News tagged with digger wasps
Beewolves protect their offspring with antibiotics
Digger wasps of the genus Philanthus, so-called beewolves, house beneficial bacteria on their cocoons that guarantee protection against harmful microorganisms. Scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Ch ...
Feb 28, 2010 |
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Megalara garuda: the King of Wasps
A new and unusual wasp species has been discovered during an expedition to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
Mar 23, 2012 |
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Costly copulation - research reveals the price of having sex
(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent study by Darrell Kemp, of Macquarie University, looking at the mating behaviour of the Australian plague locust has found that reproducing has a particularly high cost. According ...
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Bacteria in wasp antennae produce antibiotic cocktails
Bacteria that grow in the antennae of wasps help ward off fungal threats by secreting a 'cocktail' of antibiotics explains a scientist at the Society for General Microbiology's Spring Conference in Harrogate.
Apr 12, 2011 |
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Digger reveals Tiga's aqua secrets
Being claustrophobic and allergic to wasps on an island potholed with caves and swarming with giant wasps hasn't deterred UQ archaeologist Ian Lilley from his latest dig. Associate Professor Lilley has been ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 01, 2007 |
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