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Researchers make troubling find while examining insect behavior: 'We're going to have a hard time with all sorts of other animal populations'
"This could cause a shift in their mating patterns, and reproductive rates are really important for population persistence." ...
Noticing more ladybugs, stinkbugs, and others? Here’s why
It’s been a good year for the bugs,” Jay Everitt with Rottler Pest Solutions said when discussing the lingering insects many ...
What is that creeping on your window? A guide to the insects invading your house
Other pests that can find their way inside your home are lace bugs (Corythucha spp. and Stephanitis spp.). These insects can ...
New study makes disturbing find about items ingested by insects: 'We ... urgently need to investigate'
According to the study's findings, if bees and other insects ingest plastic particles from food or the air, it can injure ...
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How insects can help catch rhino poachers
Of the 119 insects collected from the rhinos, blowflies ( Diptera) and beetles ( Coleoptera) were the most abundant and useful for calculating the minimum postmortem interval for each rhino, the team ...
Why so many insects so late in the year? Warm weather is likely keeping them out longer
Have you noticed mosquitos, gnats or other unseasonable insects flying around? The warm weather is keeping them out longer ...
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Insect-killing fungi find unexpected harmony in war
When colonizing pests, the two fungal strains showed an uncanny ability to split up their victims. One strain tacitly invaded the front segments of an insect host, while the other colonized the ...