2nd Annual Spring Workshop - Basic Mosquito Taxonomy

Workshop led by Mike Riles from Central Life Sciences

2nd Annual Spring Workshop - Basic Mosquito Taxonomy

Hosted by the Georgia Mosquito Control Association, the University of Georgia, Urban Entomology Center for Excellence and the Mosquito BEACONS working group

DATE: Friday, May 15. 2026

TIME: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

LOCATION: UGA Griffin Campus, Flynt Building room 301, 1109 Experiment Street, Griffin, GA 30223

COST: $50 per person and space is limited! Register as soon as possible! Deadline to register is Friday, May 8th!

Lunch provided by Mosquito BEACONS working group

Georgia CEUs 4 credits in Cat 31 (Public Health) and Cat 41 (Mosquito Control)

South Carolina CEUs 6.5 credits in Cat 8 (Public Health)

Agenda for the day:

• 8:00 - 8:10 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
• 8:10 - 8:40 a.m. Dichotomy and Morphology
• 8:40 - 9:20 a.m. Larval Identification in theory: Anatomy and Important Structures
• 9:20 - 9:45 a.m. Adult Identification: Anatomy and Important Structures
• 9:45 - 10:00 a.m. BREAK
• 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Adult Identification: Aedes sp.
• 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. LUNCH
• 1:00 - 1:10 p.m. The Mosquito BEACONS working group - Introduction to concept and emphasis
• 1:10 - 2:30 p.m. Adult Identification: Culex sp.
• 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. Adult Identification: Psorophora sp.
• 3:00 - 3:15 p.m. BREAK
• 3:15 - 3:45 p.m. Adult Identification: Anopheles sp.
• 3:45 - 4:30 p.m. Adult Identification: The others...Culiseta sp., Mansonia sp. and more

More information - contact Elmer Gray, ewgray@uga.edu or 706.542.1184

University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, Veteran, Disability Institution. If you need a reasonable accommodation or language access services, contact the Center for Urban Agriculture at 770.228.7214 or bhorne@uga.edu, at least three weeks prior to the program date.

Hotel rooms are available at:

Historic Griffin Hotel (132 West Solomon Street, Griffin, GA 30223) for $110/night + taxes. When making your reservation, let them know you are attending the Mosquito workshop at the UGA Griffin Campus. This hotel is located 1.4 miles from the UGA Griffin Campus in downtown Griffin and has amenities within easy walking distance. Phone # 470.771.3340