South Carolina Entomological Society
Elected Officers and Committee Chairs (2012)
Executive Director: Randy McWhorter, 1525 Cambridge Lakes Dr., Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466; phone: 843-856-9411; fax: 843-856-9411; email:
President:Pat Zungoli, Clemson University, 118 Long Hall, Clemson, SC 29634; phone: 864-656-3137; fax: 864-656-5065; e-mail:
VP/President Elect:Laurie Reid, South Carolina Forestry Commission, 5500 Broad River Road, Columbia, SC 29210; phone: 803-667-1002; fax: 803-896-8827; e-mail:
Past President:Brian Scholtens, College of Charleston, Biology Department, 58 Coming St. Rm. 214, Charleston, SC 29424; phone: 843-953-8081; fax 843-953-5453; email:
Secretary:Rizana Mahroof, South Carolina State University, Department of Biological and Physical Sciences, Room 128 Hodge Hall, Orangeburg SC 29117; Phone: 803- 536-8174; Email:
Historian: Gerry Carner, Clemson University, 318 Long Hall, Clemson, SC 29634; phone: 864-656-5040; fax: 803-284-3684; email:
Committee Chairs:
Auditing: Merle Shepard, Clemson University, Coastal REC, 2700 Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29414: phone: 843-402-5393; fax: 843-571-4654; email:
Honors and Awards: Juang-Horng Chong, Clemson University, Pee Dee REC, 2200 Pocket Rd., Florence, SC 29506; phone: 843-662-3526; fax: 843-661-5676; e-mail:
Local Arrangements:Pat Zungoli, Clemson University, 118 Long Hall, Clemson, SC 29634; phone: 864-656-3137; fax: 864-656-5065; e-mail:
Long Range Planning:vacant
Membership:vacant
Nomination:Brian Scholtens, College of Charleston, Biology Department, 58 Coming St. Rm. 214, Charleston, SC 29424; phone: 843-953-8081; fax 843-953-5453; email:
Program:Laurie Reid, South Carolina Forestry Commission, 5500 Broad River Road, Columbia, SC 29210; phone: 803-667-1002; fax: 803-896-8827; e-mail:
Publicity:vacant
Resolutions: Paula Mitchell, Winthrop University Biology Dept., Rock Hill, SC 29733; phone: 803-323-2111; fax: 803-323-3448; email:
The 59th Annual Meeting
of the
SOUTH CAROLINA
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Hickory Knob State Resort Park
McCormick, SC
1-2 October 2013
PRESIDENTS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY
1956James H. Cochran1957Leon (Lefty) H. Moore
1958Frank T. Arnold, Jr. 1959John K. Reed
1960William J. Reid, Jr.1961Norman Allen
1962James N. Smith1963William Carl Nettles
1964Wendell Tiller1965Vernon M. Kirk
1966Edward W. King1967Julian E. Keil
1968Charles S. Creighton1969Richard C. Fox
1970Samuel G. Turnipseed1971Quinton L. Chapman
1972Sidney B. Hays1973Max M. Askey
1974Theodore R. Adkins, Jr. 1975Julian Mikell
1976William Bruce Ezell, Jr. 1977Louie H. Senn
1978Augustine Day1979Gerald R. Carner
1980Charles A. Thomas1981Ray Noblet
1982John A. DuRant1983Thomas E. Skelton
1984Alfred R. Hopkins1985Kenneth A. Peeples
1986Clyde S. Gorsuch1987Jay W. Chapin
1988William P. DuBose1989David R. Alverson
1990John C. Morse1991J. Benjamin Kissam
1992Steven H. Roach1993John D. Hopkins
1994B. Merle Shepard1995Randall P. Griffin
1996Michael J. Sullivan1997Mitchell E. Roof
1998Peter H. Adler1999Ron Burnette
2000Donald G. Manley2001Paula Levin Mitchell
2002Gloria S. McCutcheon2003Alfred G. Wheeler
2004Paul M. (Mac) Horton2005William M. Hood
2006 D. Michael Jackson2007Eric P. Benson
2008Jeremy K. Greene2009Francis Reay-Jones
2010Juang-Horng Chong2011Bob Bellinger
2012Brian Scholtens2013Pat Zungoli
RECIPIENTS OF THE J. H. COCHRAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
1970David Arnold1971H. S. Moore
1972Keith Griffin1973Roy Sutton
1974Frank Davis1975Frank Davis
1976Wayne Gardner1977Gayle Holman
1978Jay Chapin1979Ed Quattlebaum
1980Glenn Lee1982Robert Kelly
1983Jerome Grant 1984Steven Hamilton
1986Eric Benson1987Mike Chambers
1988Kevin Hoffman1989Charles Watson
1990Marianne Willey1991Stuart Reitz
1993Michael Floyd1995Jeffery Tomberlin
1996Jennifer Zettler1997Kristen van den Meiracker
1998Mohammed Kahn1999Will Reeves
2000Michelle Colacicco2001J. Powell Smith
2002Janet Kintz-Early2003Ozlem Kalkar
2004Eric Paysen2005Donald Oswalt
2006Mark Nelder2007Ian Stocks
2008Dustin Swanson2009Holly Tuten
2010Kevin R. Hinson2011Margie Lehnert
2012Nicholas Seiter
RECIPIENTS OF THE J. H. COCHRAN
EXCELLENCE IN ENTOMOLOGY AWARD
1993Sidney B. Hays
1996Thomas E. Skelton
1999Peter H. Adler
2002James A. Reinert and Alfred G. Wheeler
2005John C. Morse
2008B. Merle Shepard
2011Sam Turnipseed
Notes
SOUTH CAROLINA ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY
59th Annual Meeting Program
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Afternoon
1:30Executive Committee Meeting
1:00-2:30Meeting Registration
3:00-3:30Welcome, Business Meeting, Election
3:30-6:00Insect Walks and Photo Safari
6:30-tillSocial, Photo Salon, and Dinner
Wednesday, 2 October 2013
Morning
7:50Announcements
Student Papers
Laurie Reid, Moderator
8:001.(PhD) Developing sampling plans for the invasive Megacopta cribraria in soybeans. Francesca Stubbins, Nick J. Seiter, Francis P. F. Reay-Jones, and Jeremy K. Greene. Clemson University, Edisto Research and Education Center, 64 Research Road, Blackville, SC 29817
8:152. (PhD) Management of Megacopta cribraria (Hemiptera: Plataspidae) in soybeans based on insect density and plant phenology.Nicholas Seiter, Jeremy Greene, Francis Reay-Jones, and Phillip Roberts2.School of Agricultural, Forest, and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0310, 2Department of Entomology, University of Georgia
8:303. (PhD) Seasonal Activity and Composition of Parasitoids of Oak Lecanium Scale in4 States of the Southeast Region. Ernesto Robayo Camacho and Juang Horng Chong. Clemson University, Pee Dee REC, 2200 Pocket Rd., Florence, SC 29506
8:454. (PhD) Evaluation of foraging patterns of Linepithema humile (Mayr), the Argentine Ant, to improve bait placement in a State Park campground. Jinbo Song, Eric P. Benson, Patricia A. Zungoli, and Brittany Russ Ellis, School of Agricultural, Forest, and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University
9:005. (PhD) Comparisons of the ability of teneral and sclerotized adult Bed Bugs to climb a glass surface. Kevin R. Hinson, Eric P. Benson, William C. Bridges, Patricia A. Zungoli, School of Agricultural, Forest, and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, 104 Entomology Lane, Clemson, SC, 29634
9:156. (MS) Comparative reproductive success of field collected cohorts versus F1 laboratory reared Laricobius nigrinus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae).Dragana Trninic,School of Agricultural, Forest, and Environmental Sciences Clemson University, Clemson, SC
9:307. (BS) Laboratory Rearing of Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae): Development Rate and Female Fecundity. Shelby A. Kerr and Paula L. Mitchell, Department of Biology, Winthrop University, Rock Hill SC 29733.
9:458.(BS) Survival, Development, and Reproduction of Selected Stored Product Beetles on Bio-fabricated Plastics. Brittany N. Toney, Taleesa J. Dawson and Rizana M. Mahroof, Department of Biological Sciences, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC 29117
10:009. (HS) Kudzu On You! Hannah Herlong, 4-H/High School student, Saluda, SC.
10:1510. (HS) Effects of Azadiractin on the Behavior and Survival of Bemisia tabaciDana A. Krzyzaniak1, Alvin M. Simmons2, B. Merle Shepard3, 1Academic Magnet High School, Charleston, SC; 2USDA-ARS, US Vegetable Laboratory, Charleston, SC; 3Coastal Research and Education Center, Clemson University, Charleston, SC
10:30Special Presentation
10:45Break
Non-Student Papers
Laurie Reid, Moderator
11:0011. Extension Vegetable and Small Fruit Entomology Update: New Invasives, IR-4, etc. J. Powell Smith and Susan James, CUCES-Lexington County, 605 W. Main St. Ste. 109, Lexington, SC 29072
11:1512. Update on the Moth Survey of Congaree National Park. Brian Scholtens1, Joe Culin2, John Snyder3, Tom Smith4, 1College of Charleston, 2Clemson University, 3Furman University, 4Virginia Department of Natural Resources
11:3013. Species Diversity and Seasonal Abundance of Billbugs, Sphenophorus spp. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in South Carolina Golf Courses. Juang-Horng Chong, Clemson University, Pee Dee Research & Education Center, 2200 Pocket Road, Florence, SC
11:4514. Insect Pests of Coffee and Citrus in North Sumatra: Finding Integrated Management Solutions.B. Merle Shepard, Gerald R. Carner, and Eric P. Benson, School of Agricultural, Forest, and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
12:0015. An Update on Pheromone Research at South Carolina State University. Rizana M. Mahroof, Department of Biological Sciences, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC 29117
12:1516. Development of corn earworm in Bt corn hybrids in the Carolinas. Francis Reay-Jones1, Dominic Reisig2 and Jack Bacheler3, 1Clemson University, Pee Dee Research and Education Center, 2200 Pocket Road, Florence, SC 29506-9727, 2Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, the Vernon G. James Research and Extension Center, Plymouth, NC 27962, 3Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, 2306 Gardner Hall, NCSU Box 7613, Raleigh, NC 27695-7613
12:3017. Should We Grow Bt Soybeans in the USA? – Observations from Brazil and the USA.Jeremy Greene. Edisto Research and Education Center, School of Agricultural, Forest, and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University
12:45-1:45Award Luncheon
1:45-2:45 Final Business Meeting
2:45Adjourn
2:45-3:45 Board Meeting