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Dec. 10, 2021 Lizard beetles farm yeast inside bamboo stems for their developing larvae to eat. Scientists have now found that, contrary to other insect-fungus relationships, the job of the yeast in this one does ...
June 17, 2021 A destructive pest beetle is edging closer to Australia as biological controls fail, destroying home gardens, plantations and biodiversity as they surge through nearby Pacific ...
Sep. 29, 2021 Researchers have successfully mapped the entire genome of the Eurasian spruce bark beetle. The breakthrough paves the way for new research into bark beetles and better prospects for effective pest ...
May 19, 2021 An ecologist investigates pest infestation in forests with mixed and monoculture tree ...
Feb. 23, 2022 The Colorado potato beetle has evolved resistance to more than 50 different kinds of insecticides, making the insect a 'super pest' that wreaks havoc on potatoes around the world. New ...
July 18, 2023 Without intervention, the colorful but devastating Japanese beetle could make its way across the evergreen state within two decades, according to a study of their potential dispersion. The ...
Feb. 23, 2023 New research suggests aquatic plants can be utilized as a tool to enhance the co-existence between aquatic invertebrates and their fish predators in urban ...
Jan. 27, 2022 In the age of large-scale fires, forest-wide beetle invasions, and frequent drought, maintaining 'ideal' historical conditions is becoming increasingly unrealistic. Novel conditions require ...
Mar. 22, 2023 Beetles are champions at surviving in extremely dry environments. In part, this property is due to their ability to suck water from the air with their rear ends. A new study explains just how. Beyond ...
Mar. 30, 2021 Beetle outbreaks impacted around 40 percent of the areas studied in Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico. But the effects of these outbreak varied due to differences in forest structures and species ...