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I have collected a lot of specimens, drown in a small pool at the Pantokrator Peak, at the yard of the monastery (together with many other insects, and some spiders).
14 August 2018 8,261 4 View
On larva or adult stages. Do you have any ideas about automating this process?
08 July 2018 4,986 3 View
Hello, I observed a Hydaticus sp. larvae in North Korea (predating on a tadpole) and I would like to be able to identify the species. Would anyone be able to help? Best,...
30 June 2018 7,189 3 View
Do you have some thoughts about automation of process? Smth like: 'Insects as Sustainable Food Ingredients ' https://bit.ly/2Kacfdc
27 June 2018 1,634 2 View
Where can I find information about occuring Gnathotrichus materiarius (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) in America/USA? I found some publications and I downloaded data from GBIF, maybe there is something...
25 June 2018 9,618 2 View
The picture was taken close to Hangzhou (Eastern China).
06 June 2018 7,336 10 View
Usually not seen any article, whether bed bugs spread any infection i.e. Hepatitis, HIV, yellow fever, JE etc.
31 March 2018 1,046 5 View
I found these insect pests on the Sal (Shorea robusta) trees. I found these trees were dying due to an unknown pest. I found these two pest only on the affected trees. These does not seem to be...
25 February 2018 3,598 11 View
I have read several papers about Nicrophorus vespilloides burying and copulation and I still have some questions. -Do only males bury the carrion? -Does male figth with intruders or also female?...
12 February 2018 8,577 9 View
Recently I performed histological sectioning of a whole tick (an Ixodid); however, since I have never worked with ticks before, I am having a hard time identifying the organs and structures. Does...
11 January 2018 4,842 2 View
I am designing a comparative study of life history traits among a small family of flies (Piophilidae, 82 spp worldwide). Seven species are present at my usual field site (Algonquin Park, ON). I...
14 December 2017 4,788 6 View
Can anyone advise me the literature(s) from which I can identify and discriminate female specimens of the genus Dasyhelea (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) upto species level?
27 November 2017 8,675 8 View
Hello researchers! I'm currently undertaking a project that seeks to asses the distribution of a minute gall midge, Arthrocnodax fraxinellus, and its associated parasitoids (Aphanogmus spp.) in...
14 November 2017 5,239 8 View
We are looking to develop an abundance scale to look at a sample of mites taken via berlese funnel out of House Wren nests as a part of a larger bird nest ectoparasite project. The mites are...
31 October 2017 1,170 4 View
Hi all, Does anyone have, or know of, a decent protocol for PM1 cell electroporation? My boss and I have been unsuccessful in doing this for some CRISPR genome editing experiments. We've had...
31 October 2017 5,695 1 View
Hi all, I'm looking through the size of eggs in Citrus thrips for addressing the the level of egg size plasticity as an implicator of maternal resource investment and sex allocation in...
27 October 2017 5,266 5 View
2 males (images 1-5 with genitalia) and 1 female (6-7) Labels: Balzapamba / [Ecuador] / R. Haensch S. donum Ch. Dupuis, Bruxelles, 1913 "Cyclocephala atricapilla Mannh." Nonetheless, this...
23 October 2017 621 4 View
These mites were found on strawberry plants (Belgium). Anybody an idea of the Family or Superfamily? Or recommended keys of mesostigmata?
04 August 2017 773 32 View
Lot of Macrolophus this year on Bactrocera oleae in south France.
27 July 2017 6,902 19 View
I attach some pictures of the same specimen.
12 July 2017 3,479 12 View
Could somebody help me identifying these wasp please? It is from central Chile.
07 July 2017 7,280 6 View
Hi all, I studied Monochamus saltuarius, a major insect vector of pine wood nematode, in Korean White Pine forests using Mark-Release-Recapture based on pheromone traps. However, their recapture...
06 July 2017 737 23 View
Dear delegates I wish to get some information on rearing techniques of rice yellow stem borer. I started doing the same on natural host. But i face difficult and also feel cumbersome in doing mass...
03 July 2017 10,080 25 View
It looks like Anopheles Arabiensis. But smaller and has white colour fungus like growths in the body (abdomen). They are bigger than the local mosquitoes. The habitat is a paddy field in a dry...
03 July 2017 4,586 9 View