Species We Work With
CLBR provides bioassay services for medically important insects, home and structural pests, garden pests, and selected agricultural species.
Our work supports repellent testing, essential oil and 25(b) biopesticide screening, new active ingredient development, comparative product testing, and EPA registration programs.
Medically Important Species
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Common malaria mosquito - Anopheles quadrimaculatus
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Southern house mosquito - Culex quinquefasciatus
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Yellow fever mosquito - Aedes aegypti
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Lone star tick - Amblyomma americanum
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Blacklegged / deer tick - Ixodes scapularis
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Brown dog tick - Rhipicephalus sanguineus
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American dog / wood tick - Dermacentor variabilis
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Biting midges / no-see-ums - Ceratopogonidae
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Chiggers - Trombicula minor
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Blackflies - Simuliidae
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Lice - Pediculus humanus humanus
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Bed bug - Cimex lectularius
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Stable fly - Stomoxys calcitrans
Mosquitoes, ticks, biting flies, lice, bed bugs, and other species relevant to public health, nuisance biting, and repellent claims.
Home & Structural Pests
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Indian mealmoth - Plodia interpunctella
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Clothes moth - Tinea pellionella
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Black widow spider - Latrodectus mactans
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American cockroach - Periplaneta americana
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Oriental cockroach - Blatta orientalis
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German cockroach - Blattella germanica
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House fly - Musca domestica
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Carpet beetle - Anthrenus verbasci
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Fruit fly - Drosophila melanogaster
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Fungus gnats - Sciaridae
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Mealworm - Tenebrio molitor
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Red flour beetle - Tribolium castaneum
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Silverfish - Lepisma saccharinum
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Termites - Isoptera
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Argentine ant - Linepithema humile
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Brown marmorated stink bug - Halyomorpha halys
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Bagrada bug - Bagrada hilaris
Species used to evaluate products for indoor, stored-product, structural, and household pest applications.
Garden & Horticultural Pests
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Green peach aphid - Myzus persicae
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Oleander aphid - Aphis nerii
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Cabbage aphid - Brevicoryne brassicae
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Whitefly - Bemisia tabaci
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Slugs - various species, e.g., Deroceras reticulatum
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Snails - various species, e.g., Cornu aspersum
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Mealybugs - Pseudococcidae
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Aphids - Aphididae
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Two-spotted spider mite - Tetranychus urticae
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House cricket - Acheta domesticus
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Earwig - Forficula auricularia
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Harlequin bug - Murgantia histrionica
Arthropods and mollusks used to screen repellency, knockdown, mortality, and plant associated pest control performance.
Agricultural & IR-4 Study Species
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Honeybee - Apis mellifera
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Greater wax moth - Galleria mellonella
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Varroa mite - Varroa destructor
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Diamondback moth - Plutella xylostella
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Beet armyworm - Spodoptera exigua
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Tobacco budworm - Chloridea virescens
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Black cutworm - Agrotis ipsilon
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Codling moth - Cydia pomonella
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Southern armyworm - Spodoptera eridania
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Corn earworm - Helicoverpa zea
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Fall armyworm - Spodoptera frugiperda
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Sugarcane borer - Diatraea saccharalis
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Southwestern corn borer - Diatraea grandiosella
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Velvetbean caterpillar - Anticarsia gemmatalis
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European corn borer - Ostrinia nubilalis
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Cabbage looper - Trichoplusia ni
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Soybean looper - Chrysodeixis includens
Selected agricultural and pollinator-associated species used for product development,
comparative testing, and specialty-crop study support.