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Effects of bioinsecticide exposure route on aphids and their natural enemies in oilseed rape

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Fatty acids, silicone polymers and surfactants reduced aphid numbers but caused natural enemy mortality under direct exposure, while minimal residual activity suggests potential for targeted, compatible use in integrated pest management. Abstract BACKGROUND Myzus persicae Sulzer and Brevicoryne brassicae L.
Aimee J. Tonks, Tom W. Pope, Simon Cooper, Joe M. Roberts   +3 more
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Comparative nesting success of the keyhole mud-dauber (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Trypoxylon nitidum) in different substrates

Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2016
The solitary wasp Trypoxylon nitidum F. Smith nests in a variety of existing cavities. Nesting success – the fraction of completed, provisioned cells that produced adult offspring – can be estimated by examination of old cells.
Dyan M. Nelson, Christopher K. Starr
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Sublethal herbicide exposure alters cotton susceptibility to aphid infestation

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Sublethal herbicide exposure altered cotton susceptibility to aphids. Aphid severity was highest when applications occurred at early vegetative stages and declined as the crop matured. In glasshouse, herbicide effects were dose‐dependent. Abstract BACKGROUND Herbicides remain vital tools for weed control, yet their effects can extend beyond weeds to ...
Purushottam Gyawali, Ubaldo Torres, David L Kerns, Gregory A Sword, Muthukumar V Bagavathiannan   +4 more
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Castes and Polymorphisms in Neotropical Social Wasps

, 2020
Neotropical social wasps have a set of chimeric characteristics that make them unique and difficult to fit into current theories on the evolution of social behavior (Noll and Wenzel, Biol J Linn Soc 93: 509–22, 2008). Among them, the presence of more than one functional queen (polygyny), absence of strong morphological differentiation, and flexibility ...
da Silva, Marjorie, Mateus, Sidnei, Noll, Fernando Barbosa   +2 more
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Insect pests in Brassica napus crops: toward ecologically optimized integrated pest management

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Ecologically optimized IPM: Integrating landscape, biological, and chemical strategies for enhanced pest management. Key findings: Optimizing canola IPM requires the deliberate alignment of habitat diversification, behavioral conditioning, and evolutionary processes.
Jhon Alexander Avellaneda Nieto, Wei Xu, Shovon Chandra Sarkar   +2 more
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Foraging of Protopolybia exigua (Saussure, 1854) (Vespidae: Polistinae) on Salvinia auriculata Aubl. (Salviniaceae) in an urban environment in Southeast Brazil

Heringeriana
There is limited information regarding the plant species from which social wasps extract fibers as raw material for nest construction, as well as their foraging behavior for such materials.
Glauco Cássio de Sousa Oliveira, Guilherme Ramos Demetrio, Andressa Negri Palandi, Marcos Magalhães de Souza   +3 more
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Mating history shapes Wolbachia‐induced cytoplasmic incompatibility and female fitness in an insect pest

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Mating order and remating of females by males with different endosymbiont associations strongly shape Wolbachia‐induced cytoplasmic incompatibility, female fitness and offspring sex ratio. An incompatible first mating was weakly affected if followed by a compatible mating and vice versa, indicating strong first‐male sperm precedence with consequences ...
Amir H. Tourani, Alihan Katlav, James M. Cook, Geraldine Tilden, Markus Riegler   +4 more
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Improved impact from the use of beneficial natural enemy species in Australian canola systems: challenges and required tools

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
In canola production systems in Australia, practices for the use of beneficials (arthropod predators and parasitoids) as part of an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategy, have not been widely adopted. We outline how canola growers and their advisors can be supported with incremental steps, from passive to active management, to help shift them from ...
Sarina Macfadyen, Basman Al‐Jalely, Mukti Chalise, Maryam Ehsangar, Zorica Duric, Joanne Holloway, Andrew Hulthen, Precious Mavende, Paul Melloy, Svetlana Micic, Hazel Parry, Shovon Chandra Sarkar, Jessa Thurman, Maarten Van Helden, Xiaobei Wang, Wei Xu   +15 more
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Polybia (Myrapetra) scutellaris (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) foraging on flies at carcasses of Rattus norvegicus (Rodentia: Muridae)

Sociobiology, 2016
Social wasps stand out due to their role in the trophic balance of the ecosystems. These insects can get nutrients by preying on other insects, such as Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and the decomposing remains of vertebrates.
Anita Herdina, Gabriela Bitencourt, Rocco Di Mare, Bruno Corrêa Barbosa   +3 more
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The European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus) as an ally for the control of the invasive yellow‐legged hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax)

Pest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 4, Page 2237-2247, April 2025.
The predatory effect of the honey‐buzzard affects the reproductive performance of Asian‐hornet colonies, decreasing the density of workers over distance and time. The foraging distances of the honey‐buzzard concentrates within the first 2000 m from nest, which supports the results observed.
Jorge Ángel Martín‐Ávila, Luisa María Díaz‐Aranda, José Manuel Fernández‐Pereira, Salvador Rebollo   +3 more
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