Not just bees and butterflies: Beetles and other brilliant bugs are nature's unsung pollinators
About 90% of flowering plants rely on animals to transfer their pollen and optimize reproduction, making pollination one of ...
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Antarctica's only native insect's unique survival mechanism
What's the only native insect of Antarctica have to do to survive? A research team has uncovered the special ability of the Antarctic midge to prosper in an extreme environment. Picture an ...
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Salomone: Throwing stones in the river.
Fly fishers have a lot of learning to do when it comes to all of the insects that tempt a trout. Of the four main insect groups — midges, caddis flies, mayflies and stoneflies — it is the stoneflies ...
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AGRICULTURE AT YALE.; Prof. Johnson on the Organic Principles of Plants--Dr. Fitch on the Hossian Fly and Wheat Midge.
The ichneumon-fly is always found in England wherever the midge is prevalent. This Insect punctures the larvae of the midge, in time destroying its life. The joint-worm of Virginia, and the chinch ...
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8 rugs to help protect horses who are prone to sweet itch
Can be fiddly to put on and off due to the close fit Have to purchase the neck cover separately This Snuggy Hoods rug offers total protection from midges, biting insects, flies and harmful UV rays.
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Not just bees and butterflies: beetles and other brilliant bugs are nature’s unsung pollinators
Exactly how midge orchids are attracting these tiny flies is not clear, but at least some Genoplesium species may be mimicking the smell of wounded insects. Biting flies can be annoying ...
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Antarctica’s only native insect’s unique survival mechanism
The Antarctic midge is the only known insect native to Antarctica. (photo credit: Yuta Shimizu / Osaka Metropolitan University.) An international team of scientists led by Osaka Metropolitan ...