ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Biosurveillance: Using a Native Wasp Cerceris fumipennis to Find Emerald Ash Borer and Other Species of Buprestidae.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011: 1:30 PM-5:15 PM
Room A12, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizer :
Claire Rutledge
1:30 PM
Welcoming Remarks
1:35 PM
1561
An introduction to Cerceris fumipennis: assessing its potential as a biosurveillance tool, including mobile wasp colonies
Philip D. Careless, University of Guelph; Bruce Gill, Canadian Food Inspection Agency; Stephen A Marshall, University of Guelph
1:55 PM
1562
Male and female nest guarding in Cerceris wasps (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)
Allan W. Hook, St. Edward's University
2:15 PM
1563
Individual wasp size and prey selection in Cerceris fumipennis
Warren E. Hellman, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry; Melissa K. Fierke, State University of New York
2:35 PM
1564
Cuticular hydrocarbons used for prey recognition by Cerceris fumipennis
Claire Rutledge, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station; Peter J. Silk, Natural Resources Canada
2:55 PM
1565
Abiotic conditions and the foraging behavior of  Cerceris fumipennis
Eleanor Groden, University of Maine; Tawny Virgilio, University of Maine
3:15 PM
Break
3:30 PM
1566
Degree day modeling for Cerceris fumipennis
Claire Rutledge, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station; Colleen Teerling, Maine Forest Service; Philip D. Careless, University of Guelph; Melissa K. Fierke, State University of New York
3:50 PM
1567
Running a state-wide biosurveillance program for Cerceris fumipennis: baseball diamonds as survey units
Christine A. Nalepa, North Carolina Department of Agriculture; Whitney G. Swink, North Carolina Department of Agriculture
4:10 PM
1568
Wasp Watchers: using citizen-scientists to provide state-wide monitoring for exotic buprestids
Colleen Teerling, Maine Forest Service
4:30 PM
1569
Guidebook to Northeastern jewel beetles: identifying Cerceris fumipennis prey, both invasive and native species of Buprestidae
Morgan D. Jackson, University of Guelph; Steven M. Paiero, University of Guelph; Adam Jewiss-Gaines, University of Guelph
4:50 PM
1570
The role of biosurveillance and Cerceris fumipennis in forest health management
Michael Bohne, USDA - Forest Service
5:10 PM
Concluding Remarks
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