Ento’17 International Symposium & National Science Meeting “Entomological Networks: Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution” Newcastle University Tuesday 12th to Thursday 14th September 2017

Provisional Programme Outline

Tuesday 12 September

Opening remarks

Keynote 1 Lars Chittka Intelligence Keynote 2 Jenny Hodgson Networks to enable species to survive climate change Keynote 3 Sheena Cotter Nutritional complexity and its role in the mediation of host-parasite interactions Tea/Coffee Session 1 Cognition Session 2 Ecology and Session 3 Insect Interactions Conservation

4 talks 6 talks 5 talks

Lunch

Keynote 4 Nina Wedell Sex, conflict and selfish genes Keynote 5 David Shuker Reproductive interference in Keynote 6 Nicola Nadeau How did the butterfly get its colours? The evolution and genetics of colour and pattern in Heliconius butterflies Tea/Coffee

Session 4 Management of Session 5 Sexual Selection and insects parental care

5 talks 5 talks

Wine reception and posters

Wednesday 13 September

Keynote 7 Ana Franks Ants as a Model of Social Interaction Keynote 8 Mathieu Lihoreau Nutritional interactions in insect societies Keynote 9 Janice Edgerly Silk as Armor and a Web of Adaptation (the Order Embioptera) Tea/Coffee Session 6 Biodiversity and Session 7 Social insects Session 8 General entomology Ecosystem Functioning

6 talks 5 talks 6 talks

Lunch

Public Understanding of Entomology SIG if you wish to attend this meeting you must register in advance at http://www.royensoc.co.uk/content/public-understanding-entomology-sig-13-september-2017 even if you have registered for Ento’17

Conference Dinner at Centre for Life.

Thursday 14 September

Keynote 10 Ramiro Morales-Hojas How can molecular ecology help us improve monitoring insect pests of agricultural importance? Keynote 11 Yoshifumi Yamawaki Decision-making and motor control in the praying mantis: To attack or not to attack. Tea/Coffee Session 9 Important Session 10 Molecular Ecology Invertebrate Areas – a tool to conserve the UK’s invertebrates

6 talks 4 talks

Lunch

Keynote 12 Audrey Dussutour Recent Advances in the Integrative Nutrition of Ants Keynote 13 Darren Evans Merging DNA metabarcoding and ecological network analysis to understand and build resilient terrestrial ecosystems Closing remarks and prizes Tea/Coffee

Ento’17 International Symposium & National Science Meeting “Entomological Networks: Ecology, Behaviour and Evolution” Newcastle University Tuesday 12th to Thursday 14th September 2017

Provisional Programme Summary

Tuesday 12 September: Morning

KEYNOTE 1 Insect Intelligence Lars Chittka KEYNOTE 2 Networks to enable species to survive climate change Jenny Hodgson, KEYNOTE 3 Nutritional complexity and its role in the mediation of host-parasite interactions Sheena Cotter1, Charlotte Miller1,2, Ekhlas Al Shareefi2, Catherine Reavey2,3, Bobby Holdbrook3, Judith Smith4, David Raubenheimer5, Stephen Simpson5 and Ken Wilson3

Session 1 Cognition Keynote speaker (15 mins) 1.1 Great minds don't all think alike: locusts see differently Claire Rind Invited speaker: 1.2 The emergence of navigational behaviour in insects: lesson from crawling larvae and walking ants Antoine Wystrach 1.3 Praying mantids and the illusion of ‘flicker-fusion’ Diana Umeton Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University 1.4 The temporal dynamics of VOC-induced tomato defence priming Thomas McDaniel, Barry Brogan, Roy. A. Sanderson, Angharad M.R. Gatehouse, David George and Colin R. Tosh

Session 2 Ecology and Conservation Invited speaker: 2.1 Responses of woodland Diptera to habitat creation in a long-term, large-scale natural experiment Park1 KJ, Fuller1 L, Fuentes-Montemayor1 E, Watts2 K, Macgregor3 NA, Bitenc1 K, 2.2 Carrion Beetles assemblages in Broadleaf Woodland, Coniferous Plantations and Unforested Habitat Matthew Esh, Anne Oxbrough 2.3 Stump-harvesting for bioenergy has transient impacts on abundance, richness and community structure of beetle assemblages. Christopher D. Williams, Karen D. Shevlin, Roseanne Hennessy, Aoife B. Dillon, Philip O’Dea and Christine T. Griffin 2.4 Are marsh flies (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) settling at constructed wetlands? A comparison with natural wetlands C. J. Mulkeen1, 2*, M. G. Healy1, C.D.Williams 3, M. J. Gormally2 2.5 Conserving the Duke of Burgundy Butterfly in the UK Matthew Hayes 2.6 Ecology of the mosquito Culex modestus, a potential vector of West Nile Virus in the UK. Anthony Abbott, Gay Gibson, Richard Hopkins

Session 3 Insect interactions Keynote speaker (15 mins) 3.1 Distasteful nectar toxins deter floral robbery Sarah E. Barlow,1* Geraldine A. Wright2, Carolyn Ma2, Marta Barberis3, Ian W. Farrell4, Emily C. Marr5, Alice Brankin4, Bruce M. Pavlik1* & Philip C. Stevenson4,6 3.2 Differential Effects of Water Limitation on Plant-Aphid Interactions Daniel Leybourne1,2,3, Jorunn Bos1,2, Tracy Valentine3 & Alison Karley 3.3 Bioassay of Vitex negundo L. leaf extracts against Dichomeris eridantis Meyrick on Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. Gunjan Srivastava 3.4 Repellency of Essential Oils and Effect of Sensory Organ Ablation in Three Mosquito Species in Lahore, Pakistan Farkhanda Manzoor, Hafsa Memona, Rubab Zahira 3.5 Bioactivity of Methanolic Extracts of Plants and Essential Oils against Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium castaneum, (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) under Laboratory Conditions Shahbaz Ahmad, H.I. Butt, A. Aazm, A. Zafar and R. Fatima

Tuesday 12 September: Afternoon KEYNOTE 4 Sex, conflict, and selfish genes Nina Wedell KEYNOTE 5 Reproductive interference in insects David M. Shuker KEYNOTE 6 How did the butterfly get its colours? The evolution and genetics of colour and pattern in Heliconius butterflies Nicola Nadeau

Session 4 Management of insects Keynote speaker (15 mins) 4.1 New Technologies and Molecules for Crop Protection Angharad M. R. Gatehouse 4.2 Understanding the behaviour of the cowpea weevil in the wild: towards developing new control strategies. Ahuchaogu, C. E. a b and Siva-Jothy, M. T. a 4.3 Defining optimal methods for gene knockdown by RNA interference in the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis Catriona McIntosh1, Erich Zinser2, John Baird1, Debra Woods2, Alan Bowman1 4.4 Biotic potential of different densities of aphid parasitoids, Diaeretiella rapae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) feeding on Brevicoryne brassicae M. A. Aqueel, M. J. Hussain & A. B. M. Raza 4.5 Bright lights and heady aromas: interactions with DEET and light traps Archie K. Murchie, Stephen Jess, Ivan W.N. Forsythe, Ian Rea

Session 5 Sexual selection and parental care Invited speaker: 5.1 Sex on the brain: male plastic reproductive strategies and cognition Amanda Bretman 5.2 A sexual arms race in water striders: evaluating ecological, neutral and spatial hypotheses Jen Perry, Colin Garroway, Locke Rowe Invited speaker and convenor 5.3 Bugbase: exploring macroevolution of insect parental care and life history James Gilbert, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Hull, Cottingham Rd, Hull HU6 7RX 5.4 Effect of parental care on the development of honest warning signals in in the burying beetle (Nicrophorus vespilloides) Lindstedt, Carita; Boncoraglio, Giuseppe; Cotter, Sheena; Gilbert, James and Kilner, Rebecca 5.5 Host shift induces changes in the sexual behaviour of the dried bean beetle (Acanthoscelides obtectus) via altered chemical signalling József Vuts, Christine M. Woodcock, Lisa König, John A. Pickett, Michael A. Birkett Rothamsted Research

Wednesday 13 September: Morning KEYNOTE 7 Ants as a Model of Social Interaction Ana B. Sendova-Franks KEYNOTE 8 Nutritional interactions in insect societies Mathieu Lihoreau KEYNOTE 9 Silk as Armor and a Web of Adaptation (the Order Embioptera) Janice S. Edgerly,

Session 6 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning 6.1 Soil matters: management impacts on natural regulation of root pests of field vegetables. Delabre C.M.C1, Evans K.A1, Gaffney M2, Cooper J3, Griffiths B1 and Hopkins R4 6.2 Catching flies with honey(dew): Determination of sugar-rich dietary components of marsh flies (Diptera: Sciomyzidae), potential biocontrol agents of pestiferous molluscs Allison Bistline-East, John G. J. Carey, Andrew Colton, David Naughton, and Michael J. Gormally 6.3 Pollinator forage in the Fens: A prickly problem Hilary Conlan & Thomas Ings 6.4 Multiple insect-related ecosystems services derived from field margins in sub-Saharan Africa Sarah E J Arnold1, Philemon Elisante2, Prisila Mkenda2, Yolice Tembo3, Steven R Belmain1, Patrick Ndakidemi2, Geoff M Gurr4, Philip C Stevenson1,5 6.5 The Impact of Cultivation on Soil and Associated Functions FRANCISCA SCONCE, TIM ASHTON, SIMON JEFFERY, SIMON LEATHER Marsh Early Career Entomologist Award 6.6 Dragonflies, wetlands and people John P. Simaika

Session 7 Social insects Invited speaker: 7.1 A spatial blueprint for social insect nests Thomas Owen Richardson, Nathalie Stroeymeyt, Alessandro Crespi, Laurent 7.2 Sex-linked cheating in costly cooperative antipredator defence in social pine sawfly Carita Lindstedt-Kareksela 7.3 Investigating the genetic basis of worker reproduction in the bumble bee Bombus terrestris. David Prince, Timothy Huggins, Anders Wirén, Irina Mohorianu, Tamas Dalmay, Andrew Bourke 7.4 Deformed wing virus transmission in Apis mellifera and potential spill over to non-Apis species Emma L. Bradford, Ewan M. Campbell, Alan S. Bowman 7.5 Can solitary bee larvae regulate their macronutrient intake? Alex Austin

Session 8 General Entomology 8.1 Micro-•CT Scanning of Liadopsylla hesperia (Hemiptera:Psylloidea) and Phylogeny of Liadopsylla Reveals the Emergence of True Psylloidea Esme Ashe-•Jepsona,b, David Ouvrardb 8.2 Establishment of a novel in vitro feeding system for the honeybee mite, Varroa Destructor Craig R. Christie1, Emma L. Bradford1, Giles E. Budge2, Ewan M. Campbell1, Alan S. Bowman1 8.3 The role of salivary factors in the Varroa mite - honey bee – deformed wing virus- axis: determining their actions and identity. Ewan M. Campbell, Alan S. Bowman 8.4 Parasitoid induces rapid behavioral changes and makes the host to guard its pupa Prabitha Mohan and Palatty Allesh Sinu 8.5 Ammonia and water hardness tolerance in larval stages of Anopheles gambiae s.l.: Prospects for improved mass-rearing techniques for vector control. Nwamaka Akpodiete and Frederic Tripet 8.6 A Tale of Sixty Trees - Defoliation of bird cherry trees in early life has long term effects Simon R Leather,

Wednesday 13 September: Afternoon Public Understanding of Entomology SIG if you wish to attend this meeting you must register in advance at http://www.royensoc.co.uk/content/public-understanding-entomology-sig-13-september-2017 even if you have registered for Ento’17

Thursday 14 September: Morning KEYNOTE 10 How can molecular ecology help us improve monitoring insect pests of agricultural importance? Ramiro Morales-Hojas KEYNOTE 11 Decision-making and motor control in the praying mantis: To attack or not to attack. Yoshifumi Yamawaki

Session 9 Important Invertebrate Areas- a tool to conserve the UK’s invertebrates Chair: Craig Macadam, Buglife, 9.1 An Introduction to Important Invertebrate Areas- a tool to conserve the UK’s invertebrates Jamie Robins 9.2 Developing the Important Invertebrate Areas: A Technical Overview Tom L. Thomson 9.3 Using Important Invertebrate Areas to conserve bumblebees Richard Comont, Kate Ashbrook 9.4 Looking closer at Important Invertebrate Areas- fine-scale mapping Jamie Robins 9.5 How might we use Important Invertebrate Areas? Examples from the Cairngorms National Park Hayley Wiswell 9.6 The value of identification and key resources of Important Invertebrate Areas David Heaver

Session 10 Molecular Ecology Invited speaker: 10.1 Sex-biased genes and rapid adaptation Nathan W Bailey, Sonia Pascoal, Ramon Fallon, Yongxiang Fang, Xuan Liu, Steve Paterson, Jack G Rayner, Michael G Ritchie, Nichola Rockliffe, Marlene Zuk Wallace Award 10.2 Molecular approaches in identification, diversity and management of important insect vectors, Thrips palmi Karny (Thysanoptera) and Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera) K. B. Rebijith1,2&3, R. Asokan1 and V. Krishna3 10.3 Hybridisation in UK mosquitoes: A bridge for disease transmission? Strode, C.,¹ Provan, J.² Beatty, G.,² Fernández-Martínez, L.,¹ and Dallimore, T.¹ 10.4 The post-reintroduction population genetics of the Cumbrian Marsh Fritillary butterfly (Euphydryas aurinia) Michelle Davis, Ian Powell, Keith Porter & Paul Ashton

Thursday 14 September: Afternoon KEYNOTE 12 Recent Advances in the Integrative Nutrition of Ants Audrey Dussutour KEYNOTE 13 Merging DNA metabarcoding and ecological network analysis to understand and build resilient terrestrial ecosystems Darren Evans

Posters

Analysis of dynamic networks of ant nests Dominic DR Burns, Dr Catherine L Parr, Carl Hawke, Dr Daniel W Franks, Dr Elva JH Robinson How does individual personality modulate colony level personality? A study in Myrmica rubra. Eleanor Drinkwater Making sense of evolution: Flies differentially investment in vision and olfaction according to their lifestyle Thomas Carle & Candy Rowe Scare to deter: predator psychology and the evolution of deimatic displays Grace Holmes1, Emeline Delferriere1, Jolyon Troscianko2, Candy Rowe1 & John Skehorn1 Predators, pests and protected species: Behavioural interactions between carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and the EU-protected Kerry slug Geomalacus maculosus (Gastropoda) Aidan O’Hanlon, Michael J. Gormally Understanding the mechanisms underlying insect-host plant phenological mismatch: a focus on sycamore and two associated aphid species Vicki Senior, Tom Oliver, Simon Leather, Karl Evans Impacts of simulated climate-warming on wildflowers and pollinating insects Ellen Dorothea Moss, Darren M. Evans Larvicidal efficacy of essential seed oil of three multipurpose plants against Aedes aegypti Adeleke, M.A1., Awojide, S.H2., Alo, C1 Fungi for control of stored products insect pests Sienaa Al- Zurfi1 2, Dr. Gordon Port1, Dr. Roy Sanderson1 Effects of temperatures on diapause induction in Eotetranychus smithi (Acari: Tetranychidae) Takano Yujiro and Tetsuo Gotoh Development and reproduction of five Tetranychus species (Acari: Tetranychidae): Do they all have the potential to become major pests? Gotoh, Tetsuo1, Daisuke Moriya1 and Gösta Nachman2 The identification of fly larvae using GC-MS for species identification to enhance current Forensic Entomology techniques. Elizabeth Deakin, Claire Gwinnett, David Skingsley Ammonia and water hardness tolerance in larval stages of Anopheles gambiae s.l.: Prospects for improved mass-rearing techniques for vector control. Nwamaka Akpodiete and Frederic Tripet Molecular evidence suggesting the re-examination of the taxonomy of Aproaerema simplexella (Walker) and (Deventer) (: ) Makhosi Buthelezi Diversity of the superfamily Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) in three habitats of Doon valley, Uttarakhand, India. Rashmi Nautiyal and Sudhir Singh Injured conspecifics as a signal of predation risk in females of the eriophyoid mite Aculops allotrichus. Negative evidence Katarzyna Michalska1, Agnieszka Wardak1, Marcin Studnicki2