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Carrie Jubb

Insect Quarantine Officer
Carrie Jubb
Beneficial Insects Containment Facility
  • M.S., Entomology, Virginia Tech (2019)
  • B.S., Horticulture, Virginia Tech (2000)
  • B.S., Geography, Radford University (1995)
  • Entomological Society of America
  • Pi Alpha Xi
  • Jubb, C.S., Stanley, K.S., Foley, J.R., Salom, S.M. 2023. Distinguishing adult Laricobius osakensis Montgomery & Shiyake, 2011 (Coleoptera: Derodontidae) from Laricobius nigrinus Fender, 1945 and Laricobius rubidus LeConte, 1861 using pronotal morphology. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 99(1): 30-35.
  • Foley J.R., Jubb C.S., Cole D.A., Mausel D., Galloway A.L., Brooks R., Salom S.M. 2021. Historic assessment and analysis of the mass production of Laricobius spp. (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), biological control agents for the hemlock woolly adelgid, at Virginia Tech. Journal of Insect Science. 21:12. 
  • Jubb, C.S., McAvoy, T. J., Stanley, K. E., Heminger, A. R., & Salom, S. M. 2021. Establishment of the predator Laricobius nigrinus, introduced as a biological control agent for hemlock woolly adelgid in Virginia, USA. Biocontrol, 2021: 1-13 
  • Crandall, R.S., Elkinton, J.S., Jubb, C.S., Mayfield, A.E., Thompson, B., McAvoy, T.J., Salom, S.M. 2020. Rebound of Adelges tsugae spring generation following predation on overwintering generation ovisacs by the introduced predator Laricobius nigrinus in the eastern United States. Biological Control. 145:104264
  • Jubb, C.S., Heminger, A.R., Mayfield, A.E., Elkinton, J.S., Wiggins, G.J., Grant, J.F., Lombardo, J.A., McAvoy, T.J., Crandall, R.S., Salom, S.M. 2020. Impact of the introduced predator, Laricobius nigrinus, on ovisacs of the overwintering generation of hemlock woolly adelgid in the eastern United States.  Biological Control. 143:104180 
  • Salom, S.M., McAvoy, T., Havill, N., Mayfield, A., Davis, G., Jubb, C.S., Foley, J., Whitmore, M., Elkinton, J.  A Response to “Media representation of hemlock woolly adelgid management risks: a case study of science communication and invasive species control,” published in Biological Invasions online on September 18, 2018.  
  • Fischer, M.J., Havill, N.P., Jubb, C.S., Prosser, S.W., Opell, B.D., Salom, S.M., Kok, L.T. 2014. Contamination delays the release of Laricobius osakensis for biological control of hemlock woolly adelgid:  Cryptic diversity in Japanese Laricobius spp. and colony purification techniques.  Southeastern Naturalist. 13: 178-191.
  • Salom, S.M., Kok, L.T., Lamb, A., Jubb, C.S. 2012. Laboratory rearing of Laricobius nigrinus [Coleoptera: Derodontidae], predator of the hemlock woolly adelgid [Hemiptera:Adelgidae]. Psyche. 2012:936519