News tagged with lepidoptera
Using radiation to sterilize insect pests may protect California fruits and vegetables
A new study published in the Journal of Economic Entomology shows that radiation can be used to effectively sterilize the light brown apple moth (LBAM), an insect pest found in Australia, New Zealand, California, Hawaii, Sweden ...
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Fossil moths show their true colors
The brightest hues in nature are produced by tiny patterns in, say, feathers or scales rather than pigments. These so-called "structural colors" are widespread, giving opals their fire, people their blue eyes, ...
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Nov 15, 2011 |
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Insecticidal toxin useless without 'friendly' bacteria accomplices
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 ...
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Researchers discover 'green' pesticide effective against citrus pests
University of Florida researchers have discovered a key amino acid essential for human nutrition is also an effective insecticide against caterpillars that threaten the citrus industry.
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Scientists refute Greenpeace claim that genetically modified corn caused new insect pest
An article in the forthcoming issue of the Journal of Integrated Pest Management (JIPM) refutes claims by Greenpeace Germany that the western bean cutworm (WBC), Striacosta albicosta (Smith), is "a new plant pest" that wa ...
Jan 06, 2012 |
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Six new species of Eucalantica micro-moths discovered from the New World
The Eucalantica genus belongs to the relatively primitive micro-moth group, Yponomeutidae. Six new species have been described by Mr. Jae-Cheon Sohn from the University of Maryland, College Park, USA and Mr ...
Jul 18, 2011 |
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Dual-sex butterfly hatches at Natural History Museum
A rare half-male and half-female butterfly has emerged at the Natural History Museum's Sensational Butterflies exhibition.
Jul 13, 2011 |
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Internet catches updated butterfly and moth website
Why should we care about butterflies and moths? Thanks to butterflies, bees, birds, and other animal pollinators, the world's flowering plants are able to reproduce and bear fruit. That very basic capability is at the root ...
Mar 08, 2011 |
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Nabokov’s blues
In 1967, novelist Vladimir Nabokov was asked what he might have done had he not become an author.
Feb 18, 2011 |
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Technology protects cotton from caterpillar's appetite
The furry-looking insects start their development smaller than the head of a pin, but the caterpillars soon develop an appetite for cotton as big as the crop.
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Glue, fly, glue: Caddisflies' underwater silk adhesive might suture wounds
Like silkworm moths, butterflies and spiders, caddisfly larvae spin silk, but they do so underwater instead on dry land. Now, University of Utah researchers have discovered why the fly's silk is sticky when ...
Mar 01, 2010 |
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Mescal worm test shows DNA leaks into preservative liquids
Just because you don't swallow the worm at the bottom of a bottle of mescal doesn't mean you have avoided the essential worminess of the potent Mexican liquor, according to scientists from the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario ...
Feb 09, 2010 |
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Grant to help zoo visitors learn more about science with their cell phones
Zoo visitors may soon use their cell phones to "Call the Wild" as part of a project led by University of Florida researchers to help the public learn more about the nature of science.
Nov 30, 2009 |
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