Bionic Modeling Study on the Landing Mechanism of Flapping Wing Robot Based on the Thoracic Legs of Purple Stem Beetle, <i>Sagra femorata</i> by Haozhe Feng, Junyi Shi, Huan Shen, Chuanyu Zhu, Haoming Wu, Lining Sun, Qian Wang, Chao Liu

“…In this paper, the purple stem beetle (<i>Sagra femorata</i>), a natural flying insect, was chosen as the bionic research object. …”
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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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Black salt marsh mosquito Aedes taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) by Natasha Marie Agramonte, C. Roxanne Connelly

“…Its characteristic emergence in large numbers after rains and flooding events as well as its aggressive biting contribute to its notoriety as a pest insect. The black salt marsh mosquito is considered a nuisance in Florida. …”
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Sycamore Lace Bug, Corythucha ciliata (Say) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Tingidae) by Susan E. Halbert, James R. Meeker

“… The sycamore lace bug, Corythucha ciliata (Say) is a native North American insect that feeds on sycamore trees (Platanus spp., especially Platanus occidentalis L.). …”
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Sycamore Lace Bug, Corythucha ciliata (Say) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Tingidae) by Susan E. Halbert, James R. Meeker

“… The sycamore lace bug, Corythucha ciliata (Say) is a native North American insect that feeds on sycamore trees (Platanus spp., especially Platanus occidentalis L.). …”
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Toxicity of Common Indoor Household Insecticides Registered in Florida by Frederick M. Fishel

“…Insecticides are designed to control insect pests, but they can also be toxic (poisonous) to desirable plants and animals, including humans. …”
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Pillbug, Roly-Poly, Woodlouse Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille) (Malacostraca: Isopoda: Armadillidiidae) by Julie A. Franklin, Morgan A. Byron, Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman

“… The roly poly is an isopod, a type of non-insect arthropod also known as a terrestrial crustacean. …”
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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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The histone methyltransferase DOT1B is dispensable for stage differentiation and macrophage infection of Leishmania mexicana by Nicole Eisenhuth, Elisa Theres Rauh, Melina Mitnacht, Andrea Debus, Ulrike Schleicher, Falk Butter, Katerina Pruzinova, Petr Volf, Christian J. Janzen

“…In contrast to Trypanosoma brucei, in which DOT1B is essential for the differentiation of mammal-infective bloodstream forms to insect procyclic forms, L. mexicana DOT1B (LmxDOT1B) is not critical for the differentiation of promastigotes to amastigotes in vitro. …”
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An Investigation on the Effect of Aloe Vera (Brevicoryne Brassicae) Extract on Cabbage Aphids. by Ssembwere, Sailam

“…Further research is recommended to explore the potential of aloe vera extract in controlling other insect pests and to develop effective formulations for commercial use.…”
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Genomic patterns of strain-specific genetic structure, linkage, and selection across fall armyworm populations by Ashley E. Tessnow, Rodney N. Nagoshi, Robert L. Meagher, Todd M. Gilligan, Ben M. Sadd, Yves Carrière, Holly N. Davis, Shelby J. Fleischer, Kelly Richers, John C. Palumbo, Patrick Porter, Jose Carlos Verle Rodrigues, Gregory A. Sword

“…Abstract Background Molecular genetic approaches have become vital to understanding the evolutionary processes that act on insect pest populations. From mapping the development of resistance to monitoring and predicting pest movement, genomic tools can inform and enhance pest management programs. …”
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Designing and testing novel artificial shelter traps to mass-trap overwintering brown marmorated stink bugs: a proof-of-concept study in Northwestern China by Jin-Ping Zhang, Gonzalo Avila, Gang Ma, Qian-Qian Mi, Adriana Najar-Rodriguez, Ju-Hong Chen, Chun-Sen Ma, Feng Zhang

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Direct and indirect effects of land use on microbiomes of trap-nesting solitary bee larvae and nests by Birte Peters, Birte Peters, Birte Peters, Sara Diana Leonhardt, Michael Schloter, Alexander Keller

“…IntroductionThe global decline in biodiversity and insect populations highlights the urgent need to conserve ecosystem functions, such as plant pollination by solitary bees. …”
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A Threshold for Timing Applications of IGRs to Manage the Silverleaf Whitefly and Irregular Ripening on Tomato by David J. Schuster

“… The silverleaf whitefly, Bemisia argentifolii Bellows & Perring, has been the major pest of tomatoes in South Florida since 1988 (Schuster et al. 1989). The insect causes losses indirectly through the transmission of plant viruses, including Tomato mottle virus and Tomato yellow leaf curl virus in Florida (Simone et al. 1990, Polston et al. 1999). …”
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Robber Flies, Asilidae (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) by E. M. Finn

“…As their common name implies, robber flies have voracious appetites and feed on a vast array of other arthropods, which may help to maintain a healthy balance between insect populations in various habitats (Joern and Rudd 1982, Shurovnekov 1962). …”
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Robber Flies, Asilidae (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) by E. M. Finn

“…As their common name implies, robber flies have voracious appetites and feed on a vast array of other arthropods, which may help to maintain a healthy balance between insect populations in various habitats (Joern and Rudd 1982, Shurovnekov 1962). …”
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The exotic rust fungus Puccinia abrupta var. partheniicola on the invasive alien weed Parthenium hysterophorus in India: rediscovery and first report of an epiphytotic by Prakya Sreerama Kumar

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A Threshold for Timing Applications of IGRs to Manage the Silverleaf Whitefly and Irregular Ripening on Tomato by David J. Schuster

“… The silverleaf whitefly, Bemisia argentifolii Bellows & Perring, has been the major pest of tomatoes in South Florida since 1988 (Schuster et al. 1989). The insect causes losses indirectly through the transmission of plant viruses, including Tomato mottle virus and Tomato yellow leaf curl virus in Florida (Simone et al. 1990, Polston et al. 1999). …”
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Multiple resistance factors collectively promote inoculum-dependent dynamic survival during antimicrobial peptide exposure in Enterobacter cloacae. by Andrew N Murtha, Misha I Kazi, Eileen Y Kim, Facundo V Torres, Kelly M Rosch, Tobias Dörr

“…Here, we evaluate the genetic determinants of resistance to an insect AMP, cecropin B, in the opportunistic pathogen Enterobacter cloacae. …”
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Molecular Identification of Necrophagous Muscidae and Sarcophagidae Fly Species Collected in Korea by Mitochondrial Cytochrome c Oxidase Subunit I Nucleotide Sequences by Yu-Hoon Kim, Sang Eon Shin, Chan Seon Ham, Seong Yoon Kim, Kwang Soo Ko, Tae-Ho Jo, Gi Hoon Son, Seong Hwan Park, Juck-Joon Hwang

“…Identification of insect species is an important task in forensic entomology. …”
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