Armed Forces Pest Management Board

Researchers are testing Dryinus sinicus, a tiny parasitoid wasp from Asia, as a promising natural enemy for the invasive spotted lanternfly. Could this tiny wasp be the key to long-term, sustainable control?

Researchers Zero In On Potential Natural Enemy of Spotted Lanternfly A natural enemy of the spotted lanternfly in Asia, the parasitoid wasp Dryinus sinicus has emerged as a leading candidate for biological control of spotted lanternfly in the U.S.

📢 Now available: AFPMB Technical Guide 47 — Aedes Mosquito Vector Control (2026)

Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus — the yellow fever and Asian tiger mosquitoes — are daytime-biting, container-breeding vectors that carry Zika, dengue, chikungunya, and yellow fever. Because Aedes mosquitoes thrive in the exact environments where service members live and work, their surveillance and control remain a critical component of the force health protection mission.

The Armed Forces Pest Management Board has released the new fourth edition of TG47, a field-ready quick reference for the identification, surveillance, and control of Aedes vectors. This edition brings refreshed disease-distribution data (including dengue activity current to June 2026), updated surveillance methods (ovitraps, larval indices, BG-Sentinel and other traps, aspirators), and current source-reduction, larviciding, adulticiding, IRS, and fogging guidance with NSNs.

Read and download the updated guide:https://www.acq.osd.mil/eie/afpmb/docs/techguides/tg47.pdf

The World Health Organization has released its new Operational Manual on Larval Source Management (LSM), providing practical guidance for controlling both Anopheles and Aedes mosquitoes.

https://iris.who.int/server/api/core/bitstreams/0e5294ff-b74f-4f6c-aac7-982e49a53e5b/content

The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Scientist for a 2-year position focused on Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS) and nano-acaricides. Interested candidates should submit their cover letter, CV, and three references to [email protected]

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH SCIENTIST - Job posted on PostdocJobs.com Pending final approval, the Department of Entomology and Center for Vector Biology & Zoonotic Diseases at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (New Haven Campus), in collaboration with the Yale School of Medicine and USDA APHIS, seeks appl ...