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Ladybirds

open access: yes, 2013
This revised and updated edition of Ladybirds provides a succinct but comprehensive and accessible overview of the biology of ladybirds and their parasites, focusing on ecology in an evolutionary context.
HELEN E. ROY   +6 more
core   +8 more sources

Aubrey and the Terrible Ladybirds

open access: yes, 2017
The return of the rambunctious boy, who must save the animals of Rushing Wood from division over the immigration of the foreign ladybirds..
Clare, Horatio; id_orcid
core   +10 more sources

Evolutionary Perspectives on Myrmecophily in Ladybirds [PDF]

open access: yesPsyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2012
Myrmecophiles are species that usually have developed specialized traits to cope with the aggressiveness of ants enabling them to live in their vicinity.
Amélie Vantaux   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Ladybirds (Coccinellidae) of Britain and Ireland

open access: yes, 2011
The ladybird (Coccinellidae) family comprises a diverse group of beetles. There are 47 species of Coccinellidae resident in Britain and Ireland. Some species are brightly coloured and these are colloquially termed “ladybirds”.
Frost, Robert   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

Still on the same page: A gender comparison of the top 100 picture books from the UK and China published 2011–2020

open access: yesChildren &Society, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract As a primary source for the early ages, picture books guide preschool children's gender perception through stories and illustrations. However, previous studies have criticised an overall gender inequality in children's picture books. Compared to the increasing attention on gender diversity in the UK picture book industry, there has been little
Yi Li, Melissa Terras, Yongning Li
wiley   +1 more source

Pathogenicity and Side Effect of Indigenous Beauveria bassiana on Coccinella undecimpunctata and Hippodamia variegata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

open access: yesInsects, 2021
This study aimed to estimate the virulence of an indigenous Beauveria bassiana on all developmental stages of two indigenous coccinellids; Coccinella undecimpunctata and Hippodamia variegata through three application methods; direct spray, contact method,
Samy Sayed   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

First report of nematodes Parasitylenchus bifurcatus Poinar & Steenberg, 2012 parasitizing multicolored Asian lady beetle Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) in Slovenia

open access: yesActa Agriculturae Slovenica, 2017
In years 2015 and 2016 around 200 specimens of ladybird species Harmonia axyridis were collected in Slovenia. Ladybirds were dissected and checked under stereomicroscope for presence of nematodes.
Barbara Gerič Stare   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predation of Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) by Amphibians

open access: yesInsects, 2012
Studies of predation of ladybird beetles (Coccinellidae) have focused on a limited number of predator taxa, such as birds and ants, while other potential predators have received limited attention.
John J. Sloggett
doaj   +1 more source

Stage specific consumption and utilization of aphids, conspecific and heterospecific eggs by two species of Coccinella (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2014
The nutritive quality of aphids, conspecific and heterospecific eggs as food for ladybirds is a controversial issue. If ladybirds find aphids more palatable than eggs then they are more likely to efficiently exploit and be biocontrol agents of aphids. If
Bhupendra KUMAR   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Temporal and climatic variation in the colour forms of Adalia bipunctata and Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) populations in the United Kingdom

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2022
Colour form polymorphism in Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1785) and Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) has been extensively studied in the past. Climate, season, and region are known to influence the colour form frequencies of these species, however, this ...
Ayman ASIRI, Chris FOSTER
doaj   +1 more source

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