Session: 19 - Graduate Ten-Minute Paper Competition: MUVE - Ticks, Termites, Ants, Behavior, and Field Studies (Entomology 2015)

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19 - Graduate Ten-Minute Paper Competition: MUVE - Ticks, Termites, Ants, Behavior, and Field Studies

Monday, November 16, 2015: 8:25 AM-12:10 PM

208 D (Convention Center)

Moderators:

Laurel Hansen
Janet Hurley

8:25 AM

Introductory Remarks

8:30 AM

0657

Species composition and plague prevalence in fleas collected from small mammals in mixed grass prairies: Implications for the maintenance of enzootic plague

Lauren Paul Maestas, University of South Dakota ; Hugh Britten, University of South Dakota

8:42 AM

0658

A multiple year investigation of Ixodes scapularis, tick-borne pathogens, and plant and animal communities in maple-dominated forests

Scott Larson, University of Wisconsin ; Susan Paskewitz, University of Wisconsin - Madison ; Eric Kruger, University of Wisconsin ; Autumn Sabo, UW-Madison

8:54 AM

0659

Risk of exposure to ticks and tick-borne pathogens in Oklahoma State Parks

Jessica Mitcham, Oklahoma State University ; Bruce Noden, Oklahoma State University

9:06 AM

0660

Elucidating the pathogen-induced gene expression in tick salivary glands

Khemraj Budachetri, The University of Southern Mississippi ; Deepak Kumar, University of Southern Mississippi ; Gary Crispell, University of Southern Mississippi ; Virginia Meyers, University of Southern Mississippi ; Shahid Karim, University of Southern Mississippi

9:18 AM

0661

Analysis of the transcriptional pattern of the putative conjugation genes in Rickettsia bellii RML 369-C, an endosymbiont of Dermacentor variabilis

Chan Heu, University of Minnesota ; Timothy Kurtti, University of Minnesota ; Curtis Nelson, University of Minnesota ; Ulrike Munderloh, University of Minnesota

9:30 AM

0662

Evaluation of human attachment by larval Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae)

Jos� Portugal III, Mississippi State University ; Jerome Goddard, Mississippi State University

9:42 AM

0663

Responses of Amblyomma maculatum to odorants to enhance field collection

Krista Pike, Oklahoma State University ; Bruce Noden, Oklahoma State University

9:54 AM

0664

"Can you beat DEET?": Efficacy of DEET-free insect repellents on adult and nymphal Dermacentor variabilis and Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae)

Tanner Jenkins, Oklahoma State University ; W. Wyatt Hoback, Oklahoma State University ; Bruce Noden, Oklahoma State University

10:06 AM

Break

10:18 AM

0665

Primary elements of age polyethism in workers from the central nest of Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

He Du, University of Florida ; Thomas Chouvenc, University of Florida ; Weste Osbrink, USDA - ARS ; Nan-Yao Su, University of Florida

10:30 AM

0666

One year census of Reticulitermes virginicus and Reticulitermes malletei incipient laboratory colonies

Tae-Young Lee, University of Georgia ; Brian T. Forschler, University of Georgia

10:42 AM

0667

Colony structure of Reticulitermes (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in northwest Arkansas

Mark Janowiecki, University of Arkansas ; Amber D. Tripodi, USDA - ARS ; Allen L. Szalanski, University of Arkansas

10:54 AM

0668

Enterococcus cecorum vector competency of Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer)

B. Lyons, Oklahoma State University ; Justin L. Talley, Oklahoma State University ; T. Royer, Oklahoma State University ; Astri Wayadande, Oklahoma State University ; J. Payne, Oklahoma State University

11:06 AM

0669

Short-range responses of Triatoma rubida (Hemiptera:Reduviidae) to heat

Andres Indacochea, New Mexico State University ; Alvaro Romero, New Mexico State University

11:18 AM

0670

Body size and thermal ramping rate affect the thermal tolerance of two invasive ants, Nylanderia fulva (Mayr) and Solenopsis invicta (Buren) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Michael Bentley, University of Florida ; Faith Oi, University of Florida

11:30 AM

0671

A preliminary list of ants at the ports of Georgia

Benjamin Gochnour, Universiy of Georgia