Northeastern Mosquito Control Association


 

2014 Tentative Programupdated November 24, 2014 14:17:01

 

Note: this is a running list; dates and times will not be finalized until sometime in late November – please check back often for revisions. Abstracts are included if they have been received by the NMCA Editor.

 

PAPER PRESENTATIONS:

 

«     Welcome Address

Gregory C. Watson, Commissioner

Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources

 

«     Presidential Address

Timothy McGlinchy, President NMCA

 

«     AMCA: Helping Guide Mosquito Control into the Twenty-first Century

Steve Mulligan, AMCA President

ABSTRACT

 

«     AMCA Report

Joe Conlon, AMCA technical Advisor

ABSTRACT

 

«     AMCA Regional Report

Paul Capotosto, AMCA North Atlantic Regional Director

 

«     Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program: Becoming PestWise

Gabrielle Sakolsky-Hoopes, Cape Cod Mosquito Control Project

 

«     2014 Arbovirus Surveillance in Maine

Chuck Lubelczyk, Maine Medical Center Research Institute

 

«     Pennsylvania Arthropod-borne Disease Update

Michael L. Hutchinson, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

 

«     New York Arboviral and Mosquito Update, 2014

Dominick Ninivaggi, Suffolk County

 

«     Arbovirus Activity in Connecticut, 2014

John Shepard, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Authors: John J. Shepard, Philip M. Armstrong, Michael C, Thomas, Michael Misenck & Angela Bransfield

ABSTRACT

 

«     Update from Rhode Island, 2014

Al Gettman, RI Department of Environmental Management

ABSTRACT

 

«     2014 Arbovirus Surveillance in Vermont

Alan C. Graham, Vermont Agency of Agriculture

ABSTRACT

 

«     Arboviral Surveillance- New Hampshire, 2014

Abigail Mathewson, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services

ABSTRACT

 

«     Arbovirus Activity in Massachusetts: 2014 Season Summary

M. Cynthia Stinson, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

ABSTRACT

 

«     New Jersey Arboviral Surveillance Report, 2014

Eric Williges, NJDEP

 

«     Walk Like an Aegyptian: Invasion of Aedes aegypti into California

Steve Mulligan, Consolidated Mosquito Control District

Authors: Steve Mulligan & Jodi Holeman

ABSTRACT

 

«     Mosquito Control in Florida

James Clauson, Beach Mosquito Control District

ABSTRACT

 

«     Bridge on the River Kwai: The Man, The Bridge

Joseph M Conlon, AMCA

ABSTRACT

 

«     Mosquito Research Foundation, An Overview

James Clauson, Beach Mosquito Control District

ABSTRACT

 

«     Building Bridges

Emily Sullivan, Northeast MA Mosquito Control & Wetlands Management District

ABSTRACT

 

«     The Basics of Streambank Stabilization

Peter Hanrahan, Everett J. Prescott Incorporated

ABSTRACT

 

«     Maintenance of a Stormwater Detention Basin Associated with an ACOE Levee

Michael Bryant- East Middlesex Mosquito Control

Authors: Michael Bryant, Christopher Gagnon & David Henley

 

«     Updates in Coastal Wetland Restoration, Management & Research

Roger Wolfe, CT DEEP Wetlands Habitat & Mosquito Management Program

Authors: Roger Wolfe & Paul Capotosto

 

«     Bristol County Mosquito Control’s Water Management

Steve Burns, Bristol County Mosquito Control Project

 

«     Dynamics of Vector-Host Interaction and Emergence Eastern Equine Encephalitis in Northeastern USA

Goudarz Molaei, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Authors: Goudarz Molaei, Michael C. Thomas, Tim Muller, John Shepard, Jan Medlock, Philip Armstrong &Theodore G. Andreadis

ABSTRACT

 

«     Ultra-low Volume Droplet Penetration and Characteristics of Truck-mounted Adulticide Application in an Urban Northeastern Habitat

Isik Unlu, Mercer County Mosquito Control

Authors: Isik Unlu, Nick Indelicato & Ary Faraji

 

«     The Dilution Effect in a Field Survey of Eastern Mosquitoes

Todd Livdahl, Clark University

ABSTRACT

 

«     Paternal effects in the Asian Tiger Mosquito

Alexandra Villiard, Rutgers University, Center for Vector Biology

 

«     Establishing Mosquitoes as Vectors of Amphibian Pathogens

Mandy Gaudreau, Clark University- Daniel M. Jobbins Scholarship

ABSTRACT

 

«     Evaluation of Quantitative Real-time PCR Assays used to Detect West Nile Virus in Mosquito Pools

Nicole Herman, Yale University, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Authors: Nicole Herman & Philip Armstrong

 

«     Paternal Effects in the Asian Tiger Mosquito

Alexandra Villiard, Rutgers University, Center for Vector Biology

 

«     Chikungunya virus in the Americas: Are we at risk?

Theodore Andreadis, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

 

«     Interspecific Sexual Harassment and Feeding Inhibition Between Two Invasive Dengue Vectors

John Soghigian, Clark University

ABSTRACT

 

«     A Sticky Trap to Capture Medically Important Filth Flies and Mosquitoes: A Trap within a Trap

Kirby O. Kloter

ABSTRACT

 

«     Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Reemergence in Connecticut

Philip Armstrong, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Authors: Philip Armstrong, Goudarz Molaei &Theodore G. Andreadis

ABSTRACT

 

«     Genetic Relationship of the First Isolate of EEEV in the State of Vermont

John-Paul Mutebi, CDC

Authors: Kali D. Saxton-Shaw, Jeremy P. Ledermann, Joan L. Kenney, Erica Berl, Alan C. Graham, Ann M Powers, Joel M. Russo & John-Paul Mutebi

ABSTRACT

 

«     Cs. melanura Habitat Identification and Treatment Methods

Kimberly A. Foss, SWAMP, Inc

ABSTRACT

 

«     It Could Happen in Your Backyard- Today’s Political Climate

Mark Newberg, Central Life Sciences

ABSTRACT

 

«     Mosquito Spraying May Have Killed Bees- A Tale of Media Bias and Linden Trees

David Henley, East Middlesex & Suffolk County Mosquito Control Projects

Authors: David Henley & Douglas Bidlack

 

«     Aedes albopictus Larviciding Study in a York City Salvage Yard

Christian Boyer, PA Dept. of Environmental Protection

 

«     Development and Introduction of a New Active Ingredient for ULV Application to Control Adult Mosquitoes in the United States

Ted Bean, Adapco

Authors: Joe Barile, Kurt Vandock, Gordon Morrison & Byron Reid

 

«     Evaluations of Two Natular™ Formulations in Catch Basins in Multiple Regions of the United States

Derek Drews, Clarke

 

«     NPDES PGP Update

Andrea Szylvian, US EPA Region 1 (New England)

 

«     Mosquitoes & Arboviruses in Northeastern Massachusetts: A Fifteen-Year Retrospection

Esteban Cuebas-Incle, Northeast MA Mosquito Control & Wetlands Management District

Authors: Esteban Cuebas-Incle, Anthony Corricelli & William Mehaffey

ABSTRACT

 

«     Ovitraps Surveillance for Aedes albopictus in Southeastern Massachusetts

Priscilla Matton, Bristol County Mosquito Control Project

ABSTRACT

 

«     Sea Level Rise and Its Connection to the Origin and Future of New England’s Salt Marshes

Dave Lawson, Norfolk County Mosquito Control District

ABSTRACT

 

«     Short Term Climate Fluctuations for Our Short-Term Memories

Nate Boonisar, Norfolk County Mosquito Control District

ABSTRACT

 

«     Closing Remarks

Priscilla Matton, NMCA President

 


 

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

 

«     Survival of Vernal Pool Mosquito Larvae Exposed to Repeated Cycle of Freezing

HeeJung Ko, Department of Biology, UMass Boston

 

«     Preliminary Results using FourStar Bti CRG for Spring Pre-hatch

Tim Deschamps, Frank Cornine & Andy Healey, Central Mass Mosquito Control

 

«     Control of Phragmites australis in CT

Paul Capotosto, Roger Wolfe & Bonnie Lathrop, CT DEEP WHAMM Program

 

«     Disposable CO2 Source for Mosquito Baiting

Frank Cornine, CMMCP and John Prohaska, Overnia

 

«     Four Decades of Dedication

 

«     A Sticky Trap to Capture Medically Important Filth Flies and Mosquitoes: A Trap within a Trap

Kirby O. Kloter

 

«     Assessing the Introduction of Ae. albopictus in Masschusetts Using Ovitraps

Andrew Ruiz, HeeJung Ko, Todd Duval & James Ackley, Mass. Department of Public Health

 

«     Integrated Marsh Management in Connecticut

Roger Wolfe & Paul Capotosto, CT DEEP WHAMM Program