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Insecticide-contaminated honeydew: risks for beneficial insects. [PDF]
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc, 2022 ABSTRACTHoneydew is the sugar‐rich excretion of phloem‐feeding hemipteran insects such as aphids, mealybugs, whiteflies, and psyllids, and can be a main carbohydrate source for beneficial insects in some ecosystems. Recent research has revealed that water‐soluble, systemic insecticides contaminate honeydew excreted by hemipterans that feed on plants ...
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Oviposition Strategies in Beneficial Insects. [PDF]
Int J Insect Sci, 2018 AIMS AND SCOPE: The aim of this special collection is to highlight the importance of reproduction (ie, oviposition) in the life history, population dynamics, survival, and fitness of beneficial insects, broadly defined. Specific areas of interest include the (1) identification of natural products to boost oviposition; (2) importance of chemical cues ...
Riddick EW +3 more
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Neonicotinoids in excretion product of phloem-feeding insects kill beneficial insects. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2019 Significance The use of insecticides in agriculture is one of the suggested causes of the decline in insect populations. Neonicotinoids are among the most widely used insecticides. However, they have important negative side effects, especially for pollinators and other beneficial insects feeding on floral nectar and pollen.
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Mango Pests and Beneficial Insects
EDIS, 2017 This document provides an overview of the major pests affecting mango crops in Florida, including thrips, mirids, mealybugs, scales, mites, whiteflies, blackflies, beetles, and red-banded thrips.
Daniel Carrillo +2 more
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Modeling Pine Caterpillar, Dendrolimus spectabilis (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae), Population Dynamics with a Stage-Structured Matrix Model Based on Field Observations [PDF]
InsectsPopulation models offer insights into both theoretical and practical aspects of insect population dynamics. Among the models, stage-structured matrix models are used to describe the population dynamics of insects because the development of insects is by ...
Young-Kyu Park +2 more
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Guava Pests and Beneficial Insects
EDIS, 2017 This document provides an overview of the major pests affecting guava crops in Florida, including guava whitefly, red-banded thrips, guava fruit moth, Caribbean fruit fly, mealybugs, and various scales. It details their life cycles, damage symptoms, and
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Insects, 2021 Psyttalia incisi (Silvestri) is the dominant parasitoid against Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) in fruit-producing regions of southern China. Prior to a large-scale release, it is important to generate a sufficient stockpile of P.
Jia Lin +7 more
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The genus Eurymeros Bhat (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) newly recorded from China [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 Alysiinae Leach is a species-rich subfamily in Braconidae, of which several species play an important role in biological control. The monotypic genus Eurymeros tumespiraculum Bhat, 1980 was discovered in Tibet and Yunnan provinces for the first time ...
Jia-Chen Zhu +6 more
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Insects, 2021 Aprostocetus fukutai is a specialist egg parasitoid of the citrus longhorned beetle Anoplophora chinensis, a high-risk invasive pest of hardwood trees. The parasitoid overwinters as diapausing mature larvae within the host egg and emerges in early summer
Xingeng Wang +5 more
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Exploration for Asian longhorned beetle parasitoids in Korea using an improved sentinel log trap
Parasite, 2023 The Asian longhorned beetle (ALB), Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), is a destructive invasive woodboring insect pest, and efforts are being made to find parasitoids for ALB biological control.
Lee Seunghyun +6 more
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