Making a meal of it: Mosquito spit protein controls blood feeding
Kanazawa University-led researchers show that inactivation of the mosquito salivary protein AAPP affects feeding on host blood, thus significantly reducing ...
Tag: Entomology
Egg yolk precursor protein regulates mosquitoes' attraction to humans
Study is first to link mosquito feeding and reproduction to the egg yolk protein vitellogeninCredit: Elena Lusiardi Feeding mosquitoes sugar ...
Finnish researchers discover a new moth family
Credit: Pavel Gorbunov In a recently completed study, researchers of the Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus and their collaborators ...
Gold makes invisible surfaces visible in CT
Credit: Peter Ruehr, Markus Lambertz Today, the three-dimensional visualization and analysis of biological samples using computer tomography (CT) is a ...
More than 100 years of data show Pennsylvania tick population shift
Credit: Joyce Sakamoto/Penn State The prevalence of the most abundant species of ticks found in Pennsylvania has shifted over the ...
Fifteen years of mosquito data implicate species most likely to transmit West Nile virus in Iowa
Credit: Iowa State University News Service AMES, Iowa - A recently published study from Iowa State University medical entomologists found ...
Pest-killing fungi could protect NYS grapes, apples from invasive insect
Credit: Eric H. Clifton, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell University-led research reports that two local fungal pathogens could potentially ...
Parasitoid wasps may turn spiders into zombies by hacking their internal code
Credit: Marcelo O. Gonzaga Setting off a startling chain of events, a parasitoid wasp can force a spider to weave ...
A four-way collaboration combatting fire ants
It was the summer of 2017 when fire ants made their landfall in mainland Japan. Two years later, reported detections ...
USF receives new NIH grant to help eliminate malaria in Southeast Asia
The University of South Florida will work with researchers in Thailand and Myanmar to assess whether mass treatment with the ...
The buzz about bumble bees isn’t good
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - While many scientists are focused on the decline of honey bees, relatively ...
Field trial with neonicotinoids: Honeybees are much more robust than bumblebees
Credit: Albin Andersson The insecticide clothianidin affects different species of bees in different ways. While it has no demonstrably negative ...
Dengue mosquito is Queensland’s biggest threat for spreading Zika virus
Credit: QIMR Berghofer Researchers at QUT and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute have found that the dengue fever mosquito common ...
Neonics hinder bees’ ability to fend off deadly mites, U of G study reveals
Credit: University of Guelph A University of Guelph study is the first to uncover the impact of neonicotinoid pesticides on ...
Mixing grass varieties may reduce insect infestations in lawns
Study shows fall armyworms prefer single-variety plantings of St. Augustine grassCredit: Russ Ottens, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0 ...
Weak honey bee colonies may fail from cold exposure during shipping
Credit: Agricultural Research Service USDA FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, April 18, 2019--Cold temperatures inside honey bee colonies may cause colony losses ...
Living room conservation: Gaming & virtual reality for insect and ecosystem conservation
Players explore and search for butterflies using knowledge gained through gameplayCredit: Alban Delamarre Gaming and virtual reality (VR) could bridge ...
These beetles have successfully freeloaded for 100 million years
Ancient beetle infiltrated earliest-known ant colonies like its modern relativesCredit: Caltech Almost 100 million years ago, a tiny and misfortunate ...
Diet during development affects mating habits, insect study shows
An animal's choice of mate can be influenced by its diet as it reaches sexual maturity, research has shown. The ...
Virginia Tech joins global effort on vector control strategy to prevent malaria
Credit: Virginia Tech Malaria, according to the U.S. Agency for International Development, continues to be a leading cause of illness ...
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