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rising summer temperatures
17 May 2017 3,655 4 View
I need thid paper http://ijs.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijsem.0.001756
15 May 2017 3,407 3 View
Hi everyone, i am researching on Plutella xylostella, and was feeding the caterpillars with cabbage, but i does not know if the moth need to a specific artificial diet or simple solution with...
15 May 2017 1,068 13 View
Wax worms, the larvae forms of moths such as Lesser wax moth (Achroia grisella), Greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella), and Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella), were recently discovered to...
12 May 2017 9,437 6 View
What are the basic morphological differences apart from the size? Is there any keys for identification? Following are the few publications with respect to morphology....
11 May 2017 3,694 6 View
This beetle has been reared from one of the numerous larvae that a colleague of mine collected from bee corpses (Apis mellifera) found on a hive bottom board. Size: ca. 1.5mm. Location: NE...
11 May 2017 4,984 12 View
I obtained three parasitoids from the same batch of eggs from a Reduviidae bug from Colombia possibly from the Platygastridae family. There are few published records of parasitoids in Reduviidae...
11 May 2017 5,908 3 View
I found bark beetle, probably Hypothenemus eruditus Westwood, 1836 (Curculionidae: Scolytinae), but I can't find any identification key to confirm it.If anyone has it I will be grateful for sharing.
10 May 2017 8,463 3 View
Recent news is worrying. Caterpillars of the wax moth Galleria mellonella digest artificial plastics (Bombelli et al 2017) and it has been suggested that they might be produced en masse to help...
05 May 2017 5,346 5 View
I consider breeding mosquitoes of this genus difficult. I wonder if anyone is succeeding in raising. Another advice are welcome, such as type of food, place for oviposition, development time...
05 May 2017 8,877 2 View
I would like to collect hemolymph (at least 10 microlitres) from worker bumblebees in the field. I tried the protocol by Borsuk et al. 2017 (Borsuk G, Ptaszyńska AA, Olszewski K, Domaciuk M,...
04 May 2017 1,898 2 View
I would like to test them as non-target species in a biocontrol project on Drosophila suzukii. I already have some species in my laboratory: - D. melanogaster - D. immigrans - D. busckii - D....
26 April 2017 1,955 3 View
I would like to create a phylogeny tree of different insect species. I’ve found many COI sequences thanks the supplementary data of Chesters (2016), but there is no information about the following...
25 April 2017 5,005 2 View
I am looking for those with toxic effects on caterpillars
24 April 2017 5,055 55 View
Do pheromones and aromas released by conspecific eggs, frass and larval food influence oviposition behavior of Idiophlebotomus padillarum more than the presence of Leishmania protist? If so, then...
20 April 2017 7,754 25 View
Hi everybody, we are using circular pitfall traps (regular yogurt cups) since many years, and unfortunately, sometimes we encounter mice and lizards as by-catch in our samples. These animals fall...
18 April 2017 7,052 10 View
I am trying to rear freshwater Ceratopogonidae larvae to associate them with adult forms. I have found only a handful of references mostly related to Culicoides sp. Any extra information on lab...
12 April 2017 269 13 View
Stephanopachys species are illusive with only few recent records known from Latvia. In order to clarify distribution pattern of these protected beetles, an innovative and highly efficient...
12 April 2017 2,167 7 View
My workshop's external siding seems to attract various kinds of things that do at least some of their growing inside a case of twigs, stones, or other junk. Some of them look like fine felt. ...
11 April 2017 893 11 View
I conduct the experiment on the control of T.castaneum by A.indica, Now I search for the review of literature related to this topic
07 April 2017 2,960 26 View
I am doing some biological studies on Tuta absoluta
05 April 2017 3,387 21 View
Thyrinteina arnobia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) is the major defoliator of eucalyptus plants in Brasil in the last 50 years. Since them, no parasitoid had been recorded for eggs of this pest in...
01 April 2017 8,941 4 View
Stages of development (nymphs, adults, eggs, ...) with accumulated day degrees
31 March 2017 5,204 3 View
Hello researchers, I have attached some photos of a single fly. Please tell me the species of this fly. I shall be highly obliged. Best regards Dr. Sidana
22 March 2017 8,602 7 View