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. Comunity ecological of insects
2. Symbiotic interactions in lotic ecosystems
3. Total insect bio-inventory project (TIBP) of the Mobile/Tensaw Delta (MTD)
4. Invasive Insects


MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS

-McCreadie JW,  Beard CE and Adler PH. 2005. Context-dependent symbiosis between black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) and trichomycete fungi (Harpellales: Legeriomycetaceae) Oikos, in press.

-McCreadie JW, Adler PH, Hamada N. 2005. Patterns of species richness for blackflies (Diptera:Simuliidae) in the Nearctic and Neotropical regions. Ecological Entomology, accepted

-McCreadie JW, Ihle DT and Adler PH. 2005. A preliminary survey of the larval dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) of the lower Mobile/Tensaw Delta. Southeastern Naturalist, in press

-MP Nelder, McCreadie JW and Beard CE. 2005. Laboratory investigations of trichomycete prevalence, abundance, and fecundity in a Smittium-simuliid model. Mycologia, accepted

-McCreadie, JW, Hamada, N and Eugenia Grillet, M. 2004. Spatial-temporal distribution of preimaginal blackflies in Neotropical streams. Hydrobiologia 513: 183 - 196

-McCreadie, JW and Beard, CE. 2003. The microdistribution of the trichomycete Smittium culisetae in the hindgut of the black fly host Simulium vittatum. Mycologia 95: 577 - 583

-Beard, CE, McCreadie, JW and Adler, PH. 2003. Prevalence of the Trichomycete fungus Harpella melusinae (Harpellales: Harpellaceae) in larval black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) across a heterogeneous environment. Mycologica. 95: 577-583.

-Ihle, DT and McCreadie, JW. 2003. Spatial distribution of the waterscorpion Ranatra nigra Herrich-Schaeffer (Hemiptera: Nepidae) in the Mobile / Tensaw Delta and the temporal distribution of the associated water mite Hydrachna magniscutata Marshall (Acari: Hydrachnidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 96: 532-538.

-Nelder, MP and McCreadie, JW. 2003. Bdelloid rotifers (Rotifera: Bdelloidea) inhabiting larval blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) and its effect on trichomycete (Zygomycota) abundance. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 105: 794-796.

-Adler, PH and McCreadie, JW. 2002. Black Flies. In G. Mullens & L. Durden (eds.). Medical and Veterinary Entomology. G. Mullen & Lance Durden (eds). Academic Press.

-Hamada, N, McCreadie, JW and Adler, PH. 2002. Species and Richness and Spatial Distributions of Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) among Streams of Central Amazonia, Brazil. Freshwat. Biol.. 47: 31-40

-Hood, WM and McCreadie, JW. 2001. Field tests of the Varroa Treatment Device using formic acid to control Varroa jacobsoni and Acarapis woodi. J Agric. Urban Entomol. 18: 87-96.

-Reeves, WK and McCreadie, JW. 2001. Population ecology of cavernicoles associated with carrion in caves of Georgia, USA. J. Entomol. Sci. 36: 305-311.

-McCreadie, JW and Adler, PH. 1999. Parasites of larval black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) and environmental factors associated with their Distributions. Invert. Biol. 118: 310-318

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CURRENT FUNDING

2000-2004 National Science Foundation (NSF). Nature of Symbiotic Interactions in Running-water Ecosystems ($271,563)

2003 - 2005 (Co- PI). Noah. Invasive species of Mobile and Baldwin Counties, Alabama ($300,000)

2002 - 2003. Alabama Center for Esturian Studies (ACES) The University of South Alabama Arthropod Depository. (16,228)

2002 - 2003 (PI) Alabama Center for Esturian Studies (ACES) The paradox of the Delta: protecting the biodiversity we do not yet understand ($35,112)

2001 - 2003 (PI) Alabama Center for Esturian Studies (ACES) Total Insect Bio-inventory Project of the Mobile Tensaw Delta: Documenting Alabama’s Natural Diversity ($39,517)

2001 - 2003 (Co-PI) Alabama Center for Esturian Studies (ACES) A Model for Genetic Diversity in Aquatic Insects of the Mobile / Tensaw Delta ($34,103)