Oviposition Ecology of Hematophagous Arthropods: Patterns, Processes, and Applications

Organizer(s)

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  Gideon Wasserberg

  Biology
  UNC Greensboro
  Greensboro, North Carolina
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  Eduardo Hatano, PhD

  Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
  Raleigh, NC

Oviposition-site selection is a critical fitness-enhancing decision. Here, presenters will describe patterns of oviposition-site selection of a variety of hematophagous vectors (mosquitoes, sandflies, bugs, Glossina flies, ticks). They will also describe neurophysiological mechanisms that enable arthropods to detect related semiochemicals and how such cues could be used for vector control.

Presentations:

• Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Gideon Wasserberg – UNC Greensboro
• Microbe-mediated “attract and kill’ method for attracting and managing Aedes mosquitoes
  

  Presenting Author: Loganathan Ponnusamy (he/him/his) – NC State University

  Co-Author: Coby Schal – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Valerie A. Paz-Soldan – Tulane University

  Co-Author: Dawn Wesson – Tulane University

  Co-Author: Charles Apperson – North Carolina State University
• Mosquito oviposition ecology in a community-based mosquito surveillance program
  

  Presenting Author: Rebecca T. Trout Fryxell, Ph.D. (she/her/hers) – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: C. Barnes – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Micah Willis – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Corey Day – University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  Co-Author: David Paulsen – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Michael Camponovo – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Kurt Butefish – Tennessee Geographic Alliance

  Co-Author: Brian Smith – Jefferson Middle School

  Co-Author: Julie Andsager – University of Tennessee

  Co-Author: Joshua Rosenberg – University of Tennessee
• Container Aedes spp. skip-oviposition behavior as detected in a field evaluation and assessed in laboratory trials
  

  Presenting Author: Drew D. Reinbold-Wasson – US Army

  Co-Author: Michael H. Reiskind – North Carolina State University
• Habitat characteristics and oviposition stimuli of Culicoides species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) associated with Orbivirus transmission in Florida
  

  Presenting Author: Dinesh Erram

  Co-Author: Erik M. Blosser – University of California Davis

  Co-Author: Nathan Burkett-Cadena – Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory

  Co-Author: Erik Blosser
• Oviposition patterns of Dermacentor andersoni (Acari: Ixodidae) in relation to the northern limits of its geographic distribution
  

  Presenting Author: Timothy J. Lysyk – Retired

  Co-Author: Shaun Dergousoff – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-Author: Kateryn Rochon – University of Manitoba
• Quantitative studies of clustered oviposition in the common bed bug, Cimex lectularius
  

  Presenting Author: Emma Natalie Ivy Weeks

  Co-Author: Laura Harmon – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Bari Arena – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Roberto M. Pereira – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Phillip G. Koehler – University of Florida
• Chemical and physical factors governing oviposition of Luztomyia longipalpis sand flies
  

  Presenting Author: Dia-Eldin A. Elnaiem, PhD
• Costs of autogenous oviposition in sand flies
  

  Presenting Author: Tatsiana Shymanovich

  Co-Author: Nima Hajhashemi – University North Carolina Greensboro

  Co-Author: Gideon Wasserberg – UNC Greensboro
• Identification of bacterial odors from oviposition substrates to control sand fly populations
  

  Presenting Author: Eduardo Hatano, PhD

  Co-Author: Dannielle Kowacich – University of North Carolina Greensboro

  Co-Author: Madhavi L. Kakumanu – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Loganathan Ponnusamy (he/him/his) – NC State University

  Co-Author: Charles Apperson – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Gideon Wasserberg – UNC Greensboro

  Co-Author: Coby Schal – North Carolina State University
• Oviposition ecology of Phlebotomus papatasi sand flies: Patterns, processes, and applications
  

  Presenting Author: Gideon Wasserberg – UNC Greensboro

  Co-Author: Dannielle Kowacich – University of North Carolina Greensboro

  Co-Author: Fadi B. Marayati – University of North Carolina Greensboro

  Co-Author: Tatsiana Shymanovich

  Co-Author: Madhavi L. Kakumanu – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Loganathan Ponnusamy (he/him/his) – NC State University

  Co-Author: Charles Apperson – North Carolina State University

  Co-Author: Eduardo Hatano, PhD

  Co-Author: Coby Schal – North Carolina State University