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Cantharidin world on bird droppings: Reused cantharidin after bird predation of cantharidin‐producing insects

open access: yesEntomological Science, Volume 28, Issue 4, December 2025.
Cantharidin is produced only by beetles of Meloidae and Oedemeridae families and is a rare resource for canthariphilous insects that ingest fluids and/or portions of living and even dead meloid and oedemerid beetles. This study reports that the canthariphilous insects also use cantharidin that remains in bird droppings produced after eating meloid or ...
Hidemori Yazaki   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental determination of the male morph in the ant Cardiocondyla obscurior (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2007
Cardiocondyla is one of the few ant genera in which winged dispersing males coexist with wingless fighter males, which predominantly mate inside their maternal nests. Male polymorphism is not genetically determined but induced by environmental conditions
Yanyang DU   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Potential of alternative control of leaf‐cutting ants using essential oils: A systematic review

open access: yesAgricultural and Forest Entomology, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 497-511, November 2025.
Abstract Leaf‐cutting ants (LCAs) are abundant and cause considerable damage to agricultural and forest crops in the Neotropical region and are commonly controlled using sulfluramid‐based ant baits. However, this active ingredient is a precursor of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), a persistent, human‐made pollutant that poses serious environmental
Heloisa S. S. Pinheiro   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The complete mitochondrial genome of Cryptopone sauteri Wheeler, W.M., 1906 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
Cryptopone sauteri Wheeler, W.M., 1906, which is one of the common ant species in Ponerine, is found in forest floors of the Korean peninsula. We have determined the mitochondrial genome of C. sauteri. The circular mitogenome of C.
Jonghyun Park   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A La Carte Seed Harvesting: Messor barbarus Ants Select Durum Wheat Genotypes

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 10, October 2025.
Our study shows that the harvester ant Messor barbarus exhibits genotype‐specific preferences for durum wheat, linked to a major QTL on chromosome 2A. Ant predation is also influenced by spike size, suggesting ant‐mediated selective pressure on crop traits.
Clément Plessis   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sapsucker Wells as a Keystone Nutritional Resource: Evaluating Methods for Detection of Secondary Sap Consumers

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 10, October 2025.
We used direct observations, camera traps, and environmental DNA (eDNA) to identify secondary consumers of sap from wells created by red‐naped (S. nuchalis) and Williamson's (S. thyroideus) sapsuckers among three groups of shrubs and trees in south‐central Colorado, USA.
Rick Clawges   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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