AM PT
    The impacts of climate change on the overwintering activity of black-legged ticks, Ixodes scapularis
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Laura V. Ferguson – Acadia University
    Co-Author: Amal El Nabbout – Dalhousie University
    Co-Author: Shelley A. Adamo – Dalhousie University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    10:20 AM – 10:50 AM PT
    An “extension” of One Health: Leveraging collaborations between research and extension to prevent and control vector-borne diseases
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 111/112
    Presenting Author: Karen C. Poh – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyMember Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    10:23 AM – 10:40 AM PT
    Light traps underestimate the entomological impact of the indoor spatial repellent Mosquito Shield against bites from Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Madeleine Chura – SC Johnson
    Co-author: Thomas Mascari – SC Johnson
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    10:24 AM – 10:36 AM PT
    An update on the Personal Insect Repellent Kit (PIRK) as new barrier and spatial device for tick control
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Maria V. Murgia – Purdue University
    Co-Author: Adriana Kleigman – AKA Imagine, LLC
    Co-Author: Laurie Widder – Widder Brothers, Inc.
    Co-Author: Catherine Hill – Purdue University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    10:36 AM – 10:48 AM PT
    The predilection sites of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus tick larvae and nymphs on cattle
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Brandon N. Lyons (he/him/his) – Texas A&M AgriLife Research
    Co-Author: Phillip Kaufman – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Donald B. Thomas – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    10:40 AM – 10:57 AM PT
    The efficacy of novel repellents against key arthropod vectors in Southeast Asia
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Alongkot Ponlawat – Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences
    Co-author: Ratree Takhampunya – U.S. Army
    Co-author: Piyada Charoensinphon – U.S. Army
    Co-author: Patrick McCardle – U.S. Army
    Co-Author: Erica J. Lindroth, BCE – U.S. Army
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    10:40 AM – 11:00 AM PT
    Lab- versus field-based testing of insecticides against German cockroaches (Blattella germanica L.): Similarities and differences
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Ameya D. Gondhalekar – Purdue University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    10:48 AM – 11:00 AM PT
    Transmission of transgenic mosquito-killing fungi during copulation
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Brian Lovett – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Etienne Bilgo – Centre Muraz/Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé
    Co-Author: Abdoulaye Diabaté – Centre Muraz/Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé
    Co-Author: Raymond St. Leger – University of Maryland
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    10:57 AM – 11:14 AM PT
    Repellents for agricultural pest management
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Agenor Mafra-Neto – ISCA Technologies
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    11:00 AM – 11:12 AM PT
    Microplastic ingestion alters the composition of Aedes mosquito species microbiota
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Carla-Cristina M. Edwards – Texas Tech Univeristy
    Co-Author: Corey L. Brelsfoard – Texas Tech University
    Co-Author: Gabriella McConnel – Texas Tech University
    Co-Author: Jaclyn E. Cañas-Carell – Texas Tech University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    11:00 AM – 11:20 AM PT
    A manufacture's perspective of generating efficacy data for cockroach bait label claims
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: David L. Cox – Syngenta
    Co-author: Catherine Long – Syngenta
    Co-author: Tatiana Lust – Syngenta
    Co-author: Ron Hampton – Syngenta
    Co-author: Bob cartwright – Syngenta
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    11:12 AM – 11:24 AM PT
    Identification of Culex pipiens species and distribution in Calgary, Alberta
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Alexandra Coker (Pepperdine) (she/her/hers) – City of Calgary
    Co-Author: Shahaanaa Mohanraj – University of Calgary
    Co-Author: John S. Soghigian – University of Calgary
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    11:14 AM – 11:20 AM PT
    Closing remarks
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Mustapha Debboun, BCE – Delta Mosquito and Vector Control District
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    11:20 AM – 11:40 AM PT
    EPA efficacy testing guidelines for cockroaches baits
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Ralph Narain – Environmental Protection Agency
    Co-Author: Virna S. Stillwaugh – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    Co-author: Jennifer Saunders – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    Co-author: Jacquelyn Herrick – Environmental Protection Agency
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    11:40 AM – 11:55 AM PT
    Panel discussion
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    11:55 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    Closing remarks
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: David L. Cox – Syngenta
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    1:30 PM – 4:30 PM PT
    MUVE: Vector Physiology and Control 2
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Moderator: Neeta P. Connally – Western Connecticut State University
    Moderator: David Taylor – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    1:30 PM – 1:42 PM PT
    Aedes aegypti dyspepsia (AAEL000471): A promising target for population reduction strategy
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Hitoshi Tsujimoto – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Zach Adelman – Texas A&M University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    1:42 PM – 1:54 PM PT
    Bacterial adaptation within the mosquito gut
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Miguel E. Medina Munoz (he/him/his) – University of Wisconsin
    Co-Author: Jessica Lysne – University of Wisconsin
    Co-Author: Kerri L. Coon – University of Wisconsin
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    1:54 PM – 2:06 PM PT
    CTL4 melanization-based regulation of human malaria infection
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Maria Luisa Simoes – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
    Co-Author: Yuemei Dong – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Godfree Mlambo – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: George Dimopoulos – Johns Hopkins University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    2:06 PM – 2:18 PM PT
    Distinct roles of mosquito hemocytes during human pathogens infection
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Victor Cardoso-Jaime – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Chinmay V. Tikhe – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Mihra Tavadia – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
    Co-Author: George Dimopoulos – Johns Hopkins University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    2:30 PM – 2:42 PM PT
    Effects of vesicular stomatitis virus infection on circadian rhythm activities of Culicoides sonorensis
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Brandon L. Hall – Kansas State University
    Co-Author: Edward Bird – Kansas State University
    Co-Author: Zainulabeuddin Syed – University of Kentucky
    Co-Author: Barbara S. Drolet (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Kristopher SIlver – Kansas State University
    Co-Author: Dana Nayduch – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    2:42 PM – 2:54 PM PT
    Small mammal dissemination of acaricide-laden polymeric multiporous microparticles
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Alyssa Branca – BanfieldBio Inc.
    Co-Author: Jillian Joiner – BanfieldBio Inc.
    Co-Author: Michael Banfield – BanfieldBio Inc.
    Co-Author: Sarah A. Hamer – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Gabriel Hamer – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Jeb P. Owen – Washington State University
    Co-Author: John H. Borden – JHB Consulting
    Co-Author: Daniel Marshall – Washington State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    2:54 PM – 3:06 PM PT
    Taming the mosquito siRNA pathway for arbovirus control
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: George Dimopoulos – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Shengzhang Dong – Johns Hopkins University
    Co-Author: Yuemei Dong – Johns Hopkins University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    1:30 PM – 5:30 PM PT
    MUVE: Urban - Stored Product Pests, Wood Destroying Insects, and General
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Moderator: Karen M. Vail – University of Tennessee
    Moderator: Edward L. Vargo – Texas A&M University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    1:30 PM – 5:30 PM PT
    Where the Wild Things Are: One Health at the Wildlife-Arthropod Interface
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Organizer: Karen C. Poh – USDA-ARS
    Organizer: Risa Pesapane (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    1:30 PM – 1:35 PM PT
    Introductory remarks
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Karen C. Poh – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    1:30 PM – 1:42 PM PT
    A comparison of tunnel geometry between the Formosan subterranean termite and Asian subterranean termite
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Nan-Yao Su – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Sang-Bin Lee – University of Florida
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    1:35 PM – 1:49 PM PT
    Mighty surprising mites: Nasopulmonary mite infestations and implications for marine mammal health
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Risa Pesapane (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University
    Co-author: Ashani Hangawatte – The Ohio State University
    Co-author: Morgan Shields – The Ohio State University
    Co-author: Marissa Young – Monterey Bay Aquarium
    Co-author: Melissa Miller – California Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    1:42 PM – 1:54 PM PT
    A non-ALBOW infesting seasoned wood
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Karen M. Vail – University of Tennessee
    Co-Author: Adam Taylor – University of Tennessee
    Co-Author: Paul O'Neal – Tennessee State University
    Co-Author: Karla M. Addesso – Tennessee State University
    Co-Author: Jason B. Oliver – Tennessee State University
    Co-Author: William Klingeman – University of Tennessee
    Co-Author: Ernest Bernard – University of Tennessee
    Co-Author: Christopher M. Ranger – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    1:49 PM – 2:03 PM PT
    A case study in how parasites compromise endangered species recovery - mange and the San Joaquin kit fox
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Janet Foley (she/her/hers) – University of California
    Co-author: Deanna Clifford – California Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Co-author: Patrick Foley – Sacramento State University
    Co-author: Brian Cypher – California State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    1:54 PM – 2:06 PM PT
    Combination insecticide treatments with methoprene and pyrethrin for control of Khapra beetle larvae on different commodities: A 12-month study
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Deanna S. Scheff – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Michael J. Domingue – Kansas State University
    Co-Author: Scott W. Myers – USDA-APHIS
    Co-Author: Franklin H. Arthur – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    2:03 PM – 2:17 PM PT
    Using microsatellite markers to identify transmission routes of a fatal sarcoptic mange outbreak in San Joaquin kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica)
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Jaime Rudd (she/her/hers) – California Department of Fish and Wildlife
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    2:06 PM – 2:18 PM PT
    Complex little animals: Insect behavior learnings from real-world consumer environments
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Daniel Perry (he/him/his) – Procter & Gamble
    Co-Author: Erik Hasenoehrl – Procter & Gamble
    Co-Author: Anthony Clerc – Procter & Gamble
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    2:17 PM – 2:31 PM PT
    Host presence and abundance as drivers of larval Culicoides communities at the wildlife-livestock interface
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Bethany McGregor – USDA-ARS
    Co-author: Travis Davis – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    2:30 PM – 2:42 PM PT
    Delusional infestation update
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Gale E. Ridge – The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    2:31 PM – 2:45 PM PT
    Cost and consequences of Diptera on moose
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Bridgett M. Benedict – Texas A&M University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    2:42 PM – 2:54 PM PT
    Evaluating the LepiLED light trap and iNaturalist identification for detection of invasive pests in urban high-risk sites
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Gregory Pohl (he/him/his) – Natural Resources Canada
    Co-Author: David Holden – Canadian Food Inspection Agency
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    2:54 PM – 3:06 PM PT
    How diet and number of conspecifics can be used to break a diapause-like state in Trogoderma variabile Ballion (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Alison R. Gerken – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    2:59 PM – 3:13 PM PT
    Using blood meal analysis to study wildlife community-trypanosome-triatomine relationships in anthropogenic landscapes
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Nicole Gottdenker – University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    3:18 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    Pesticide product performance data requirements for products claiming efficacy against certain invertebrate pests
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Rebecca Lasko – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    3:18 PM – 3:32 PM PT
    Interpreting wildlife-vector interactions through deep sequencing of vector bloodmeals: the ecology of triatomines and soft ticks in Texas
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Sarah A. Hamer – Texas A&M University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    3:32 PM – 3:46 PM PT
    Squirreling away the ticks? Tick abundance and distribution on eastern grey squirrels in Mid-Atlantic recreational areas
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Erika T. Machtinger – Pennsylvania State University
    Co-author: Chloe Roberts – Pennsylvania State University
    Co-author: Justin Brown – Pennsylvania State University
    Co-author: Richard Marconi – Virginia Commonwealth University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    3:42 PM – 3:54 PM PT
    The use of an attractant may improve localized insecticide treatments targeting the western drywood termite, Incisitermes minor
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Nicholas Poulos – University of California
    Co-Author: Chow-Yang Lee, BCE – University of California
    Co-Author: Michael K. Rust – University of California
    Co-Author: Dong-Hwan Choe – University of California
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    3:46 PM – 4:00 PM PT
    Understanding the role of small mammals in the enzootic cycle of Rickettsia parkeri and Amblyomma maculatum in southeastern Virginia
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Christina Espada – Old Dominion University
    Co-author: Holly Gaff – Old Dominion University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    3:54 PM – 4:06 PM PT
    Tunnel optimization following food discovery in the Formosan subterranean termite
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Sang-Bin Lee – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Zion Michael – Florida International University
    Co-Author: Thomas P. Chouvenc – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Nan-Yao Su – University of Florida
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    4:00 PM – 4:14 PM PT
    The treatment of small mammals with isoxazolines to reduce Lyme disease risk
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Jérôme Pelletier – Université de Montréal
    Co-author: Jean-Philippe Rochealeau – Cégep de Saint-Hyacinthe
    Co-author: Cécile Aenishaenslin – Université de Montréal
    Co-author: Nicholas Ogden – Public Health Agency of Canada
    Co-author: Robbin Lindsay – Public Health Agency of Canada
    Co-author: Catherine Bouchard – Public Health Agency of Canada
    Co-author: Patrick A. Leighton – Université de Montréal
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    4:06 PM – 4:18 PM PT
    Using art to help students understand the relationship between engineering design and urban entomology
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Benjamin D. Chambers – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    4:14 PM – 4:28 PM PT
    The effects of prescribed fire on interactions between birds and ticks
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Solny A. Adalsteinsson (she/her/hers) – Washington University in St. Louis
    Co-Author: Elise T. Nishikawa – Harris County Public Health Mosquito and Vector Control Division
    Co-Author: Letícia Soares – Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario
    Co-Author: William L. Nicholson – Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Co-Author: Bessie H. Lockwood – Rickettsial Zoonoses Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    4:28 PM – 4:42 PM PT
    Ticks in the city: Investigating the drivers of tick and host distributions in urban yards
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Pilar Fernandez – Washington State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    4:42 PM – 4:56 PM PT
    Sun, surf, and tick-borne disease: Tularemia on the California Coast
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Tara M. Roth – San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District
    Co-author: Arielle Crews – San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District
    Co-author: Angie Nakano – San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Tuesday, Nov 15th
    4:56 PM – 5:00 PM PT
    Closing remarks
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Karen C. Poh – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    9:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    MUVE: Urban - Ants, Bed Bugs, and Cockroaches
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Moderator: Morgan M. Wilson – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Moderator: Denise Gemmellaro – Kean University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    9:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    MUVE: Vector Ecology and Surveillance 1
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Moderator: Ashley C. Kennedy, BCE – Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife Mosquito Control
    Moderator: Corey Day – University of Tennessee
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    9:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    Risks of Expanding Vector-Borne Disease Transmission in North America
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Organizer: Kathleen R. Walker – University of Arizona
    Organizer: Michael Riehle – University of Arizona
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    9:00 AM – 9:05 AM PT
    Introductory remarks
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Kathleen R. Walker – University of Arizona
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT
    Characterization of antimicrobial activity and antimicrobial peptide expression by bed bugs in response to gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial infections
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Sam Meraj – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Emerson Mohr – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Arshvir Singh Dhari – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Carl Lowenberger – Simon Fraser University
    Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT
    Let's talk ticks: Impacts and insights from Delaware's tick awareness campaign
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Ashley C. Kennedy, BCE – Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife Mosquito Control
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    9:05 AM – 9:25 AM PT
    Emerging ticks and tick-borne pathogens in Lyme disease endemic areas in the United States
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Maria Diuk-Wasser – Columbia University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    9:12 AM – 9:24 AM PT
    An AI-based imaging and identification tool for diverse vector identification
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Adam Goodwin – VecTech LLC
    Co-Author: Roy Faiman – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
    Co-Author: Jewell Brey – VecTech LLC
    Co-Author: Sanket Padmanabhan – VecTech LLC
    Co-Author: Bala Murali Manoghar Sai Sudhakar – University of Lincoln
    Co-Author: Ghnana Madineni – VecTech LLC
    Co-Author: Tristan Ford – VecTech LLC
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT
    Anaplasma species surveillance in livestock and deer associated ticks from Northwest Arkansas
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Cierra Briggs – University of Arkansas
    Co-Author: Jordan Vansandt – University of Arkansas
    Co-Author: Brandon Carr – University of Arkansas
    Co-Author: Elizabeth Smith – University of Arkansas
    Co-Author: Kelly Loftin, BCE – University of Arkansas
    Co-Author: Emily Gray McDermott – University of Arkansas
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    9:25 AM – 9:45 AM PT
    Portrait of a perfect storm: Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Arizona
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Maureen Brophy – University of Arizona
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    9:36 AM – 9:48 AM PT
    Changes in the frequency and dynamics of ticks and tick-borne pathogens as a serious public health concern in the Northeastern USA
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Kirby C. Stafford, III (he/him/his) – The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
    Co-Author: Goudarz Molaei – The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    9:36 AM – 9:48 AM PT
    Identification, functional characterization, and phylogenetic analysis of a double-stranded RNA-degrading enzyme in the tawny crazy ant, Nylanderia fulva
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Jiaxin Lei – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Keyan Zhu-Salzman – Texas A&M University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    9:45 AM – 10:05 AM PT
    Emerging tick and rickettsial pathogens in the southwestern United States: Enhancing surveillance and response through a partner-based approach
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Laura Backus – University of California
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    9:48 AM – 10:00 AM PT
    Eco-epidemiology of spotted fever group rickettsioses and their tick vectors in South Carolina
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Melissa S. Nolan – University of South Carolina
    Co-Author: Kyndall Braumuller – University of South Carolina
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    9:48 AM – 10:00 AM PT
    Laboratory and field evaluations of biodegradable boric acid hydrogel baits for the control of Argentine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in urban citrus orchards
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Dong-Hwan Choe – University of California
    Co-Author: Benning Le – University of California
    Co-Author: Kathleen Campbell – University of California
    Co-Author: Ho Eun Park – University of California
    Co-Author: Shu-Ping Tseng – University of California
    Co-Author: Raju Pandey – Citrus Research Board
    Co-Author: Gregory S. Simmons – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Ruth E. Henderson – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Michael K. Rust – University of California
    Co-Author: Chow-Yang Lee, BCE – University of California
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    10:00 AM – 10:12 AM PT
    Integrated human behavior and tick risk maps to prioritize Lyme disease interventions using a 'One Health' approach
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Catherine Bouchard – Public Health Agency of Canada
    Co-Author: Ariane Dumas – Université de Montréal
    Co-Author: Geneviève Baron – DSP Estrie - CIUSSS Estrie
    Co-Author: Natasha Bowser – Université de Montréal
    Co-Author: Patrick A. Leigton – Université de Montréal
    Co-Author: Nicholas Ogden – Public Health Agency of Canada
    Co-Author: François Milord – DSP Montérégie
    Co-Author: Robbin Lindsay – Public Health Agency of Canada
    Co-Author: Cécile Aenishaenslin – Université de Montréal
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    10:00 AM – 10:12 AM PT
    Pyrethroids fail to repel German cockroaches in free-moving assays
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Sudip Gaire (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky
    Co-Author: Henry Morgan – University of Kentucky
    Co-Author: Zachary DeVries – University of Kentucky
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    10:12 AM – 10:24 AM PT
    Quantification of fecal spot production as a measure of environmental contamination based on common bed bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae: Cimex lectularius L.) population size
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Morgan M. Wilson – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Co-Author: Morgan M. Wilson – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Co-Author: Dini M. Miller – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    10:20 AM – 10:40 AM PT
    Are entomological indices good predictors of risk for outbreaks of West Nile virus disease?
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Christopher Barker – University of California
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    10:24 AM – 10:36 AM PT
    Mid-infrared spectroscopy for rapid determination of mosquito infection status
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Michael H. Reiskind – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Brian D. Byrd – Western Carolina University
    Co-Author: Scott Huffman – Western Carolina University
    Co-Author: Stephanie Richards – East Carolina University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    10:36 AM – 10:48 AM PT
    Residual efficacy limitations of professional and consumer products for the management of Cimex lectularius
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Josiah P. Ritchey – North Carolina State University
    Co-Author: Sydney E. Crawley – North Carolina State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    10:36 AM – 10:48 AM PT
    Surveillance for tick-borne pathogens on US military installations in California and Alaska
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Tolulope Morawo – U.S. Navy
    Co-Author: Riley Tedrow – U.S. Navy
    Co-Author: Faye Geary – U.S. Air Force
    Co-Author: Carrie De Jesus – U.S. Air Force
    Co-Author: Leah Colton – U.S. Air Force
    Co-Author: Hanayo Arimoto – U.S. Navy
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    10:40 AM – 11:00 AM PT
    Assessing Aedes aegypti survival in the Sonoran Desert region
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Michael Riehle – University of Arizona
    Co-author: Teresa Joy – University of Arizona
    Co-Author: Kacey Ernst – University of Arizona
    Co-author: Dawn Gouge – University of Arizona
    Co-Author: Yves Carrière – University of Arizona
    Co-Author: Kathleen R. Walker – University of Arizona
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    10:48 AM – 11:00 AM PT
    The Maine forest tick survey: Cross-disciplinary and community-engaged science for public health
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Allison Gardner – University of Maine
    Co-Author: Elissa S. Ballman – University of Maine
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    11:00 AM – 11:12 AM PT
    The situation of bed bugs in Colombia and Spain: Epidemiology, sociodemographic characteristics, and status of insecticide resistance
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Julián F. Porras-Villamil – Universitat de València
    Co-Author: Sandra Sáez-Durán – Universitat de València
    Co-Author: María Trelis Villanueva – Universitat de València
    Co-Author: Rubén Bueno-Marí – Universitat de València
    Co-Author: Alvaro Romero – New Mexico State University
    Co-Author: Màrius V. Fuentes – Universitat de València
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    11:00 AM – 11:20 AM PT
    What do we do when the outbreak happens: Efficacy of existing mosquito control tools to new arboviral outbreaks
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Kathleen R. Walker – University of Arizona
    Co-author: Michael Riehle – University of Arizona
    Co-author: Daniel Williamson – University of Arizona
    Co-Author: Kacey Ernst – University of Arizona
    Co-author: Dawn Gouge – University of Arizona
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    11:12 AM – 11:24 AM PT
    Spatial and seasonal patterns of the mosquito community in central Oklahoma
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: David Hoekman – Olivet Nazarene University
    Co-Author: Caio Franca – Southern Nazarene University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    11:20 AM – 11:40 AM PT
    Perceptions of emerging vector-borne diseases and communicating risks
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Kacey Ernst – University of Arizona
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    11:24 AM – 11:36 AM PT
    Vector-borne transmission of enteric bacteria by cockroaches: More than just mechanical
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 214
    Presenting Author: Jose Pietri – University of South Dakota
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    11:40 AM – 11:45 AM PT
    Closing remarks
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Michael Riehle – University of Arizona
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PT
    MUVE Final Business Meeting
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Organizer: Edward L. Vargo – Texas A&M University
    Organizer: Rebecca T. Trout Fryxell (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologyFunctions/Events/Meetings
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    1:30 PM – 4:30 PM PT
    MUVE: Vector Ecology and Surveillance 2
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Moderator: Andrea Swei – San Francisco State University
    Moderator: Rebecca A. Butler – University of Tennessee
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    1:30 PM – 1:42 PM PT
    Aquatic macroinvertebrate communities and Mycobacterium ulcerans across geographic regions of the Americas
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: M. Eric Benbow – Michigan State University
    Co-Author: Alexandra Bauer – Michigan State University
    Co-Author: Sophie Picq – Michigan State University
    Co-Author: Jennifer Pechal – Michigan State University
    Co-Author: Magdalene Dogbe – Mississippi State University
    Co-Author: Heather Jordan – Mississippi State University
    Co-Author: Alex Rakestraw – University of West Alabama
    Co-Author: Michael Sandel – University of West Alabama
    Co-Author: Jean-François Guégan – Centre national de la recherche scientifique
    Co-Author: Christine Chevillon – Institut pour la Recherche et le Développement
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    1:42 PM – 1:54 PM PT
    Breeding site salinity tolerance in the Aedes aegypti mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae)
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Danica M. Shannon – The University of British Columbia
    Co-Author: Dan Peach – University of Georgia
    Co-Author: Benjamin Matthews (he/him/his) – The University of British Columbia
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    1:54 PM – 2:06 PM PT
    Bridging the gap: Persistence of Culicoides-borne viruses over winter in temperate regions
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Christopher Sanders (he/him/his) – The Pirbright Institute
    Co-Author: Jessica Stokes – The Pirbright Institute
    Co-Author: Karin Darpel – Vector Borne Disease Inst for Animal Health
    Co-Author: Simon Gubbins – The Pirbright Institute
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    2:06 PM – 2:18 PM PT
    Effects of wildfire ash on oviposition-site selection and larval development in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Geoffrey M. Attardo (he/him/his) – University of California
    Co-Author: Jennifer S. Price – University of California
    Co-Author: Nicole Rodriguez – University of California
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    2:18 PM – 2:30 PM PT
    Impact of the abundance of the Lyme disease bacterium in host tissues and transmission to feeding ticks
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Cody Koloski – University of Saskatchewan
    Co-Author: Georgia Hurry – University of Saskatchewan
    Co-Author: Maarten Voordouw – University of Saskatchewan
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    2:30 PM – 2:42 PM PT
    Invasion and extirpation: Changes in mosquito community composition over time in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, USA
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Scott Larson – Metropolitan Mosquito Control District
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    2:54 PM – 3:06 PM PT
    Investigating barriers to gene flow between the Culex pipiens forms
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Laura A. Jones – The Pirbright Institute
    Co-Author: Christopher Sanders (he/him/his) – The Pirbright Institute
    Co-Author: Marion England – The Pirbright Institute
    Co-Author: Mary Cameron – London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
    Co-Author: Simon T. Carpenter – The Pirbright Institute
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    3:06 PM – 3:18 PM PT
    Investigating spatiotemporal population dynamics of West Nile virus mosquito vectors at a broad geographic scale
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Lindsay P. Campbell – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Yasmin Tavares – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Amely M. Bauer – University of Florida
    Co-Author: Robert Guralnick – Florida Museum of Natural History
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    3:18 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    Landscape and host community impacts on tick-borne pathogen diversity in the far-western United States
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Andrea Swei – San Francisco State University
    Co-Author: Grace Shaw – San Francisco State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    3:30 PM – 3:42 PM PT
    Microbiome of Amblyomma americanum reflects known westward expansion
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 220
    Presenting Author: Luis E. Martinez Villegas (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Paula Lado – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Hans Klompen – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Risa Pesapane (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University
    Co-Author: Sarah M. Short – The Ohio State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology10-Minute Paper
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    2:00 PM – 5:00 PM PT
    Biology and Ecology of Dipteran Pests and Vectors Impacting Livestock
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Organizer: Bethany McGregor – USDA-ARS
    Organizer: Dana Nayduch – USDA-ARS
    Organizer: Barbara S. Drolet (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    2:00 PM – 2:05 PM PT
    Introductory remarks
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Bethany McGregor – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    2:20 PM – 2:35 PM PT
    Role of Dipteran vectors on interepidemic maintenance and emergence of vesicular stomatitis virus
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Barbara S. Drolet (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS
    Co-Author: Paula Rozo Lopez – University of Tennessee
    Co-author: Bethany McGregor – USDA-ARS
    Co-author: Travis M. Davis – USDA-ARS
    Co-author: Will K. Reeves – USDA-APHIS
    Co-author: Kristine E. Bennett – Colorado State University
    Co-author: Steven J. Pauszek – USDA-APHIS
    Co-author: Miranda R. Bertram – USDA-ARS
    Co-author: Luis Rodriguez – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    2:35 PM – 2:50 PM PT
    Concentration-dependent detection of imidacloprid in behaviorally resistant house flies (Musca domestica L.)
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Caleb Hubbard – University of California
    Co-Author: Amy C. Murillo – University of California
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    3:15 PM – 3:30 PM PT
    Characterizing multi-drug resistant coliforms carried by house flies collected from Kansas dairy and beef cattle operations
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Victoria Pickens – Kansas State University
    Co-author: Victoria Pickens – Kansas State University
    Co-author: Edward Bird – Kansas State University
    Co-author: Tanya Purvis – USDA-ARS
    Co-author: Cassandra Olds – Kansas State University
    Co-Author: Dana Nayduch – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    3:30 PM – 3:45 PM PT
    Migration inflation: Effects of continuous immigration on the population structure of biting midges
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Phillip Shults – USDA-ARS
    Co-author: Xinmi Zhang – University of California
    Co-Author: Pierre-André Eyer – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Lee W. Cohnstaedt – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    4:10 PM – 4:25 PM PT
    Entomological risk factors for potential transmission of Rift Valley fever virus to livestock in northern Colorado
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Rebekah C. Kading – Colorado State University
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    4:25 PM – 4:40 PM PT
    Morphological and molecular identification of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of the southern California desert
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Xinmi Zhang – University of California
    Co-Author: Alec C. Gerry – University of California
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium
  • Wednesday, Nov 16th
    4:40 PM – 4:45 PM PT
    Closing remarks
    Location: Vancouver Convention Centre, Meeting Room 215/216
    Presenting Author: Bethany McGregor – USDA-ARS
    Medical, Urban, and Veterinary EntomologySection Symposium