Field Diagnosis of Citrus Root Weevil Damage by Stephen H. Futch, Clayton W. McCoy, James H. Graham, Larry W. Duncan, Herbert N. Nigg

“…The little leaf notcher (Artipus floridanus) and Fuller rose beetle (Asynonychus godmani) are of less concern, but may be locally important (Fig. 1). …”
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Florida Predatory Stink Bug (unofficial common name), Euthyrhynchus floridanus (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) by Frank W. Mead, David B. Richman

“… The predatory stink bug, Euthyrhynchus floridanus (Linnaeus), is considered a beneficial insect because most of its prey consists of plant-damaging bugs, beetles, and caterpillars. This stink bug is primarily a Neotropical species that ranges into southeastern quarter of the United States. …”
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Sampling Guidelines and Recommendations for Submitting Samples for Diagnosing Laurel Wilt in Avocado Trees (Persea americana L.) by Jonathan Henry Crane, Romina Gazis, Jeff Wasielewski, Daniel Carrillo, Bruce Schaffer, Fredy Ballen, Edward A. Evans

“… Laurel wilt (LW) is a vascular disease caused by a fungal pathogen transmitted to avocado trees by several ambrosia beetle species and through root grafts among adjacent avocado trees. …”
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Sampling Guidelines and Recommendations for Submitting Samples for Diagnosing Laurel Wilt in Avocado Trees (Persea americana L.) by Jonathan Henry Crane, Romina Gazis, Jeff Wasielewski, Daniel Carrillo, Bruce Schaffer, Fredy Ballen, Edward A. Evans

“… Laurel wilt (LW) is a vascular disease caused by a fungal pathogen transmitted to avocado trees by several ambrosia beetle species and through root grafts among adjacent avocado trees. …”
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Picudo de la melaleuca (nombre común sugerido) Oxyops vitiosa (Pascoe) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by James P. Cuda, Susan A. Wineriter, Gary R. Buckingham, Ted D. Center, Kenneth T. Gioeli

“…This 5-page fact sheet is the Spanish-language version of EENY211/IN368: Melaleuca Snout Beetle, Melaleuca Weevil (unofficial common names), Oxyops vitiosa (Pascoe) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae), written by J.P. …”
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Establishment Cost of Avocados in South Florida by Braulia De Oleo, Edward A. Evans, Jonathan H. Crane

“… A major concern for the future of the Florida avocado industry is laurel wilt disease (LW), which is caused by fungus transmitted by the ambrosia beetle. Cost-effective management of LW relies heavily on the early detection and destruction of affected trees (sanitation). …”
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Picudo de la melaleuca (nombre común sugerido) Oxyops vitiosa (Pascoe) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by James P. Cuda, Susan A. Wineriter, Gary R. Buckingham, Ted D. Center, Kenneth T. Gioeli

“…This 5-page fact sheet is the Spanish-language version of EENY211/IN368: Melaleuca Snout Beetle, Melaleuca Weevil (unofficial common names), Oxyops vitiosa (Pascoe) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae), written by J.P. …”
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Establishment Cost of Avocados in South Florida by Braulia De Oleo, Edward A. Evans, Jonathan H. Crane

“… A major concern for the future of the Florida avocado industry is laurel wilt disease (LW), which is caused by fungus transmitted by the ambrosia beetle. Cost-effective management of LW relies heavily on the early detection and destruction of affected trees (sanitation). …”
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Wear Performance of Bionic Dimpled-Shape Pistons of Mud Pump by Xuejing Cheng, Tianyu Gao, Shaofeng Ru, Qian Cong

“…By imitating the body surface morphology of the dung beetle, this paper proposed a new type (BW-160) of mud pump piston that had a dimpled shape in the regular layout on the piston leather cup surface and carried out a performance test on the self-built test rig. …”
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Community Structure of Coleoptera Families and Staphylinidae Species as Potential Bioindicators in Atlantic Rain Forest by Taise Cristina Plattau Arenhardt, Marcelo Diniz Vitorino, Sebastião Venâncio Martins

“…Abstract Beetles (Coleoptera) are structurally and functionally important in tropical forest ecosystems. …”
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Efficient radiative cooling based on spectral regulation and atmospheric water harvesting with sunflower design by Tao Ma, Jiangbo Wu, Xiaoze Du, Shujun Liu

“…Summary: Inspired by the fog-collecting abilities of the Namib Desert beetle, researchers have developed wettability-engineered surfaces for fog collection. …”
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Flight Dynamics and Abundance of Ips sexdentatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in Different Sawmills from Northern Spain: Differences between Local Pinus radiata (Pinales... by Sergio López, Arturo Goldarazena

“…As much of this timber is imported to the Basque Country (northern Spain), a potential risk to conifer stands is generated, due to the emergence of the incoming beetles. Thus, flight dynamics and beetle abundance were compared in different sawmills, according to the timber species (either local P. radiata D. …”
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A protocol for analysis of the quantitative characteristics of leaf pubescence in potato by A. V. Doroshkov, M. A. Genaev, D. A. Afonnikov

“…Pubescence of this plants promotes resistance to insect pests, in particular, Colorado potato beetle and aphid, which is a carrier of viral diseases. …”
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Ophiocordyceps salganeicola, a parasite of social cockroaches in Japan and insights into the evolution of other closely-related Blattodea-associated lineages by João P. M. Araújo, Mitsuru G. Moriguchi, Shigeru Uchiyama, Noriko Kinjo, Yu Matsuura

“…Our analyses also show that O. sinensis could have originated from an ancestor infecting termite, instead of beetle larvae as previously proposed.…”
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Multistep Wind Speed Prediction Based on the Fractional-Order Longicorn Swarm Algorithm and the Two-Stage Modal Decomposition Strategy by Shuren Pu, Yuanchen Gao, Yifeng Sun, Chang Liu, Siyu He, Fengjiao Wu, Delan Zhu, Bin Wang

“…Addressing the challenge of selecting relevant parameters of LSSVM and VMD, a fractional-order Beetle swarm optimization algorithm is proposed to optimize the relevant parameters. …”
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Management of Invasive Insect Species: An Example of Anoplophora chinensis (Forster, 1771) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) by Vildan Bozkurt

“…In this study it is aimed to give information about citrus longhorn beetle A. chinensis short biology, hosts, damage, control and eradication measures carried out in Turkey and in the world and quarantine measures need to be taken.…”
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Prediction of the Strength of Rubberized Concrete by an Evolved Random Forest Model by Yuantian Sun, Guichen Li, Junfei Zhang, Deyu Qian

“…In this study, an evolutionary random forest model (BRF) combining random forest (RF) and beetle antennae search (BAS) algorithms was proposed, which can be used for establishing the relationship between UCS of RC and its key variables. …”
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Analysis on Hover Control Performance of T- and Cross-Shaped Tail Fin of X-Wing Single-Bar Biplane Flapping Wing by Pingxia Zhang, Junru Zhu, Yongqiang Zhu

“…Secondly, the control mechanism of hover is analyzed to describe the effect of two-tail fin on posture control. Thirdly, the Beetle was used as the control unit to achieve a controllable flight of flapping wing. …”
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Smartphone image dataset for radish plant leaf disease classification from BangladeshMendeley Data by Mahamudul Hasan, Raiyan Gani, Mohammad Rifat Ahmmad Rashid, Maherun Nessa Isty, Raka Kamara, Taslima Khan Tarin

“…The collected dataset includes comprehensive images of healthy leaves as well as four types of leaf affected by various diseases such as Black Leaf Spot, Downey Mildew, Flea Beetle and Mosaic. Utilizing this robust dataset, deep learning models can be trained to identify the leaf diseases which helps to detect the diseases in order to reduce the harm of the cultivation of radish. …”
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Identification and Expression Profiling of the BTB Domain-Containing Protein Gene Family in the Silkworm, Bombyx mori by Daojun Cheng, Wenliang Qian, Meng Meng, Yonghu Wang, Jian Peng, Qingyou Xia

“…In this study, we identified 56 BTB domain-containing protein genes in the silkworm, in addition to 46 in the honey bee, 55 in the red flour beetle, and 53 in the monarch butterfly. Silkworm BTB protein genes were classified into nine subfamilies according to their domain architecture, and most of them could be mapped on the different chromosomes. …”
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