Undergrad MUVE: Behavior and Ecology

Moderator(s)

• 

  Kateryn Rochon

  Associate Professor
  Department of Entomology
  University of Manitoba
  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
• JT

  Justin Talley

  Oklahoma State University
  Stillwater, Oklahoma

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:12 AM PT

  Characterizing the multi-modal host cue complex that attracts stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans
  

  Presenting Author: Miele McGowan – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Emmanuel Hung – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Tandeep Brar – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
• 8:12 AM – 8:24 AM PT

  Conductive and convective heat, but not infrared radiation, mediate stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, and horn fly, Haematobia irritans, alighting and probing responses on thermally different targets
  

  Presenting Author: Eve P. Meyer – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Emmanuel Hung – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Nelson Lee – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
• 8:24 AM – 8:36 AM PT

  Conspecific presence increases the attractiveness of visual targets to host-seeking stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans
  

  Presenting Author: Justin Wong – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Emmanuel Hung – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
• 8:36 AM – 8:48 AM PT

  Different spider, similar signal - Identification of sex pheromone components produced by female triangulate cobweb spiders, Steatoda triangulosa
  

  Presenting Author: Jane Vurdela (she/her/hers) – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Andreas Fischer – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Regine Gries – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Nastaran Bahar – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Santosh Alamsetti – Simon Fraser University
• 8:48 AM – 9:00 AM PT

  Discovery and seasonal abundance of a new pheromone component produced by western black widow spiders, Latrodectus hesperus
  

  Presenting Author: Aryan Monfared – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Andreas Fischer – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Alexandra Fischer – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Kelvin Lau – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Santosh Alamsetti – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Regine Gries – Simon Fraser University
• 9:00 AM – 9:12 AM PT

  Fly after-party: The effects of human toxicants on fly behavior
  

  Presenting Author: Connor A. Cavett – Oklahoma State University

  Co-Author: Astri C. Wayadande – Oklahoma State University
• 9:12 AM – 9:24 AM PT

  Investigating the relative importance of reflective intensity, colour, and polarization characteristics of visual cues for stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, attraction
  

  Presenting Author: Sophie Hennig – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Emmanuel Hung – Simon Fraser University

  Co-Author: Sonali Timmath – Simon Fraser University

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

  Co-Author: Gerhard Gries – Simon Fraser University
• 9:24 AM – 9:36 AM PT

  Living the fly life: Adaptation and diversification of mosquito-derived Serratia strains
  

  Presenting Author: Miranda G. Barnes – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  Co-Author: Dana Price – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey