For the 2026 Virtual Symposium, the deadline to submit a 10-minute presentation or poster is Friday, March 6, 2026.

The International Branch is offering grants for students and researchers who are experiencing financial hardship. The purpose of the grant is to allow recipients to present a virtual poster or pre-recorded oral presentation who otherwise would be unable to do so. To learn more and apply, click here. 

Tuesday, April 28

A beginning ethogram for the Comanche harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex comanche.
Ann Mayo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; Weatherford College, Weatherford, TX

Aedes aegypti insecticide resistance in Puerto Rico.
Nicole Nazario, Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit, San Juan, PR

Monday, April 16

Acaricide resistance status of Rhipicephalus microplus in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: 2015 – 2017.
Guilherme Klafke, Jose Reck, Rovaina Doyle, Bruno Dall"Agnol, Marcelo Becker, Anelise Webster, Ugo Araujo Souza, Paola Antunes, Fabricio Tibere Jardim, Julsan Silveira dos Santos and Joao Ricardo Martins, Instituto de Pesquisas Veterinarias Desiderio Finamor, Eldorado do Sul, Brazil

Tuesday, April 17

Behavioral responses of Rhyzopertha dominica and Tribolium castaneum to various multi-species lures in laboratory release-recapture and wind tunnel assays.
Matt Hamblin¹ and Rob Morrison², ¹Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS, ²USDA - ARS, Manhattan, KS

Wednesday, April 18

Addressing the emergence and spread of leishmaniasisin the borders of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay and Bolivia.