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Evaluation of counterattack efficiency against predators in Schizotetranychus brevisetosus using small glass beads and phytoseiid eggs

open access: yesEntomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
The web‐nesting spider mite Schizotetranychus brevisetosus Ehara attacks predators outside the nest, but the effectiveness of this behaviour is unknown. Spreading predator‐mimicking glass beads over the web induced intense patrolling behaviour in females, which even captured and attacked beads.
Maiko Chida   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Founding and maintaining a seedcorn maggot (Delia platura) colony

open access: yesEntomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Delia platura (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) is a generalist dipteran pest that can cause economically important damage to several crops. Maintaining D. platura colonies allows for year‐round research of their biology and behavior, which is essential for developing potential management strategies.
Olivia Rooney   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Life history of the terrestrial snail Ovachlamys fulgens (Stylommatophora: Helicarionidae) under laboratory conditions

open access: yesRevista de Biología Tropical, 1998
Aspects of the biology of Ovachlamys fulgens (Gude 1900) were studied under laboratory conditions in Costa Rica for 16 months. The lifespan of this snail in captivity was about nine months (N= 22) and it could lay viable eggs without mating (N= 40 ...
Zaidett Barrientos
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Discrimination between transient and persistent bacteria harbored in the digestive tract of larval Galleria mellonella

open access: yesEntomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
The caterpillars of the greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) are emerging models to study innate immunity and plastic biodegradation. Both of these processes are impacted by the associations between the insect host and its gut microbiome. Although bacterial flora harbored by the larvae have been characterized, little is known
Ben G. Pilling   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can long‐term diapause/dormancy improve persistence in a positively autocorrelated environment?

open access: yesEcological Entomology, EarlyView.
Populations with longer‐diapauses polymorphisms are more stable and persist for longer than those with shorter‐length polymorphisms. Longer‐diapause polymorphisms are increasingly advantageous in environments of increasing positive temporal autocorrelation.
Matthew Hooper   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

OlfactionROOM: An optimised, low‐cost olfactometer and easy‐to‐apply setup to mitigate the escape behaviour of insects

open access: yesEcological Entomology, EarlyView.
The optimised OlfactionROOM‐olfactometer addresses limitations in current olfactometers by preventing escape‐driven, random entry into olfactometer arms at the start of bioassay, which can otherwise negatively impact subsequent bioassay and results. Evaluating the OlfactionROOM‐olfactometer with Agriotes sputator beetles showed reduced insect agitation
Michael Brunner   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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