(*PRESENTER)
2002 Mar Tamaños de parches de los parasitoides Pseudacteon sp. y estrategias de búsqueda de sus hormigas huéspedes, Solenopsis richteri. V Congreso argentino de entomologia. Buenos Aires. (Bruzzone* y Folgarait))
2002 Mar Esta relacionado con la viabilidad de las pupas de Pseudacteon sp. (Diptera, Phoridae) la presencia de los cuernos respiratorios y el color del pupario? V Congreso argentino de entomologia. Buenos Aires. (Mónica Chirino*, Folgarait, y Gilbert))
2002 Mar Esta relacionado con la viabilidad de las pupas de Pseudacteon sp. (Diptera, Phoridae) la presencia de los cuernos respiratorios y el color del pupario? V Congreso argentino de entomologia. Buenos Aires. (Mónica Chirino*, Folgarait, y Gilbert))
2002 April 12 (Poster) Parasitoid-host relationships between two extremes of host size: the case of Pseudacteon tricuspis and Solenopsis invicta. Undergraduate Research Poster Session, College of Natural Sciences. (Kaminski).
2002 April 5-7 Differential Attraction of a Parasitoid to Dead Host Ants and More.Florida Evolution and Ecology Symposium, Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida. (Chris Smith)
2002 Mar 21 Las moscas sudamericanas del genero Pseudacteon como candidatos potenciales de control biologico de las hormigas de fuego (Solenopsis), exoticas en los EE.UU.: un informe de progreso. V Congreso Argentino de Entomologia, Cuidad Autonoma de Buenos Aires. (Gilbert)
2001 (Poster) Biocontrol of Solenopsis invicta by Pseudacteon. (Moorhead)
2001 Feb 28 Progress in screening phorid fly parasites for release in Texas and Assessments of experimental releases of Pseudacteon tricuspis. Texas Fire Ant Project Symposium, SW Branch of ESA and Annual Imported Fire Ant Research Conference. San Antonio, TX. (Gilbert)
2001. Behavioral and community ecology of phorid flies and fire ants.(Gilbert)
- 23 May 01 Centro de Estudios e Investig., Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 01 July 18 Am. Behav. Soc., Corvallis, OR
2001 Feb 28 Progress in screening phorid fly parasites for release in Texas and Assessments of experimental releases of Pseudacteon tricuspis. Texas Fire Ant Project Symposium, SW Branch of ESA and Annual Imported Fire Ant Research Conference. San Antonio, TX. (Gilbert)
2001 Keynote Speaker at Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Symposium, Texas Tech University. (Mehdiabadi)
2000 October 5-8 Parasitism to a Superorganism: effects of a parasitic fly on red imported fire ant colonies. IUSSI-NAS 2000 (Mehdiabadi* and Gilbert).
2000 Ecology of fire ants and phorid flies suggests novel biological control strategy. La Selva Biological Station, Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica. July. (Gilbert)
2000. Phorid Flies for the Biological Suppression of Imported Fire Ants in Texas: Region Specific Challenges, Recent Advances and Future prospects. Imported Fire Ant Conference, Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. (Gilbert and Patrock)
2000. (Poster) Geographical ranges and patterns of diversity for Pseudacteon flies, parasitoids of Solenopsis ants, from Argentina and Brazil. XXI International Congress of Entomology to be held at the Iguazú Falls, Brazil, in August 2000 (P. J. Folgarait*, O. A. Bruzzone, S. D. Porter, M. A. Pesquero, & L. E. Gilbert.)
2000. (Poster) Phenological patterns for parasitoids specialized in attacking Solenopsis fire ants, at the Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur, Argentina. XXI International Congress of Entomology to be held at the Iguazú Falls, Brazil, in August 2000 P. J. Folgarait*, O. A. Bruzzone, & L. E. Gilbert.)
2000 (Poster) Effects of a phorid fly parasitoid (Pseudacteon tricuspis) on task allocation in the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) College of Natural Sciences Undergraduate Poster Session, Univ. of Texas. (Horn* & Mehdiabadi)
2000. Parasitism to a superorganism: effects of a parasitic fly on red imported fire ant colonies. International Union for the Study of Social Insects - North American Section, Huntsville, Arkansas (oral presentation). (Mehdiabadi* and Gilbert)
2000. Parasitism to a superorganism: effects of a phorid fly parasitoid on red imported fire ant colonies. Population Biology Seminar, Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin, TX. (oral presentation).( Mehdiabadi).
2000. Imported Fire Ant Research Conference, Chattanooga Tennessee. Life history of Pseudacteon tricuspis (Dip.: Phoridae), an endoparasitoid of the red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta (Hym.: Formicidae). (Cônsoli, Wuellner, Vinson, and Gilbert.)
1999. (Poster) How to keep a bad ant down: Disturbed fire ant mounds return to an unagitated state more quickly when phorids are present. Entomological Society of America, Atlanta Georgia. (Wuellner*, Holvercem, Smith, Patrock, & Gilbert.)
1999. (Poster) No mistaking the phorids for the trees: Pseudacteon spatulatus attacks Solenopsis geminata in tree canopies. Entomological Society of America, Atlanta Georgia. (Patrock*, Wuellner, &Gilbert)
1999. Ecology of fire ant invasions in the Rio Grande Plains: Opportunities for biocontrol and lessons for management. The Wildlife Society (Gilbert & Patrock)
1999. XII International Entomophagous Insects Workshop, Berkeley, California. Immature development of Pseudacteon tricuspis, a parasitoid of the red imported fire ant. (Consoli*, Wuellner, Gilbert, & Vinson.)
1999 Imported Fire Ant Research Conference, Clemson, South Carolina. An update on phorid and pheromone research from North Carolina and Texas. (Vargo*, Wuellner,& Gilbert.)
1998. Symposium dedicated to George Byers and Charles Michener, Lawrence, Kansas. The phorid fly, natural enemy of the red imported fire ant: its biology and prospect as a biological control agent. (Wuellner)
1998 Imported Fire Ant Research Conference, Hot Springs, AR. Ecological suppression of fire ants by dipteran parasitoids: A perspective from work based at Brackenridge Field Laboratory. (Gilbert, Morrison, & Wuellner)
1998 Society for Ecological Restoration International Conference, Austin. Biological control of imported fire ants: A role model for the restoration and protection of native ant communities. (Gilbert)
1998 Research Presentation. Las Vegas. Entomological Society of America. (Vargo)
1998 Medical/Veterinary Entomology Subdisciplinary Subsection, 1998 Entomology Science Conference, TAMU ( Gilbert)
1998. Imported Fire Ant Research Conference, Hot Springs, Arkansas. Pseudacteon/Solenopsis interaction: Comparative studies of phorid fly oviposition behavior and responses to attack by worker fire ants. (Wuellner & Gilbert)
1998. Imported Fire Ant Research Conference, Clemson, South Carolina. An update on phorid and pheromone research from North Carolina and Texas. (Vargo [presenter], Wuellner, & Gilbert)
2001 Mar 5 RIFA Bait Preference and Risk Aversion Experiment in the tropical greenhouse at BFL, with data on RIFA foraging dynamics. U. Wisc., Madison (Smith)
1999-2000 Fire ants and their dipteran parasitoids: Ecological interactions
and biocontrol dreams.
Austin Science Fun Day, Mar. 4, 2000. 'Off with their Heads': Phorid Flies Harass Fire Ants. Demonstration by Richard Patrock, attended by 4,000 Austin area school children and their parents
1999. Behavioral response of the red imported fire ant depends on the species of phorid fly attacking. USDA-ARS, CMAVE, Gainesville, FL. (Wuellner)
1999. Everything you wanted to know about the red imported fire ant, but were afraid to ask. North Austin, TX Rotary Club. (Wuellner)
2000. Taming man's pest friend: choosing the most promising species of phorid flies for biocontrol of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren. USDA-ARS, Southern Insect Management Research Unit, Stoneville, MS. (Wuellner)
1999 University of Georgia, Athens ( Gilbert)
1999 Fire ants and their dipteran parasitoids: Ecological studies and biocontrol dreams. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell Univ. (Gilbert)
1999 Fire ants and their dipteran parasitoids: Ecological studies and Biocontrol dreams. Division of Life Sciences, UT San Antonio. (Gilbert)
1999 Texas Association of Botanical Gardens, Zilker Gardens. (Gilbert)
1999 Biology and Control of Fire Ants. North Carolina Turf Grass Assn., Charlotte. (Vargo)
1999 Austin Science Fun Day. "Meet the Scientist" stage. Imported Fire Ants. (Patrock).
1998 Fire ants and their dipteran parasitoids: ecological studies and biocontrol dreams. Dept. of Entomology, Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge. (Gilbert)
1998. Phorid fly (Pseudacteon spp) oviposition behavior and responses to attack by worker fire ants, Solenopsis invicta. Department of Zoology, Unicamp, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. (Wuellner)
1998. The red imported fire ant: the problem and a promising solution. Eagle Lake, TX Rotary Club. (Wuellner)
1998 Town and Gown Club. Ecological suppression of fire ants by dipteran parasitoids: A perspective from work based at Brackenridge Field Laboratory. Austin. (Gilbert)
1998 Parent's Weekend, UT Austin. Imported Fire Ants. (Patrock)
1997 Ecological approaches to understanding and solving the problem of exotic fire ants. Dept. of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman. (Gilbert)
1997 Ecological Control of Fire Ants. Eco-Fair. Austin. (Gilbert )
1997 Ecological approaches to understanding and solving the problem of exotic fire ants. Dept. of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman. (Gilbert )
1997 Seminar. Dept. of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman. (Vargo)
1997 Workshop. University of Paris, France. (Vargo)
1997 Seminar. University of Lausanne, Switzerland. (Vargo)
1997 2 seminars. University of Wurzburg, Germany. (Vargo)
1997 Use of flies to control fire ant populations. Gonzales Co. Extension Program. (Wuellner)
1997 Parent's Day, UT Austin. IFA PowerPoint presentation & videotape. (Vargo)
1997. History of the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) and a promising biological control agent, the phorid fly, Pseudacteon spp. Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society (Central Texas Chapter) and the Audubon Society (Twin Lakes Chapter). (Wuellner)
1997. Work in progress: comparative attack behavior of phorid flies and their effects on their hosts. USDA-ARS, Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology, Imported Fire Ant and Household Insects Research Unit. (Wuellner)
1997 Society for Conservation Biology, UT Chapter. An ecological approach to controlling fire ants. (Gilbert)
Pre-FARMAAC presentations by Brackenridge Field Laboratory investigators
1996 Ecological differences between fire ants in the United States and Brazil. Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil. (Orr)
1996 Community ecology of fire ants and their parasites in Brazil. Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley. (Orr)
1995 Controle biológico de formigas lava-pé. University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil. 1995 Parasitic flies and ant community ecology. Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis. (Orr)
1994 Phorid flies and the fire ant invasion. Department of Biology, Stanford University. (Orr)
Revised 15 August 2002