Edessa meditabunda is a secondary pest within the piercing-sucking stink bug complex that attacks soybean crops in Brazil. The behavioral responses of males and females to aeration extracts from conspecifics suggested the presence of a male-produced sex pheromone. Gas chromatographic (GC) analysis of...
Sexually mature virgin adult males of the green stink bug, Acrosternum hilare attracted sexually mature virgin adult females in laboratory bioassays using a vertical Y-tube. There was no indication that males attracted other males, or that females attracted either sex. These results suggested that ...
Even obligate symbioses show signs of ecological contingency: Impacts of symbiosis for an invasive stinkbug are mediated by host plant contextdoi:10.1002/ece3.5454HOST plantsECOLOGICAL impactSYMBIOSISINSECT-plant relationshipsECOSYSTEM dynamicsINSECT rearing...
And normally that would be fine, but they were playing for a playoff spot and couldn't afford a stink bomb like that, not at that stage of the season. That makes me think they aren't very good. Three other things scare me from Tampa's perspective: 1. They're going against a red...
he was my first punk rock hero and had a profound influence on me. when I put a picture of him on my bass in 1977, it was the start of a whole new way of looking at things for me - they were never the same. I too became a punk rocker. I really dug the sound of his _void...
The male-produced sex pheromone of the red-shouldered stink bug, Thyanta pallidovirens (Stl) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) consists of a blend of methyl ( E 2, Z 4, Z 6)-decatrienoate ( E 2, Z 4, Z 6–10:COOMe), and the sesquiterpenes (+)α-curcumene, ()-zingiberene, and () -β...
作者: ME Rice 摘要: As fields are being scouted for second-generation bean leaf beetles, stink bugs are being found in greater abundance than usual during late summer. These stink bugs are unlikely to cause any economic damage (i.e., damage that would justify an insecticide application). ...
“He is not,” said Avery. “He lets me scratch him between the eyes.” The frog jumped and landed in Mrs. Zuckerman’s dishpan full of soapy water. “他没死,”埃弗里说。“他只是两眼中间那里被我抓伤了。”青蛙跳进祖克曼太太那满是肥皂沫的洗碗桶里。
Thanks to our own megamachine, it often seems to me that we have become a different species altogether, as though before social media and smartphones we were some-thing roaming in relative solitude, like wolverines. Back then, our lives were full of gaps. During the journeys between home ...
Give me a misty, grey day, my sweetheart, two umbrellas and good bowl of soup over sunglasses, sunscreen, bug spray and a fruity drink anyday! Hope you settle in soon or find a place that suits your personal tastes better. We can't WAIT to move to Washington! (Six years and counting...