Ten-Minute Papers, SVPHS: Distribution and Sampling

Wednesday, December 16, 2009: 1:30 PM-4:00 PM
Room 208, Second Floor (Convention Center)
Moderators:
Sarah M. Butler
Roger D. Moon
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
Revisiting Tribolium castaneum attraction and chemical ecology
Adrian Duehl, USDA, Agricultural Research Service; Curtis L. Murphy, USDA-ARS; Richard T. Arbogast, USDA-ARS
1:47 PM
Sensitivity to bed bug (Cimex lectularius) bites in the human population
Michael F. Potter, University of Kentucky; Kenneth F. Haynes, University of Kentucky; Kevin J. Connelly, A-Alert Exterminating Service; Michael Deutsch, Arrow Exterminating Company; Erich Hardebeck, Permakil Pest Control; Richard D. Kramer, Innovative Pest Management; Don Partin, Okolona Pest Control; Ron Harrison, Orkin Pest Control
1:59 PM
Monitoring bed bugs using baited traps
Changlu Wang, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Timothy Gibb, Purdue University; Gary Bennett, Purdue University
2:11 PM
Comparative effectiveness of three bed bug (Cimex lectularius) monitoring devices
Wan-Tien Tsai, Rutgers University; Changlu Wang, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2:35 PM
Break
2:47 PM
Comparison of detection techniques for sand flies, Phlebotomus papatasi, marked with fluorescent traces
Sarah M. Butler, Louisiana State University; Tom Mascari, Louisiana State University AgCenter; Lane Foil, Louisiana State University
2:59 PM
Modeling sand fly distribution using ecological niche modeling
M.G. Colacicco-Mayhugh, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
3:11 PM
Spatial variation of host selection in Culex pipiens mosquitoes
Gabe Hamer, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Tony Goldberg, University of Wisconsin; Marilyn Ruiz, University of Illinois; Jeff Brawn, University of Illinois; Uriel Kitron, University of Illinois; Edward D. Walker, Michigan State University
3:47 PM
Concluding Remarks