ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Ten-Minute Papers, MUVE Section, Bed Bugs, Ants, Other Urban Pests

Tuesday, November 13, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
KCEC 3 (Holiday Inn Knoxville Downtown)
Organizer :
Christopher J. Geden
Moderators:
Dina Richman
Karen M. Vail


1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:45 PM
Bed bug symbionts: Traumatic dissemination?
Mark H. Goodman, University of Kentucky ; Michael F. Potter, University of Kentucky ; Kenneth F. Haynes, University of Kentucky
1:57 PM
Effects of bed bug (Cimex lectularius L.) saliva on human skin
Jerome Goddard, Mississippi State University ; Kristine T. Edwards, Mississippi State University
2:09 PM
Bed bug (Cimex lectularius L.) survivorship at various temperatures
Molly L. Stedfast, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Dini M. Miller, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2:21 PM
Capture of bed bugs by bean leaves: The physical interface between plant and insect
Catherine Loudon, University of California, Irvine ; Megan W. Szyndler, University of California, Irvine ; Kenneth F. Haynes, University of Kentucky ; Michael F. Potter, University of Kentucky ; Robert M. Corn, University of California, Irvine
2:33 PM
Cuticular analysis of the pyrethroid resistant bed bugs Cimex lectularius L
Reina Koganemaru, Virginia Tech ; Dini M. Miller, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Zach N. Adelman, Virginia Tech
2:45 PM
Contact and residual efficacy of selected insecticides against the bed bug (Cimex lectularius)
Susan C. Jones, Ohio State University ; Joshua L. Bryant, Ohio State University
2:57 PM
Break
3:12 PM
Efficacy of essential oil based insecticides for bed bug (Cimex lectularius) control
Narinderpal Singh, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; Changlu Wang, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey ; Richard Cooper, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
3:24 PM
Defensive chemicals of Nylanderia pubens (Hymnoptera: Formicidae) and their toxicity to red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta (Hymnoptera: Formicidae)
Jian Chen, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Tahir Rashid, Alcorn State University ; Guolei Feng, Alcorn State University ; David Oi, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Bart Drees, Texas A&M University
3:36 PM
New research on Varroa destructor
Diana Sammataro, Carl Hayden Bee Research Center
3:48 PM
Standard and high volume-diluted pesticide applications for perimeter odorous house ant control
Karen M. Vail, University of Tennessee ; Jennifer Chandler, University of Tennessee ; Clay Scherer, DuPont Crop Protection
4:00 PM
Effectiveness of selected bait products for control of an invasive ant, Pachycondyla chinensis
Ying Mo, Clemson University ; Patricia A. Zungoli, Clemson University ; Eric P. Benson, Clemson University ; Patrick D. Gerard, Clemson University ; Brittany Ellis, Clemson University
4:12 PM
Adult transport in the Asian needle ant, Pachycondyla chinensis
Hamilton R. Allen, Clemson University ; Patricia A. Zungoli, Clemson University ; Eric P. Benson, Clemson University
4:24 PM
Essential oils and their compositions as spatial repellents for pestiferous social wasps
Qing-He Zhang, Sterling International, Inc ; Rod G. Schneidmiller, Sterling International, Inc ; Doreen Hoover, Sterling International, Inc
4:36 PM
Exotic brown widow versus native black widow spiders in urban southern California
Marty Lewis, California State University, Long Beach ; Dessie L. A. Underwood, California State University, Long Beach
4:48 PM
Concluding Remarks