Acarology Research Methodologies: From Lab to Field

Organizer(s)

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  Amy Murillo

  Assistant Professor
  Department of Entomology
  University of California
  Riverside, California
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  Emilie Demard (she/her/hers)

  Post Doctorate
  Entomology and Nematology
  University of Florida
  Lake Alfred, Florida

The purpose of this symposium is to encourage the exchange of methods and techniques in the field of acarology (the study of mites and ticks). Topics covered include: microscopy, photography, trapping, identification, curation, rearing, pathogen transmission, and management.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:40 PM MST

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Amy C. Murillo – University of California
• 1:40 PM – 2:00 PM MST

  Too many mites, too little time: Expeditious methods for manipulating and characterizing soil microarthropod communities
  

  Presenting Author: Kara S. Gibson (she/her/hers) – Northern Arizona University

  Co-Author: Amber Born – Northern Arizona University

  Co-Author: Nancy C. Johnson – Northern Arizona University

  Co-Author: Deborah A. Neher – University of Vermont

  Co-Author: Anita J. Antoninka, Ph.D. – Northern Arizona University
• 2:00 PM – 2:20 PM MST

  Developing pictorial identification guidelines for mesostigmatid biting mites found in homes and other structures
  

  Presenting Author: Andrew Mason Sutherland, BCE – University of California
• 2:20 PM – 2:35 PM MST

  Break
• 2:35 PM – 2:55 PM MST

  Techniques, tools, and tips for photographing mites
  

  Presenting Author: Matthew Bertone – North Carolina State University
• 2:55 PM – 3:15 PM MST

  Correlation between feeding and heteromorphic life stages of Astigmata through rearing
  

  Presenting Author: Pavel Klimov – Purdue University
• 3:15 PM – 3:35 PM MST

  Tick Tactics: Innovative approaches in tick research
  

  Presenting Author: Kathryn Reif – Auburn University
• 3:35 PM – 3:50 PM MST

  Break
• 3:50 PM – 4:10 PM MST

  Introduction and recent improvements to the mite collection at the Oregon State Arthropod Collection, OSU, Corvallis, Oregon
  

  Presenting Author: Christopher Marshall – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: David R. Maddison (he/him/his) – Oregon State University

  Co-Author: Gerald Krantz – Oregon State University
• 4:10 PM – 4:30 PM MST

  Indirect effects of plasma-activated water to two-spotted spider mites [Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae)] depend on crop species
  

  Presenting Author: Patrice Savi – University of California

  Co-Author: Sydney Robertson – University of California

  Co-Author: Myles Hammond – University of California

  Co-Author: Anil Mantri – University of California

  Co-Author: Christian Nansen – University of California
• 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM MST

  Discussion