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Small Bugs, Big Data: Metagenomics for Arthropod Biodiversity Monitoring

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 9, September 2025.
We used metagenomic sequencing of 40 bulk arthropod samples collected across Sweden to classify taxa and compare results with metabarcoding from the same samples. While metabarcoding was more sensitive for detecting low‐abundance taxa, taxonomic overlap between methods was strongly influenced by reference database representation.
Samantha López Clinton, Ela Iwaszkiewicz‐Eggebrecht, Andreia Miraldo, Robert Goodsell, Matthew T. Webster, Fredrik Ronquist, Tom van der Valk   +6 more
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Spiders in a hostile world (Arachnoidea, Araneae) [PDF]

, 2011
Spiders are powerful predators, but the threats confronting them are numerous. A survey is presented of the many different arthropods which waylay spiders in various ways. Some food-specialists among spiders feed exclusively on spiders.
Helsdingen, Peter J. van
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EntoSieve: Automated Size‐Sorting of Insect Bulk Samples to Aid Accurate Megabarcoding and Metabarcoding

Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume 25, Issue 6, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Widespread insect decline necessitates the development and use of standardized protocols for regular monitoring. These methods have to be rapid, efficient and cost‐effective to allow for large‐scale implementation. Many insect sampling and molecular methods have been developed.
Aleida Ascenzi, Lorenz Wührl, Vivian Feng, Nathalie Klug, Christian Pylatiuk, Pierfilippo Cerretti, Rudolf Meier   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parasitoid inventarisation of European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis Hübner, 1796) and options for its biological control in Slovenia

Acta Agriculturae Slovenica, 2016
European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) (ECB) is an important maize pest in central and northern Europe. Presently it is controlled by insecticides or biological agents such as Trichogramma brassicae in several European countries, excluding Slovenia ...
Jaka RAZINGER, Špela MODIC, Annette HERZ, Gregor UREK   +3 more
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Simultaneous Parasitism of Field-Collected Green Cloverworm, \u3ci\u3eHypena Scabra\u3c/i\u3e (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Larvae by Endoparasitioids and an Entomopathogenic Fungus [PDF]

, 2018
The impacts of entomopathogens (e.g., fungi, bacteria, protists and viruses) on larval Lepidoptera and their associated insect parasitoids have been examined in laboratory studies but field studies of interaction between these two mortality factors are ...
Pavuk, Daniel M, Williams, Charles E
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The American cocoa pod borer, Carmenta foraseminis, an emerging pest of cocoa: A review El barrenador americano de la mazorca de cacao, Carmenta foraseminis, una plaga emergente del cacao: una revisión

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, Volume 27, Issue 3, Page 340-356, August 2025.
Abstract This review provides a synthesis of the available knowledge on Carmenta foraseminis, an emerging cocoa pest in northern South America. This moth was first described in 1995 in Panama, and its proliferation across the Amazon basin is currently threatening the production of cocoa in the region and may endanger the sector's sustainability. Hence,
Mónica Arias, Philippe Ninnin, Martijn Ten Hoopen, Jhoner Alvarado, Oscar Cabezas Huayllas, Bruno Valderrama, Gabriel Alguilar, Charles Perrier, Frédéric Dedieu, Leïla Bagny Beilhe   +9 more
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Effects of land cover and protected areas on flying insect diversity

Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 4, August 2025.
Abstract Widespread insect losses are a critical global problem. Mitigating this problem requires identifying the principal drivers across different taxa and determining which insects are covered by protected areas. However, doing so is hindered by missing information on most species owing to extremely high insect diversity and difficulties in ...
James S. Sinclair, Dominik Buchner, Mark O. Gessner, Jörg Müller, Steffen U. Pauls, Stefan Stoll, Ellen A. R. Welti, Claus Bässler, Jörn Buse, Frank Dziock, Julian Enss, Thomas Hörren, Robert Künast, Yuanheng Li, Andreas Marten, Carsten Morkel, Ronny Richter, Sebastian Seibold, Martin Sorg, Sönke Twietmeyer, Dirk Weis, Wolfgang Weisser, Benedikt Wiggering, Martin Wilmking, Gerhard Zotz, Mark Frenzel, Florian Leese, Peter Haase   +27 more
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The parasitoid species complex associated with sexual and parthenogenetic Naryciinae (Lepidoptera: Psychidae): Integrating ecological and molecular analyses

European Journal of Entomology, 2011
This study describes the parasitoid species complex associated with seven closely related species of sexual (Siederia rupicollella, S. listerella, Dahlica lazuri, D. charlottae and D.
Jelmer A. ELZINGA, Kees ZWAKHALS, Johanna MAPPES, Alessandro GRAPPUTO   +3 more
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A New Species of Xiphosomella (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) [PDF]

, 2017
The genus Xiphosomella belongs in the subfamily Cremastinae. This genus and Pristomerus differ from other genera of the subfamily in having a distinct thyridium on the second tergite.
Johnson, Keith R.
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Solar radiation determines host choice, larval feeding and survival throughout the life cycle of an endangered open forest butterfly

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 7, Issue 8, August 2025.
Open forest butterfly species have been declining rapidly in Central Europe, but the reasons for their decline are not yet fully understood. Using the Southern White Admiral (Limenitis reducta) as a model species, we showed that solar radiation plays a key role throughout the species' life cycle, in particular for larval survival.
Heiko Hinneberg, Susanne Hensel, Nils Anthes, Katja Tielbörger, Thomas K. Gottschalk   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source