Grad MUVE: Urban and Structural Pests

Moderator(s)

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  Chow-Yang Lee, BCE

  Professor & Endowed Presidential Chair in Urban Entomology
  Department of Entomology
  University of California
  Riverside, California
• NS

  Neil Spomer

  Corteva Agriscience
  Indianapolis, Indiana

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM PT

  Coconut fatty acids repel southwestern United States urban pest arthropods
  

  Presenting Author: John L. Agnew, II – New Mexico State University

  Co-Author: Alvaro Romero – New Mexico State University
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT

  Effects of starvation on foraging behavior in the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Arjun Khadka – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Qian Sun – Louisiana State University
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM PT

  Effects on an artificial sweetener on the water balance of the German cockroach (Blattodea: Ectobiidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Shao-Hung Lee – University of California

  Co-Author: Dong-Hwan Choe – University of California

  Co-Author: Michael K. Rust – University of California

  Co-Author: Chow-Yang Lee, BCE – University of California
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM PT

  Feeding cessation after ingestion of 20-hydroxyecdysone in the Formosan subterranean termite
  

  Presenting Author: Kaitlin Gazdick – University of Flordia

  Co-Author: Sang-Bin Lee – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Nan-Yao Su – University of Florida
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM PT

  Histamine production in common urban arthropods
  

  Presenting Author: Simona Principato – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Alvaro Romero – New Mexico State University

  Co-Author: Zachary DeVries – University of Kentucky
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT

  Investigation of a novel allergen from the common bed bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Johnalyn Gordon (she/her/hers) – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Zachary DeVries – University of Kentucky
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM PT

  Postecdysis behavioral patterns in Coptotermes gestroi (Wasmann)
  

  Presenting Author: Hunter S. Bergbower – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Sang-Bin Lee – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Nan-Yao Su – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Thomas P. Chouvenc – University of Florida
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT

  The perfect meal: Determining how aging affects cockroach gel bait performance
  

  Presenting Author: Isabelle M. Lucero (she/her/hers) – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Sudip Gaire (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky

  Co-Author: Zachary DeVries – University of Kentucky