Oviposition in the blood-sucking insect Rhodnius prolixus is modulated by host odors [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Triatomine bugs are blood-sucking insects, vectors of Chagas disease. Despite their importance, their oviposition behavior has received relatively little attention. Some triatomines including Rhodnius prolixus stick their eggs to a substrate.
Guerenstein, Pablo Gustavo +1 more
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Egg parasitoid exploitation of plant volatiles induced by single or concurrent attack of a zoophytophagous predator and an invasive phytophagous pest [PDF]
, 2019 Zoophytophagous insect predators can induce physiological responses in plants by activating defence signalling pathways, but whether plants can respond to facultative phytophagy by recruiting natural enemies remains to be investigated.
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Host plants for seminiferous insects (III). The Umbeliferae family (Apiaceae)
Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 1985 Comprising data registered in the interval 1976-1983, the report introduces 9 species of seminiferous insects on 21 host plants of the Umbeliferae family. From the seeds of these plants , 5 lepidoptera and 4 hymenoptera species were obtained. The species
Teodosie PERJU, I. MOLDOVAN
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Insect Colonization and Mass Production. Edited by Carroll N. Smith. New York and London: Academic Press, 1966. xxii, 618pp. $27.00. [PDF]
, 2017 Excerpt: The mass production of insects appears to have started with the requirements of the rod-and-line fisherman for bait. For many years, using crude but effective methods, an individual could earn a living rearing millions of blowflies a week to ...
Gardiner, Brian O.C
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Abundance of Insects Inhabiting the Male Strobili of Red Pine [PDF]
, 2017 (excerpt) Southwood (1973) concluded that pollen feeding was probably the first step in the development of the phytophagous habit in insects, because pollen, compared with plant foliage, is rich in nutrients and low in sewndary defense substances ...
Mattson, William J
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Preference and performance of Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton (Lepidoptera:Gracillariidae) on three citrus hosts: Laboratory and field assessment [PDF]
, 2008 The relationship between preference and performance is crucial to the ecology and evolution of plant-insect interactions. Oviposition preference and offspring performance were evaluated for a citrus pest, the leafminer Phyllocnistis citrella (Lepidoptera:
Goane, Lucía +2 more
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Measuring the Effects of “Opportunistic Defense” of the Bracken Fern, \u3ci\u3e(Pteridium Aquilinum)\u3c/i\u3e by Patrolling Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute in South Central Michigan [PDF]
, 2018 In this study we show that in South Central Michigan (Pierce Cedar Creek Institute) eight ant species patrol bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) during the sensitive crozier growth stage.
Douglas, Matthew M, Oldenkamp, Ricki E
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Spatial distribution, ecological indices and interactions of arthropods on Sapindus saponaria (Sapindaceae) plants [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2023 Sapindus saponaria L. (Sapindaceae) is a pioneer species used in programs to recover degraded areas. The trees also assist in the pest control of some insects due to the composition of saponins on their leaves.
R. F. A. Souza +10 more
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Tetraopes Milkweed Beetle Genomes Elucidate the Adaptive Basis of a Temperate Coevolutionary Radiation. [PDF]
Mol Ecol ResourABSTRACT The coevolutionary radiation of 27 species of Tetraopes longhorned beetles and their Asclepias milkweed hosts represents a classic example of adaptive evolution driven by plant chemical defences and herbivore counteradaptations. Investigations to date, however, have focused on a single species, Tetraopes tetrophthalmus, which feeds on the ...
Kim S, Farrell BD.
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Effects of large herbivores on grassland arthropod diversity [PDF]
, 2015 Both arthropods and large grazing herbivores are important components and drivers of biodiversity in grassland ecosystems, but a synthesis of how arthropod diversity is affected by large herbivores has been largely missing. To fill this gap, we conducted
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