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Happy 75th Anniversary, VMCA!

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!


See below for select pdf presentations from the conference, a photo gallery, and more.

Student Competition Committee's 6th Annual Student Poster Competition

Congratulations to our 2022 winner, Rebecca Trimble of Virginia Tech for their poster titled, "Pathogen spillover into the Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis in Virginia"

 

Find details about the competition here along with past years' winners.


Thank you to all participating students and judges!


Thank you also to everyone who donated and bid on items at the silent auction and to all who participated in the 50/50 raffle. The SCC was able to raise considerable funds for future student poster competition awards.

2022 Conference Photo Gallery

    2022 Conference Presentations

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

    If you gave a presentation and would like it shared, please contact the Website Chair listed at the bottom of the page.

    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

    VMCA Goes Virtual For 2021

    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 should be viewable directly below this message or you can click the following links to view directly on YouTube: Conference Day 1 & Conference Day 2. There are clickable links to each presentation start time in the descriptions on YouTube and the videos below should also be segmented. 


    We appreciate your support in this first endeavor of ours to virtually host our annual conference. The videos will attest, it wasn't perfect but we sure tried our best! Enjoy! 

    2021 Conference Recordings

    2021 Virtual Conference Photo Gallery

      2021 Conference Presentations

      Presentation PDFs (with author permission) are available below to view/download.

      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 VMCA Annual Conference

      The Annual Conference of the Virginia Mosquito Control Association 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.


      2020 Conference Photo Gallery

        2020 Conference Presentations

        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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        Website Chair Karen Akaratovic (kakaratovic@suffolkva.us) 

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