Clickbait: Click Beetles and Wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) as Inspiration

Organizer(s)

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  Julien Saguez

  Researcher - Field Crop Entomologist
  Department of Entomology
  CÉROM
  Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
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  Jacqueline Serrano

  Research Entomologist
  Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Research Unit- ARS
  USDA - ARS
  Yakima, Washington
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  Wim van Herk

  Research Scientist
  Field Crop Entomology
  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  Agassiz, British Columbia, Canada
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  Haley Catton (she/her/hers)

  Research Scientist - Field Crop Entomology
  Lethbridge Research and Development Centre
  Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Click beetles and their larvae belong to the family Elateridae. Research focuses on developing tools for monitoring and managing these pests. Several identification and management guides have been published.The architecture of the clicking mechanism of Elateridae also inspires bionic engineers to develop new robots or tools.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:36 PM PT

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Julien Saguez – CÉROM
• 1:36 PM – 1:48 PM PT

  Biology, ecology, and distribution of wireworms in the US Pacific Northwest cereal crops
  

  Presenting Author: Ivan Milosavljevic (he/him/his) – University of California
• 1:48 PM – 2:00 PM PT

  Assessing the effects of larval density, soil texture, and temperature on the feeding activity of Hypnoidus bicolor wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae)
  

  Presenting Author: Ivan Drahun – Brock University

  Co-author: Pamela Rutherford – Brandon University

  Co-author: Willem G. van Herk – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-Author: Bryan Cassone – Brandon University
• 2:00 PM – 2:12 PM PT

  Wireworm species associated with the primary field crops of corn and soybean in Ontario, Canada
  

  Presenting Author: Jocelyn L. Smith – University of Guelph
• 2:12 PM – 2:24 PM PT

  Catch-all pheromone lure for Agriotes and Limonius pest click beetles in North America
  

  Presenting Author: Emily Lemke – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Willem G. van Herk – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-Author: Julien Saguez – CÉROM

  Co-Author: Doug Pepper – Ministry of Agriculture, Duncan

  Co-Author: Kathleen Furtado – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
• 2:36 PM – 2:48 PM PT

  Click beetle sex pheromones for wireworm management and ecological studies in Canada
  

  Presenting Author: Wim van Herk – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-author: Robert S. Vernon – Sentinel IPM Services

  Co-author: Emily Lemke – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Kendal Singleton – Simon Fraser University

  Co-author: Kathleen Furtado – Simon Fraser University

  Co-author: Julien Saguez – CÉROM

  Co-author: Todd Kabaluk – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-Author: Haley Catton (she/her/hers) – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-Author: Regine Gries – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
• 2:48 PM – 3:00 PM PT

  Identification, synthesis, and testing of new sex attractant pheromones for North American click beetle species
  

  Presenting Author: Jacqueline Serrano – USDA - ARS

  Co-Author: Jocelyn Millar – University of California

  Co-Author: Livy Williams – USDA U.S. Vegetable Laboratory

  Co-author: Sean Halloran – University of California

  Co-Author: Anna C. Grommes – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Anders Huseth – North Carolina State University

  Co-author: Tom P. Kuhar – Virginia Tech

  Co-Author: Lawrence Hanks – University of Illinois
• 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM PT

  Break
• 3:20 PM – 3:32 PM PT

  Spectral sensitivity of North American pest click beetle species (Coleoptera: Elateridae) and their behavioural responses to different wavelengths of light
  

  Presenting Author: Kendal Singleton – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Adam J. Blake – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Kathleen Furtado – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Willem G. van Herk – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
• 3:32 PM – 3:44 PM PT

  The challenges and future of integrated pest management of wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae)
  

  Presenting Author: Arash Rashed – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Atoosa Nikoukar – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Sarah A. Hendricks – University of Idaho

  Co-Author: Kimberly R. Andrews – University of Idaho
• 3:44 PM – 3:56 PM PT

  Mass trapping click beetles as an alternative wireworm management tool: What are the considerations?
  

  Presenting Author: Robert S. Vernon – Sentinel IPM Services

  Co-Author: Wim van Herk – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-author: Kathleen Moore – Environment and Climate Change Canada / Canadian Wildlife Service

  Co-author: Peka Mueller – University of British Columbia
• 3:56 PM – 4:08 PM PT

  Progress and prospects in the management of Limonius pests in the Pacific Northwest
  

  Presenting Author: Jacqueline Serrano – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Rodney Cooper – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Jocelyn Millar – University of California

  Co-author: Willem G. van Herk – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Regine Gries – Simon Fraser University
• 4:08 PM – 4:20 PM PT

  Fatal attraction: Can it be used for wireworm management
  

  Presenting Author: Christine Noronha – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-Author: Md Habibullah Bahar – Pest Management Regulatory Agency, Health Canada

  Co-Author: Suqi Liu – Government of Prince Edward Island

  Co-Author: Natasha Mosher-Gallant – AAFC
• 4:20 PM – 4:32 PM PT

  Wireworms and click beetles in Quebec - How they change the pesticide regulations
  

  Presenting Author: Julien Saguez – CÉROM
• 4:32 PM – 4:44 PM PT

  Pest wireworms on the Canadian Prairies: Communications with farmers
  

  Presenting Author: Haley Catton (she/her/hers) – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-Author: Willem G. van Herk – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

  Co-Author: Julien Saguez – CÉROM

  Co-Author: Erl Svendsen – AAFC

  Co-Author: Emma Stephens – AAFC
• 4:44 PM – 4:56 PM PT

  When engineers and entomologists just click: A click beetle inspired robotic model organism
  

  Presenting Author: Marianne Alleyne – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Teagan Mathur – Princeton University

  Co-Author: Liyuan Zhang – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Yuhe Cui – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Ophelia Bolmin – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Joshua Caleb Gibson – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Aimy Wissa – Princeton University
• 4:56 PM – 5:15 PM PT

  Discussion
• 5:15 PM – 5:20 PM PT

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Julien Saguez – CÉROM