Vernard Lewis

Cooperative Extension Specialist
PhD  
  

409 Welman Hall
Berkeley, California 94720
vlewis@nature.berkeley.edu
office: 510-643-0733   lab: 510-643-0733   fax:  510-643-5438

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I am a Cooperative Extension Specialist. Although I have statewide responsibilities, I am housed on the Berkeley Campus. The duties of my job include conducting applied research and outreach. My research focuses on household and structural insect pests. Particularly, termites and wood boring beetles of the home. I am often involved in testing the latest detection and control techniques before they are commercialized in the State. My outreach activities include public speaking, responding to phone calls and letters, and pest identifications for many public groups in California.

For questions pertaining to termites and other household pests in California you can contact the CAL Termite webpage at http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/lewis.

For general inquires on insects contact the CityBugs webpage at http://nature.berkeley.edu/citybugs/

My current lab and field activities focus on the evaluation of subterranean termite baits. However, I am also involved in cooperative studies that explore the natural biology and ecology of termites in California. Other projects include evaluating detection devices for drywood termites. I am also involved in the creation and updating of an United Nations Environmental Program website that features a global perspective of termite biology and management (http://193.247.37.2/pops/termites/termite_intro.htm)

Lewis, V. R., and A. B. Power. 2006. Evaluation of bait-toxicant transfer among Conspecific laboratory populations of Reticulitermes spp. from California (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Sociobiology 47(3): 1-8.

Lewis, V. R. 2006. Termite damage and detection: an American perspective. Proceedings of The 3rd Conference of Pacific Rim Termite Research Group, March 6-7, 2006, Guangzhou, P.R. China, pp. 1-5.

Lewis, V. R. 2006. Advances in drywood termite detection and control. Proceedings of the 15th Annual Urban Pest Management Conference, March 30, 2006, Dept. Entomology, UC Riverside, pp. 28.

Getty, G. M., C. W. Solek, R. J. Sbragia, M. I. Haverty, and V. R. Lewis. 2005. Suppression of a subterranean termite community (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae, Reticulitermes) using a baiting systems: a case study in Chatsworth, California, USA, pp. 165-169. In

C.Y. Lee and W. H. Robinson (editors), Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Urban Pests, Suntec, Singapore, July 10-13, 2005. Printed by Perniagaan Ph’ng@ P& Y Design Network, Malaysia.

Lewis, V. R., A. B. Power, and Gail M. Getty. 2005. Field evaluation of Thiamethoxam 2SC for the management of the western drywood termite (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) in structures. Pp. 331-326. In

C.Y. Lee and W. H. Robinson (editors), Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Urban Pests, Suntec, Singapore, July 10-13, 2005. Printed by Perniagaan Ph’ng@ P & Y Design Network, Malaysia.

Lewis, V. R. 2004. Thiamethoxam: trial update. Pest Control Technology 8: 74, 76,78, 80, 81.

Quarles, S. L., F. C. Beall, and V. R. Lewis. 2004. Demonstration and test structures for urban–wildland interface: wildfire and wood-destroying insects. Proceedings of Woodframe Housing Durability and Disaser Issues. October 4-6, 2004, Las Vegas, Nevada, Forest Products Society.

Lewis, V. R., A. B. Power, and M. I. Haverty. 2004. Surface and subsurface sensor performance in acoustically detecting the western drywood termite in naturally infested boards. Forest Prod. J. 54(6): 57-62.

Lewis, V. R. 2003. Isoptera (Termites), Pp. 604-608. In V. H. Resh and R. T. Carde [eds.], Encyclopedia of insects, Academic Press/Elsevier Science, San Diego, CA.