Vector Control

Moderator(s)

• DM

  Dennis Moore, Editor-in-Chief

  Editor-in-Chief
  Wing Beats , Florida, United States

Presentations:

• 1:45 PM – 1:55 PM AST

  Enhancing Efficiency and Sustainability in Black Fly Control: Implementation of a Bulk Container Treatment System
  

  Presenter: Casey Herrmann (he/him/his) – Metropolitan Mosquito Control District
• 1:55 PM – 2:05 PM AST

  Determining Insecticide Resistance in Culex tarsalis: Phenotypic, Genotypic, and Enzymatic Profiles from Maricopa County, Arizona
  

  Presenter: Mackenna Berg – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Donald Ward, MSPH – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Alex Aldosari – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Matthew Mcculloch – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: Bryce Monsevais – Arizona State University

  Co-Author: James B. Will, Jr. – Maricopa County Environmental Services Vector Control

  Co-Author: Silvie Huijben, PhD (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University
• 2:05 PM – 2:15 PM AST

  Establishing a novel age-grading method for Culex tarsalis populations using pixel intensity of wing photos.
  

  Presenter: Greg Pugh (he/him/his) – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Zane Wilson – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Ryan Yoe – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Peyton Ferris – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Michelle Savran – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Jackson DeCook – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Blue Hephaestus – Viden Technologies LLC

  Co-Author: Claire Stewart – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Timothy A. Burton – Colorado State University

  Co-Author: Bryce Asay – Viden Technologies LLC

  Co-Author: Brian D. Foy – Colorado State University
• 2:15 PM – 2:25 PM AST

  Investigating Culex pipiens and Culex tarsalis activity patterns to determine optimal application times for adult mosquito control interventions
  

  Presenter: Sarah S. Wheeler, PhD – Sacramento Yolo MVCD

  Co-Author: Daniel Mendoza – University of Utah

  Co-Author: Mario Novelo, PhD – Sacramento -Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District

  Co-Author: Whitney Clack – Sacramento-Yolo MVCD

  Co-Author: Kara Kelley – Sacramento-Yolo MVCD
• 2:25 PM – 2:35 PM AST

  Mapping dengue virus transmission risk based on real-time surveillance data with VectorSurv
  

  Presenter: Christopher M. Barker, MS, MS, PhD – University of California, Davis

  Co-Author: Aynaz Lotfata, PhD – Davis Arbovirus Research and Training (DART) Lab

  Co-Author: Jody Simpson – Davis Arbovirus Research and Training (DART) Lab
• 2:35 PM – 2:45 PM AST

  Pilot field trials of freeze-dried beets as an oviposition lure for Aedes aegypti in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
  

  Co-Author: Samuel B. Jameson, PhD – Tulane University

  Co-Author: Brendan H. Carter, PhD – Tulane University

  Co-Author: Nicole F. Luna, Undergraduate – Tulane University

  Presenter: Dawn M. Wesson, PhD – Tulane University
• 2:45 PM – 2:55 PM AST

  When do you intervene? Making real-time control decisions with your surveillance data using VectorSurv and other popular software tools
  

  Presenter: Olivia C. Winokur, PhD – UC Davis
• 2:55 PM – 3:05 PM AST

  Applying Machine Learning Models to Predict West Nile Virus Outbreaks in California and the U.S.
  

  Presenter: Yunfei Liao, PhD (he/him/his) – University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• 3:05 PM – 3:15 PM AST

  Climate Adaptation and Genetic Differentiation in the Mosquito Species Culex tarsalis
  

  Presenter: Yunfei Liao, PhD (he/him/his) – University of North Carolina at Charlotte