Abstract: Mosquito adulticides are a critical component of mosquito control programs in targeting both vector and nuisance mosquito populations. Monitoring and managing insecticide resistance for mosquito control programs is an important piece of any program as it helps preserve the limited chemical toolbox available for adulticides. However, lab and field data on how products perform against local mosquitoes is not ubiquitously available to all programs. In our collective mission to kill mosquitoes and protect public health, collaboration is a necessity for vector control programs, researchers, and industry members. In June of 2021, caged field trials were conducted in Oklahoma City and were a prime example of this collaboration in action. The main goals were 1) to collect efficacy data to inform management decisions and 2) capacity building for local programs and students. This team was made up of students, professors, public health department employees from Tulsa and Oklahoma City, private industry, and the USDA. This represented the first field cage mosquito control trial conducted in Oklahoma and provided both Health Departments with information related to the efficacy of two mosquito control products against their mosquitoes.
