Proceedings of the 2012National Conference on Urban Entomology May 20-23, 2012 Atlanta, Georgia http://ncue.tamu.edu NCUE 2012 1 CORPORATE SPONSORS 2012 National Conference on Urban Entomology To be a Corporate Sponsor of the National Conference on Urban Entomology is to be a supporter of current activities in the area of urban entomology and a partner in promoting a better understanding of the science of urban entomology. The following are the National Conference on Urban Entomology Corporate Sponsors for 2012. Orkin Bayer Syngenta BASF Corporation Terminix Scott’s Dow AgroSciences DuPont MGK FMC Susan McKnight, Inc. Steritech Rockwell Labs Pest Control Technology Magazine Pest Management Professional Magazine Thank you for your support 2 NCUE 2012 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2012 NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON URBAN ENTOMOLOGY Edited by Daniel R. Suiter NCUE 2012 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I greatly appreciate the assistance provided by Dana M. Mays (University of Georgia Office of Com- munications and Technology Services) in inputting and formatting text and figures and helping to proofread the manuscript and Bill Blum (University of Georgia Office of Communications andTech - nology Services) in providing technical expertise. Faith M. Oi (University of Florida) and Laura Nel- son (Texas A&M University) also are thanked for their assistance with various aspects of the Pro- ceedings. 4 NCUE 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS National Conference on Urban Entomology May 20-23, 2012 Atlanta, Georgia U.S.A. DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN URBAN ENTOMOLOGY ARNOLD MALLIS MEMORIAL AWARD LECTURE: SCIENCE OF –OMICS IN URBAN PEST MANAGEMENT. Shripat T. Kamble…………………………………………………………………………...........................14 STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP AWARD PRESENTATIONS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE AWARD: POPULATION GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS OF INCIPIENT COLONIES OF THE EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE, RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES (ISOP- TERA: RHINOTERMITIDAE). Mark A. Janowiecki, Susan C. Jones, and Joshua L. Bryant………………………..............................22 MASTER OF SCIENCE AWARD: EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY OF DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERO- NYSSINUS FROM SEVERAL SUBSTRATES USING TWO TECHNIQUES. Ashley E. Roden and Brian T. Forschler………………………………………………….........................24 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY AWARD: EFFECT OF HIGH TEMPERATURES ON RESIDUAL INSECTICIDES USED FOR BED BUG TREATMENTS. Margie P. Lehnert, Eric P. Benson, and Patricia A. Zungoli……………………………..........................25 STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION SUBTERRANEAN TERMITES (ISOPTERA: RHINOTERMITIDAE) OF ALABAMA: A NEW IDENTIFI- CATION TOOL USING THE WORKER, SOLDIER, AND IMAGO CASTES. Charles D. Stephen, Xing P. Hu, and Charles H. Ray…………………………………...........................27 SOCIAL DISASTER IN TERMITES. Znar Barwary and Xing Ping Hu………………………………………………………...............................28 GENETIC ENGINEERING OF HINDGUT BACTERIA FROM FORMOSAN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITES, COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS SHIRAKI, TO SERVE AS “TROJAN HORSE” FOR TERMITE CONTROL. Chinmay Tikhe, Claudia Husseneder, and Jennifer Delatte……………………………..........................29 EVALUATION OF THREE TERMITE BAIT MATERIALS: PINE WOOD, CARDBOARD, AND CORN COB. Cai Wang and Gregg Henderson…………………………………………………………..........................34 NCUE 2012 5 POPULATION GENETICS AND BREEDING STRUCTURE OF SUBTERRANEAN TERMITES (RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES) FROM INFESTED URBAN STRUCTURES IN NEBRASKA. Abdul Hafiz Ab Majid, Shripat T. Kamble, and Nick Miller……………………………….......................35 BIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF THE DARK ROVER ANT (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE). T. Chris Keefer and Roger E. Gold……………………………………………………….........................36 INSTAR DETERMINATION OF THE DUBIA COCKROACH (BLAPTICA DUBIA): A MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD APPROACH. Hao Wu, Arthur Appel, and Xing Ping Hu………………………………………………..........................38 OPTIMIZING PEST MANAGEMENT CURRICULA FOR USE IN K-12 CLASSROOMS. Makena Mason, Maria Aihara-Sasaki, and Kenneth J. Grace………………………….......................39 PYRETHROID RESISTANT BED BUGS, CIMEX LECTULARIUS L.: CHARACTERIZATION OF THE CUTICLE USING MOLECULAR, SEM, AND GC-MS METHODS. Reina Koganemaru, Dini M. Miller, and Zach N. Adelman…………………………….........................43 EFFECTS OF VARIOUS BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATIONS ON BED BUGS (CIMEX LECTULARIUS). Ralph Narain, Shripat T. Kamble, and Nicholas Miller…………………………………........................44 METABOLIC RATE AND WATER LOSS OF THE COMMON BED BUG, CIMEX LECTULARIUS. Brittany Delong, Dini Miller, and Don Mullins…………………………………………….......................45 BED BUG (CIMEX LECTULARIUS L.) SURVIVORSHIP AT VARIOUS TEMPERATURES. Molly L. Stedfast and Dini M. Miller……………………………………………………….......................46 RUINING YOUR PICNIC: PREVALENCE OF PEST ANTS IN URBAN PARKS IN TUCSON, AZ. Javier Miguelena and Paul B. Baker……………………………………………………….....................47 TRACKING ARGENTINE ANT FORAGERS USINIG THE SANDWICH ELISA TEST. Jinbo Song, Eric Benson, and Patricia Zungoli………………………………………….......................52 FACT OR FICTION: EVALUATING CLAIMS OF REPELLENCY OF VARIOUS PLANTS TO ARGENTINTE ANTS. Jacob Holloway, Daniel Suiter, Brian Forschler, and Wayne Gardner………………….....................54 EFFICACY OF PROFESSIONAL USE INSECTICIDES AGAINST THE INVASIVE “KUDZU BUG”, MEGACOPTA CRIBRARIA. Nicholas Seiter, Eric Benson, Patricia Zungoli, Jeremy Greene, and Francis Reay-Jones…………55 SUBMITTED PAPERS - GENERAL FACTORS AFFECTING COCKROACH CONTROL IN LOW-INCOME HOUSING: BAIT EFFICACY STUDIES. Dini M. Miller, T. C. McCoy, and M. Stedfast…………………………………………….......................56 6 NCUE 2012 DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW BAIT FOR SILVERFISH CONTROL. Steven R. Sims, Arthur G. Appel, and Marla J. Eva…………………………………….......................57 FIFTY YEARS OF INNOVATION FOR STRUCTURAL FUMIGATION WITH SULFURYL FLUORIDE (VIKANE GAS FUMIGANT). Ellen Thoms…………………………………………………………………………………........................59 MEGACOPTA CRIBRARIA IN NORTH AMERICA: THE RAPID DISPERSAL OF A SPECIES COM- PLEX FROM ASIA. Tracie M. Jenkins and Tyler D. Eaton…………………………………………………….........................62 NOVEL APPROACH FOR EDUCATING PUBLIC ABOUT STRUCTURAL FUMIGATION. Robert I. Krieger, Barb A. Nead-Nylander, and Ellen M. Thoms………………………........................64 RECENT TRENDS IN URBAN SPIDERS IN GEORGIA, INCLUDING AN UPDATE ON THE BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER, LOXOSCELES RECLUSA GERTSCH AND MULAIK. Lisa M. Ames…………………………………………………………………………………......................66 SUBMITTED PAPERS - TERMITES TOXICITY AND HORIZONTAL TRANSFER OF A DRY FORMULATION OF FIPRONIL (TERMIDOR DRY) AGAINST FORMOSAN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITES. Bal K. Gautam and Gregg Henderson…………………………………………………….......................67 FIELD AND LABORATORY EVALUATION OF ALTRISET IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA. Paul B. Baker………………………………………………………………………………….....................68 PERFORMANCE OF RECRUIT HD IN FIELD TRIALS AGAINST HETEROTERMES AUREUS (SNYDER) IN ARIZONA. Joe DeMark, Mike Lees, and Joe Eger…………………………………………………….....................69 PERFORMANCE OF ALTRISET (CHLORANTRANILIPROLE) TERMITICIDE AGAINST FORMO- SAN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITES, COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS SHIRAKI, IN LABORATORY FEEDING CESSATION AND COLLATERAL TRANSFER TRIALS. Robert T. Puckett, T. Chris Keefer, and Roger E. Gold………………………………….......................70 ALTRISET (CHLORANTRANILIPROLE) TERMITICIDE PERFORMANCE AGAINST FORMOSAN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITES, COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS SHIRAKI, IN FIELD TRIALS THROUGH 3 YEARS. Roger E. Gold, T. Chris Keefer, and Robert T. Puckett………………………………….......................74 DISTRIBUTION OF PYRETHROID TERMITICIDES IN ‘ABC’ GRAVEL. Brad M. Kard, George J. Tompkins, George L. Rotramel, and Leo A. Renello………......................78 EVALUATION OF TWO READY-TO-USE TERMIDOR FORMULATIONS AND PREMISE FOAM FOR THE CONTROL OF THE DRYWOOD TERMITE INCISITERMES SNYDERI (KALOTERMITIDAE) USING LOCALIZED TREATMENTS TO NATURALLY INFESTED LUMBER. Robert Hickman and Brian T. Forschler…………………………………………………........................82 NCUE 2012 7 MOLECULAR EVOLUTION OF RETICULITERMES FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN USA. Su Yee Lim and Brian T. Forschler……………………………………………………….........................83 DISPERSAL DYNAMICS OF THE EXOTIC ARBOREAL TERMITE NASUTITERMES CORNIGER. Seemanti Chakrabarti and Rudolf H. Scheffrahn………………………………………….....................84 USING THE ADVANCE TERMITE BAITING SYSTEM TO MONITOR TERMITE POPULATIONS AND PROVIDE COMMUNITY-WIDE STRUCTURAL PROTECTION. Faith Oi and Kyle Jordan……………………………………………………………………......................85 COLONY EFFECTS OF TERMIDOR DRY: RESULTS FROM TUNNEL EXPOSURE TEST. Xing Ping Hu and Jordan (Zhonglin) Yuan………………………………………………........................86 EVALUATION OF NOVALURON FOR USE AS A TERMITE BAIT ACTIVE. Kenneth S. Brown, Ed Vargo, Claudia Riegel, Roger Gold, E. Freytag, T. Chris Keefer, and J. H. Sink………………………………………………………………………....................................87 SYMPOSIUM – NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR TERMITE MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF RECRUIT HD, THE FIRST DURABLE BAIT FOR SUBTERRANEAN TERMITES (ISOPTERA: RHINOTERMITIDAE). Joe E. Eger, Joe J. Demark, Michelle S. Smith, and Ronda L. Hamm………………........................88 PERFORMANCE OF RECRUIT HD VERSUS COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS SHIRAKI IN TRIALS CONDUCTED BY THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS MOSQUITO AND TERMITE CONTROL BOARD. Claudia Riegel and Barry Yokum………………………………………………………….......................90 TERMIDOR HIGH EFFICIENCY TERMITICIDE COPACK WITH TERMIDOR HE TECHNOLOGY: AN OVERVIEW OF BASF’S NEW TERMITICIDE. Kyle Jordan, Robert Davis, Robert Hickman, Tom Nishimura, Jason Meyers, and William Kolbe…………………………………………………………………………………..............91 PERFORMANCE OF TERMIDOR HE TERMITICIDE AGAINST SUBTERRANEAN