1969? and in 1971 a new staff member , Dr. Stanley Carlson, took charge of 
the laboratory. A second new staff member during the early 1970's was Dr. 
Michael Karandinos, who arrived in 1970 as a visiting assistant professor in 
insect ecology and population dynamics. He replaced Prof. John Medler, who 
spent the years between 1968 and 1975 at the University of Ife in Nigeria 
as Chief of Party for the University of Wisconsin-AID program there. Prof. 
Karandinos' position was later put on a permanent basis, and after a year 
back in Madison, Prof. Medler has recently departed for more overseas service 
as Director of a MUCIA program in Jakarta, Indonesia, and approaching 
retirement . 
In 1976, Dr. G.M._Boush succeeded Prof. DeFoliart as Chairman of the 
Department of Entomology after acting temporarily in that position for several 
months. With the retirements of Profs. Shenefelt and Dicke in 1976 and 1977? 
respectively, two new staff members were brought in to fill their positions; 
Dr. Shenefelt retains Emeritus Professor status in the department. Dr. Robert 
Jeanne arrived from Boston University, and is building a research program on 
on the biology and behavior of social insects, especially vespid wasps. Dr. 
B. Jane Harrington is the first woman faculty member in Entomology, and came 
to Wisconsin from Seton Hall University in early 1977* She has taken over 
direction of the Insectarium (now renamed the Insect Research Collection, ed.) 
and initiated a research program on the taxonomy and biology of the Lygaeidae. 
ARTICLES : 
WISCONSIN 1978 
THE YEAR OF THE MOSQUITO? 
The major entomological news item in Wisconsin this summer has definitely 
been dipteran! The consensus is that the mosquito problem has been about the 
worst in memory for the month of July. "The situation has to be experienced to 
be believed", quipped the Wisconsin Cooperative Pest Survey Bulletin of July 
28, 1978. 
The primary culprit has apparently been Aedes vexans , a quick reproducing 
species that packs a real wallop. Fortunately this species hasn't been implicated 
as a carrier of any organisms dangerous to humans. 
The same cannot be said however for Aedes triseriatus . This mosquito is a 
carrier of the LaCrosse strain of encephalitis virus. Twelve cases of enceph- 
alitis in humans have been reported in the state by July 15 of this year, with 
one resulting fatality. This is an unusually high number of cases for this 
early in the summer. A typical yearly total for Wisconsin is about twenty cases. 
Aedes triseriatus breeds strictly in tree holes in the wild, but has adapted 
to standing water collected in such man-made objects as tin cans and old tires. 
Due to a relative lack of breeding sites, A. triseriatus is fortunately less 
common than A. vexans . 
Although the probability of being bitten by an individual of A. triseriatus 
carrying encephalitis virus is undoubtedly rather small, a few precautions are 
advisable. First, limit the number of potential breeding sites for mosquitoes 
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