A first-ever survey of Hambericho Mountain Forest in central Ethiopia recorded 32 butterfly species across forest, shrubland, and grassland zones, with each zone supporting a distinct community. Subject of Research: Baseline inventory of butterfly diversity and community structure across three vegetation…
A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researcher is helping explain how mantis shrimp see colors and detect types of light that humans cannot, offering new clues about how eyes sense the world. Megan Porter, a professor in the UH Mānoa…
Successive laboratory rearing of the egg parasitoid Telenomus busseolae reduced its parasitism rate, fertility, emergence, longevity and female-biased sex ratio within ten generations. After pupation, moths were sexed by genital slit morphology and paired in oviposition cages, and only egg…
A laboratory study reports that a strain of the cowpea aphid selected for acetamiprid resistance over 20 generations developed 25.57-fold higher tolerance, along with reduced fitness and upregulated detoxification genes.
A new Frontiers in Insect Science editorial gathers six studies showing that parasitic mites, viruses, pesticides and climate change are interacting to spread pollinator diseases worldwide. Subject of Research: An editorial introducing a research collection on the spread of pests…
Researchers in South Korea have produced the first comprehensive morphological descriptions and identification keys for the mature larvae of eight hornet species, revealing how difficult larval identification remains even with modern microscopy.
Intense Competition for Food Resources Invasive bees do whatever they can to survive. If you pay attention, you may notice they are less picky than local varieties. They have become generalists by default, taking whatever food resources they can get…
A machine learning and cell-based screening pipeline identified vanillin, eugenol, thymol, and organic acids as activators of the human TRPA1 irritation receptor, with molecular docking and simulations explaining their distinct binding modes.
The species nests independently and relies on the saltmarsh plant called sea aster for food A tiny zebra-striped bee, usually found along England's south and east coasts, has made an unexpected journey to the West Country. The rare sea aster…
Are species in temperate zones unmoved by climate change? Species-rich tropical regions are most vulnerable to rising temperatures Birds adapt physiologically to ambient climate, mammals adapt by behavior Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” Could Raise Sea Levels Twice As Much as Scientists…
Bees, butterflies, moths and other pollinators: their biology, health and decline, and the science of pollination.
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