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Larvicide Resistance: Investigating and Adapting to an Emerging Threat Symposium

Larvicide Resistance: Investigating and Adapting to an Emerging Threat Symposium

37 - Making the dream work: Statewide container Aedes larvicide resistance testing through collaboration with Florida mosquito control programs

Tuesday, March 4, 2025
2:09 PM – 2:21 PM AST
Location: 208 B
Due to their increased target specificity in comparison to adulticides, biorational larvicides play a vital role in a successful integrated mosquito management plan. However, choosing the correct biorational larvicide to use within operational mosquito control requires knowledge of resistance in local mosquito populations. However, most Florida mosquito control programs lack the capacity to perform routine larvicide resistance monitoring. Therefore, through collaboration with mosquito control programs statewide, we are currently conducting a multi-year, multi-species comprehensive evaluation of mosquito larvicide resistance in Florida to fill this gap in capacity. This presentation will cover our program’s logistics, successes and challenges to date, and preliminary findings with Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus.