PPT-The Biodiversity of Ants in a Northeastern Suburban High School

Julie Kadletz 1 Van Gatz 2 Caleigh Cantelupo 2 amp Dr Jennifer Gatz 3 1 ShorehamWading River HS 2 Riverhead HS 3 Patchogue Medford HS Results Abstract DNA barcoding is an important measure for determining variations in mosquitoes of similar phenotypes DNA Barcoding will be used in addition to traditional taxonomic methods to scientifically identify mosquitoes collected in three different locations on eastern Long Island Mosquitoes are a problem on Long Island and the warm humid climate in summer is conducive for them to increase in population size Mosquitoes pose a threat to the public as a vector for disease Recently eight mosquito samples collected in late July throughout Suffolk County have tested positive for West Nile virus Another local mosquito sample tested positive for a rare and possibly deadly virus called Eastern Equine Encephalitis While there is a vaccine for horses against the virus there is no vaccine for humans Coburn 2019 . Indoors however ants are no picnic They can become a serious nuisance and may cause sanitation problems They may bite or sting and have a nasty habit of walking all over your food without wiping their feet In the Paci64257c Northwest the most common Acacia erioloba. in Namibian savanna. Heather Campbell, Mark Fellowes & James Cook. School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AS. Ants and . Acacias. Ant–plant associations are widespread (in over 100 genera of tropical angiosperms and at least 20 plant families and in five of 12 ant subfamilies. By Cody. Brownbill . At first you might think that they are small and not important, but when you start to look at what they do there is so much you can learn from them.. A wise king who lived 3000 years ago said “Look at the ant, watch his ways and be wise”.. What is Biodiversity?. All living things in a food web are connected.. If the numbers of one species are affected it affects the numbers of all other species in the food web.. If the numbers of baboons decreased then this would affect every other living things in the food web.. By Amy Heelan. Biodiversity !!. Biodiversity is all the living things on our planet .. Here are some examples, plants , animals and insects.. We should nurture and care for our planet as it is so important to us. . ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT DURING PROJECT. Primarily. , . with. . the. . help. of . our. . experiment. ,. we. . observed. . that. . against. . which. . plants. . are. . the. . ants. . have. a . Supervisor: Dr. Doug King. Niloofar. . Alavi. Background: Biodiversity and Habitat . H. eterogeneity. Biodiversity:. . T. he . variability among living organisms from all sources including, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part . SWIM TEAM 2016-2017. PARENTS MEETING. November 15th, 2016 @ 7:00pm. Room 160. INTRODUCTIONS. COACHES. COACH BRENNAN (14. th. year coaching 8. th. with YS). COACH HOPE (27. th. year coaching, 20. th. Self-Guided Education Module. 1. Learning Objectives. How to identify key exterior and landscape pest groups, including:. Biting and stinging pests. Flies. Ants. Cockroaches. Rodents. Wood-destroying insects. Phylum:Arthropoda. Class: Insecta. Order Hymenoptera. Family:Formicidae. “Bugs aren’t going to inherit the earth, they own it.” Thomas Edison. Ants are . Arthropods of the order Hymenoptera which includes sawflies, bees, and wasps. They . Fire ant colonies contain the queen(s), winged males and females, workers (wingless, sterile females) and brood (eggs, larvae and pupae).Fire ants create mounds up to 18" tall. They prefer open sunn Brisson D, Vandermause MF, Meece JK, Reed KD, Dykhuizen DE. Evolution of Northeastern and Midwestern Borrelia burgdorferi, United States. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010;16(6):911-917. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1606.090329. Trends. Decentralization of jobs. Decentralization of people. The Spatial Distribution of Jobs and People. Distribution of Employment. Employment decentralization. In 1948 jobs in central city were twice those in suburban areas. Authors: Julia . Galante. and  . Onike. . Pinnock. Mentors: Janine . Cupo. and Mary Simons. Seaford High School. Abstract. Ants are able to impact the environments negatively and positively.  Ants control other species that are threats to human health such as bed bugs. (6)  Ants also have the ability to contaminate food and crops. They are able to transmit diseases such as salmonella, staphylococcus, and streptococcus.(2) Our objective is to determine the number of different ant species living in three different regions of Seaford. Our research question was to what extent do the environments that ants are found affect biodiversity. We hypothesized that the area with the greatest access to water would have the greatest diversity of ant species. We collected the ants by disturbing ant hills at Cedar Creek Park and two Seaford neighborhood residences, one very close to the water and the other far from the water. We were able to collect the ants by disturbing their ant hills due to the ants territorial instincts. They come out of their disturbed mounds in order to protect it.(3) After we collected and documented our samples we extracted and isolated the DNA. We then amplified the the CO1 gene by PCR. Amplified DNA was then sequenced and species identified using the bioinformatics program BLAST. Although our sample size at the residences was low we identified three species of ants in Cedar Creek Park and only one at the residences. This does not support our initial hypothesis. .