Showing posts with label entomology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label entomology. Show all posts
10 April 2014

A Game of Thrones: Butterfly Larvae Pretends To Be Queen Ant To Survive

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The Maculinea butterfly larvae are parasites of red ants. It is brought into the nest by the ants thinking it is one of its own. Once in, ...
14 February 2014

Crazy Ants Displace Fire Ants As Dominant Invasive Species

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According to a University of Texas study, Crazy Ants may become the dominant invasive ant species displacing Fire Ants in the near future. ...
04 January 2014

16 New Species of Wasps Discovered in the Nearctic Region

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Alloxysta texana Researchers have found 16 new species of wasps from the Nearctic region from specimens in the United States National Mu...
04 July 2013

Spider Webs Use Electrostatic Charge To Effectively Catch Insects

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A study from biologists in University of California, Berkeley, shows that spider webs use the electrical charge in insects to help better ...
10 December 2012

Commercial Sonic Devices Using Ultrasonic Frequencies Ineffective Against Bed Bugs

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Studies initially show that ultrasonic bed bug repellers have no effect in the dispersion or eradication of these blood sucking insects. ...
23 October 2012

Dung Beetles Use Dung As A Mobile Thermal Refuge For Thermoregulation

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Dung beetles are also called scarab beetles. These are the same beetles worshiped by the ancient Egyptians. They believed that a giant dung...
19 September 2012

Study Shows How Bumble Bees Determine The Most Optimal Route While Foraging

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Unlike the honey bee that is fast and active, the bumble bee is a slow and gentle bee. It hardly attacks humans and never swarms on a victi...
17 August 2012

New Spider Family Trogloraptoridae Discovered In Oregon

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This is a male Trogloraptor photographed in the lab. Credit: Griswold CE, Audisio T, Ledford JM The spider family Trogloraptoridae is a...
02 July 2012

Brown Widow Spiders Invade Southern California Displaces Black Widow Spiders

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The Brown Widow Spider (Latrodectus Geometricus) is one of the widow spiders under the genus Latrodectus. It is related to the black widow ...
07 June 2012

Male Corn Earworm Moths, Helicoverpa Zea, Flies Too Soon During Courtship Race

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By studying how female sex attractants make male moths warm up their flight muscles faster but take flight prematurely, University of Uta...
04 June 2012

Study Show Bug Bombs And Foggers Have Minimal Effect Against Bed Bugs

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Cimex Lectularius, are commonly called Bed Bugs. These are insects are about 1mm to 7mm small. They are flat and oval shaped to better sque...
08 May 2012

New Species of Trapdoor Spider Discovered: The Auburn Tiger Trapdoor Spider

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Male specimen of Myrmekiaphila tigris Credit: J. Bond Trapdoor Spiders are cataloged under Family: Ctenizidae. In 1985, Robert Raven tr...
01 April 2012

Kinds of Spiders and the Secret Behind The Strength of Their Webs

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Spiders weave their own silk to build webs. It is this silk that is known to be one of the strongest materials to exists. On a pound per po...
23 March 2012

New Wasp Species Discovered in Indonesia: Megalara Garuda, The King of Wasps

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Wasps are insects in the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita. These insects are neither a subspecies of the bee or of the ant. Wasps ...