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The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations

Insect Science, EarlyView.
This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean, Xim Cerdá, Jérôme Orivel, Frédéric Azémar, Alexander L. Wild, Bruno Corbara, Axel Touchard   +6 more
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Metallicity and Spectral Evolution of WASP 39b: The Limited Role of Hydrodynamic Escape

The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023
The recent observations on WASP-39 b by JWST have revealed hints of high metallicity within the atmosphere compared to its host star. There are various theories on how these high metallic atmospheres emerge.
Amy J. Louca, Yamila Miguel, Daria Kubyshkina   +2 more
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Behavioral, Ecological, and Morphological Data Suggest a Close Relationship Between the Ant Colobopsis truncata and the Gall Wasp Aphelonyx cerricola

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Aphelonyx cerricola and the different stages that make this gall colonizable by ants. ABSTRACT Wasps of the family Cynipidae are known to induce galls of a species‐specific morphology, which during senescence provide a refuge for secondary insect fauna, especially ants.
Daniele Giannetti, Diego Gil‐Tapetado, Enrico Schifani, Elia Nalini, Donato A. Grasso, Carlo Polidori   +5 more
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Volumetric Comparison of Overall Brain and Neuropil Size Between Social and Non‐social Spiders: Exploring the Social Brain Hypothesis

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Brain size may be influenced by the cognitive demands of sociality (social brain hypothesis). We used microCT to compare CNS and brain volumes in social versus solitary huntsman and crab spiders. Social huntsman spiders had larger arcuate and mushroom bodies, while social crab spiders had larger visual neuropils.
Vanessa Penna‐Gonçalves, Donald James Mclean, Nikolas J. Willmott, Michael B. J. Kelly, Jay R. Black, Elizabeth C. Lowe, Marie E. Herberstein   +6 more
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Lowest Common Denominator: Explaining Multilateral Bargaining Over Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems Regulation

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) have the potential to dramatically alter modern warfare and reshape global power differentials. Despite the strong rationale for negotiating global rules, consensus on whether and how to regulate LAWS has yet to be reached.
Johannes Geith
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A Very Big Hand Is a Very Big Problem: Soft-Tissue Infection, Venous Thrombosis, or Just an Insect Sting?

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2016
A 67-year-old woman developed severe edema of her right hand and forearm, for which she was treated with antibiotics, without benefit. The echography excluded a venous thrombosis.
Sarah Damanti, Barbara Brignolo-Ottolini, Marta Mansi, Maura Marcucci, Daniela Mari, Valerio Pravettoni   +5 more
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Polarization vision and the physiological basis for trichromatic vision in Philaenus spumarius: Understanding host‐seeking behaviour in insect vectors for Xylella fastidiosa control

Annals of Applied Biology, EarlyView.
We investigated the role of vision in host‐seeking behaviour by Philaenus spumarius, the main European vector of Xylella fastidiosa, through an integrated anatomical, optical, physiological, and behavioural study. Our data highlight that the spittlebug uses visual cues, including polarized light, which may aid in detecting the polarized reflections ...
Domen Lazar, Elizabeth Clark, Andrej Meglič, Daniele Cornara, Gregor Belušič   +4 more
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Predators of the two paropsine leaf beetles Paropsisterna cloelia and Paropsis charybdis in eucalypt plantations in Marlborough, New Zealand Prädatoren der zwei Blattkäfer Paropsisterna cloelia and Paropsis charybdis in Eukalyptusplantagen in Marlborough, Neuseeland

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
Coccinellidae (Coleoptera), Miridae (Hemiptera), Hemerobiidae (Neuroptera), Pentatomidae (Hemiptera), Anystidae (Acari), Erythraeidae (Acari) and spiders (Araneidae, Oxyopidae and Salticidae) fed on the invasive paropsine leaf beetles in Marlborough, New Zealand.
Carolin Weser, Manpreet K. Dhami, Elena Moltchanova, Ana Podolyan, Toni M. Withers, Stephen M. Pawson   +5 more
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Spatial organization of collective food distribution in a paper wasp society [PDF]

, 2023
Nitika Sharma, Raghavendra Gadagkar
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State of the spread of the exotic parasitoid wasp Leptopilina japonica tracking the route of its invasive host fly Drosophila suzukii in France

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
To document the current distribution of Leptopilina japonica in France and compare its genetic background, we collected wild fleshy‐fruited plants and cultivated cherries from 11 sites across different regions. The fruits were collected from the canopy. We calculated the percentage of emerging individuals of L.
Ionela‐Madalina Viciriuc, Lea Darmedru, Alexandre Fleisch, Jean‐Luc Gatti, Annette Herz, Eric Lombaert, Jakob Martin, Nicolas Ris, M. Lukas Seehausen, Marco Valerio Rossi Stacconi, Elodie Vercken, Sylvie Warot, Nicolas Borowiec, Olivier Chabrerie   +13 more
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