Navy Entomology Center of Excellence, Jacksonville, FL

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Navy Entomology Center of Excellence,
Jacksonville, FL

• CDR Daniel Szumlas

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Navy Entomology Center of Excellence (NECE)
Jacksonville, FL
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Testing and Evaluation

• NECE is the DoDs sole source for TE
• Agency representatives to the AFPMB to test and
  evaluate Pest Management equipment prior to
  approval and procurement by DoD
• Conduct field and laboratory testing and
  evaluation studies in vector ecology,
  surveillance, and control (i.e., aerial and
  ground dispersal methods)

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Equipment Evaluationsfor Public Health Pest
Control

• Droplet sizes affect Efficacy, Efficiency and
  Cost to
• Control flying insects
• Minimize environmental contamination
• Droplets too small - drift ? missing target or
  hitting non-target species
• Large droplets fall to the ground ?
  contamination, waste of material and lack of kill

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NECE Capabilities

• Wind Tunnel for aerosol studies, bioassays
• Laser Phase Doppler Particle Analyzer
• Pesticide Dispersal Equipment
• ULV Thermal Foggers
• Hand held, Backpack and Truck-mounted
• Buffalo Turbine residual/barrier applications
• Field Site Accessibility

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Spray Cloud Sampling

• Sympatec Helos Laser
• DC-III (AIMS)
• Teflon slides
• Rotary method
• Stroke method

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Thermal Fog Cloud Sampling
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DROPLET ANALYSIS OF APPLICATION EQUIPMENT
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DROPLET ANALYSIS OF ULV APPLICATION EQUIPMENT
Turbair Electrafan
CLARK/LECO P1
LONDON FOG COLT
LONDON FOG M.A.G.
STIHL SR400
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DROPLET ANALYSIS OF ULV APPLICATION EQUIPMENT
LONDON FOG XKD (DIESEL)
CLARKE GRIZZLY
BG PHOENIX 680 (DIESEL)
PRO-MIST 15MP (AGULVE)
WHITMIRE G-4
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DROPLET ANALYSIS OF THERMAL FOG APPLICATION
EQUIPMENT
CURTIS DYNA-FOG MISTER III
CURTIS DYNA-FOG TRAILBLAZER
CURTIS DYNA-FOG GOLDEN EAGLE
TIFAFOG SN-95
LONDON FOG ELIMINATOR
SWINGTEC SN 50
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DROPLET ANALYSIS OF THERMAL FOG APPLICATION
EQUIPMENT
CURTIS DYNA-FOG 1200 (DIESEL)
LONDON FOG SILVER CLOUD
LONDON FOG F 500-E
TIFA 1504
SWINGTEC SN 101
TIFA 100E