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Influence of Elytral Color Pattern, Size, and Sex of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) on Parasite Prevalence and Intensity of Hesperomyces virescens (Ascomycota, Laboulbeniales)

Insects, 2018
Harmonia axyridis is an invasive ladybird (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) with the potential to outcompete native ladybird species in its invasive distribution area.
Danny Haelewaters, Thomas Hiller, Michał Gorczak, Donald H. Pfister   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Current stewardship practices in invasion biology limit the value and secondary use of genomic data

Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume 25, Issue 5, July 2025.
Abstract Invasive species threaten native biota, putting fragile ecosystems at risk and having a large‐scale impact on primary industries. Growing trade networks and the popularity of personal travel make incursions a more frequent risk, one only compounded by global climate change.
Amy L. Vaughan, Elahe Parvizi, Paige Matheson, Angela McGaughran, Manpreet K. Dhami   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Occupancy of Urban Habitats by the Jersey Tiger Moth Is Revealed by Social Media Data but Not Traditional Monitoring

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 3, March 2025.
Photos posted on social media could provide information on species' responses to climate change that is up to date and from areas under‐represented in traditional biological record data. Instagram and iNaturalist data reveal that the Jersey tiger moth, a species that is shifting northwards in Europe, is using urban habitat.
Nile Stephenson, Nathalie Pettorelli, Regan Early   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thermal ecology in a parasitoid attacking an adult life stage host: Recovery, sex effects and hidden costs of warming

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 770-772, April 2026.
Katherine H. Malinski
wiley   +1 more source

Contribution of individual legs to overall attachment in the adult ladybird Harmonia axyridis depends on the relative leg orientation to an external force

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 173, Issue 3, Page 232-245, March 2025.
We investigated harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), attachment ability focusing on the synergic action of opposite legs, the anisotropy of adhesive organs and sexual dimorphism. Experiments showed that beetles with fewer legs sometimes exhibited higher attachment forces, challenging the hypothesis that collective leg ...
Valerio Saitta, Manuela Rebora, Silvana Piersanti, Elena Gorb, Gianandrea Salerno, Stanislav Gorb   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Repeated Copulation and Guarding, and Their Relationship With Male and Female Morphological Traits in the Water Scorpion Nepa hoffmanni

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 12, December 2024.
We describe for the first time the detailed mating behaviour and patterns of repeated copulations in the water scorpion Nepa hoffmanni (Nepidae, Hemiptera). Over repeated copulations, copulation duration decreased while guarding duration increased. Additionally, we found that average guarding duration was positively associated with male leg length and ...
Hyoseul Hyun, Byeongho Lee, Chang S. Han
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Automatic Potato Crop Beetle Recognition Method Based on Multiscale Asymmetric Convolution Blocks

Agronomy
Five beetle species can occur in potato fields simultaneously, including one quarantine pest (the Colorado potato beetle (CPB)), one phytophagous pest (the 28-spotted potato ladybird beetle), and three predatory ladybird beetles (the 7-spotted lady ...
Jingjun Cao, Xiaoqing Xian, Minghui Qiu, Xin Li, Yajie Wei, Wanxue Liu, Guifen Zhang, Lihua Jiang   +7 more
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A role of epigenetic mechanisms in regulating female reproductive responses to temperature in a pest beetle

Insect Molecular Biology, Volume 33, Issue 5, Page 516-533, October 2024.
Temperature‐dependent, epigenetic impacts on life history components, after treatment with putatively epimutating drugs (3‐aminobenzamide [3AB] hypermethylating, and Zeb hypomethylating). Upward arrows depict increased fitness of treated females, whereas downward arrows depict fitness costs of treatment, relative to fitness of water‐treated controls ...
Beth A. McCaw, Aoife M. Leonard, Tyler J. Stevenson, Lesley T. Lancaster   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Current evidence of climate‐driven colour change in insects and its impact on sexual signals

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 7, July 2024.
Our review will provide current information about how climatic factors, such as temperature, precipitation, and humidity impact on insect's colour and sexual signals. In addition, we discussed about the counter mechanisms that insects usually take place to adapt with the changing climate.
Md Tangigul Haque, Md Kawsar Khan, Marie E. Herberstein   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis – Sensory thresholds of the “ladybird taint” in wine under different processing conditions

Nature Precedings, 2011
AbstractIntroduced as a biological control agent in North America and middle Europe the Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis has spread all over the countries and are capable to become an increasing problem for winegrowers and also households. Due to its preference to overwinter indoors H.
Susanne Kögel, Jürgen Gross, Christoph Hoffmann   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source