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2024 Annual Conference

Our 77th Annual Conference was held February 20-22, 2024 at the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront. See below for select PDF presentations from the conference, posted with speaker permission.


Day 1: Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Aedes aegypti in Fairfax County - Lauren Lochstampfor, Fairfax County Health Department (pdf)Download
All of the Other True Flies - Alex Riley, Suffolk Mosquito Control (pdf)Download
Check Your Sources - Karen Akaratovic, Suffolk Mosquito Control (pdf)Download
Giving Remoa A Tri for VMCA - Charles Abadam, Suffolk Mosquito Control (pdf)Download
QA Findings for Surveillance Activities - Tilde Hoff, Fairfax County Health Department (pdf)Download
The Mighty Mosquito Mission - Gina Serge, Henrico County Public Works (pdf)Download
The Surprise of 2023 - Cx salinarius - Lisa Wagenbrenner, Chesapeake Mosquito Control (pdf)Download
Ticks and Tick-borne Disease Activity in Virginia - Joshua Bernick, Virginia Department of Health (pdf)Download
York County Outreach Update...Again - Janice Pulver, York County Mosquito Control (pdf)Download

Day 2: Wednesday, February 21, 2024

VDACS Legal Update - Christine Haslam, VDACS (pdf)Download
They grow up so fast! - Jay Kiser, Suffolk Mosquito Control (pdf)Download
Aedes aegypti in Norfolk - Penelope Smelser, Norfolk Department of Health, Vector Control (pdf)Download
2nd Place Poster-WNV vectors in Chicago - Ben Burgunder, University of MD (pdf)Download
Coyotes, Wildlife You Want - Pete Acker, Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (pdf)Download
Mosquito and Arboviral Activity in VA 2023 - David Gaines, Virginia Department of Health (pdf)Download
Integrating Esri Field Maps - Janice Pulver, York County Mosquito Control (pdf)Download
Experimenting with Light and Location - Tim DuBois, Portsmouth Public Works (pdf)Download
What are these tiny critters in my larval bag - Rachel Kempf, Fairfax County Health Department (pdf)Download
Pesticides and the Endangered Species Act, Bulletins Live Two! - Marlene Larios, VDACS (pdf)Download
Vector-borne Disease and Zoos - Elyse Murphy, Webbing the Wild LLC (pdf)Download
Malaria and WNV in Maryland - Brian Prendergast, MD Department of Agriculture (pdf)Download
Culiseta melanura larval habitat identification - Kimberly Foss, NE Massachusetts Mosquito Control (pdf)Download

Day 3: Thursday, February 22, 2024

MAMCA Update - Jeff Hottenstein, MAMCA Representative (pdf)Download
You have the power - battery management for adult mosquito surveillance - Andy Lima, Fairfax County (pdf)Download
1st Annual Photo Contest Results - Wes Robertson, Photo Contest Committee Chair (pdf)Download
Lightning Round - The World Around Us - Jay Kiser, Suffolk Mosquito Control (pdf)Download
Lightning Round - Canva, Puzzling but Powerful - Katherine Reutt, Chesapeake MC (pdf)Download
Lightning Round - Kids Say the Darndest Things - Gina Serge, Henrico County Public Works (pdf)Download
Lightning Round - Water Reclamation Plants - Brian Prendergast, Maryland Dept of Agriculture (pdf)Download
Lightning Round - Skeeter Stuff - Karen Akaratovic, Suffolk Mosquito Control (pdf)Download
Lightning Round - What is a pond - Alex Riley, Suffolk Mosquito Control (pdf)Download
Lightning Round - Introvert's guide to complaint call processing - Wes Robertson, Henrico County (pdf)Download
Lightning Round - How to train your dragon (fly) - Rachel Kempf, Fairfax County (pdf)Download

2023 Annual Conference

We're back in-person! 


Our first fully in-person annual conference since 2020 was held February 14-16, 2023 at the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront.


See below for select PDF presentations from the conference, posted with speaker permission.

Gravid Emulsion Trial - Penelope Smelser, City of Norfolk (pdf)Download
Chesapeake 2022: The Quiet Flipside of 2021 - Lisa Wagenbrenner, Chesapeake Mosquito Control (pdf)Download
Aedes sollicitans and Craney Island - Addie Weddle, City of Portsmouth (pdf)Download
Ticks and Tickborne Diseases in Virginia - David Gaines, VDH (pdf)Download
AMCA Update - Daniel Markowski via Michael Doyle, AMCA (pdf)Download
York County Outreach Update - Janice Pulver, York County Mosquito Control (pdf)Download
All the Buzz You Missed - Jay Kiser, City of Suffolk Mosquito Control (pdf)Download
Cyzmic Activity - Ann Herring, City of Suffolk Mosquito Control (pdf)Download
IPM in Museums & Art Galleries - Darryl Forest, National Gallery of Art (pdf)Download
Characterization of insecticide resistance in Culex pipiens - Lindsey Baxter, Cornell, NEVBD (pdf)Download
New Technologies - Calibration Calculators and Characterization Analysis - Katie Williams, Valent (pdf)Download
Getting an egg up on resistance testing - Andy Lima, Fairfax County Disease Carrying Insects Program (pdf)Download
The observable relationship between forest pests and Mosquitos - Mike Rollins, Prince William County (pdf)Download
Impact of Endangered Species on Pest Control Programs - Keith Tignor, VDACS (pdf)Download
Utilizing ArcGIS Survey123 - Amy Trimm, Chatham County GA Mosquito Control (pdf)Download
The Truth Stings - Kyra Hull, SWI Henrico County (pdf)Download
ULV Fogging Notification Map Rollout - Penelope Smelser, City of Norfolk (pdf)Download
Importance of Phytophagy, take it or leaf it - Jay Kiser, City of Suffolk Mosquito Control (pdf)Download
Say Whaaat - Wes Robertson, SWI Henrico (pdf)Download
A Few Firsts - Karen Akaratovic, City of Suffolk Mosquito Control (pdf)Download
A cool bug I found - Alex Riley, City of Suffolk Mosquito Control (pdf)Download
WRBU Wants YOU -to immortalize your mosquitoes - Andy Lima, Fairfax County Disease Carrying Insects (pdf)Download
Critters in the field - Carla Caulkins, Chesapeake Mosquito Control (pdf)Download
Buzzkill - Charles Abadam, City of Suffolk Mosquito Control (pdf)Download

2022 Annual Conference

75th Anniversary of Virginia Mosquito Control Association (1947-2022)


Our annual conference was held as a combination in-person and virtual event January 25-27, 2022 at the Newport News Marriott at City Center. Thank you to all who supported and attended to celebrate this milestone for our organization! 


Select presentations from the VMCA 2022 Annual Conference are available below with permission from respective speakers.

Karen Akaratovic - Distribution Expansion of Culex nigripalpus (pdf)Download
Karen Akaratovic - House of 1,000 Corpses, Pesticide Resistance Testing in Suffolk, VA (pdf)Download
Kyle Brinson - The Eastern Shore’s Triple Threat, Changes in Land and Mosquito Habitat (pdf)Download
Brian Byrd - AMCA Update (pdf)Download
Ture Carlson - Relesing Mosquitoes (pdf)Download
Robert Christian - VDACS Pesticide Spill Response (pdf)Download
Robert Christian - VDACS Update (pdf)Download
Andy Davidson - Predator Biocontrol of the Rock Pool Mosquito (pdf)Download
Tim Dubois - VMCA Turns 75 (pdf)Download
Gillian Eastwood - Vector-borne Disease Ecology Investigation in the Eastern United States (pdf)Download
Holly Gaff - State of the World of Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens (pdf)Download
Jeff Hottenstein - Reflection and Lessons Learned from Implementing a Portfolio-wide Packaging Transition (pdf)Download
Jay Kiser - Culex pipiens Bloodmeal Analysis from Suffolk Virginia (pdf)Download
Jay Kiser - Dude, Where's my Culex (pdf)Download
Jay Kiser - VMCA Social Events (pdf)Download

Chuck Berg - Polymerase Mosquito Testing (available here: https://vimeo.com/666076122)

Stephen Panossian - Seasonal Adult Mosquito Abundance Datasets (pdf)Download
Brian Prendergast West Nile in MD (pdf)Download
Janice Pulver - Fieldwork and Turkey Hunting (pdf)Download
Janice Pulver - The Future of Trapping (pdf)Download
Peter Schiff - Surveillance of Pathogens in Blacklegged Ticks from Southwest Virginia (pdf)Download
Melanie Turner - Phenology of Container-Breeding Mosquitoes in SW Virginia (pdf)Download
Liza Fleeson Trossbach - Pollinators and Pesticides (presented by Clint Shettle) (pdf)Download
Lisa Wagenbrenner - WNV in Chesapeake 2021 (pdf)Download

2021 Annual Conference (Virtual)

VMCA Virtual Annual Conference Held January 26-27, 2021


The VMCA Executive Board voted unanimously to cancel the in-person 2021 Annual Meeting of the Virginia Mosquito Control Association, due to circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. A number of other states in the region and nationally have also cancelled in-person meetings. During these unprecedented times, the health and safety of our membership and those we serve is at the forefront of this decision. Budget cuts, jurisdictional travel restrictions, and safety issues surrounding large gatherings were all considered as we weighed our options.  


 PDF presentations from the conference that were submitted by their respective presenters are posted with permission below. Videos of both conference days can be viewed on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@vmca356

2020-2021 Pesticide Regulatory Update - Robert Christian (pdf)Download
Automation of Biting Back - Levy Sun (pdf)Download
Entomopathogenic Fungi - TJ Carner (pdf)Download
Ada Eez, Creating the Perfect Villain - Pablo Cabrera (pdf)Download
Exploring Socio-Ecological Mechanisms that Influence Mosquito-Borne Disease Vulnerability - Ryan Levering (pdf)Download
Fieldwork and Hunting - Janice Pulver (pdf)Download
NEVBD Applied Research - Laura Harrington (pdf)Download
The Culex Keep Coming - Karen Akaratovic (pdf)Download
Lets Get Social - Jay Kiser (pdf)Download
First Impressions of the BG-Pro - Nate Nagle (pdf)Download

2020 Annual Conference

Virginia Mosquito Control Association 2020 Annual Conference was held January 28-30, 2020 at The Westin Virginia Beach Town Center.


Thank you to all who attended!


Presentation PDFs (with author permission) are listed below.

Virginia Arboviral Surveillance 2019 by Elena Diskin (pdf)Download
WNV Trends in Human and Mosquito Populations in Fairfax County VA by John Orr (pdf)Download
What Has the Latest EEE Outbreak Taught us About Protecting Public Health by Jeff Hottenstein (pdf)Download
Sugar Feeding by Invasive Mosquitoes on Ornamental Plants by Forde Upshur (pdf)Download
Controlling Culex by Penelope Smelser (pdf)Download
This Old Trap - Repairing Equipment In House by Daniel Sherwood (pdf)Download
BG-Pro Tips by Jay Kiser (pdf)Download
VDACS Update by Rodrickus Knight (pdf)Download
AMCA Update by Brian Byrd (pdf)Download
Larvacide Field Trials by Lisa Wagenbrenner (pdf)Download
Closed Conveyance Stormwater Drainage System by Ty Swain (pdf)Download
Temporal and Spatial Variation of Ehrlichia chaffeensis in the Lone Star Tick by Olivia Spencer (pdf)Download
La Crosse Encephalitis Risk Persists at the Residential Level by Brian Byrd (pdf)Download
Bee Check - Field Watch Program Available to Applicators by Keith Tignor (pdf)Download
The Buzz About Rainwater Harvesting Systems and Mosquitoes by Kathy DeBusk Gee (pdf)Download
So Your Mosquitoes are Resistant - Now What by Charles Abadam (pdf)Download
A Different Kind of Sprayer by Ann Herring (pdf)Download
Alpha-gal Syndrome by Elena Diskin (pdf)Download
Is LiDAR an Effective Tool for Accurate Flood Plain Aerial Larvacide Treatments by Nate Boonisar (pdf)Download
Ecology of Emerging Tick Disease Vectors by Amanda Whitlow (pdf)Download
Hampton Environmental Service 311 Requests by Joshua Snyder (pdf)Download
Dr. Bruce Harrison Research Award by Jennifer Barritt (pdf)Download
Lone Star Ticks by Tori Rose (pdf)Download
Blacklegged Ticks by Kasey Parker (pdf)Download
American Dog Ticks by Alexandra Cumbie (pdf)Download
Gulf Coast Ticks by Christina Espada (pdf)Download
Other Ticks of Hampton Roads by Sara Simmons (pdf)Download
Spotted Lanternfly by Brian Prendergast (pdf)Download
Surveillance of the Asian Longhorned Tick in Virginia by Joshua Bernick (pdf)Download
Using Population and GIS Data Tools to Create Ideal Trap Sites by Maddie Moore (pdf)Download
Mosquito Egg-Laying Habitats Diorama by Cassidy McKelvie and Kaitlyn Price (pdf)Download
Salinity Tolerance of Culex Larvae by Penelope Smelser (pdf)Download
Combined Sewer Inlets and Mosquito Production - What's Next by Ryan Levering (pdf)Download
Mosquitoes - Finding a Meaning to Life by Jay Kiser (pdf)Download
Etymology in Entomology - What's in a species Name by Andy Lima (pdf)Download
Bringing Mindfulness and Cognition to Inspections, Treatments, and Communication by Eli Hosen (pdf)Download
Aedes aegypti Has an Unlikely Foothold in Metropolitan Washington DC by Andy Lima (pdf)Download
Integrating GIS with Mosquito Control and Stormwater Management by Janice Pulver (pdf)Download
Bats - Natural Pest Control That You'll Go Batty For (pdf)Download
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