2024 Oral: “Will beetles and flies bring blue skies? Updates on biological control of HWA at Virginia Tech.” Olivia Andrews, Carrie Preston, Aryanna James. Tennessee Hemlock Conservation Partnership Winter Meeting. Virtual. Feb. 16, 2024.
Oral: “A first attempt to look at the impacts of Laricobius nigrinus and Leucotaraxis piniperda on HWA in the field.” HWA Initiative: Biological Control Working Group Meeting. In person. Jan. 9, 2024
2023 Oral: “A one year preview on the impacts of Laricobius nigrinus and Leucotaraxis spp. on HWA populations and on hemlock tree health.” Western Maryland Forest Pest Update. MD Department of Agriculture. In person. Feb. 22, 2023
Oral: “ Beetles and flies together forever.” Annual Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Program Manager’s Meeting. In person. June 27 – 29, 2023
Oral: “ A life of Leucotaraxis argenticollis in the eastern US.” Southern Forest Insect Work Conference. In person. Jul. 25 – 27, 2023
2022 Oral: “Phenology of Leucotaraxis argenticollis, a specialist predator of the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid, in the eastern US.” 2022 ESA, ESC, and ESBC Joint Annual Meeting. In person. Nov. 13 – 16, 2022
Oral: “Ongoing studies on Laricobius nigrinus and Leucotaraxis spp. predation of HWA and impact to tree health.” HWA Biological Control Working Group Meeting. Virtual. Jan 12, 2022
Oral: “Lari/Leuco study update!”Western Maryland Forest Pest Update. MD Department of Agriculture. Virtual. Feb. 23, 2022
Oral: “Can we detect an effect on hemlock tree health from Laricobius nigrinus predation of Adelges tsugae?” Eastern ESA Branch Meeting. In person. Apr. 24 – 26, 2022
Oral: “Is hemlock growth and physiology affected by Laricobius nigrinus predation on hemlock woolly adelgid?” Southern Forest Insect Work Conference. In person. Jun 21 – 22, 2022
2021 Poster: “Determining the impact of two biological control agents, Laricobius nigrinus and Leucopis spp. on Adelges tsugae populations and hemlock tree health in the eastern United States.” North American Forest Insect Work Conference. Virtual. May 26th - 28th, 2021
2020 Oral: What will happen if we use both Laricobius beetles and Leucopis flies together as biological control agents of HWA? Southern Appalachian Forest Entomologist/Pathologist Seminar Crossnore (SAFEPS), North Carolina. In person.
Oral: “Hemlock health project.” HWA Biological Control Working Group Meeting. In person.
2019 Oral: “Prevalence of Nosema maddoxi in brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys [Stål]) populations in Eastern and Western states in the US.” Department of Entomology January Symposium, Cornell University. In person.
Oral: “Nosema maddoxi effects on Halyomorpha halys.” Eastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America Conference, Blacksburg, VA. In person.
Oral: “The occurrence of an endemic Nosema pathogen in BMSB populations in NY and surrounding states.” Cornell Cooperative Extension Lake Ontario Fruit Program, Lockport, NY. In person.
Oral: “The occurrence of an endemic Nosema pathogen in BMSB populations in NY and surrounding states.” Cornell Cooperative Extension Lake Ontario Fruit Program, Newark, NY. In person.
Oral: “The occurrence of an endemic Nosema pathogen in BMSB populations in NY and surrounding states.” Eastern NY Fruit and Vegetable Conference, Albany, NY. In person.
2018 Oral: “Prevalence of Nosema maddoxi in brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys [Stål]) populations in eastern and western states in the US.” ESA, ESC, and ESBC Joint Annual Meeting Vancouver, BC. In person.
Oral: “Prevalence of Nosema maddoxi in brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys [Stål]) populations in eastern and western states in the US.” 94th Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit Workers Conference, VA. In person.
