Faculty Advisor

Ed Weber

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Summer 2025

Keywords

Internship

Abstract

My main responsibility of trap setting and collecting took 3-4 hours a day, including a 30-minute lunch break at the refuge. The rest was used to do a variety of tasks. I measured the depth of hundreds of catch basins, which was hot, boring, and labor intensive, but was crucial to operations at the CCMCD. Luckily most of my time spent at the office involved counting and identifying hundreds of samples comprised of up to19 different mosquito species capable of vectoring diseases. I got hours time under the microscope and gained plenty of microscopy knowledge. The species of most importance, specifically those potentially carrying West Nile Virus, were set aside for Rapid Analyte Measurement Platform (RAMP) testing.

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Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.

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English

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