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I am collecting bumblebees in the Brazilian savanna. I collected 37 individuals which seem to belong to two species. I would like to kow who can help with the identification of these bumblebees.
13 September 2016 9,260 2 View
Collected September 2, 2016 in Donetsk, Ukraine
11 September 2016 1,185 17 View
What is the most efficient model for insect growth?
09 September 2016 5,447 13 View
Insect classification of A. D. Imms / Gullan and Cranston or any other? Some classify insects into 29 orders, some into 30 orders some 33 orders, some excludes protura, diplura and collembola.
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Read 5 answers by scientists to the question asked by Abhishek Shukla on Sep 8, 2016
08 September 2016 8,062 4 View
I need to identify adult Bradysia, does anyone know of identification keys?
07 September 2016 6,492 9 View
this insect emerged from attacked eucalyptus logs
06 September 2016 1,662 10 View
For a project (done by second year BSc biology students) we're looking for information on the waste products generated by the production of yellow mealworms. Any information is more than welcome...
06 September 2016 3,867 3 View
Hello, I have a big population of Sitobion avenae. But I am unable to identify which one is nymph and which one is adult. So kindly tell me how I can differentiate them?
06 September 2016 8,014 3 View
I am working with insect hemocytes. for identification, classification of Gupta (1994) and Johns (1959) was applied in previous studies with ambiguities. Now which classification is good. Can...
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I have conducted a choice bioassay：two plants (plants with same goowing days, control and treatment, respectively) were cultivated in a pot apart from each other with 5 cm，then 10 insects were...
04 September 2016 7,917 3 View
With increase in instar level of caterpillars , caterpillar gain weight. Is their any relationship which suggest that insect gain weight or lose weight with increase or decrease in temperature
03 September 2016 2,255 4 View
I want an explanation for the high concentration of Zn in the body of control insects collected from clear environment (control) having Zn fairly allied with the established standard level.
30 August 2016 7,333 3 View
These are found from Shiwan Dashan National Nature Reserve in China. Thanks!
27 August 2016 9,511 8 View
Can anyone send me specimens of Graphosoma lineatum lineatum (Linnaeus 1758) collected in North Africa (Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco)?
27 August 2016 6,613 3 View
I am looking for as many different survival curves for D. melanogaster as I can collect. Have many from the literature, but if anyone has survival curve data that they are willing to share that is...
25 August 2016 7,642 1 View
I have been hearing a repetetive croaking sound from a wasp nest in a wall, which is different from the regular humming sound they normally make. I have been hearing it mainly late at night and...
24 August 2016 9,658 2 View
ID of this insect
20 August 2016 8,708 24 View
There is some work on the expected amount of DNA per milligram of tissue.
20 August 2016 5,045 7 View
Recently I took some photos of this spider in a cave in the northern Peruvian Andes. Can anyone identify the Species, Genus or Family? Thank you very much !
18 August 2016 5,439 8 View
I amplifly ITS2 DNA from old mosquito samples preserved on naphthalene using antioxidant, but the target sequence does not amplify, only nonspecific fragments, smaller and more stable. This DNA...
17 August 2016 9,378 3 View
I want to cool down a room, so that no development takes place.
11 August 2016 1,111 2 View
While doing the identification for the said insect i am facing problem for exact identification. So please anyone help me out.
27 July 2016 4,204 3 View
Is found in dried fruits and stored coffee beans, corn, rice in warehouses with high humidity in Colombia
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