Magnesium Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesized from Solanum elaeagnifolium and their Effect Against Mealybugs Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley by Worood A. Gorge, Mohammed F. Abood

“…The results showed that the highest relative efficiency in killing the insects at the first instar was 100% three days after treatment with nano seed extract, 84% at the third instar, and 75% for mealybug adults after seven days of treatment. …”
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Characterization of Littoral Macrozoobenthos Communities of the Kuybyshev Reservoir in the Area of Kazan by G.S. Tarasov, O.I. Khamitov, L.A. Frolova

“…Zoobenthos samples were characterized by the absence of some orders of insects (Trichoptera, Coleoptera larvae and adults) and Maxillopoda. …”
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Microscale total genomic DNA was used to explore the complete mitochondrial genomes of two biting midge species of the family Ceratopogonidae (Insecta: Diptera) by Xiaohong Jiang, Yao Xie, Qiongyou Liu

“…Sequencing of total or mitochondrial genomic DNA requires large amounts insect samples; however, obtaining these samples is very difficult for some insect species. …”
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Diversity and bioindicators of natural enemies in organic paddy fields implementing habitat modification by Setyadin Yuris, Leksono Amin Setyo, Tarno Hagus

“…Results showed that habitat modification with BF balanced the visiting patterns of herbivorous, predatory, parasitoid, and pollinator insects. The importance value index of predatory insects was higher in plots using habitat modification (PV = 44.65%, and PG = 46.04%) compared to plots without habitat modification (KV = 37.71%, and KG = 38.54%). …”
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Dissecting the sterility phenotype in gene edited Drosophila suzukii pgSIT males by Avery D. Witherbee, Stephanie Gamez

“…However, these methods are becoming increasingly ineffective against D. suzukii due to increased resistance against insecticides and increasing labor costs. Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) has been used successfully to control many agricultural pests, but the use of irradiation, sex sorting, and the requirement to scale these insects make it costly to implement. pgSIT (precision guided Sterile Insect Technique) is a novel and efficient way to generate sterile males through genetic engineering and overcomes the drawbacks of traditional SIT. pgSIT has been implemented in multiple Dipteran insects, including D. suzukii, and has been shown to suppress wild insect populations. …”
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Long journey of 16S rRNA‐amplicon sequencing toward cell‐based functional bacterial microbiota characterization by Jianshi Jin, Xiongduo Liu, Katsuyuki Shiroguchi

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Antibacterial, Antifungal, and Insecticidal Potentials of Oxalis corniculata and Its Isolated Compounds by Azizur Rehman, Ali Rehman, Ijaz Ahmad

“…The results showed that compound 2 was more active than compound 1 against the tested bacterial strains and insects.…”
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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

“…However, other insect orders are also parasitized by these fungi, for example the Blattodea (termites and cockroaches). …”
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Impact of the Spittlebug Mahanarva spectabilis on Signal Grass by Tiago Teixeira Resende, Alexander Machado Auad, Marcy das Graças Fonseca, Thiago Henrique dos Santos, Tamiris Moreira Vieira

“…The dry mass content was higher in plants exposed to 24 insects for 10 days, suggesting that the attack of spittlebugs caused premature drying of the plant. …”
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Keeping it Clean: Pest Control, Roaches and Ants by Mary N. Harrison

“… The two most common insects that present pest control problems for Floridians are roaches and ants. …”
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Tomato Bug, Tobacco Leaf Bug, Tomato Mirid, Green Tobacco Capsid Nesidiocoris tenuis Reuter (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae) by Victoria Oluwaseun Adeleye, Dakshina R. Seal

“… The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms relevant to Florida. …”
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Sibling Species in the Eurydice Group of Lethe (Lepidoptera: Satyridae) by Rino T. Cardé, Arthur M. Shapiro, Harry K. Clench

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Keeping it Clean: Pest Control, Roaches and Ants by Mary N. Harrison

“… The two most common insects that present pest control problems for Floridians are roaches and ants. …”
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Bean Thrips Caliothrips fasciatus (Pergande, 1895) (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae) by Rafia Khan, Dakshina Seal, Rosan Adhikari

“… The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms relevant to Florida. …”
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Pork Worm Trichinella spiralis (Paget, 1835) (Nematoda:Enoplea:Trichocephalida: Trichinellidae) by Daniel J. Freed, Peter DiGennaro

“… The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms relevant to Florida. …”
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Three-cornered Alfalfa Hopper Spissistilus festinus (Say) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Membracidae) by Rafia Khan, Dakshina Seal, Victoria Adeleye, Garima Garima

“… The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms relevant to Florida. …”
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Making Simple Repairs: Repairing Screens by Mary N. Harrison

“… Holes in your screens allow insects, including flies, mosquitoes, and cockroaches to enter your home. …”
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Investigations on Beekeeping and Breeding of <i>Apis cerana</i> in China by Xinying Qu, Xinru Zhang, Guiqian Zhang, Hanrong Qin, Huixia Zhang, Huiyu Tian, Xiao Chen

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Body size, richness, and abundance of Staphylinidae unaffected by landscape composition and cropping system in a push–pull maize system in Kenya by Nina Garcia Devine, Tim Luttermoser, Katja Poveda

“…Moreover, local factors such as farm management strategies have also been shown to affect functional traits in insects. Studies of local or landscape effects on functional traits are often contradictory in temperate regions, and absent from tropical regions. …”
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Searching for a common host: parasitoids of Lema daturaphila on Datura stramonium in Central Mexico by Carol Estefanía Villanueva-Hernández, Juan Núñez-Farfán

“…Background Natural enemies of herbivore insects can change the arms race between plants and insects. …”
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