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Oral Session # 89: Insect Ecology II.
Presiding: R Sears
Friday, August 8. 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, SITCC Meeting Room 101.

8:30 AM Jhee, Edward*,1, Boyd, Robert1, Eubanks, Micky2, 1 Auburn University, Auburn University, AL, USA2 Auburn University, Auburn University, AL, USA Hyperaccumulated Ni defends Streptanthus polygaloides (Brassicaceae) against Plutella xylostella (Leptidoptera).

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8:45 AM Benda, Nicole*,1, 2, 1 ndbenda@ncsu.edu, Raleigh, NC2 North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Oviposition preference of a specialist moth Heliothis subflexa.

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9:00 AM Marko, Michelle*,1, Gleason, Florence1, Newman, Raymond1, 1 University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN Chemically mediated host-plant selection by the milfoil weevil: A freshwater insect-plant interaction.

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9:15 AM Boulton, April*,1, Amberman, Keith2, 1 Biology Dept., Villanova, PA, USA2 Veterinary Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA How Ant Nests Increase Soil Biota Species Richness: A Mechanistic Field Experiment.

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9:30 AM Egan, Scott *,1, Cryer, Greg1, Ott, James1, 1 Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, 78666 Host plant quality and demic adaptation as determinants of the distribution of a gall-forming herbivore.

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9:45 AM Break.

10:00 AM Lentz, Amanda1, 2, Kester, Karen1, 1 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Richmond, VA, USA2 Virginia Polytechinical and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA Postemergence experience impacts fitness of the insect parasitoid Cotesia congregata Say (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).

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10:15 AM Nufio, Cesar *,1, 2, Papaj, Daniel2, 1 Natural History Museum, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO2 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Parent-offspring conflict in the walnut fly, Rhagoletis juglandis .

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10:30 AM Roulston, T'ai*,1, Brewster, Amanda2, Smith, Stephen3, 1 Blandy Experimental Farm, Boyce, VA2 Yale University, New Haven, Ct, USA3 Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, USA Body size constrains the generality of generalist bee species.

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10:45 AM Juliano, Steven*,1, Braks, Marieta2, Honorio, Nildimar3, Lounibos, L. Philip2, Laurenco-de-Oliveira, Ricardo3, 1 Illinois State University, Normal, IL, USA2 Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Vero Beach, FL, USA3 Instituto de Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Competitive advantage and plasticity in growth and development in competing container mosquitoes.

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11:00 AM Hayes, Jack*,1, 1 Paine College, Augusta, GA Phenology of adult phantom crane flies from southeastern states.

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