Tag: Entomology

Credit: Sophie Hedges A mite that spreads a dangerous virus among honeybees also plays an indirect role in infecting wild ...

Ants adjust their social interactions to accommodate changes in population densityCredit: Adam B. Lazarus, Public Domain UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Biological control of the brown marmorated stink bug, an invasive pest that devastates gardens and crops, would ...

Credit: Birgit Rhode In an unexpected discovery from the South Island (New Zealand), two species of narrowly distributed macro-moths were ...

European beewolf eggs produce nitric oxide which prevents the larvae's food from getting moldyCredit: Gudrun Herzner Food stored in warm ...

Credit: Cassandra Koh / Monash University Viruses, spread through mosquito bites, cause human illnesses such as dengue fever, Zika and ...

Scorpions adapt their stinging, stingers and sting contents to minimize the costs of venom use Replenishing venom takes time and ...

Credit: Jeff Gage/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Deborah Matthews hunts for plume moths in darkness, waiting for the halo of ...

Credit: Stokes, et al. (2019) Proteasome inhibitors have significant promise as components of novel combination therapies to treat multidrug-resistant malaria, ...

Huge spider glue genes proved exceptionally challenging to sequence, could lead to organic pest control and moreCredit: Marlayna Demond for ...

(a) Lipoptena cervi With flattened bodies, grabbing forelegs and deciduous wings, deer keds do not look like your typical fly. ...

A nonlethal dose of insecticide clothianidin can reduce honeybees' life span by half; once combined with the fungicide pyraclostrobin, it ...

Credit: Andrea Pires dos Santos (CC BY 4.0) Rickettsia bacteria cause a number of human and animal infections, including Rocky ...

Effective methods of controlling mosquito populations are needed to help lower the worldwide burden of mosquito-borne diseases including Zika, chikungunya, ...

Technology developed at the University of Maryland could safely reduce malaria mosquito populations, including insecticide-resistant strainsCredit: Oliver Zida According to ...

Cultured insect tissue could combine the planet-saving best of insect farming, GM livestock, labriculture and plant-based meat substitutes Livestock farming ...

Credit: Photo: Oskar Gran Wood-living beetles that use oak trees are a species-rich and threatened animal group in modern forestry ...

A personalized platform identifies trametinib plus zoledronate for a patient with KRAS-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer Erdem Bangi and colleagues demonstrate ...

Stakeholder group will channel collective action for national vector-borne disease strategyCredit: (Tick) Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org; (Mosquito) ...

Credit: Lynne Elson, 2013, CC BY 4.0 Tungiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by penetrated sand fleas which burrow ...