Lily Pyle, Biology major and Comet volleyball player, shows her muscles as she transports a CO2 tank to the study site.

Laura Jacobson, MSU Biology and Fitness and Wellness double major, checks the CO2 regulator to determine flow rate.

Taylor Painter, Mayville State Biology & Allied Health Major and science enthusiast preparing for a day of collecting mosquitoes.

Jesse Halverson switching out catch bags from one of the Mosquitaire traps.

Lily Pyle (front) and Taylor Painter (background) using CDC modified aspirator machines to "vacuum" mosquitoes resting in vegetation.

Taylor Painter with voucher specimen. Voucher specimen are samples that have been collected and are in pristine condition.

Gavin Bohlman enjoying the outdoors while gaining some field experience.

Madisen Knudsvig sorting and identifying mosquitoes.

Jesse and Madisen presenting a poster on mosquito host blood meals.

Jesse presenting an oral presentation at the 2023 ND INBRE conference in Grand Forks, North Dakota at the School of Medicine.

Jesse and Madisen presenting a poster on mosquito host blood meals.

Jesse in setting a trap in the forest site.

The team working on a trap in a grassland area.

The plains of North Dakota.

TMCC student, Raycee Reed collecting mosquitoes from the “Chapel” trap.

TMCC student, Lauryn Jeanotte, collecting mosquitoes from the Roundhouse trap.

TMCC student, Raycee Reed collecting mosquitoes from the “cemetery” trap.