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Nestmate Recognition in Social Insects: What Does It Mean to Be Chemically Insignificant?

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Social insects use the blend of hydrocarbons present on their cuticle to efficiently distinguish nestmates from aliens. Intruders must therefore find a strategy to break the recognition code in order to exploit the colony resources. Twenty years ago, the
Maria Cristina Lorenzi, Patrizia d'Ettorre, Patrizia d'Ettorre   +2 more
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WASP-52b, WASP-58b, WASP-59b, and WASP-60b: Four new transiting close-in giant planets [PDF]

Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2013
We present the discovery of four new transiting hot jupiters, detected mainly from SuperWASP-North and SOPHIE observations. These new planets, WASP-52b, WASP-58b, WASP-59b, and WASP-60b, have orbital periods ranging from 1.7 to 7.9 days, masses between 0.46 and 0.94 M_Jup, and radii between 0.73 and 1.49 R_Jup.
Hebrard, G., Cameron, A. Collier, Brown, D. J. A., Diaz, R. F., Faedi, F., Smalley, B., Anderson, D. R., Armstrong, D., Barros, S. C. C., Bento, J., Bouchy, F., Doyle, A. P., Enoch, B., Chew, Y. Gomez Maqueo, Hebrard, E. M., Hellier, C., Lendl, M., Lister, T. A., Maxted, P. F. L., Mccormac, J., Moutou, C., Pollacco, D., Queloz, D., Santerne, A., Skillen, I., Southworth, J., Tregloan-Reed, J., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Udry, S., Vanhuysse, M., Watson, C. A., West, R. G., Wheatley, P. J.   +32 more
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Host-natural enemy communities in a changing world: The impact of forest loss on cavity-nesting Hymenoptera and their natural enemies [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology
Cavity-nesting bees and wasps provide important ecosystem services for humans. This study aimed to understand how the replacement of forests with non-forest habitats affects the structure and interaction network of cavity-nesting bees, wasps, and their ...
C. N. Queiros, J. P. A. de Deus, A. M. P. Dias, M. L. T. Buschini   +3 more
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Molecular diagnostics and inhibition of cross‐reactive carbohydrate determinants in Hymenoptera venom allergy

Clinical and Translational Allergy, 2023
Background The composition of venom extracts, cross‐reactive carbohydrate determinants (CCD) and the component‐resolved diagnostics (CRD) are important fields of investigation.
Dragana Jovanovic, Aleksandra Peric‐Popadic, Vojislav Djuric, Maja Stojanovic, Branislav Lekic, Ognjen Milicevic, Branka Bonaci‐Nikolic   +6 more
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A casual cantharophily: The meeting between Astylus variegatus (Coleoptera: Myleridae) and Oxypetalum banksii (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae)

Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2011
Cantharophily is reported for the first time in a Brazilian asclepiad, involving the mylerid Astylus variegatus and the nectariferous flowers of Oxypetalum banksii, a plant mainly pollinated by wasps. The use of nectar as food by A.
Milene Faria Vieira, Rúbia Santos Fonseca   +1 more
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Apoidea (Hymenoptera, Apiformes and Spheciformes) of Northwestern Georgia with new records for the country [PDF]

Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 2023
In this survey, 116 species of 39 genera and 12 families from two sections Apiformes and Spheciformes of the superfamily Apoidea have been recorded from Georgia (Sakartvelo).
George Japoshvili, Toshko Ljubomirov
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Samurai Wasp Trissolcus japonicus (Ashmead) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scelionidae: Telenominae)­

EDIS, 2017
Includes: Introduction - Distribution - Description and Life Cycle - Hosts - Selected References Also published on the Featured Creatures website at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/beneficial/wasps/Trissolcus_japonicus.htm Accessibility Summary:
Anita S. Neal
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Termites, Mud Daubers and their Earths: A Multispecies Approach to Fertility and Power in West Africa

Conservation & Society, 2016
The termites and mud-dauber wasps of West Africa build earthen structures in which their eggs and larvae develop. This paper examines how these insect earths are understood and used in West Africa, focusing on their direct consumption (geophagy) and ...
James R Fairhead
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POPULATION DYNAMICS OF ORIENTAL HORNET (Vespa orientalis L.) DURING ITS ACTIVITYSEASON IN THE APIARY THROUGHOUT THE DAY PERIODS [PDF]

Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2019
The current experiment was carried out in the Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Shoubra El-Kheima, Qualubia governorate, during the oriental hornet active season extended from September 1st until end of December, 2015, to estimate the daily ...
Dina El-boulok
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WASPS [PDF]

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