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UF/IFAS expert shares pest control tips for hurricane season

by Lourdes Mederos
September 25, 2024

Storms bring more than wind and rain during the Atlantic hurricane season. Unwanted pests crawl into our lives. With electricity outages, standing water and damaged structures, urban pests find ample opportunity to invade homes, businesses ... READ MORE

Category: Blog Community, Conservation, Disaster Preparation, HOME LANDSCAPES, Home Management, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Chikungunya, Dengue, Extension, Fire Ants, Flooding, Florida Department Of Agricultural Consumer Sciences, Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, Hurricane, Johnalyn Gordon, Mosquitoes, Pathogens, Pest Control, Pest Management University, Rainfall, Red Imported Fire Ant, Termite, Viruses, Zika

UF/IFAS CALS Student and Faculty Lead Mosquito Ecology and Control Workshop in Honduras, Leading to Future Research Collaborations

by Dana Edwards
January 10, 2019

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Category: UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: CALS, Chikungunya, College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, Dengue, Entomology And Nematology, Mosquitoes, Zika

Veteran biologist named director of UF/IFAS entomology lab

by Brad Buck
April 7, 2016

Jorge Rey GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Just as the Zika virus is causing concern worldwide, a University of Florida insect specialist with 36 years of experience at the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory has been named the lab’s new director. Professor ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Chikungunya, Dengue, Director, Entomology And Nematology, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Zika

UF/IFAS study: Pesticide-induced mosquito death outweighs fitness advantage of survivors

by Brad Buck
February 12, 2016

Please see caption below GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- A common toxin used to kill yellow fever mosquito larvae – the most prevalent transmitter of dengue, chikungunya and zika viruses – is highly effective. While there are some fitness advantages ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Barry Alto, Chikungunya, Dengue, Entomology And Nematology, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Yellow Fever Mosquito, Zika

Mating with the wrong insect may cut yellow fever mosquito populations

by Brad Buck
August 27, 2015

Asian tiger mosquito Yellow fever mosquito GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Asian tiger mosquitoes can drive down yellow fever mosquito populations when the female chooses the wrong male with which to mate, UF/IFAS scientists say. Both insects transmit ... READ MORE

Category: UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Asian Tiger Mosquito, Chikungunya, Dengue, Entomology And Nematology, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Mating

UF/IFAS expert to help Australians try to control diseases transmitted by invasive mosquitoes

by Brad Buck
February 9, 2015

Cutline below GAINESVILLE, Fla. – A University of Florida scientist recognized as a global expert on invasive mosquitoes will head to Australia in March to work with researchers to combat public health threats common to Florida and Queensland, ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Pests & Disease
Tags: Chikungunya, Entomology And Nematology, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Mosquitoes, Phil Lounibos

New mosquito-borne illness may be headed to United States, UF experts say

by BLOGS.IFAS
April 26, 2007

By: Tom Nordlie (352) 392-0400 Source(s): Walter Tabachnick wjt@ufl.edu, 772-778-7200 ext. 124 Roxanne Connelly crr@ufl.edu, 772-778-7200 ext. 172 Stephen Higgs sthiggs@utmb.edu, 409-747-2426 View Photo GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The next mosquito-borne ... READ MORE

Category: AGRICULTURE, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, WORK & LIFE
Tags: Chikungunya, Entomology And Nematology, Roxanne Connelly, Stephen Higgs, Walter Tabachnick

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