As climates change, prepare for more mosquitoes in winter, new study shows
Mosquitoes can adjust to rapid changes in temperature, indicating that mosquitoes normally dormant during winter may become active year-round In ...
Tag: Entomology
Rearing cicadas
What does it take to discover a new species of cicada?Credit: Annette Aiello The 17-year cicadas emerging dramatically by the ...
Mary Jane West Eberhard receives Linnean Medal for Zoology
Credit: STRI Mary Jane West Eberhard, staff scientist emeritus at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama, has just ...
Study effects paradigm shift in the understanding of how red rot attacks sugarcane
Researchers at the University of São Paulo discover that the fungus Fusarium verticillioides uses volatile compounds to manipulate insects and ...
How butterflies make transparent wings: MBL scientists see the invisible
Credit: Nipam Patel WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Many animals have evolved camouflage tactics for self-defense, but some butterflies and moths ...
Butterflies and moths have difficulty adjusting to a rapidly changing climate
Credit: Helmut Diekmann Climate change exerts great pressure for change on species and biodiversity. A recent study conducted by the ...
Honeybees’ hairy abdomens show how to save energy, reduce wear on materials
Credit: Adapted from ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c05500 Watching honeybees buzz among flowers, it's easy to see ...
Monarchs raised in captivity can orient themselves for migration, U of G study reveals
While captive rearing may cause temporary disorientation, researchers found if Monarchs are given time in the wild to calibrate their ...
Fruit fly links sleep problems in autism to glial cells, blood-brain-barrier and serotonin
Bad sleep causes severe health issues and affects our ability to concentrate, memorize, and cope with challenging situations. Individuals with ...
The genetic structures of closely related dragonflies in Yaeyama and Taiwan islands
Credit: © 2021 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society The Amami, Okinawa region of Japan ...
Solar energy and pollinator conservation: A path for real impact?
Entomologists say the pairing has promise, but standards will ensure it's more than just buzzCredit: Rob Davis/Fresh Energy Annapolis, MD; ...
Beneficial arthropods find winter sanctuary in uncultivated field edges, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Many species of ground-dwelling beetles, ladybugs, hoverflies, damsel bugs, spiders and ...
Spiders can sniff out and avoid killer ants, SFU study finds
Spiders avoid building webs near European fire ants, their natural predators, by sensing the chemicals they give off in the ...
Researchers make first-ever discovery of Zika virus RNA in free-ranging African bats
Credit: Ron Bend/CSU A team of Colorado State University scientists, led by veterinary postdoctoral fellow Dr. Anna Fagre, has detected ...
How best to focus efforts on classifying new species to prevent their extinction?
The return-on-investment approach found 24 Australian lizard and snake species needing protectionCredit: A. O'Grady, CC-BY Many organisms in need of ...
Climate change makes West Nile virus outbreaks ‘plausible’ in UK
Risk of mosquito-borne pathogen spreading to the country will increase as temperatures rise, say scientistsCredit: Fabrizio Montarsi, CC BY 3.0 ...
Development anomalies recorded for the first time in a rare tiger moth
Credit: Evgeny Koshkin The Menetries' tiger moth (Arctia menetriesii) is one of the rarest and most poorly studied Palaearctic moth ...
Fungus fights mites that harm honey bees
New fungus strain could provide a chemical-free method to help honey beesCredit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. -- A new ...
Dive bombing killer flies are so fast they lose steering control
Credit: S. Rossoni Killer flies can reach accelerations of over 3g when aerial diving to catch their prey - but ...
eDNA analysis could contribute towards more effective pest control
Detecting environmental DNA of invasive ant species in soil samplesCredit: A. Prof. Mamiko Ozaki B. Minamoto et al. Scientific Reports, ...