Insect (including Butterfly) News

• Malaria
  Insects (including Butterflies)
  Pests and Parasites
  Personalized Medicine
  Biology
  Evolutionary Biology
   

  Mosquito Genetic Complexity May Take a Bite out of Efforts to Control Malaria

  April 1, 2013 — New research documents how the genetic structure of African malaria mosquitoes is evolving, which could lead to implications for controlling ... > full story
• Pests and Parasites
  Agriculture and Food
  Endangered Plants
  Genetically Modified
  Botany
  Mice
   
  

  Multi-Toxin Biotech Crops Not Silver Bullets, Scientists Warn

  March 30, 2013 — The widely used strategy of endowing crops with redundant toxins to fend off pests rests on flawed assumptions, researchers have discovered. Their study helps explain why pests are evolving ... > full story
• Robotics
  Insects (including Butterflies)
  Artificial Intelligence
  Optics
  Robotics Research
  Engineering
   
  

  Robotic Ants Successfully Mimic Real Colony Behavior

  March 29, 2013 — Scientists have successfully replicated the behavior of a colony of ants on the move with the use of miniature ... > full story
• Fish
  Wild Animals
  Fisheries
  Zoology
  Marine Biology
  Animals
   
  

  Pirate Perch Probably Use Chemical Camouflage to Fool Prey

  March 29, 2013 — Dark and sleek, it hides beneath the water waiting for prey. A researcher says the target will never know what hit them because they probably can’t smell the voracious pirate ... > full story
• Global Warming
  Trees
  Pests and Parasites
  Climate
  Insects (including Butterflies)
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  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
• Agriculture and Food
  Intelligence
  Psychology
  Organic
  Behavioral Science
  Educational Psychology
   
  

  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
• Endangered Plants
  Nature
  New Species
  Insects (including Butterflies)
  Biochemistry Research
  Rainforests
   
  

  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
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  New Species
  Biochemistry Research
  Agriculture and Food
  Developmental Biology
  Biology
   
  

  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
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Computer Modeling
  Birds
  Behavioral Science
  Mathematics
  Animals
   

  Mathematical Butterflies Provide Insight Into How Insects Fly

  March 25, 2013 — Researchers have developed sophisticated numerical simulations of a butterfly's forward ... > full story
• Trees
  Insects (including Butterflies)
  Food
  New Species
  Invasive Species
  Animals
   
  

  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

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