Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Buckner Lab (FMEL)
Led by Eva Buckner · Entomology and Nematology
What we study
The lab studies insecticide resistance in Florida mosquitoes and helps mosquito control programs use resistance testing data. They also train professionals on integrated mosquito management techniques.
What working here is like
- Other insects
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Culicoides insignis Lutz and Culicoides stellifer (Coquillett) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are more active at canopy height than ground level throughout the night in Florida
2026 · Journal of Medical Entomology
Finds Culicoides midges in Florida are more active at tree tops than the ground, affecting insecticide use.
- Updated Adulticide Susceptibility Status of Florida Populations of Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, 1762)
2026 · Pathogens
Checks if Florida Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are resistant to insecticides to help control them better.
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- Lethal and sublethal effects of toxic sugar baits differ among insecticide resistant and insecticide susceptible populations of Aedes aegypti
2026 · Journal of Medical Entomology
Tests if toxic sugar baits kill or harm insecticide-resistant and susceptible Aedes aegypti mosquitoes differently.
- Genetic divergence in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes potentially associated with enhanced capacity for arbovirus transmission
2026 · BMC Biology
Compares genetic differences between Florida and Tanzanian Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to see if they transmit viruses better.
- Anthropophagic Florida mosquito species are poor vectors of prototype and emerging strains of oropouche virus
2025 · PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Shows that common Florida mosquitoes don't spread Oropouche virus as well as biting midges.
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