In the paper 'First discovery of adventive populations of Trissolcus japonicus', published in the Journal of Pest Science, the CABI scientists outline how—after a survey of native egg parasitoids of the brown marmorated ...
Ecology
Nov 2, 2018
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Rick Grimes has nothing on the humble American cockroach when it comes to avoiding zombification.
Plants & Animals
Oct 31, 2018
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Climate-warming affects farmlands by increasing pests but not their natural predators, resulting in reduced crop yields, new research has revealed.
Plants & Animals
Oct 23, 2018
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Next time you're stung by a wasp or a honeybee, consider the elegantly designed stinger that caused you so much pain.
Plants & Animals
Oct 9, 2018
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Researchers at the Universities of Exeter and Cambridge have shed light on why some species cannot tell the difference between their own offspring and those of intruders that have been slipped into their nests.
Plants & Animals
Sep 27, 2018
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A lack of understanding of the important role of wasps in the ecosystem and economy is a fundamental reason why they are universally despised whereas bees are much loved, according to UCL-led research.
Plants & Animals
Sep 18, 2018
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As many as twenty-one species of parasitoid wasps are described as new to science, following the first ever revision of their genus since its establishment back in 1893.
Plants & Animals
Sep 11, 2018
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Parasitic wasps existed as early as several million years ago. Within a project coordinated by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), researchers of various disciplines have, for the first time, definitively discovered ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 29, 2018
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In an article published at journal Acta Oecologica, Brazilian biologist Luciano Palmieri Rocha has proposed a new phase of the development cycle of fig trees (Ficus carica) and their specific pollinators, fig wasps from the ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 29, 2018
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Curtin researchers using 'stunt spiders' found male trapdoor spiders leaving their burrows to mate faced predators such as birds, lizards and rodents all year round while wasps posed a threat only in summer.
Plants & Animals
Aug 21, 2018
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