RESEARCH PROJECTS

My research interests lie in all areas of insect ecology and biology. Current work includes studies in community structure, biodiversity, faunistics and symbiosis. My major current research projects are as follows

1. Detecting human-induced insults in running water ecosystems

2. Hurricane effects on terrestrial insect communities

3. Spatial ecological of insects

4. Symbiotic interactions in lotic ecosystems

5. Total insect bio-inventory project (TIBP) of the Mobile/Tensaw Delta

6. University of South Alabama Arthropod Depository (USAAD):

7. North American black fly data-base

8. Dragonfly fauntics of coastal Alabama

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS

McCreadie JW, Adler PH, Larson R. 2010. Variation in larval fitness of a black fly species over heterogeneous habitats. Aquatic Insects. In press.

Adler PH and McCreadie JW. 2009. Black Flies. Medical and Veterinary Entomology. In: Medical and Veterinary Entomology (2nd ed) Mullens G, Durden L (eds). Academic Press.

Benton EP and McCreadie JW. 2009. A preliminary survey of the Fulgoroidea (Auchenorrhyncha) of coastal Alabama. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 111:354-360.

Neldler MP, Beard CE and McCreadie JW. 2009. Seasonality and host usage of trichomycetes in larval black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of southern Alabama, USA. Fungal Ecology, in press.

Neldler MP, McCreadie JW and Beard CE. 2009. Predicting occurrence of the fungal symbiote Harplella colonizing black fly larvae in coastal streams of Alabama and Mississippi, USA. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, in press.

Nelder MP, McCreadie JW and Major CS. 2009. Blow Flies Visiting Decaying Alligators:
Is Succession Synchronous or Asynchronous? Psyche, in press.

Vojvodic S and McCreadie JW. 2009. Morphological differences of symbiotic fungi Smittium culisetae (Harpellales: Legeriomycetaceae) in different Dipteran hosts. Mycological Research, in press.

McCreadie JW and Adler PH, 2008. Spatial distribution of rare species in lotic habitats. Insect Conservation and Diversity. 1: 127–134.

Vojvodic S and McCreadie JW. 2008. Do different species of Smittium (Harpellales, Legeriomycetaceae) influence each other in the host gut? Mycological Research. 112: 1409-1413.

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list updated on 7/8/09

CURRENT FUNDING

Co-PI) Discovery and Prediction of Hidden Biodiversity in Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae)
National Science Foundation. $498,863. 10/09-09/12