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Biologist discovers pink-winged moth in Chiracahua Mountains
Jun 10, 2009 |
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University of Arizona biologist Bruce Walsh has identified a new species of moth in southern Arizona. Normally, this is not a big deal. The region is one of the most biologically rich areas in the country ...
Invasive Nettle Moth Triggers Hawaii Research
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Like children everywhere, kids in Hawaii love to run barefoot through tall grass. But an invasive pest called the nettle moth caterpillar can take the fun out of this simple childhood pleasure, ...
Online Encyclopedia of Life reaches 150,000 species
Aug 25, 2009 |
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The public and scientists have helped create the first 150,000 species pages in the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL), the global online project to create a page for each of the 1.8 million known species on the planet.
Calif. residents say moth spray dangerous
Jan 07, 2008 |
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Hundreds of Northern California residents have reported health problems since the state began anti-moth pesticide spraying in September.
Insecticidal toxin useless without 'friendly' bacteria accomplices
Mar 04, 2009 |
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The toxin produced by the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a popular insecticide used to control pest moths and butterflies, and in some GM pest-proof crops. In a study published in the open access journal BMC Bi ...
Plan to eradicate moth in California causing controversy
Jul 14, 2009 |
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An effort to eradicate the light brown apple moth by introducing sterile males into the population is doomed to failure and will waste millions of taxpayer dollars.
Monterey sprayed to confuse moth
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Sep 11, 2007 |
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Areas of California are being intensively sprayed with pheromones designed to create sexual confusion in a destructive moth.
To survive, tiger moths are bright for birds, click for bats
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Sep 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If you ate a spoiled hamburger from a fast-food restaurant, chances are you would be reminded of the experience every time you saw the chain's logo.
It's in his smell
Mar 03, 2009 |
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A female moth selects a mate based on the scent of his pheromones. An analysis of the pheromones used by the European Corn Borer (ECB, Ostrinia nubilalis), featured in the open access journal BMC Biology, ...
Boosting the numbers of rare moth
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Dec 05, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The University of Reading has collaborated with the National Trust on research which has resulted in one of the rarest moths in the UK returning to Derwentwater in the Lake District, nine ...
Which came first, the moth or the cactus?
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Aug 13, 2007 |
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It's not a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket… unless you're a senita moth.
The evolution of orchids
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Charles Darwin and many other scientists have long been puzzled by the evolution of orchids, the largest and most diverse family of flowering plants on Earth. Now genetic sequencing is giving ...
Scientists work to defeat gypsy moths
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Nov 16, 2006 |
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Ecologists have found a new pattern in the gypsy moth invasion across the Northeastern United States that might be useful in battling the moths.
ARS Scientists Help Fight Damaging Moth in Africa
Dec 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have launched a preemptive strike to combat the false codling moth, a major pest in its native Africa.
Researchers Create Robot Driven by Moth's Brain
Nov 19, 2007 |
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In a notion taken from science fiction afficionados, University of Arizona researchers presented a robot that moves by using the brain impulses of a moth at the 37th annual Society for Neuroscience meeting ...
