Oviposition Decisions by Indianmeal Moth [PDF]
The Indianmeal moth, Plodia interpunctella,is a pest in the United States of stored grains. The larvae feed on grains, grain products, dried fruits, nuts, cereals and a variety of processed food products.
Campbell, James, Pierce, Josie
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Within-guild dietary discrimination from 3-D textural analysis of tooth microwear in insectivorous mammals [PDF]
Resource exploitation and competition for food are important selective pressures in animal evolution. A number of recent investigations have focused on linkages between diversification, trophic morphology and diet in bats, partly because their roosting ...
Crumpton, Nicholas +4 more
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A roadmap to key traits of invasive Drosophilidae
ABSTRACT Biological invasions have intensified in recent decades, mostly driven by international trade and travel, raising significant concerns, particularly regarding insect pests. Once non‐native species establish, they can disrupt natural ecosystem stability, undermine agroecosystem sustainability and cause substantial economic losses.
Gwenaëlle Deconninck +14 more
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We present evidence for two behaviors influenced by intact, vegetative plant odor -- upwind flight and abdomen curling -- in female Manduca sexta and demonstrate the influence of the age and mating status of the moths on these behaviors.
W.L. Mechaber +2 more
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Growing degree‐days do not explain moth species' distributions at broad scales
Growing degree‐days (GDD), an estimate of an organism's growing season length, has been shown to be an important predictor of Lepidopteran species' distributions and could be influencing Lepidopteran range shifts to climate change.
Hannah E. Keefe, Heather M. Kharouba
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Neuroethology of olfactory-guided behavior and its potential application in the control of harmful insects [PDF]
Harmful insects include pests of crops and storage goods, and vectors of human and animal diseases. Throughout their history, humans have been fighting them using diverse methods.
Guerenstein, Pablo Gustavo +2 more
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CityScapeLab Berlin: A Research Platform for Untangling Urbanization Effects on Biodiversity [PDF]
Urban biodiversity conservation requires an understanding of how urbanization modulates biodiversity patterns and the associated ecosystem services. While important advances have been made in the conceptual development of urban biodiversity research over
Buchholz, Sascha +4 more
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A neuro‐behavioural model of neophobia
ABSTRACT Fear can be defined as the internal neurological state that releases a repertoire of behaviours an animal performs to reduce the effect of an aversive factor. Neophobia, the fear of novelty, is a fundamental behavioural trait observed across a wide range of species from arthropods to humans.
Arik Dorfman, Aziz Subach, Inon Scharf
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Increased migration of Lepidoptera linked to climate change
The number of species of migratory Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) reported each year at a site in the south of the UK has been rising steadily. This number is very strongly linked to rising temperatures in SW Europe.
Tim H. SPARKS +3 more
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The Mayflies, or Ephemeroptera, of Illinois. B. D. Burks, 1975 reprint of Bulletin of the Illinois Natural History Survey, Vol. 26, 1953. Entomological Reprint Specialists, Los Angeles, California, viii + 216 p., 395 figs. $15.00. [PDF]
(excerpt) The continuing demand for general references and aids to identification of Ephemeroptera has undoubtedly prompted the recent reprinting of The Mayflies. . . of Illinois. A two-page preface by George F. Edmunds, Jr.
McCafferty, W. P
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