About the Authors

Elizabeth S. Andrews

Affiliation Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Philip R. Crain

Affiliation Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Yuqing Fu

Affiliations Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Homestead, Florida, United States of America

Daniel K. Howe

Affiliation Gluck Equine Research Center, Department of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Stephen L. Dobson

sdobson@uky.edu

Affiliation Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SLD ESA DKH. Performed the experiments: ESA PRC YF. Analyzed the data: ESA SLD DKH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SLD. Wrote the paper: ESA SLD DKH.