The 2005 ESA Annual Meeting and Exhibition
December 15-18, 2005
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

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Saturday, December 17, 2005: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Room 304 (Convention Center, Third Floor)

Section F Symposium: Not Letting The Bed Bugs Bite…Bed, Lab, And Beyond

Organizer(s): Brian J. Cabrera, bcabrera@ufl.edu
C. Kathleen Heinsohn, ckheinsohn@aol.com
8:00 AMWelcoming Remarks
8:05 AM0701Bed Bugs 101: Introduction to Cimex lectularius
Harold Harlan, haroldharlan@comcast.net
8:35 AM0702The perfect storm: An extension entomologist's perspective
M. F. Potter, mpotter@uky.edu
9:05 AM0703Bed bugs in America: A pest management industry survey
Jody L. Gangloff-Kaufman, jlg@cornell.edu, Craig S. Hollingsworth, Jeffrey Hahn, hahnx002@umn.edu, Laurel Hansen, LaurelH@spokanefalls.edu, Bradford M. Kard, kard@okstate.edu, Michael G. Waldvogel, mike_waldvogel@ncsu.edu
9:35 AM0706Bed bugs: Non-chemical control and a Canadian industry perspective
Stephen Kells, kells002@umn.edu
10:05 AMBreak
10:15 AM0707Bed bugs: Still more questions than answers - A need for research and public awareness
Richard Cooper, bcabrera@ufl.edu
10:45 AM0708Efficacy of bed bug control products in lab bioassays: Do they make it past the starting gate?
Robin Todd, rtodd@icrlab.com
11:15 AM0709Foraging and communication ecology of bed bugs
Eric Siljander, eds@sfu.ca, Gerhard Gries
11:45 AM0710Endosymbiotic bacteria in bed bugs: Evolution, distribution, and genetics
Joyce M. Sakamoto, pitybeetwk@hotmail.com, Jason L. Rasgon

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