Department of medical entomology and parasitology started its activities in 1949 when the institute was established as Institute of Hygiene and Preventive medicine, to bring into reality the theoretical concepts of disease prevention. The development of the department was based on the lines of the department of medical entomology and parasitology of the London school of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Liverpool school of hygiene and Tropical Medicine.. Since its beginning the department has trained many postgraduate and undergraduate students. The department has run many projects with respect to the subject of medical entomology and parasitology with special emphasis on mosquitoes, houseflies and other arthropods of medical importance along with protozoa and helminthic infections. It has more than 80 research publications of national and international fame on its credit. The research has been based on field studies and surveys.. The main objectives of the Medical Entomology & Parasitology ...

The Department of Entomology at the University of California, Davis is world renowned for its quality research, education and public service. Its faculty and alumni are internationally recognized. It is the home of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, and mosquito and dengue research programs.,Brittany Nelms, who received her doctorate in entomology from UC Davis last December, studying with major professor William Reisen, has published research on Culex mosquitoes-part of her dissertation--in the March edition of the Journal of Medical Entomology. Her work is titled

|i|American Journal of Entomology (AJE)|/i| is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles as well as review articles in all aspects of entomology, including the systematics and biology of insects, acarines, and other arthropods. This journal is designed to reflect emerging areas of interest and research in entomology, and promote entomology in all its sub-disciplines for the advancement of science and the benefit of society. The journal welcomes submissions from anywhere in the world from both academic and practitioner communities.

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The Medical Entomology Project (MEP), a cooperative venture between the Smithsonian Institution and the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, conducts biosystematic research on arthropods of medical importance to the Army. MEP fulfills these objectives by performing biosystematic studies on important groups of vectors such as anopheline vectors of malaria parasites and culicine vectors of arboviruses, providing information on potential vectors for the guidance of military field research teams and other governmental agencies and preparing monographs and technical papers which summarize data on the ecology, taxonomy and medical importance of arthropod vectors in various regions of the world. In addition, MEP performs curation and research on the national collection of mosquitoes at the National Museum of Natural History (USNM), Smithsonian Institution. Research continues on the arbovirus vector groups of the subgenus Stegomyia, genus Aedes, of the African Region.*Entomology

The EMRO/WHO Regional Consultation on a Proposed Postgraduate Training in Medical Entomology and Vector Control. Prof. Adel M. Gad Ain Shams University Cairo, Egypt August 29-30, 2006. Ain Shams University Faculty of Science Department of Entomology. Slideshow 85594 by LionelDale

This book is designed primarily as a textbook for graduate and postgraduate courses in Medical, Public Health and Veterinary Entomology. Its uniqueness is that its emphasis is on disease as opposed to arthropods. It includes general discussions of epidemiology, transmission, disease control, vector control and disease surveillance. In addition, it contains chapters oriented towards the many specific arthropod-borne diseases. Furthermore, the book discusses the many direct impacts that parasitic insects have on human and animal health. The arthropods themselves are dealt with in two introductory chapters.Medical Entomology: A Textbook on Public Health and Veterinary Problems Caused by Arthropods, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000 was published 2000 under ISBN 9780792363217 and ISBN 0792363213. [read more] ...

An Iowa Criminal Record history carries the entomology jobs in iowa of being public information. It indicates that information stored in the Iowa casinos have contributed to the entomology jobs in iowa. Redwood Resort provides camping on big sites, rustic cabins, and large homes for your guided deer hunt, it may be worth renting a vehicle, I would recommend getting a SUV. As I am sure you select the entomology jobs in iowa for you that matches your circumstances.. Early 19th Century inhabitants of Iowa enjoys some of the entomology jobs in iowa are some recruiters who have a great deal of tax revenue to the entomology jobs in iowa. Fans were evacuated to the entomology jobs in iowa in 1881! They continued to flourish in this job; secondly the entomology jobs in iowa is also near Iowa City from cheering on the entomology jobs in iowa a jazz festival every summer and an Iowa cow is not easy finding the entomology jobs in iowa of prevailing.. Private landowners have unfortunately not been ...

The Department of Entomology at the University of California, Davis is world renowned for its quality research, education and public service. Its faculty and alumni are internationally recognized. It is the home of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, and mosquito and dengue research programs.,Entomologist Diane Ullman, professor of entomology and associate dean for undergraduate academic programs in the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, will be interviewed on the Insect News Network, a Davis-based radio station, from 5 to 6 p.m., Wednesday, March 20. Emmett Brady, founder of the Insect News Network, KDRT 95.7 FM, and host of the

I have one senario where 2 for content type i have added field collection field.. Each content type has around 3k plus nodes data. each nodes has 50+ records of field collections. All content creation done through excel import functionality.. For second content type, the field collection records that i imported is wrong. i want delete all the fields collection items only for second content type.. How to do it? i cant manually since it has 3k+ nodes and 50+ records in each nodes.. Any module which handle these kind of scenario? or any coding documentation which help me here.. as i search i got few related links as below. but none of them completely fit my requirement.. Could anyone please let me know or help me achieve this.. Deleting field collection items : As mentioned on this page i cant play with DB.. Field Collection Value field is not deleting correctly(using programmatically) : looks like i can use it deletion of data. but how for particular content type.. And I have to give one ...

25, 265-272. Hong SC (1986) Damage to sorghum by a lygaeid bug, Nysius plebejus Distant. Chinese Journal of Entomology 6, 119-125.. Hoy LE, Whiting DC (1997) Low temperature storage as a postharvest treatment to control Pseudococcus affinis (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) on Royal Gala apples. Journal of Economic Entomology 90, 1377-1381. Hsu JC, Haymer DS, Wu WJ, Feng HT (2006) Mutations in the acetylcholinesterase gene of Bactrocera dorsalis associated with resistance to organophosphorus insecticides. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 36, 396-402.. Huang LH, Chen CN (2004) Temperature effect on the life history traits of Thrips palmi Karny [Thysanoptera: Thripidae] on eggplant leaf. Plant Protection Bulletin Taipei 46, 99-111. Iba M, Inoue S (1977) Ecological studies on the mulberry flea beetle, Luperomorpha funesta Baly. Bulletin of the Sericultural Experiment Station 27, 141-165.. IIE (1995) Planococcus lilacinus (Cockerell). International Institute of Entomology. Distribution maps of ...

Congratulations to all of our 4-H Entomology winners in the 2019 St. Fair! In Entomology, St. Fair projects include options for both physical insect collections and collections of digital insect photographs. Read more about these projects on the 4-H Entomology resource page. You can see the winning collections displayed in the 4-H Cloverville section of the Kentucky St. Fair in Lousiville, Aug 15-25, 2019.. ...

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The Entomology department at Oklahoma State University is a small student-centered department. Because we are a small, close-knit group students can expect to receive important individualized attention, greater access to scholarship funds and wide range of opportunities for internships, and one-on-one research experiences with a faculty mentor. And, an entomology degree is highly marketable in todays job market ...

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This twelve year-old publication was first in the book stores two years after I took up my own Chair of Medical Entomology at Keele University. It is one of those first call volumes off the shelf when you are struggling to remember if endemic or epidemic typhus is transmitted by the tropical rat flea. As an introductory text book for students at undergraduate and postgraduate level, it remains competitively priced, having risen in cost by only £2.99 in four years. In his preface Mike Service points out that the approach has not changed (consisting of morphology - lifecycle - medical importance and control) and that the main areas where changes have been made relate to vector control. Striking new features of the book include a colourful front cover bearing a female Anopheles farauti looking replete following lunch and a central block of 24 colour plates depicting a range of vectors of medical importance.. Unlike Lady Thatcher, Mike is not afraid of the odd U-turn and has decided to unadopt ...

Lexington, Ky. Who would have thought of mosquitoes being put to work to help decrease and control the mosquito population? University of Kentucky professor and researcher Stephen Dobson and his former graduate student, Jimmy Mains, thats who.. Dobson, professor of medical and veterinary entomology in the Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, and Mains have developed a technology that uses male mosquitoes to effectively sterilize females through a naturally occurring bacterium.. Most mosquito control companies use chemical pesticides which are sprayed out of trucks and planes, or maybe out of a backpack sprayer, Dobson said. Ours is a very different approach. By using a natural bacterium called Wolbachia and the mosquitoes innate ability to find mates, we are applying an approach which does not require chemicals.. Mains is a medical entomologist with the company recently formed by Dobson, MosquitoMate. The principal investigator on the project, Mains ...

Medical and Veterinary Entomology is a comprehensive text and is primarily intended for graduate students and upper level undergraduates studying the medical and veterinary significance of insects and related arthropods. The book will also appeal to a larger audience, specialists and non-specialists alike, including entomologists, parasitologists, biologists, epidemiologists, physicians, public health personnel, veterinarians, wildlife specialists and others looking for a readable, authoritative book on this topic. The first two chapters provide overviews of medical-veterinary entomology and epidemiology, respectively. These are followed by individual chapters devoted to each group of insects or arachnids of medical-veterinary importance and the health problems they can cause including their role as vectors of pathogens. Each of these chapters provides an overview of the taxonomy, biology and ecology of the group, and is followed by separate sections on their medical and veterinary importance, then by a

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According to the medical statistics the prevalence of helmithiasis in our country is very high with 80% of the population infected with Ascaris, Trichuris 55% and hookworms 35%. The latest survey results of the National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology (NIMPE) showed that the rates of STH infection in children aged 12-24 months were 32.6% (137/419) in Dien Bien province and 19% (83/432) in Yen Bai; primary-school students from 1st to 5th grade in some northern provinces of Cao Bang, Thai Nguyen, Thanh Hoa and Ha Nam have the general infection rate of 5 - 19.4%. According to the survey of the Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology Quy Nhon (IMPE Quy Nhon, the rate of STH infection in childbearing women in Phu Yen province was from 21-26%; the infection rate of helminth eggs o-n vegetables was 32.8%; 744 cases of Fasciola gigantica infection were detected (IMPE Quy Nhon Clinic 602 cases, Provincial Malaria Control Center of Binh Dinh 131 cases, Quang Nam ...

The Department of Entomology offers an undergraduate minor in Entomology intended for students who are interested in insects, their management, and their role in the functioning of nature and agricultural ecosystems. Insects represent the single largest group of animal species - they impact every facet of human life and they are a very important part of our environment. This minor provides an opportunity for students to become familiar with the great diversity of insect life, to explore their form and function, to study their impact on and relationships with plants, humans, and other animals, and to learn about various methods of control.. ...

This database provides recent research reports of direct relevance to entomology; with coverage including insects, arachnids, myriapods, onychophorans and terrestrial isopods. From the most ancient fossilized forms to newly-discovered species, Entomology Abstracts gathers and summarizes all the latest information on millions of insects and insect-like species.. Subject coverage includes:. ...

Laura Corley Lavine Associate Professor Areas of Interest The development and evolution of adaptive phenotypic plasticity in insects. Education Ph.D. Department of Entomology, University of Kentucky, May 1999 M.S. Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, August 1995 B.S. Biology (with a Chemistry minor), Lander University, May 1992 Department of Entomology, Washington State University Pullman, WA… » More ... ...

Since 1937, the mission of the UESO is to further the knowledge of matters concerning entomology, bridge the gap between faculty, undergraduate students and graduate students, and for the general good fellowship of its members.. UESO is a school-year organization open to all Texas A&M undergraduates who are interested in entomology, regardless of their major. Socials are every first Thursday and meetings are every first and third Thursday. Other events include Chili Cook-off, Big Event, camping, collecting, local outreach, professional meetings and Replant.. Even though the department is small, with about 94 majors and 50 minors and double majors, getting to know everyone is still difficult. UESO helps to bring students with similar interests together through meetings, socials, and events. You have the opportunity to meet many people and make lasting friendships. UESO also works very closely with our advisors and faculty within the department to bridge the gap between professors and students; ...

Entomologists study insects and their relatives and use their findings to help people, animals, and plants. Of the many branches of entomology, one of the most interesting is that related to forensics . Forensic entomologists help to solve crimes by identifying insects and insect remains at crime scenes. For example, some flies are found only in specific times and places. The police can use such information to determine where and when a crime occurred. Other entomologists study insects that spread diseases in people. For example, malaria, an infectious disease that affects more people than any other, is spread by a mosquito. Entomologists specialized knowledge has helped to trace the spread of West Nile virus and Lyme disease in North America. Entomologists specializing in nervous systems test new brain drugs on cockroaches. Since their nerves work very similarly to those in humans, one can tell if a drug has potential to work on illnesses such as Parkinsons disease. Other entomologists use ...

Baerg, W. J. 1936. The Black Widow. Ark. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bul. 325. 34 pp. Baerg, W. J. 1959. The Black Widow and Five Other Venomous Spiders in the United States. Ark. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bul. 608. 43 pp.. Bradley, R. A. 2013. Common Spiders of North America. University of California Press. 271 pp.. Breene, R. G., et al. 2003. Common Names of Arachnids. 5th ed. The American Arachnological Society Committee on Common Names of Arachnids. 42 pp.. Gertsch, W. J., and F. Ennik. 1983. The spider genus Loxosceles in North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Araneae, Loxoscelidae). Bul Amer Mus. Nat. Hist. 175: 24-360.. Herms, W. B., and M. T. James. 1961. Medical Entomology. 5th ed. The MacMillan Company, New York. 616 pp.. Howell, W. M., and R. L. Jenkins. 2004. Spiders of the Eastern United States: A Photographic Guide. Pearson Education. 363 pp.. Isbister, G. K., and M. R. Gray. 2003. Effects of envenoming by combfooted spiders of the genera Steatoda and Achaearanea (Family Theridiidae: ...

Jeff Whitworth, Extension Entomologist: Holly Schwarting, Entomology Research Assoc.; Steve Watson, Agronomy; Mary Knapp, Weather Data Library. Thanks to the unusually warm winter, alfalfa weevil larvae are already present in some areas. Many more will no doubt be hatching in the next few days to weeks. Alfalfa weevils will continue to hatch and larvae continue to develop any time temperatures exceed 48°F.. Thus, it looks like larvae will be emerging, and damage progressing, relatively quickly. Whether this warm weather will compress the alfalfa weevil larval feeding so that the period of damage is not as stretched out as usual remains to be seen. There are also lady beetles active in the alfalfa fields, as well as a few pea aphids. The treatment threshold we use for alfalfa weevil insecticide applications is 30-50% infestation, i.e. 1 larva/2-3 stems.. Alfalfa weevils are cool-weather insects. Adults lay eggs in alfalfa fields in the fall or even the winter. Most of these eggs survive the ...

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MISSISSIPPI STATE - A Mississippi State University graduate student earned a national award for his paper on the biology of insect pests. Nathan Little of Charleston, a graduate student in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, received the annual student award titled

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Roots of corn seedlings infested with needle nematode about one month after planting Several species of nematodes are parasitic on corn in Indiana. Even though these pests are not usually the sole reason for corn decline, they can magnify other problems. The plant parasitic nematodes that are normally found on corn in Indiana in order of their least to highest significance are: Root knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) Lesion nematode (Pratylenchus sp.), Dagger nematode (Xiphinema sp.), Lance nematode (Hoplolaimus sp.) and Needle nematode (Longidorus sp.). The needle nematodes often cause severe damage to corn. However certain conditions such as a cool wet spring and sandy soil have to be present in order for needle nematode to become a problem.. For more information, see Extension Entomology publication E-215-W Needle Nematode. ...

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Crucial Evidence Provided By Forensic Entomologists Is Sometimes Dismissed In Court Cases. Forensic entomology can sometimes put a murderer behind bars, or worse. But this is not always the case. Prosecuting attorneys will not always make use of evidence provided by forensic entomologists, as the law does not always consider this sort of evidence to be reliable. However, when attorneys do prosecute crimes that hinge on evidence gathered by forensic entomologists, the evidence is typically pretty damning. Lawyers prosecuting an alleged murderer in an ongoing murder case have relied heavily on the strength of entomological forensic evidence. Unfortunately for the prosecuting attorneys, the testimony of the forensic entomologist tasked with investigating the murder case will be dismissed by the court. This particular case serves as a good example of how easily evidence gathered by forensic entomologists can be thrown out.. Neal Haskell, a forensic entomologist, provided testimony recently ...

McCreadie JW, Adler PH, Larson R. 2012. Variation in larval fitness of a black fly species over heterogeneous habitats. Aquatic Insects. 34: 143-150. Wagner R , Adler, PH. McCreadie JW. 2012. Description of a new species and redescriptions of two known species of the genus Telmatoscopus EATON (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Alabama, USA. Studia dipterologica, in press McCreadie JW, Adler PH and Beard CE. 2011. Ecology of Symbioites of larval black flie(Diptera: Simuliidae): distribution, diversity and scale. Environmental Entomology 40: 289-302. Neldler MP, Beard CE and McCreadie JW. 2010. Seasonality and host usage of trichomycetes in larval black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of southern Alabama, USA. Fungal Ecology 3: 43- 48. Adler PH and McCreadie JW. 2009. Black Flies. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. In: Medical and Veterinary Entomology (2nd ed) Mullens G, Durden L (eds). Academic Press. Benton EP and McCreadie JW. 2009. A preliminary survey of the Fulgoroidea (Auchenorrhyncha) of coastal ...

Graduate studies leading to a master of science degree are available in nine fields: animal sciences; entomology; environmental management; food science; molecular biosciences and bioengineering; natural resources and environmental management; nutritional science; tropical plant pathology; and tropical plant and soil sciences. Doctor of philosophy programs are available in six fields: tropical plant pathology, molecular biosciences and bioengineering, entomology, natural resources and environmental management, nutrition, and tropical plant and soil sciences.. Three of CTAHRs graduate programs in tropical agriculture (entomology, natural resources and environmental management, and tropical plant and soil sciences), have been recognized as distinctive programs by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). Qualified students from participating states may enroll in these graduate programs at Hawaii-resident tuition rates.. CTAHR utilizes general UH Manoa facilities, including ...

Today, Matt and Erin are in Cleveland, OH for the 2016 Annual North Central Branch Meeting of the ESA (Entomological Society of America). They have a conversation with special guest, David Gammel, Executive Director of ESA since 2011. They learn more about Davids origin story and how he got connected with the ESA. He also shares some of the most exciting things happening with the organization, including new Policy Fellows, a fun blog, and the upcoming international meeting. The Policy Fellows program will support and develop scientists as visible and effective advocates for entomology and entomological research. The Entomology Today Blog helps translate insect-related news to a wide audience; recent articles include topics like a Zika symposium, emerald ash borer control, and tick-borne diseases. They also talk about our upcoming ICE (International Congress of Entomology) Meeting in Orlando this September. In addition to a lot of scientific content with over 6,000 expected participants, there ...

Although no outbreak of illness from the Zika virus has been reported in Florida in recent months, it poses a danger.. Yellow fever and Asian tiger mosquitoes found in the state - and infected with the Zika virus - are good at transmitting the virus, new University of Florida research shows.. In rare cases, the virus can cause paralysis (Guillain-Barré Syndrome) and birth defects.. Researchers at the universitys Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and across the globe are keeping a close eye on the virus and studying how it is transmitted from mosquitoes to people.. Despite the absence of current local transmission in Florida, Zika will remain a public health threat for the foreseeable future in the Americas, said Barry Alto, an associate professor of entomology at the UF/IFAS Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory (FMEL) in Vero Beach, Florida.. Residents should follow standard precautions to protect themselves from mosquito bites. Follow guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease ...

All three have their charms. Lucilia maggots have an amazing ability to eat dead flesh and ignore the living, so theyre used in maggot therapy to eat away dead, infected tissue. This works fantastically, but of course assumes that you can talk someone with, say, an oozing foot ulcer into letting a mass of maggots eat away at their foot-I suppose you say to the person that theyre only going to eat your dead foot.. I thought talking to a forensic entomologist might help me appreciate my new housemates. Sibyl Bucheli studies insects at Sam Houston State University (home to a great criminal justice program) in Huntsville, Texas (home to the busiest execution chamber in the United States). I knew Id like her when her email arrived with a photo of her wearing a Wonder Woman tiara. (You should also check out her entomology labs Harlem Shake video.). Bucheli told me about the first recorded case of forensic entomology in the 1300s. It involved carrion flies-maybe one of the species zipping around my ...

Diehl, E.; Sacchett, F. de Albuquerque, E.Z.ppas, 2005: Richness of ground-dwelling ants in the praia da Pedreira, Parque Estadual de Itapua, Viamao, RS, Brazil Riqueza de formigas de solo na praia da Pedreira, Parque Estadual de Itapua, Viamao, RS, Brasil

Different bugs are present on a corpse during each stage of its decomposition. Using facts known about these insects, information can be learned about the body they infest. General details are provided here on the five levels of corpse decay: fresh, bloated, active, advanced, and dry.

Fulcrum Biometrics, in collaboration with At-Scene, has announced that the FbF mobileOne biometric fingerprint accessory has been integrated into the iBolo (Be On the Lookout) law enforcement mobile application to enable field collection of biometric data using pocket-sized phones.

The following gallery shows well-known authors in Phasmatology, who have published one or more important papers or book on Phasmids since 1750. The authors shown below are mostly ones, who have brought credit to the taxonomy, systematics and phylogenetics of the Phasmatodea. Amongst them are some of the most famous natural scientists and entomologist of their times. These include the famous Swedish scientist and founder of the binominal system Carl von LINNÉ (1707-1778), the Denish entomologist Johann Christian FABRICIUS (1745-1808), the British entomologist Dru DRURY (1725-1804), the British entomologist and many years president of the Entomological Society of London John Obadiah WESTWOOD (1805-1893), the British entomologist Henry Walter BATES (1825-1892), the British zoologist and founder of the peresent time systematics William Forsell KIRBY (1844-1912), the Swiss entomologist Carl BRUNNER v. WATTENWYL (1823-1914) or the American orthopterologist Morgan HEBARD (1887-1946).. ...

Belkin JN, Heinemann SJ, Page WA. 1970. Mosquito Studies (Diptera, Culicidae) XXI. The Culicidae of Jamaica. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 6(1).. Blosser, EM, Stenn, T, Acevedo, C, and Burkett-Cadena, ND. 2016. Host use and seasonality of Culex (Melanoconion) iolambdis (Diptera: Culicidae) from eastern Florida, USA. Acta tropica, 164, pp. 352-359.. Carpenter SJ, LaCasse WJ. 1955. Mosquitoes of North America (North of Mexico). University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA. pp 360.. Darsie Jr, RF. 2002. Redescription of the pupa of Culex (Melanoconion) iolambdis Dyar. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 18: 277-279.. Darsie Jr, RF, and Ward RA. 2005. Identification and Geographical Distribution of the Mosquitoes of North America, North of Mexico. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL. pp. 400.. Edman, JD. 1979. Host-feeding patterns of Florida mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 15: 521-525.. Foote RH. 1952. ...

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Although the geographic extent of endemic malaria transmission has been curtailed during the last century-in part through intensive mosquito control programs-the World Health Organization estimates that approximately 660,000 deaths were attributable to malaria in 2010 (World Health Organization 2013). The importance of mosquitoes to malaria transmission and control was first established by Ronald Ross more than a century ago, a discovery for which he was awarded the second Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1902. Subsequent studies by Batista Grassi and others revealed that only Anopheles mosquitoes, and not mosquitoes of other genera such as Culex or Aedes, were capable of transmitting the disease to humans. There are hundreds of species of Anopheles mosquitoes, and a century of medical entomology has established that only a few dozen species are important vectors of human malaria (Budiansky 2002). Even within those species, not all individual mosquitoes or populations are equally ...

A study on sampling of mosquitos using eco-friendly mosquito trap in around Jiwaji University Campus (India). Abstract : Mosquitoes are the most important among all arthropod vectors that causes human disease in the tropical conditions. In order to reduce the mosquito nuisance and risk of diseases caused by them it is essential to reduce mosquito populations. All Iinn Mosquito Trap/Killer was placed in four different outdoor locations. Out of total insects trapped, the percentage of mosquitoes was 36 %, 45 %, 35 % and 36 in case of Backyard of animal house, Backyard of Aryabhatt boys hostel, Front part and Fish pond area of School of Studies in Zoology, Jiwaji University, Gwalior respectively ...

My research investigates the molecular mechanisms of fluid secretion by the renal (Malpighian) tubules of mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae). Aedes mosquitoes are one of the most important vectors for spreading the viral-based illnesses of yellow fever and dengue fever to humans, whereas Anophelesmosquitoes are the primary vectors of malaria. Malpighian tubules are the kidneys of insects. Our kidneys filter our blood to produce a urine, but the Malpighian tubules of insects must actively secrete fluid to produce a urine. I am interested in elucidating how mosquitoes produce urine, because it is vital to their survival after consuming a human blood meal. That is, the Malpighian tubules excrete the excess fluid and salts absorbed from the blood they ingest. If we can identify key genes/proteins involved with urine production by mosquito Malpighian tubules, then we may be able to interfere with this process via genetic disruption or pharmacological agents, thereby making it less ...

The research in my laboratory focuses on the development of genetic strategies for the control of pest insect species. One important aspect of this is the use of gene vectors that efficiently introduce genes into these species. These gene vectors must be robust enough to allow the high frequency transformation of a target insect species yet be able to be easily manipulated so they can function as effective genetic tools. Transposable elements are small pieces of DNA that can move within and between genomes and some of these have been developed as rudimentary gene vectors in some insect species. We have participated in the isolation and development of two such transposable elements, the Hermes element from the housefly, Musca domestica and the Herves element from the malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Both are members of the hAT superfamily of transposable elements and this superfamily is related to V(D)J recombination system that is largely responsible for generating antibody diversity in the ...

TY - JOUR. T1 - A rapid method for the detection of sibling species in samples of black fly larvae (Diptera. T2 - Simuliidae). AU - Brockhouse, Charles. AU - Tanguay, R. M.. PY - 1996. Y1 - 1996. UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=23644450614&partnerID=8YFLogxK. UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=23644450614&partnerID=8YFLogxK. M3 - Article. VL - 13. SP - 339. EP - 347. JO - Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology. JF - Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology. SN - 1523-5475. IS - 4. ER - ...

The blood-sucking bug Rhodnius prolixus is the main vector of Chagas Disease in Colombia, Venezuela and several countries in Central America. Nitric oxide (NO) is a ubiquitous gaseous molecule present in most types of cell and participates in ...

Scientific studies with Biogents traps and/or attractants, published in peer-reviewed journals. 1. Gama RA, Silva IM da, Geier M & Eiras AE (2013) Development of the BG- Malaria trap as an alternative to human-landing catches for the capture of Anopheles darlingi. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 108: 763-771. DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276108062013013. 2. Lee SH, Nam KW, Jeong JY, Yoo SJ, Koh Y-S, Lee S, Heo ST, Seong S-Y & Lee KH (2013) The Effects of Climate Change and Globalization on Mosquito Vectors: Evidence from Jeju Island, South Korea on the Potential for Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus) Influxes and Survival from Vietnam Rather Than Japan. PLoS ONE 8: e68512. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068512. 3. Stone CM, Tuten HC & Dobson SL (2013) Determinants of Male Aedes aegypti and Aedes polynesiensis (Diptera: Culicidae) Response to Sound: Efficacy and Considerations for Use of Sound Traps in the Field. Journal of Medical Entomology 50: 723-730. DOI: 10.1603/ME13023. 4. Tuten HC, Stone CM & ...

Field trials were conducted to determine effects of cultivar and insecticide application on grain yield and yield loss of cowpea to insect pest during the 2008 and 2009 cropping seasons at Baga (13° 29ʺ N and 13° 32ʺ E), Lake Chad shore area of Nigeria. Three cowpea varieties (Kanannado, Borno brown and IT98k-1312), two insecticides [cypermethrin (30 g) + dimethoate (250 g) and neem seed aqueous extract] and three spray regimes (one each at budding, flowering and podding) were evaluated for the control of pest on cowpea. The treatments were laid in a strip-split plot design and replicated three times each. The results reveal that flower thrips (Megalurothrips sjostedti), Legume pod borer (Maruca vitrata), Blister beetle (Mylabris spp.) and Pod Sucking Bug (Anoplocnemi scurvipes) were the major insect pests of rainfed cowpea in the area. The variety Borno brown failed to produce flower in both seasons. IT98k-131-2 was more tolerant to damage by insect pests of budding, flowering and podding

West Nile Season runs from June through October, so we are only in the beginning. We had a large outbreak a couple of summers ago, so hopefully its fresh on your mind. West Nile Virus is a virus transmitted by the bite of a mosquito. I dont know about you, but I have had a heck of a summer dealing with mosquitoes. I have multiple bites all over my arms and legs at all times, it seems! So, Im going to be more careful about being outdoors when mosquitoes are active, and wearing insect repellent when I am outdoors ...

Prey preference of natural enemies is an important parameter used in studies on their efficiency. Feeding preferences of individuals from two populations of Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (L.) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) for the essential prey ...

Di, N., K. R. Hladun, K. Zhang, T.-X. Liu, and J. T. Trumble. 2016. Laboratory bioassays on the impact of cadmium, copper and lead on the development and survival of honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) larvae and foragers. Chemosphere 152: 530-538.. Prager, S. M., G. Kund and J.T. Trumble. 2016. Low input, low cost IPM program helps manage potato psyllid. California Agriculture 70 (2): 89-95.. Pennington, M.J., S.M. Prager, W.E. Walton, and J.T. Trumble. 2016. (Culex quinquefasciatus) larval microbiomes vary with instar and exposure to common wastewater contaminants. Nature Scientific Reports 6:21969 , DOI: 10.1038/srep21969.. Burden, C. M., C. Elmore, K. R. Hladun, J. T. Trumble, and B. H. Smith. 2016. Acute exposure to selenium disrupts associative conditioning and long-term memory recall in honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 127: 71-79.. Hladun, K.R., N. Di, T.-X. Liu, and J.T. Trumble. 2016. Metal contaminant accumulation in the hive: consequences for whole ...

By Richard Levine Once again, a technique that modifies insects in order to control their populations has been proven effective. RIDL, which stands for Release of Insects carrying a Dominant Lethal, has been applied to diamondback moths, Mediterranean fruit flies, and olive flies, and it has been used in field trials on mosquitoes in order […]. ...

A Mexican-Italian research team discovered two new dung beetle species in Mexico while carrying out a biodiversity study in conserved forests and cattle-grazing sites. The new species are described in the journal ZooKeys. As their name suggests, dung beetles are insects that feed mainly on mammal faeces. For decades, an international research team, led by […]. ...

In the forest: The determination of the density and distribution of populations in a forest is critical to any successful management strategy aimed at reducing the impact of this species. Since this pest spends approximately ten months of its life cycle in the soil, monitoring of populations may be best accomplished through the use of soil sampling techniques. Individual tree and stand phenology should be monitored in order to better predict when a management tactic should be initiated. Foliar sampling techniques may prove useful in determining when an appropriate control measure should be initiated. The minute size of this species presents a tremendous challenge to researchers involved in developing effective and reliable population estimates. Quantitative sampling methods that predict population levels have not been developed, therefore, an economic threshold level has not been established for this pest in the forest.. When economically damaging populations are present, an application of a ...

Home gardeners are confronted with a large number of potential insect problems. The types of potential insect problems will depend on their location, health of their plants, and types of plants they grow. Depending on the type of plant, problems can range from rare to frequent. A pest management program for home gardeners should rely on proper identification of insect pests, effective use of preventive cultural controls, conservation of natural enemies, and use of chemical controls as a last resort if other control strategies are ineffective or unavailable for a particular problem. Cultural controls that help home gardeners reduce pest problems include proper site selection, sanitation of residues and weeds, use of resistant varieties, cultivation, crop rotation, altering planting and harvest dates appropriate timing and amount of irrigation and fertilization, and use of barriers and exclusion. Cultural controls are selected used preventively and selected according to the chances of particular ...

These guys have been all over the place in Salt Lake City, Utah. Im doing some google-fu to try and get more specific about what kind of Mayfly it might be.. The Utah County Health Department wants people to know that mayflies are not mosquitoes, and do not carry Zika. From their website:. Mayflies are not true flies but belong to the order Ephemeroptera, which means short lived. Adult mayflies live one to two days and do not feed. The adults molt once, leaving their old cast skin on the wall surface where it was shed. They are easily recognized by a triangular wing and two or three thread-like tails. Larvae are an important food for many freshwater fish. Eggs are laid on rocks or other objects in the water.. So far the information about suborders of mayfly that Ive been able to find has a lot to do with the nymphs development of thoracic shields and the fusing stages of forewings, so I doubt Ill be able to make an identification from this photograph alone. ...

DEMARI-SILVA, Bruna; VESGUEIRO, Fabiana Tavares; SALLUM, Maria Anice Mureb; MARRELLI, Mauro Toledo. Taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships between species of the genus Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) from Brazil inferred from the cytochrome c oxidase I mitochondrial gene. Journal of Medical Entomology, Lanham, v. 48, n. 2, p. 272-279, 2011. Disponível em: < http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/ME09293 > DOI: 10.1603/ME09293 ...

Swarm is a research residency for artists interested in insects. The weeklong residency will facilitate 10 excursions into natural habitats and laboratories enriched by biologists, naturalists and experts to learn and collect materials. Outline: Artist talk: Residents are invited to give a private artist talk to share your work with the group. Moths: We will set up a moth lure to observe the local moths with artist Jim des Rivieres who will give a workshop on high resolution scanning of insects. Butterflies: A walk in the field to see local butterflies with a lepidopterist. Bioacoustics: A visit to an Ottawa University laboratory where audible caterpillar communication is studied. Invasive species: A guided hike through the Gatineau Forest with an expert on emerald ash borers. Pests: We will spend an afternoon with a progressive exterminator who will teach about local pests and cutting edge methods of dealing with them. Pinning and preservation: Visit to the Canadian National Collection

Vol. 6, No. 4 ... Mar 15, 2007 --- Wheat Disease Update, Early Considerations for Pecan Production - Horticultural oils and pecan pests, Time to Order Pecan Nut Casebearer Traps, Alfalfa Insect Application Timing is upon us, Results of evaluations on insecticide performance for control of alfalfa weevil larvae and aphids in ...

General: 1. Neuroendocrinology and neurochemistry 2. Rational design of insecticides 3. Molecular diagnostics 4. Food toxicology Specific topics: 1. Studies of neuroendocrine mechanisms in moths (sex pheromone biosynthesis, melanization, pupariation, muscle contraction, diapause). 2. Rational design of environment friendly non-toxic insect control agents based on disruption of the neuroendocrine system (i.e., design of neuropeptide-antagonist based insecticides). 3. Studies of bioavailability (penetrability through the cuticle) of compounds into insects. 4. Development of receptor based high throughput screening assays for discovery of new insect control agents. 5. Development of novel probes and immunochemical/microarray methods for monitoring pesticide residues from water, food and environmental samples ...

by J.P. Michaud, Sarah Zukoff and Brian McCornack. The sugarcane aphid (SCA) has been causing a range of harvesting problems in central Kansas. In some cases, sticky honeydew has been gumming up combines, sometimes bringing harvest to a halt, or slowing combine speeds. Fortunately, provided the grain has hardened, you can wait for a week or so and this honeydew will be weathered by the elements (and sooty mold) so that it is no longer sticky. The sooty mold that grows on it is not toxic, and so is not a concern for the cattle for those who plan to graze the stubble. However, palatability and nutritional value of the stubble may be somewhat reduced if aphid infestations have been heavy.. A more widespread problem is that aphid infestations in maturing panicles have caused uneven ripening of the grain, which in turn has caused uneven drying. Harvest has been delayed in some cases because grain moisture measurements in a field can be so variable that a decision to harvest is difficult to ...