Simulated Heatwaves Affect Development of Two Congeneric Gregarious Larval–Pupal Endoparasitoids [PDF]
InsectsOngoing climate change is increasing the frequency and magnitude of high-temperature events, and extreme weather events such as heatwaves are expected to become more common.
Lizhi Wang +4 more
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Influence of Host Species, Location, and Aphid Prey on Microbial Diversity and Community Dynamics of Aphidophagous Ladybird Beetles in Guangxi, China [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionHost species, locations, and diet can significantly impact microbial diversity and community in insects. Several ladybird beetles are known as key predators and potential biological control agents for aphids.
Mei‐Lan Chen +6 more
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Synthèse bibliographique : l'écologie chimique des coccinelles [PDF]
Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 2010 Review: chemical ecology of ladybird beetles. This paper reviews the chemical ecology of ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) to present the role of semiochemicals involved in plant-ladybird, prey-ladybird and predator-ladybird interactions ...
Durieux, D. +4 more
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Egg Microinjection for the Ladybird Beetle Harmonia axyridis [PDF]
Bio-ProtocolIn this paper, we present a detailed protocol for microinjecting DNA, RNA, or protein solutions into fertilized eggs of the multicolored Asian ladybird beetle, Harmonia axyridis, under a stereomicroscope equipped with an injection apparatus. H.
Taro Nakamura +2 more
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Automatic ladybird beetle detection using deep-learning models
PLoS ONE, 2021 Fast and accurate taxonomic identification of invasive trans-located ladybird beetle species is essential to prevent significant impacts on biological communities, ecosystem functions, and agricultural business economics.
Pablo Venegas +8 more
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Ladybird landscape; or, what to look for in the 'What to Look For' books [PDF]
, 2020 The interlocking relationships between agriculture, nature, science and modernity underwent fundamental, far-reaching change in mid-twentieth century Britain.
Burchardt, Jeremy
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Shaping leg muscles in Drosophila: role of ladybird, a conserved regulator of appendicular myogenesis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2006 Legs are locomotor appendages used by a variety of evolutionarily distant vertebrates and invertebrates. The primary biological leg function, locomotion, requires the formation of a specialised appendicular musculature.
Tariq Maqbool +7 more
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European Journal of Entomology, 2009 Qualitative and quantitative differences in prey are known to affect the life histories of predators. A laboratory study was used to evaluate the suitability of three aphid prey, Aphis gossypii, Aphis craccivora and Lipaphis erysimi, for the ladybird ...
OMKAR, Gyanendra KUMAR, Jyotsna SAHU
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European Journal of Entomology, 2010 Ageing and its affect on life attributes have not been widely explored in ladybirds. The present study investigates the influence of female and male age at mating on the reproductive attributes of the ladybird beetle, Coelophora saucia (Mulsant).
OMKAR +2 more
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Effects of transgenic Cry1Ac + CpTI cotton on non-target mealybug pest Ferrisia virgata and its predator Cryptolaemus montrouzieri [PDF]
, 2014 Recently, several invasive mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) have rapidly spread to Asia and have become a serious threat to the production of cotton including transgenic cotton.
De Clercq, Patrick +7 more
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