
Kara Fikrig
@karafikrig
#PhD student @Cornell in the Harrington lab studying #mosquito feeding ecology | dog-mom, hiker, soccer player, and horseback rider | she/her
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Bobbi, 9, was the subject of alleged racial profiling while working to eradicate the invasive spotted lanternfly in Oct. Last week, she was honored by Yale University. The lanternflies she donated to Yale Peabody Museum will be forever associated with her name. More: m.yale.edu/bf48


🦟'#Aedes albopictus host odor preference does not drive observed variation in feeding patterns across field populations' by Kara Fikrig Laura_Harrington et al. nature.com/articles/s4159… via Scientific Reports

How do human-loving mosquitoes find our scent in a complex, smelly world? Read on to learn what different animals smell like and what the structure of odour space can tell us about how brains may encode olfactory information! Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2023.0… @Skotbb Lindy McBride



I love that Entomological Society of America is helping scientists reach out directly to their reps! Use this link and 1 min of your time to urge Congress to reauthorize the Strengthening Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act and support vector control programs : p2a.co/CNfIPdC

