Transcript Insect Rearing Experts: Who Are They and What Do They Do?

Insect Rearing Experts: Who Are
They and What Do They Do?
Norm Leppla,
Frank Davis &
Jennifer Gillett
Employer of students enrolled in
the insect rearing workshop
Private industry
State government
Federal government
Red countries have had students
attend the rearing workshop
Purposes for
Rearing Insects
Insect Rearing Career
o University of Arizona- Rearing Research, 2 yrs
o USDA, ARS- Insectary Management, 17 yrs
Florida, Texas
o USDA, APHIS- Methods Development, 7 yrs
Maryland, International
o University of Florida- Integrated Pest
Management, 7 yrs
Number of years rearingworkshop participants
20+
1-5
11-20
6-10
Taxonomic Orders of Insects Reared
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Coleoptera
Diptera
Hemiptera
Hymenoptera
Lepidoptera
Mantodea
Thysanoptera
Acari (Yes, I know mites are not insects)
Who we are and what we do~
o Small scale~ Carpenterworm, butterflies,
biological control
o Multi-species~ Commercial biological
control, Lepidoptera
o Mass Rearing~ Screwworm, fruit flies, gypsy
moth, mosquitoes
o Rearing program review~ Spruce budworm
o Education~ MSU workshop, Insect Diet and
Rearing Institute
Small Scale Rearing:
Carpenterworm
Jim Solomon
Carpenterworm
Field Rearing
Carpenterworm on Diet
Small Scale Rearing: Butterflies
Painted Lady
Monarch
Insectary #1- “Humble Beginning”
Chris’s Diet Room
Garry’s Larval Room
Insectary #2- Rearing Facility
Diet Preparation Building
General Population Building
State-of-the-Art Rearing Rooms
Small Scale Rearing: Biological Control
Happy Rearing Expert
Tachinid Fly
Multi-Species Rearing:
Commercial Biological Control
Commercial Producers
of Natural Enemies
Association of Natural Biocontrol Producers
2005 Board of Directors
L to R: Brian Spencer, Andrea Davenport, President
Richard Ward, Eda Reinot, Kim Gallagher,
Jake Blehm, Angela Hale, Dan Cahn, Carol Glenister
Gender of students enrolled in the
insect rearing workshop
Female
Male
Multi-Species Rearing:
Lepidoptera
Cabbage Looper
Corn Earworm
Field Collecting
Cabbage Loopers
USDA Rearing
USDA Rearing
Fred Adams
Fred Adams
Steve Carlyle
and more rearing...
I am surprised at how easy it is
to become fascinated with
insect rearing. You can
become very attached to our
'little critters.'
Annie
Insect rearing is never a
boring task; insects are
always doing something
interesting and pose new
challenges all the time
Punky
Age of Survey Respondents
80
60
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20
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Mass Rearing: Screwworm
YUCK!!!!!
Screwworm “Factories”
Tuxtla Gutierrez
Mission
Screwworm
Rearing
Processes
And, what do we have over here …
Dial Martin
Bill Eden
Norm
Leo LeChance
And, here …
Mass Rearing: Fruit flies
Mexfly
Mexfly
Pioneers in Fruit Fly Rearing
L:R Danny Gates, Leroy
Williamson, Arturo
Schwartz & Roger Vargas
L:R Derrell Chambers,
Roy Cunningham, Sus
Nakagaua, & Milt Huettel
Medfly Mass Rearing
Waimanalo, Hawaii
Metapa, Mexico
Richard
Kobayashi
Honolulu, Hawaii
Nori Tanaka
Doris Miyashita
Mass Rearing: Gypsy Moth
Gypsy Moth Mass Rearing
Diet Production
Carol O Dell
Tom O Dell
I've heard it said that rearing insects is not rocket science... it's
harder than that. I've found this to be true.
Designing Gypsy Moth
Rearing Facilities
Mass Rearing: Mosquitoes
El Salvador
Sault St. Marie, Canada
Jay Whistlecraft
Bob
McCron
Fred
Stewart
Trust me, most of the problems with rearing come down to the
simplest things - humidity: too high, too low; light needs: day
length, night lights; temperature; rearing containers – too small,
won't breath, etc.
Spruce Budworm Review
Insect Rearing Workshop
Frank Davis
John Schneider
Pritam Singh
Insect Rearing Workshop Instructors
Allen Cohen
Red states have had students
attend the rearing workshop
Educational background
Entomology
Agronomy
PhD
MS
Plant Health
BS
High School
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On the Job
5
10
Number of responses
15
Special Thanks to
Sandra
Woolfolk
http://ipm.ifas.ufl.edu