How social insects recognize dead nestmates
RIVERSIDE, Calif. When an ant dies in an ant nest or near one, its body is quickly picked up by living ants and removed from the colony, thus limiting the risk of colony infection by pathogens from the corpse. The predominant understanding among entomologists scientists who study insects wa...Nervous Systems of Insects may Offer Clues on Neurodegenerative Diseases
By studying the addition of sugars to proteins a process called glycosylation in the nervous system of insects, Karen Palter, researcher of Temple University, believes she may be able to better understand neurodegenerative diseases in humans. Currently, her lab is involved in two collaborative r...Loss of Antenna Leads to Cancer in Insects
Insects have antennae. And increasingly, biologists are finding that most normal vertebrate cells have cilia, small hair-like structures that protrude like antennae into the surrounding environment to detect signals that control cell growth. In a new study published in the June 29 issue of...DEET in Bug Spray Tied to Neural Damage in Mice
...should probably worry more about the health risks from mosquitoes and other insects than about the potential harms of DEET, experts said. "This work was don...inesterase enzyme, which is involved in the central nervous system, in both insects and mice. Organophosphates and carbamate insecticides employ the same me...Robotics insights through flies' eyes
... researchers from various disciplines offer an approach that might be simple enough to be technically portable from one domain to the other, from the insects to the robots. ...Monthly Pet Pill Could Kill Fleas, Ticks
...for one month." Like some other flea and tick treatments, the drug kills insects as they feed on pets. The poison works as they digest the animal's blood, b...Other flea and tick treatments -- sprays and powders, among them -- expose insects to poison when they alight on a pet's body. Besides annoying the host a...June 2009 Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource Highlights Summer Skin Problems, Low Vision and Pilates
...in Problems ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Summer isn't always fun in the sun. Intense sunlight, hot and humid temperatures, poisonous plants and biting insects can cause a host of skin problems. The June issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource offers ways to prevent and treat common summer skin problems. ...Orkin Warns of Four Pests to Avoid this Fourth of July
..., fever, vomiting and other symptoms. These insects can even be deadly to people allergic to their ven...cademy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, stinging insects send more than 500,000 people to hospital emergenc...and protection against termite damage, rodents and insects in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central Amer...Keep Mosquitoes and More Out of Your Yard with Garlic From Garlic Research Labs, Inc.
... in grocery stores. Garlic has a natural sulfur which repels insects, including mosquitoes, ticks, fleas and even black flies. Spraying garlic to keep insects away is not a new practice. Farmers and master gardeners have been doing it for many generations. Mosquito Barrier is a three pronged attack. Fir...White Nose Syndrome: Is Pennsylvania Next?
...he Game Commission can accomplish on this important front. Bats are a tremendous asset to wildlife communities, and humans. Collectively, they eat insects by the tons and spare Pennsylvanians from myriad backyard flying pest and crop-damage issues. Unfortunately, people know more about elephants than the...Neptune Industries Reports Favorable Phase II Trial Results on Ento- Protein(TM)
...iet containing Ento-Protein(TM) actually tasted better than those fed fishmeal. The final trial, Phase III, will be used to select the proper blend of insects to achieve the fastest growth rate and optimum digestibility in farm raised fish. The Company anticipates completing the Phase III trial in the first ...Allergen, Insects & Venom, Yellow Jacket Venom IgG
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Allergen, Insects & Venom, Yellow Jacket Venom
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Allergen, Insects & Venom, Yellow-Faced Hornet Venom IgG
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Allergen, Insects & Venom, Yellow-Faced Hornet
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Allergen, Insects & Venom, White-Faced Hornet Venom IgG
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Allergen, Insects & Venom, White-Faced Hornet
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Birds, bats and insects hold secrets for aerospace engineers
ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Natural flyers like birds, bats and insects outperform man-made aircraft in aerobatics and efficiency. University of Michigan engineers are studying these animals as a step toward designing flapping-wing planes with wingspans smaller than a deck of playing cards. A Blackbird ...Ants and avalanches: Insects on coffee plants follow widespread natural tendency
ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Ever since a forward-thinking trio of physicists identified the phenomenon known as self-organized criticality---a mechanism by which complexity arises in nature---scientists have been applying its concepts to everything from economics to avalanches. Now, researchers at the U...Handbook of small grain insects available now
The Entomological Society of America (ESA), in cooperation with the American Phytopathological Society (APS), announces the publication of Handbook of Small Grain Insects, the latest in ESAs Insect Pest Handbooks series. This comprehensive color guide examines the biology and management of arthrop...Tropical insects 'go the distance' to inform rainforest conservation
EAST LANSING, Mich. The long-held belief that plant-eating insects in tropical forests are picky eaters that stay close to home dining only on locale-specific vegetation is being challenged by new research findings that suggest these insects feast on a broader menu of foliage and can be consis...Study assesses impact of fish stocking on aquatic insects
The impact fish stocking has on aquatic insects in mountain lakes can be rapidly reversed by removing non-native trout, according to a study completed by U.S. Forest Service and University of California, Davis, scientists. Their findings appear in a current online issue of the journal Freshwater...Why do insects like to eat some plants more than others?
In a study appearing in the forthcoming issue of The American Naturalist, Tom E. X. Miller, Andrew J. Tyre, and Svata M. Louda (all of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln) examined herbivore dynamics, specifically why plants aren't all eaten at the same rate. Plant-insect ecologists typically at...Like an arrow: Jumping insects use archery techniques
Froghoppers, also known as spittlebugs, are the champion insect jumpers, capable of reaching heights of 700 mm - more than 100 times their own body length. Research published today in the open access journal BMC Biology reveals that they achieve their prowess by flexing bow-like structures betwe...Biologist discovers pink-winged moth in Chiricahua Mountains
...nating when there is snow on the ground and flying off at the first signs of spring. Walsh said bats are the primary predators of moths, and so if the insects can make it through the winter, when bats hibernate, they will likely do well as the weather gets warmer. As to why L. leeae hasn't been found be...Corn Growers Reminded to Follow Refuge Requirements as Spring Planting Nears
...plant a refuge on their farm. These refuge acres ensure that rare resistant insects that feed on insect-protected varieties of corn will mate with susceptible insects and slow the development of resistance. Loss of the technology to resistanc...Digesting the termite digestome -- a way to make biofuels?
...g feedstocks, and maybe even other feedstocks that aren't on our radar screens yet." This kind of digestome analysis could also be applied to other insects that feed on woody material, such as wood-boring beetles, and certain wasps and flies, Scharf adds. ...Grace's Insect Medium from Sigma-Aldrich
Description:...dium were the first continuous lines developed. The basal medium, when properly supplemented, has been used to culture cells derived from a variety of insects including several species of lepidopterans as well as some dipterans. The medium is primarily used as a basal medium for the growth and maintenance of...