June 30 - July 4 Emerald Cordova

 Happy Monday! 

My work last week was typical of what I have been doing over the past few weeks, in addition to some new things I learned. We finished trapping and testing mosquitoes for insecticide resistance at our second site, so this week we will start trapping in a new area. At our previous trapping site, we had a huge yield of Aedes vexans, so it will be interesting to see if we can find a place with more Culex tarsalis this time around. I also worked with other RaHP VEC interns and Tim to learn how to upload data onto VectorSurv. VectorSurv is a site that utilizes maps to display where mosquitoes have been tested for insecticide resistance and their resistance statuses. Additionally, it can be used to show arbovirus detection by the year various viruses have been logged, including West Nile Virus. It’s fun to be able to get a visualization of the data we’re working on. Once again, I find our data to be so exciting due to the direct impact that it has on our community. It has been enjoyable not only learning so much about mosquitoes and insecticide resistance, but to also be the person that people in my personal life can turn to with questions on the matter.