Forum
An In-Field Screen for Early Detection and
Monitoring of Insect Resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis in Transgenic
Crops.
Robert C. Venette, W. D. Hutchison, and D. A. Andow …. 1055 
Apiculture and Social Insects
Effective Fall Treatment of Varroa jacobsoni (Acari: Varroidae) with a
New Formulation of Formic Acid in Colonies of Apis mellifera
(Hymenoptera: Apidae) in the Northeastern United States.
Nicholas W. Calderone …. 1065
Biological and Microbial Control
Lack of Toxicity to Adults of the Mexican Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) of
ß-Exotoxin in Bacillus thuringiensis Endotoxin Preparations.
David C. Robacker, Jose A. Garcia, and Adelaido J. Martinez …. 1076
Virulence of Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycotina: Hyphomycetes) on
Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae): Laboratory and Field Trials.
Roberto Lezama-Gutiérrez, Augusta Trujillo-de la Luz, Jaime Molina-Ochoa, Oscar
Rebolledo-Dominguez, Alfonso R. Pescador, Marilú López-Edwards, and Martin
Aluja …. 1080
Influence of Sublethal Exposure to Abamectin on the Biological Performance of
Neoseiulus longispinosus (Acari: Phytoseiidae).
Yusof Bin Ibrahim and Tan Sek Yee …. 1085
Virulence of Entomopathogenic Nematodes to Diaprepes abbreviatus (Coleoptera:
Curculionidae) in the Laboratory.
David I. Shapiro and Clay W. McCoy …. 1090
Comparative Insecticidal Properties of Two Nucleopolyhedrovirus Vectors
Encoding a Similar Toxin Gene Chimer.
M. F. Treacy, P. E. Rensner, and J. N. All …. 1096
Susceptibility of Mocis latipes (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to Heterorhabditis
bacteriophora (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae).
Martín González-Ramírez, Roberto Lezama-Gutiérrez, Jaime Molina-Ochoa, Oscar
Rebolledo-Domínguez, Marilú López-Edwards, and Alfonso Pescador-Rubio ….
1105
Impact of Recombinant Baculovirus Field Applications on a Nontarget
Heliothine Parasitoid, Microplitis croceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).
Chad R. Smith, Kevin M. Heinz, Christopher G. Sansone, and J. Lindsey Flexner
…. 1109
Effect of Fungicide Application on Activity of Neozygites fresenii (Entomophthorales:
Neozygitacaea) and Cotton Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Suppression.
M. Leonard Wells, Robert M. McPherson, John R. Ruberson, and Gary A. Herzog ….
1118
Trichogramma exiguum
(Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) Releases in North Carolina Cotton: Evaluation
of Heliothine Pest Suppression.
Charles P.-C. Suh, David B. Orr, John W. Van Duyn, and Daniel M. Borchert ….
1127 
Trichogramma
Releases in North Carolina Cotton: Why Releases Fail to Suppress Heliothine
Pests.
Charles P.-C. Suh, David B. Orr, and John W. Van Duyn …. 1137 
Molecular Evidence of Cryptic Species within the Liriomyza huidobrensis
(Diptera: Agromyzidae).
Sonja J. Scheffer …. 1146
Ecology and Behavior
Oviposition by Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) and
Effects of Phylloplane Waxiness.
Kristine A. Justus, Lloyd M. Dosdall, and Beverley K. Mitchell …. 1152
Circadian Activity of Lygus lineolaris
(Hemiptera: Miridae) and Effectiveness of Sampling Techniques in Strawberry
Fields.
Benoit Rancourt, C. Vincent, and D. de Oliveira …. 1160 
Hairy Chinch Bug (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae)
Damage, Population Density, and Movement in Relation to the Incidence of
Perennial Ryegrass Infected by Neotyphodium Endophytes.
Douglas S. Richmond and David J. Shetlar …. 1167 
Eavesdropping on Insects Hidden in Soil and
Interior Structures of Plants.
R. W. Mankin, J. Brandhorst-Hubbard, K. L. Flanders, M. Zhang, R. L. Crocker, S.
L. Lapointe, C. W. McCoy, J. R. Fisher, and D. K. Weaver …. 1173 
Competitive Interactions Between Two Pest
Species of Earth Mites, Halotydeus destructor and Penthaleus major
(Acarina: Penthaleidae).
A. R. Weeks and A. A. Hoffmann …. 1183 
Field and Forage Crops
Photosynthesis and Translocation of
Assimilates in Rice Plants Following Phloem Feeding by the Planthopper Nilaparvata
lugens (Homoptera: Delphacidae).
Tomonari Watanabe and Hisashi Kitagawa …. 1192 
Evaluation of Planting Date, Sorghum Hybrid, and Insecticide Treatment on
Sorghum Midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) Management in Northeast Louisiana.
B. A. Castro, T. J. Riley, and B. R. Leonard …. 1199
Horticultural Entomology
Damage to Nectarines by the Western Flower
Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in the Interior of British Columbia, Canada.
Isobel A. Pearsall …. 1207 
Effect of Nectar Composition and Nectar Concentration on Honey Bee
(Hymenoptera: Apidae) Visitations to Hybrid Onion Flowers.
E. M. Silva and Bill B. Dean …. 1216
Effects of Methoprene and Permethrin on Paedogenetic Larvae of Heteropeza
pygmaea and Mycophila speyeri (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae).
Philip F. White and Maria Czajkowska …. 1222
Effects of Planting Pattern of Collards on Resistance to Whiteflies (Homoptera:
Aleyrodidae) and on Parasitoid Abundance.
D. Michael Jackson, M. W. Farnham, A. M. Simmons, W. A. van Giessen, and K. D.
Elsey …. 1227
Effect of Mango Weevil (Coleoptera:
Curculionidae) Damage on Mango Seed Viability in Hawaii.
Peter A. Follett and Zona Gabbard …. 1237 
Household And Structural Insects
Trail-Following Behavior in the German
Cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae).
D. M. Miller and P. G. Koehler …. 1241 
Bait Distribution Among Multiple Colonies of Pharaoh Ants (Hymenoptera:
Formicidae).
David H. Oi, Karen M. Vail, and David F. Williams …. 1247
Toxicity and Repellency of Borate-Sucrose Water Baits to Argentine Ants
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
John H. Klotz, Les Greenberg, Christopher Amrhein, and Michael K. Rust …. 1256
Toxicity and In Vitro Metabolism of t-Permethrin in Eastern
Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae).
Steven M. Valles, Faith M. Oi, Terry Wagner, and Richard J. Brenner …. 1259
Insecticide Resistance and Resistance Management
Baseline Susceptibility of the Corn Earworm
(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to the Cry1Ab Toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis.
Blair D. Siegfried, Terrence Spencer, and Jessica Nearman …. 1265 
Insecticide Resistance and Cross-Resistance in the House Fly (Diptera:
Muscidae).
Nannan Liu and Xin Yue …. 1269
Late-Instar European Corn Borer (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) Tunneling and
Survival in Transgenic Corn Hybrids.
K. A. Walker, R. L. Hellmich, and L. C. Lewis …. 1276
Identifying Insecticide-Resistant Greenbugs (Homoptera: Aphididae) with
Diagnostic Assay Tests.
E. D. Bynum, Jr. and T. L. Archer …. 1286
Plant Resistance
Plant-Toxin Interactions in Transgenic Bt
Cotton and their Effect on Mortality of Helicoverpa armigera
(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).
K. M. Olsen and J. C. Daly …. 1293 
Feeding Behavior of Bollworm and Tobacco
Budworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Larvae in Mixed Stands of Nontransgenic and
Transgenic Cotton Expressing an Insecticidal Protein.
J. L. Halcomb, J. H. Benedict, B. Cook, D. R. Ring, and J. C. Correa …. 1300 
Host Selection, Development, Survival, and Reproduction of Turnip Aphid (Homoptera:
Aphididae) on Green and Red Cabbage Varieties.
Bisong Yue and Tong-Xian Liu …. 1308
Efficacy of Pyramiding Greenbug (Homoptera:
Aphididae) Resistance Genes in Wheat.
David R. Porter, John D. Burd, Kevin A. Shufran, and James A. Webster …. 1315 
Biotype Composition of Hessian Fly (Diptera:
Cecidomyiidae) Populations from the Southeastern, Midwestern, and Northwestern
United States and Virulence to Resistance Genes in Wheat.
Roger H. Ratcliffe, Sue E. Cambron, Kathy L. Flanders, Nilsa A. Bosque-Perez,
Stephen L. Clement, and Herbert W. Ohm …. 1319 
Sampling and Biostatistics
Use of CC Traps with Different Trap Base Colors for Silverleaf Whiteflies (Homoptera:
Aleyrodidae), Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), and Leafhoppers (Homoptera:
Cicadellidae).
Chang-Chi Chu, Paul J. Pinter, Jr., Thomas J. Henneberry, Kai Umeda, Eric T.
Natwick, Yuan-An Wei, V. R. Reddy, and Mohan Shrepatis …. 1329
Stored-Product and Quarantine Entomology
Grain Injury Models for Prostephanus truncatus (Coleoptera:
Bostrichidae) and Sitophilus zeamais (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Rural
Maize Stores in West Africa.
N. Holst, W. G. Meikle, and R. H. Markham …. 1338
Impact of Food Source on Survival of Red Flour Beetles and Confused Flour
Beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) Exposed to Diatomaceous Earth.
Frank H. Arthur …. 1347
Residual Efficacy of Four Organophosphate Insecticides on Concrete and
Galvanized Steel Surfaces Against Three Liposcelid Psocid Species (Psocoptera:
Liposcelidae) Infesting Stored Products.
Patrick J. Collins, Manoj K. Nayak, and Rosemary Kopittke …. 1357
Aeration Management for Stored Hard Red
Winter Wheat: Simulated Impact on Rusty Grain Beetle (Coleoptera: Cucujidae)
Populations.
Frank H. Arthur and Paul W. Flinn …. 1364 
Heating Rate and Induced Thermotolerance in Mexican Fruit Fly (Diptera:
Tephritidae) Larvae, a Quarantine Pest of Citrus and Mangoes.
Donald B. Thomas and Krista C. Shellie …. 1373
Seasonal Occurrence of Postharvest Dried
Fruit Insects and Their Parasitoids in a Culled Fig Warehouse.
J. A. Johnson, K. A. Valero, M. M. Hannel, and R. F. Gill …. 1380 
Veterinary Entomology
Pupation Site Selection of Cat Fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) in Various
Carpet Types and Its Influence on Insecticide Efficacy.
Robert J. Miller, Michael W. Dryden, Alberto B. Broce, and Daniel R. Suiter ….
1391
A New Meatless Diet for Adult Screwworm (Diptera: Calliphoridae).
M. F. Chaudhury, L. Alfredo Alvarez, and L. Lopez Velazquez …. 1398