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Cicada as a food for mammals: a global review and implications for mammal behaviour and populations

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) are among the most important insect prey for many vertebrate predators, including birds and mammals, owing to their large size and high nutritional value. Although the ecological roles of cicadas as prey for birds have been well documented, the interactions between mammals and cicadas are relatively unknown.
Kanzi M. Tomita
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Feeding performance of Brumoides suturalis (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) on cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley under laboratory conditions

Environment Conservation Journal
This study aims to determine the feeding performance of grubs and adults of Brumoides suturalis (Fabricius) on the cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley.
Ramnik Sharma, Pushpendra K. Sharma
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Susceptibility of field and laboratory strains of Cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis (Boisd.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) to spinosad pesticide under laboratory conditions

Plant Protection Science, 2016
The susceptibility of field and laboratory strains against all instars larvae of S. littoralis to spinosad pesticide after a 24- and 48-h exposure and under laboratory conditions was investigated.
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed, Sobhy Ahmed Hasan Temerak, Farouk Abdel-Kawi Abdel-Galil, Samir Hasan Mohamed Manna   +3 more
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The evolution of sensitive periods beyond early ontogeny: Bridging theory and data

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Sensitive periods, in which experiences have a large impact on phenotypic development, are most common early in ontogeny. Yet, they may also occur at later ontogenetic stages, such as adolescence.
Nicole Walasek, Karthik Panchanathan, Willem E. Frankenhuis   +2 more
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The influence of the fasting period on the number of nymphal instars and on the sex ratio of Argas (Persicargas) miniatus (Acari: Argasidae) Influência do período de jejum no número de instares ninfais e na razão sexual de Argas (Persicargas) miniatus (Acari: Argasidae)

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2010
The current study investigated the biology of nymphs of the first and second instars of Argas (Persicargas) miniatus. Nymphs were deprived of food for 15, 30 or 60 days and held at 27 ± 1 ºC and 80 ± 10% relative humidity (controlled conditions) or at ...
Huarrisson Azevedo Santos, Isabele da Costa Angelo, Marcos Pinheiro Franque, Usha Vashist, Aline Falqueto Duarte, Cristiane Divan Baldani, Sandra Maria Gomes Thomé, João Luiz Horacio Faccini, Carlos Luiz Massard   +8 more
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Life History, Damage, and Gall Development of the Gall Midge, \u3ci\u3eNeolasioptera Brevis\u3c/i\u3e (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), Injurious to Honeylocust in Michigan [PDF]

, 2017
Neolasioptera brevis is univoltine in Michigan. Adults issue in late spring, and females deposit eggs in rows on the lower side of young shoots of honeylocust. Larval eclosion occurs shortly after: there are three larval instars.
Heaton, George C, Wilson, Louis F
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Functional trait dissimilarity drives arboreal ant community assembly while competitive trait hierarchies shape colony performance in experimental mesocosms

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Many broad‐scale studies along spatial and habitat gradients show that organisms' traits can strongly influence community assembly by facilitating dispersal and environmental filtering.
Mark K. L. Wong, Yuet Him Choi, François Brassard, Chi Man Leong, Toby P. N. Tsang, Owen T. Lewis, Benoit Guénard   +6 more
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The lethal and sub-lethal effects of a cry1Ab-transformed rice line KMD1 on Chilo suppressalis (Walker) larvae

浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版, 2003
The lethal and sub-lethal effects of a transgenic rice line KMD1, containing a synthetic cry1Ab gene from Bacillus thuringiensis measured on larvae of striped stem borer, Chilo suppressalis (Walker) is reported in this article.
WANG Shi-gui, YE Gong-yin, HU Cui, SHU Qing-yao   +3 more
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Nutritional geometry provides insight into the dual roles of natural and sexual selection in insect cuticular hydrocarbon evolution

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Interactions between natural and sexual selection have been integral to the development of sexual selection theory, yet the role of natural selection in sexual trait evolution has received far less empirical attention than the role of sexual selection, and the extent to
Leigh W. Simmons, Maxine Lovegrove, Yong Zhi Foo, Xin (Bob) Du, Yonglin Ren, Melissa L. Thomas   +5 more
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External Morphology of Immatures of Mischocyttarus nomurae Richards (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) during the Post-embryonic Development

Sociobiology, 2016
The work on this paper aimed to perform the description of the immatures and determine the number of larval instars in the post-embryonic development of Mischocyttarus nomurae Richards, a social wasp which the only works performed were the description of
Agda Alves Rocha, Edilberto Giannotti
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