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Insect Pests More Plentiful in Hotter Parts of City Than in Cooler Areas
March 27, 2013 — Higher temperatures in cities can be a key driver of insect pest outbreaks on trees in urban areas, according to new ... > full story -
Pesticide Combination Affects Bees' Ability to Learn
March 27, 2013 — Two new studies have highlighted a negative impact on bees' ability to learn following exposure to a combination of pesticides commonly used in agriculture. The researchers found that the pesticides, ... > full story -
Scientists Use DNA to Quickly Unravel Relationship Between Plants and Insects
March 25, 2013 — It can take years of direct observation for a researcher to fully understand the diets of a community of herbivorous insects in a tropical rain forest. Now, scientists are paving a fast track using ... > full story -
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Peculiar Parasitoid Wasp Found on Rare Sawfly Developing in Ferns
March 25, 2013 — An Austrian amateur entomologist discovered a peculiar parasitoid wasp living on a rare sawfly, living inside ferns. It is the first time ever that the parasitoid is reared. The female parasitoid has ... > full story -
Mathematical Butterflies Provide Insight Into How Insects Fly
March 25, 2013 — Researchers have developed sophisticated numerical simulations of a butterfly's forward ... > full story -
Genetic Analysis Saves Major Apple-Producing Region of Washington State
March 23, 2013 — A genetic analysis has saved a major apple-producing region of Washington ... > full story -
Researchers Alter Mosquito Genome With Goal of Controlling Disease
March 21, 2013 — With a technique called TALENS, scientists used a pair of engineered proteins to disrupt a targeted gene in the mosquito genome, changing the eye color of ensuing generations of the insect. The ... > full story -
Ants Rise With Temperature
March 21, 2013 — Aphaenogaster genera are abundant woodland ants that disperse most spring flower seeds. This research shows how rising minimum temperatures affect cold- and warm-adapted ants. Warming minimum ... > full story -
'Kill Bill' Character Inspires the Name of a New Parasitoid Wasp Species
March 19, 2013 — Three new parasitoid wasp species from the genus Cystomastacoides have been described from Thailand and Papua New Guinea. A character from Tarantino's "Kill Bill", a supernatural murder mystery ... > full story -
Nine New Wasp Species of the Genus Paramblynotus Described from Africa and Madagascar
March 18, 2013 — A detailed revision of the Afrotropical liopterid wasp subfamily Mayrellinae reveals nine new species in the genus Paramblynotus coming from Africa and a first time record in ... > full story
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