Reintroducing myself as I've just moved over from Fediscience to this instance.

Hi, I'm Callum. I am currently manager of a large insectary facility in the UK. I'm interested in #Mosquitoes #VectorControl #Genomics #Speciation and #Evolution.

now that's a Backronym if i ever saw one https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.ade8903 #Anopheles #CRISPR #vectorcontrol

Question for any #entomology or #VectorControl experts out there. I’m wondering if doing a #tick drag with a permethrin treated sheet of fabric in a fenced yard might work to lower the number of ticks? Especially if done on a weekly basis through tick season? Would ticks climb onto the fabric and stay on long enough for the permethrin to kill them? Or would they drop off too quickly for it to affect them? Thoughts?

RT @rubueno10@twitter.com

1/2 🦟 Since the arrival of #AedesAlbopictus to many #European #cities, urban #MosquitoControl programs have been completely reformulated and now are a priority for #PublicHealth reasons
#TigerMosquito #HealthyCities #VectorControl #AedesAegypti #AedesJaponicus #AedesKoreicus

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/rubueno10/status/1605644926800248833

Nous avons présenté 2 posters à l'#EMCA (28 & 29/11/2022) à Mendrisio 🇨🇭 sur les indicateurs entomologiques 🦟 utilisés en situation d'urgence opérationnelle 🚨 :
- "Time is running ⏱️ : How to assess #Aedesalbopictus abundance and operational efficiency of #vectorcontrol in an outbreak context in Europe 🇪🇺 ? Case studies of outbreaks in France 🇫🇷 from 2020 to 2022".
- "Time is running ⏱️ : Reliability of the abacus method 🔎
for estimating larval abundance of #Stegomyia mosquitoes".

Does anyone have any good recommendations for (preferably lethal) traps for both male and female #Aedes #aegypti mosquitoes? Our insectary currently only has UV-light bug zappers installed which don't really do much for mozzies. #VectorControl #Mosquito