Hydrellia fly parasitic wasp Trichopria columbiana Ashmead (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) by Byron R. Coon, Nathan E. Harms, Michael J. Grodowitz, Emma N.I. Weeks, James P. Cuda

“…Despite successful establishment and range expansion of the Asian hydrilla leaf mining fly, Hydrellia pakistanae, population levels of the insect and associated plant damage have remained low. …”
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‘An unbidden guest at your table’: Purity, danger and the house-fly in the middle-class home, c. 1870-1910 by Neil Davie

“…This article will examine the roots of the ‘house-fly danger’ in late-Victorian England, exploring contemporary debates in both the scientific literature and the popular press, and will discuss the surprisingly diverse ramifications of public concern about these insects. It will be argued that the growing hygienist focus on flies as airborne carriers of disease co-existed, particularly in the earlier part of the period, with older more benign, attitudes to the house-fly, linked to the theories of natural theology.…”
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Chemical Analysis of Datura Metel Leaves and Investigation of the Acute Toxicity on Grasshoppers and Red Ants by Navaratnarajah Kuganathan, Sashikesh Ganeshalingam

“…After 10 minutes of exposure, the numbers of live insects were counted. The results showed the EC50 value was 12000 ppm for grasshoppers and 11600 ppm for red ants. …”
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Diversity and Composition of Hymenoptera Around Tidal Swamp Rice In Indragiri Hilir District, Indonesia by Zahlul Ikhsan, Aulia Oktavia

“…Hymenoptera found around tidal swamp rice areas of Indragiri Hilir Regency were 15.253 Hymenoptera insects consisting of 11 superfamilies, 37 families, and 304 morphospecies. …”
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In Vivo Exposure of Deltamethrin Dysregulates the NFAT Signalling Pathway and Induces Lung Damage by Prakriti Sharma, R. S. Sethi

“…Deltamethrin is an insecticide used to control harmful agricultural insects that otherwise damage crops and to control vector-borne diseases. …”
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Establishing criteria for the management of tephritid fruit fly outbreaks by Michael D. Ormsby

“…Abstract Tephritid fruit flies (Diptera; Tephritidae) represent a group of insects that include some of the most economically important pests in horticulture. …”
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The first record and occurrence of microsporidian pathogen, Chytridiopsis cf. typographi (Microspora) in Pityokteines curvidens (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) populations in Türkiye by Tuğba Sağlam, Mustafa Yaman

“…Entomopathogens can play a suppressive role on natural populations of pest insects. In the present study, the occurrence of Chytridiopsis typographi, the microsporidian pathogen of P. curvidens is presented for the Bolu region during four years. …”
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Evolutionary Relationship between Two Firefly Species, Curtos costipennis and C. okinawanus (Coleoptera, Lampyridae), in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan Revealed by the Mitochondrial a... by Masahiko Muraji, Norio Arakaki, Shigeo Tanizaki

“…The application of the molecular evolutionary clocks of coleopteran insects indicated that their vicariance occurred 1.0–1.4 million years ago, suggesting the influence of submergence and subdivision of a paleopeninsula extending between the Ryukyu Islands and continental China through Taiwan in the early Pleistocene.…”
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Minimizing Honey Bee Exposure to Pesticides by Amy T. Vu, J. D. Ellis, J. Klopchin, E. Buss, L. Diepenbrock, F. M. Fishel, W. H. Kern, C. Mannion, E. McAvoy, L. S. Osborne, M. Rogers, M. Sanford, H. Smith, B. S. Stanford, P. Stansly, L. Stelinski, S. Webb

“…Buss, and others and published by the UF/IFAS Entomology and Nematology Department explains the issue and provides strategies to protect honey bees and other beneficial insects from pesticides. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1027 …”
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Diversity and Composition of Hymenoptera Around Tidal Swamp Rice In Indragiri Hilir District, Indonesia by Zahlul Ikhsan, Aulia Oktavia

“…Hymenoptera found around tidal swamp rice areas of Indragiri Hilir Regency were 15.253 Hymenoptera insects consisting of 11 superfamilies, 37 families, and 304 morphospecies. …”
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A Mosquito Culex cedecei Stone and Hair (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) by Kristin Elizabeth Sloyer, Nathan Daniel Burkett-Cadena

“… The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms relevant to Florida. …”
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Design of a Property-Based Rainwater Drainage System at FETADFA Campus. by Orikiiriza, Agnes

“…The Faculty of Engineering, Technology Applied Design and Fine Art suffers from localized ponding due to heavy rains and this has resulted into water ingress into the buildings, inadequate space for parking and socializing amongst students since the compound and some walkways are inaccessible leading to stagnation thus resulting into a habitat for frogs, snails and insects such as mosquitoes. Roof drainage system in particular siphonic roof drainage system has been designed for the large roof areas. …”
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Biology of Predatory Fire Caterpillar, Sycanus sp. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), when fed Alternative with Black Soldier Fly Maggots (Hermetia illucens) by Nadila Hayati, Rusli Rustam, Irwin Mirza Umami, Andriyani Prasetiyowati

“…The results showed that predatory insects, Sycanus sp., can thrive well by providing alternative feed, such as Black Soldier Fly (BSF) (Hermetia illucens) maggots. …”
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Diet breadth of fish communities in Vamanapuram river, Kerala, South India by S. David Kingston, Koos Vijverber, P. Natarajan, Tigist Ashagre Amare

“…Their main food has been observed to be terrestrial insects. The generalists like Rasbora daniconius and Puntius filamentosus have diet breadth of 3.27 and 4.15, respectively. …”
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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

“…In addition, significant differences were found between imported P. pinaster and P. radiata regarding the number of insects beneath the bark. The development of IPM strategies for controlling I. sexdentatus populations is recommended, due to the insect abundance found in P. pinaster imported timber.…”
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ANIMALS IN ADVERTISING (LITERATURE REVIEW) by Yuliya V. Massalskaya, Anastasiya V. Nikolaeva

“…The difference between the use of domesticated and non-domesticated animals in advertising is also noted, and the animals (mainly insects) whose appearance is considered to be the most unlikely in the advertisement are listed.…”
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The effect of defoliation of silver birch (Betula pendula R.) by gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar L.) on the composition and content of chemical compounds in its leaves under anthropog... by E.V. Koltunov

“…Periodic outbreaks of insects cause significant ecological and economic damage to forests. …”
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The Microbiome of Animals: Implications for Conservation Biology by Simon Bahrndorff, Tibebu Alemu, Temesgen Alemneh, Jeppe Lund Nielsen

“…Together these studies suggest that the microbiome of insects is highly dependent on the environment, species, and populations and affects the fitness of species. …”
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Self-Organized Fission-Fusion Control Algorithm for Flocking Systems Based on Intermittent Selective Interaction by Panpan Yang, Maode Yan, Jiacheng Song, Ye Tang

“…In nature, gregarious animals, insects, or bacteria usually exhibit paradoxical behaviors in the form of group fission and fusion, which exerts an important influence on group’s pattern formation, information transfer, and epidemiology. …”
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Rural Acoustic Landscape Analysis Based on Segmentation and Extraction of Spectral Image Feature Information by Huijun Xiao, Tangsen Huang, Ensong Jiang

“…The experimental results show that the sound of insects and birds reaches the maximum in spring and the minimum in autumn and winter. …”
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