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Traps and Attractant for Surveillance and Control of Mosquitoes Symposium

Wednesday, March 25, 2026
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
Location: B116

    Moderator(s)

  • Rui-de Xue, PhD

    Director
    Anastasia Mosquito Control District, Florida, United States

Presentations:

  • 4:00 PM - 4:10 PM PDT
    Recent Trapping and Trap Technology for Surveillance and Control of Mosquitoes

    Presenter: Rui-De Xue, AMCA Past President – Anastasia Mosquito Control District

  • 4:10 PM - 4:20 PM PDT
    Updates on Scout, an image-based smart trap for remote automated assessment of vector abundance and species diversity

    Presenter: Jewell Brey, M.S. (they/them/theirs) – Vectech

  • 4:20 PM - 4:30 PM PDT
    Lee County Mosquito Control District Mosquito Surveillance Through Traps and Attractants

    Presenter: Milton P. Sterling, MPH, CDM – Lee County Mosquito Control District

  • 4:30 PM - 4:40 PM PDT
    Assessing the operational use of the Biogents BG Counter to replace landing rate counts in the Florida Keys

    Presenter: Catherine A. Pruszynski, PhD, BCE – Florida Keys Mosquito Control District

  • 4:40 PM - 4:50 PM PDT
    Mosquito diel activity in the Great Salt Lake area through targeted rotator trap collections

    Presenter: Christopher S. Bibbs, PhD – Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District

    Co-Author: Avery Derr, BSc – Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District

    Co-Author: Ary Faraji, PhD – Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District

    Co-Author: Nathaniel M. Byers, PhD (he/him/his) – Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District

  • 4:50 PM - 5:00 PM PDT
    Artificial intelligence solutions for next-generation mosquito surveillance

    Presenter: Ryan Carney, PhD, MPH, MBA – University of South Florida

    Co-Author: Farhat Azam, n/a – University of South Florida

    Co-Author: Johnny Uelmen, n/a (he/him/his) – University of Wisconsin Madison

    Co-Author: Abe Megahed, n/a – University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Co-Author: Ahsan Wahab, n/a – University of South Florida

    Co-Author: Sriram Chellappam, n/a – University of South Florida

  • 5:00 PM - 5:10 PM PDT
    Evaluating a modified CO2-baited CDC light trap to improve trapping effectiveness in a La Crosse virus endemic area and a coastal environment

    Presenter: Mitch B. Mullin, BS (he/him/his) – Western Carolina University

    Co-Author: Alana Eargle, BS – Western Carolina University

    Co-Author: Julie M. Cadigan, M.S. (in progress) (she/her/hers) – Western Carolina University

    Co-Author: Makayla Humphrey, BS – Western Carolina University

    Co-Author: Jun Soo Bae, MS – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Sangwoo Seok, PhD – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Yoosook Lee, PhD – University of Florida

    Co-Author: Brian Byrd, PhD, MSPH – Western Carolina University

  • 5:10 PM - 5:20 PM PDT
    A Comparison of ICA’s StayFresh CO2 Release Technology With Currently Used CO2 Delivery Technologies For the Capture of Mosquitoes And Other Biting Diptera

    Presenter: Daniel Kline, PhD – USDA-CMAVE

    Co-Author: adam bowman, MS – USDA-ARS

    Co-Author: Jerome Hogsette, PhD – USDA-CMAVE

  • 5:20 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    From Data to Decisions: AI-IoT Systems for Adaptive and Data-Driven Vector Control

    Presenter: Hyung Wook Kwon, Ph.D. – Incheon National University

    Co-Author: Junyoung Park, M.Eng. – Incheon National University