Poster # 61. Simpson, Colleen^*,1, Reid, Mary¹, ¹ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada When a tree falls in the forest: Resource concentration after forest management benefits bark beetles.

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Poster # 62. Davis, Dayton^{*,1, 2}, Parmenter, Bob², Bueno, Rudy³, ¹ Unversity of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico² University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico³ Albuquerque Bio-Diseases Management, Albuquerque, New Mexico The geographic disturbution and temporal behavior of various mosquito species In New Mexico.

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Poster # 63. Hatton, Elizabeth^*,1, Bueno, Rudy^{1, 2}, Parmenter, Robert¹, ¹ University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico² Albuquerque Environmental Health Department, Albuquerque, New Mexico Ecology of larval mosquitoes in New Mexico and transovarial transmission of West Nile virus.

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Poster # 64. Cochran-Stafira, Liane^{*,1, 2}, Yakimova, Eva¹, ¹ Saint Xavier University, Chicago, IL² Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL Sarracenia purpurea pitchers: Potential oviposition sites for mosquito vectors of arboviral encephalitis?

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Poster # 65. Brunkow, Paul^*,1, Bauer, Lisa¹, ¹ Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, USA Algal growth and flow resistance in a freshwater snail.

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Poster # 66. Mitchell, Richard^*,1, Maloney, Kelly¹, Miller, Stephanie¹, Feminella, Jack¹, Mulholland, Patrick², ¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn, AL, United States² Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831 Relationships between coarse woody debris, particulate organic matter, and crayfish in southeastern coastal plain streams.

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Poster # 67. Swart, Charles^*,1, Felgenhauer, Bruce¹, Jaeger, Robert¹, ¹ Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, 70504 Temperature effects on life-history characteristics of the Giant Waterbug, Belostoma lutarium (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae).

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Poster # 68. Meyer, Harry^*,1, Hinton, Juliana¹, Trahan, Kathleen¹, ¹ McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Lousiana Spatial variability of tardigrade populations in leaf litter, moss, and lichens.

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Poster # 69. Rosson, Jessica^*,1, Bui, Linda^*,1, ¹ Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA Abiotic factors affecting Solenopsis invicta and Brachymyrmex sp. populations.

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Poster # 70. Kluger, Emily^*,1, Niesenbaum, Richard¹, ¹ Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA The ecological impact of variation in host plant quality on the geometrid herbivore, Epimecis hortaria.

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Poster # 71. Rossi, Anthony^*,1, Stiling, Peter², Moon, Daniel², Murray, Melissa¹, Hughes, Kelly¹, ¹ University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A.² University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, U.S.A. Effects of gall size on host choice and parasitoid community structure in Asphondylia galls.

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Poster # 72. Castellanos-Vargas, Iván^*,1, Cano-Santana, Zenón ^*,1, ¹ National Autonomus University of México, México City, Coyoacán, México Preliminary analysis of some sense organs in the oviposition site selection of Sphenarium purpurascens.

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Poster # 73. Yanoviak, Stephen^{*,1, 2}, Lounibos, L¹, Weaver, S², Tesh, R², ¹ University of Florida, Vero Beach, Florida² University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas Diversity of phytotelm fauna along a deforestation gradient in the Peruvian Amazon.

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Poster # 74. George, Sophie^*,1, ¹ Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, USA The ectosymbiont crab Dissodactylus mellitae-sand dollar Mellita isometra relationship.

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Poster # 75. Bramble, Dennis¹, Turner, Raymond², ¹ University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT² U.S.G.S. - Desert Research Laboratory, Tucson, AZ Documenting long-term persistence of the western harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis).

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Poster # 76. Youngsteadt, Elsa^*,1, ¹ University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA The effects of ants on the carnivorous caterpillar Feniseca tarquinius and the role of chemical camouflage in the Feniseca-ant interaction.

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Poster # 78. Waller, Deborah^*,1, March, John¹, ¹ Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA Ant species diversity in a mainland coastal ecosystem and nearby barrier island.

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Poster # 77. Howell, Jonathan¹, Waller, Deborah¹, ¹ Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA Population densities of the fungus-growing ant Trachymyrmex septentrionalis in southeastern Virginia.

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