Cypress Weevil, Eudociminus mannerheimii (Boheman) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Albert E. Mayfield, III

“… The cypress weevil, Eudociminus mannerheimii (Boheman), is a native insect that breeds primarily in scarred, weakened, or fallen bald cypress (Taxodium distichum [L.] …”
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Role of Leukotrienes on Protozoan and Helminth Infections by Alexandre P. Rogerio, Fernanda F. Anibal

“…Interestingly, some proteins from the saliva of insect vectors that transmit protozoans and secreted protein from helminth could bind LTs and may consequently modulate the course of infection or pathogenesis. …”
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Know Your Pests When Trapping Soybean Looper in the Florida Panhandle by Ethan T. Carter, Tyler Shaw, Libbie Johnson, Silvana V. Paula-Moraes

“…The sharp stigma looper, due to its high seasonal abundance and flight pattern similar to that of the soybean looper, was most concerning. This insect is not a pest and can be discerned from the soybean looper easily through its wing markings, if someone knows what to look for, but if these harmless moths were unwittingly thought of as soybean loopers, it could greatly skew population numbers and prompt improper applications of pesticides. …”
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Does Consumers' Awareness Impact Their Purchase Likelihood of Neonic-Free Plants? by Hayk Khachatryan, Alicia L. Rihn

“… Neonicotinoid (neonic) pesticides have been facing intense scrutiny because of their potential role in pollinator insect population declines. Research has shown that insecticide use in general has resulted in $284 million per year in damages to honeybee and pollinator services in the United States. …”
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Molecular characterization, chemical profile and biological properties of essential oils from Chamaemelum nobile (L.) flowers of Morocco: in vitro and in silico studies by El-Mehdi El-Assri, El-Mehdi El-Assri, Youssef El-Assri, Rajae El Brahimi, Mohamed El fadili, Asmae Baghouz, Hatem A. Abuelizz, Sara Er-Rahmani, Amal Lahkimi, Abdelhak Bouia

“…Insecticidal tests showed total insect mortality at 166 µL/L within 48 h and a 60% repellent effect. …”
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Review of the genus Diglyphus Walker, 1844 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Iraq by Zainab Mansowr, Hossein Lotfalizadeh, Majid Jafarlu

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Paraparesis and paraesthesia following a black ant sting by Norah Alobaid, Majed Alanazi, Sultan Aleshaiwi, Abdulrahman Alhassan

“…Several studies have linked these neurological complications to delayed immunological reactions that are triggered by insect antigen.…”
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Waggle Dances and Azimuthal Windows by O. Duangphakdee, S. E. Radloff, C. W. W. Pirk, H. R. Hepburn

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L’éducation relative à l’environnement pour stimuler différents niveaux d’engagement environnemental : le cas du dispositif Mon Village Espace de Biodiversité by Aurélie Tshibangu , Nicolas Becu , Anne-Caroline Prévot , Sylvie Houte 

“…The installation and the observation of a wooden insect shelter in private gardens (individual level) ; the participation to the management of a public apiary (communal level) ; the involvement in a group of citizens leading projects for biodiversity protection (territory level). …”
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Répartition de la biodiversité en France métropolitaine : une synthèse des Atlas faunistiques by Isabelle Witté, Julien Touroult

“…In this study, seven published atlases covering 507 vertebrate species and 425 insect species were combined for analyses. Different indices designed to pinpoint biodiversity hotspots were calculated for each quadrat in a regular grid covering the whole country : species richness, rare species richness, relative rarity index and an index of contribution to the global biodiversity calculated with spatial optimisation software (Marxan). …”
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Stick tool use by chimpanzees in a forest fragment in Uganda’s Budongo-Bugoma corridor: preliminary observations from Kasongoire by Aimee Oxley, Balinda Kiiza Jovan

“…The behaviour appears to be rare and insect prey seems not to have been actually ingested, but the observations provide further evidence of probing stick tool use by chimpanzees only 15 km from the main forest block. …”
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Tropical Fruit Pest Management Strategic Plan (PMSP) by Mark A. Mossler, Olaf Norman Nesheim

“…There are also a number of fruit quality issues which must be addressed both pre and post-harvest. Finally, insect problems are often specific to a crop, except for pests such as scales and mealybugs, which have wide host ranges, and are recognized as problems for most of the tropical fruits. …”
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Florida Pest Management Industry Economic Contributions Report by Hayk Khachatryan, Xuan Wei, Christa D. Court

“…Among other services, this industry provides insect extermination and control, bedbug extermination, mosquito control, termite extermination and control, and rodent control and extermination. …”
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The occurrence of the citrus flower moth, Prays citri (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea: Praydidae) for the first time in Iran by Helen Alipanah, Mohammad Reza Damavandian, Maedeh Abdi, Lida Fekrat

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Potted Poinsettia Production: Irrigation and Water Quality by Craig D. Stanley, Brent K. Harbaugh

“…Water management is a critical consideration for many aspects of production such as fertility control, media selection, and disease and insect control. In addition, because water conservation and protection have become important issues to society as a whole, poinsettia producers must consider management practices which minimize the impact that production has on the environment and water resources. …”
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Species Composition and Visiting Frequencies of Flower Visitors of Chromolaena odorata in a Dry Zone Forest Patch of Sri Lanka by D. G. R. M. M. Kaushalya Rathnayake, W. M. G. Asanga S. T. B. Wijetunga

“…The attraction of large numbers of insects is concluded to as one of the factors that contribute to the reproductive success of C. odorata in dry zone forests.…”
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Apple Maggot, Apple Maggot Fly, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) by Howard V. Weems, Jr., Thomas R. Fasulo

“… The apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) (also known as the "railroad worm") is an insect native to North America. Originally it fed in the fruit of wild hawthorn (Crataegus spp.), but during the past 130 years it has become a primary pest of cultivated apples, especially in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. …”
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Forest Tent Caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria Hübner (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) by James R. Meeker

“…Although this univoltine insect is called a tent caterpillar, it is unlike other Malacosoma species in that the larvae do not construct tents. …”
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Microwave Heating as an Alternative Quarantine Method for Disinfestation of Stored Food Grains by Ipsita Das, Girish Kumar, Narendra G. Shah

“…Insects and pests constitute a major threat to food supplies all over the world. …”
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Abundance of Sesamia nonagrioides (Lef.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on the Edges of the Mediterranean Basin by Matilde Eizaguirre, Argyro A. Fantinou

“…Diapause, a state of low metabolic activity and developmental arrest, is used by many insect species to cope with adverse conditions. Sesamia nonagrioides is a serious pest of corn in the Mediterranean regions and Central Africa. …”
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