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M a Y 2 1 - 2 4 M A Y 2 1 - 2 4 EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL RALEIGH - D U R H A M • N C Table of Contents National Conference on Urban Entomology May 21-24, 2006 Embassy Suites Hotel Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN URBAN ENTOMOLOGY ................... 10 ARNOLD MALLIS MEMORIAL AWARD LECTURE: THE GERMAN COCKROACH: RE-EMERGENCE OF AN OLD FOE…THAT NEVER DEPARTED Coby Schal, North Carolina State University................................................................. 10 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP AWARD PRESENTATIONS ............................................ 11 SOYBEAN OIL CONSUMPTION IN RED IMPORTED FIRE ANTS, SOLENOPSIS INVICTA BUREN (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) Rebecca L. Baillif, Dr. Linda Hooper-Bùi, and Dr. Beverly A. Wiltz, Louisiana State University ...................................................................................................................... 11 THE RESPONSE OF THE FORMOSAN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE TO DIFFERENT BORATE SALTS Margaret C. Gentz and J. Kenneth Grace, University of Hawai`i at Manoa .................. 11 THE MECHANISM AND FACTORS AFFECTING HORIZONTAL TRANSFER OF FIPRONIL AMONG WESTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITES Raj K. Saran and Michael K. Rust, University of California Riverside ........................... 12 STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION .............................................................................. 16 COMPARATIVE PROTEOMICS BETWEEN WORKER AND SOLDIER CASTES OF RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES (ISOPTERA: RHINOTERMITIDAE) C. Jerry Bowen, Robin D. Madden, Brad Kard, and Jack W. Dillwith, Oklahoma State University ...................................................................................................................... 16 TERMITE TRAIL PHEROMONE ATTRACTIVENESS AND SPECIFICITY Raj K. Saran, Jocelyn G. Millar, Michael K. Rust, University of California Riverside..... 17 PARASITISM OF SUBTERRANEAN TERMITES (ISOPTERA: RHINOTERMITIDAE: TERMITIDAE) BY ENTOMOPATHOGENIC NEMATODES (RHABDITIDA: STEINERNEMATIDAE: HETERORHABDITIDAE) H. Yu1, D. H. Gouge1, and P. Baker2, 1University of Arizona, MAC Experiment Station, 2University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ................................................................................ 21 BUGS IN BUGS: STUDIES ON THE GUT BACTERIA IN TERMITES M. Fisher1, D. Miller1, C. Brewster1, C. Husseneder2, and A. Dickerman3, 1Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech, 2Department of Entomology, LSU AgCenter, 3Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Virginia Tech ........................................................................... 21 PEST ANT COMPLEXES OF PUERTO RICO P. Brown and D. Miller, Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech ............................... 22 - 1 - NATURAL HISTORY, COMMUNITY STRUCTURE, AND MEDICAL STATUS OF AN INVASIVE, STINGING-ANT PEST, PACHYCONDYLA CHINENSIS (EMERY), IN THE UNITED STATES Eric Paysen, Pat Zungoli, Mark Nelder, and Eric Benson, Department of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences, Clemson University ............................................................. 22 ARGENTINE ANT FORAGING ACTIVITY AND INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION IN COMPLETE VS. WORKER-ONLY COLONIES. John Brightwell and Jules Silverman, Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University ...................................................................................................................... 24 FIELD EFFICACY OF PYRETHROID AND NON-REPELLENT TREATMENT REGIMENS FOR THE CONTROL OF BED BUGS (CIMEX LECTULARIUS) David J. Moore and Dini M. Miller, Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech .............. 25 TERMITES .................................................................................................................... 28 COMPARISON OF THE RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE SPECIES (ISOPTERA: RHINOTERMITIDAE: RETICULITERMES) OCCURRING IN WOODLANDS AND URBAN AREAS OF MISSOURI Olga P. Pinzon and Richard M. Houseman, Division of Plant Sciences-Entomology, University of Missouri .................................................................................................... 28 RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES (ISOPTERA: RHINOTERMITIDAE) ON A NATIVE TALLGRASS PRAIRIE 1 2 2 2 2, 1 K. S. Brown , B. M. Kard , G. H. Broussard , M. P. Smith , and A. L. Smith City of New Orleans Mosquito and Termite Control Board, 2Dept. of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University.......................................................................... 29 DIRECT OBSERVATION OF TASK SPECIFICITY IN RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES Jeff Whitman and Brian Forschler, Department of Entomology, University of Georgia . 33 TERMITE CULTURE METHODS S. Wise and B.T. Forschler, Department of Entomology, University of Georgia............ 33 NEUROPEPTIDE F IN ZOOTERMOPSIS NEVADENSIS (ISOPTERA: TERMOPSIDAE) Andrew Nuss, Mark Brown, and Brian Forschler, Department of Entomology, University of Georgia ..................................................................................................................... 34 INSECTICIDE TRANSFER IN SOCIAL INSECTS........................................................ 35 INTRODUCTION: BRIEF LITERATURE REVIEW, OVERVIEW OF BIOLOGICAL RELEVANT TRANSFER WORK Mark A. Coffelt1 and Michael K. Rust2, Dupont Crop Protection1, Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside2 ............................................................ 35 LESS MAY BE MORE: HOW CONCENTRATION IMPACTS EFFICACY OF TRANSFER B. Thorne and N. Breisch, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland ............ 39 HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL TRANSFER OF FIPRONIL WITHIN FUNCTIONAL COLONIES - 2 - X.P. Hu, D. Song, and W. Presley, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University.......................................................................................................... 39 INSECTICIDE TRANSFER AS A FACTOR IN THE CONTROL THE WESTERN YELLOWJACKET, VESPULA PENSYLVANICA (SAUSSURE) Donald A. Reierson, M. K. Rust, and R. S. Vetter, Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside ................................................................................................... 45 INSECTICIDE TRANSFER IN ANTS Daniel R. Suiter, Department of Entomology, University of Georgia ............................. 46 MOSQUITO MANAGEMENT IN STORMWATER CONTROL PONDS........................ 47 MOSQUITOES OCCURRING IN STORMWATER CATCHMENT AND RETENTION FACILITIES B. Harrison, North Carolina Department of Environmental and Natural Resources ...... 47 DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH MOSQUITOES BREEDING IN STORMWATER CATCHMENT AND RETENTION FACILITIES N. Newton, North Carolina Department of Environmental and Natural Resources ....... 47 MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FOR MOSQUITOES PRODUCED IN STORMWATER CATCHMENT AND RETENTION FACILITIES C. Apperson, North Carolina State University ............................................................... 47 TERMITES .................................................................................................................... 48 FIELD STUDIES USING SIGHTS AND SOUNDS FOR LOCATING TERMITES WITH MINIMAL DISTURBANCE Lisa Stabler and Brian Forschler, Department of Entomology, University of Georgia ... 48 SUPPRESSION OF A SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE COMMUNITY. (ISOPTERA, RHINOTERMITIDAE, RETICULITERMES SPP) USING THE SENTRICON® TERMITE COLONY ELIMINATION SYSTEM: A CASE STUDY IN CHATSWORTH, CALIFORNIA, USA Gail M. Getty1, Christopher W. Solek2, Ronald J. Sbragia3, Michael I. Haverty4, and Vernard R. Lewis2, 1Division of Insect Biology, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, 2Division of Insect Biology, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, 3Dow AgroSciences, 4U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.......... 48 SEASONAL VARIATION IN TIME TO TERMITE COLONY ELIMINATION USING RECRUIT™ IV BAIT IN OHIO Nicola T. Gallagher and Susan C. Jones, Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University ...................................................................................................................... 54 EFFICACY OF THE ADVANCE® TERMITE BAIT SYSTEM IN OHIO Susan C. Jones and Nicola T. Gallagher, Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University ...................................................................................................................... 54 THE INFLUENCE OF THE TRANSMISSION OF ACETAMIPRID ON THE MORTALITY OF SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE POPULATIONS Jim Ballard, Tom Anderson, FMC Corporation.............................................................. 55 - 3 - THE IMPACT OF IMIDACLOPRID ON SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE (RETICULITERMES SPP.) COLONIES LOCATED INSIDE AND AROUND RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA Vince Parman1,2 and Edward L. Vargo1, 1Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, 2Bayer Environmental Science........................................................... 56 USE OF FIPRONIL IN EXTERIOR PERIMETER-LOCALIZED INTERIOR TREATMENTS FOR SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE CONTROL IN NEW MEXICO Jack D. Root1 and Robert Davis2, North & Root Consulting1 and BASF Specialty Products2....................................................................................................................... 57 STRUCTURAL AND GENERAL PEST CONTROL CERTIFICATION IN OKLAHOMA K.T. Shelton, J.T. Criswell, and B.M. Kard, Oklahoma State University........................ 57 URBAN AND PUBLIC HEALTH................................................................................... 61 ASPECTS OF CREVICE PREFERENCE BY RECLUSE SPIDERS, LOXOSCELES SPP. (ARANEAE: SICARIIDAE) Richard S.
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