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Section Symposium

Plant-Insect Ecosystems

Ecology and Management of Natural Enemies in Urban Ecosystems

Opportunities to simultaneously manage pests and conserve arthropods in urban landscapes

Sunday, November 10, 2024
12:14 PM – 12:29 PM MST
Location: Phoenix Convention Center, 126 A, PCC
Oral Presentation

    Presenting Author(s)

  • Caleb J. Wilson

    Assistant professor
    University of Kentucky
    Lexington, Kentucky

    • Co-Author(s)

  • Zoë K. York

    Graduate Student & Laboratory Technician Senior
    University of Kentucky
    Lexington, Kentucky

  • BK

    Benjamin Knowlton (he/him/his)

    Graduate Research Assistant
    University of Kentucky
    Lexington, Kentucky

Managed urban greenspaces can host surprisingly diverse arthropod communities. At the same time, ornamental plants in urban greenspaces can host high densities of pests that often necessitate insecticide applications. Chemical interventions can make plants inhospitable for beneficial arthropod taxa and will reduce the ability of the surrounding landscape to conserve arthropods. Thus far, limited research has examined how urban greenspaces can be managed to both conserve arthropods and meet pest management goals. In this presentation I will summarize current and planned research projects in my lab group that seek to simultaneously provide resources to arthropods while managing scale insects on urban trees.