71 - Counts vs density: Are you quantifying your mosquito collections optimally?

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

4:50 PM - 5:00 PM PDT

Location: B119

Presenter(s)

Lilly Conteh (she/her/hers)

DVM/PhD Student
Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas, United States

Co-Author(s)

KM

Kaitlin McDonald, Ph. D., MS

USDA ARS, Kansas, United States
AH

Amy Hudson, Ph.D

USDA ARS, Kansas, United States
LC

Lee W. Cohnstaedt, n/a

USDA ARS, Kansas, United States

Abstract: Mechanical aspirators enhance adult mosquito sampling, offering insight into vector-host interactions and species composition. However, a standardized framework for using this technique to estimate mosquito population relative abundance and density remains lacking. This study seeks to develop and validate a catch per unit effort (CPUE) framework for aspirator sampling to yield comparable mosquito population metric estimates in field-based sampling. These methods are illustrated using an example from a livestock farm challenged with arboviral transmission.