‘Unshackled’ palm-destroying beetles could soon invade Australia
Credit: The University of Queensland A destructive pest beetle is edging closer to Australia as biological controls fail, destroying home ...
Tag: Entomology
Stoneflies: Youth influences adulthood
Evolutionary biologists at the University of Bonn scan 219 species in different particle acceleratorsCredit: © Peter T. Rühr In the ...
Rearing cicadas
What does it take to discover a new species of cicada?Credit: Annette Aiello The 17-year cicadas emerging dramatically by the ...
Mary Jane West Eberhard receives Linnean Medal for Zoology
Credit: STRI Mary Jane West Eberhard, staff scientist emeritus at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama, has just ...
Study effects paradigm shift in the understanding of how red rot attacks sugarcane
Researchers at the University of São Paulo discover that the fungus Fusarium verticillioides uses volatile compounds to manipulate insects and ...
Butterflies and moths have difficulty adjusting to a rapidly changing climate
Credit: Helmut Diekmann Climate change exerts great pressure for change on species and biodiversity. A recent study conducted by the ...
How butterflies make transparent wings: MBL scientists see the invisible
Credit: Nipam Patel WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Many animals have evolved camouflage tactics for self-defense, but some butterflies and moths ...
Honeybees’ hairy abdomens show how to save energy, reduce wear on materials
Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c05500 Watching honeybees buzz among flowers, it's easy to see ...
Monarchs raised in captivity can orient themselves for migration, U of G study reveals
While captive rearing may cause temporary disorientation, researchers found if Monarchs are given time in the wild to calibrate their ...
Solar energy and pollinator conservation: A path for real impact?
Entomologists say the pairing has promise, but standards will ensure it's more than just buzzCredit: Rob Davis/Fresh Energy Annapolis, MD; ...
Beneficial arthropods find winter sanctuary in uncultivated field edges, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Many species of ground-dwelling beetles, ladybugs, hoverflies, damsel bugs, spiders and ...
Researchers make first-ever discovery of Zika virus RNA in free-ranging African bats
Credit: Ron Bend/CSU A team of Colorado State University scientists, led by veterinary postdoctoral fellow Dr. Anna Fagre, has detected ...
Climate change makes West Nile virus outbreaks ‘plausible’ in UK
Risk of mosquito-borne pathogen spreading to the country will increase as temperatures rise, say scientistsCredit: Fabrizio Montarsi, CC BY 3.0 ...
Development anomalies recorded for the first time in a rare tiger moth
Credit: Evgeny Koshkin The Menetries' tiger moth (Arctia menetriesii) is one of the rarest and most poorly studied Palaearctic moth ...
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