. Scientific Frontline: Entomology
Showing posts with label Entomology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Entomology. Show all posts
Sunday, May 17, 2026

How hoverfly eyes aid flying powers

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Male hoverfly, left, has bigger eyes than female (right). Photo Credit: Y Ogawa, Flinders University Scientific Frontline: Extended "At...
Wednesday, May 6, 2026

How Higher Temperatures Can Benefit (or Devastate) Bumble Bee Populations

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bumble bee (B. impatiens) Photo Credit:  Eduardo Goody Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Bumble Bee Climate V...
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

How can honeybees and wild bees coexist in cities?

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Urban beekeeping brings large colonies of honeybees into cities. These colonies then compete with local wild bee populations and may harm th...
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Goose poop could fuel a circular agriculture strategy

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Canada geese Photo Credit:  Alain Bonnardeaux Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Circular Agriculture via Blac...
Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Drought Takes a Heavy Toll on Bumblebees

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Bombus pascuorum, the common carder bumblebee, visiting a flower. This bumblebee species is the focus of the study. Photo Credit: Hanno Kort...
Monday, April 13, 2026

Global warming changes the hatching time of bees and wasps

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A red mason bee (Osmia bicornis) in its winter quarters, a reed stalk. It has just hatched and is preparing to leave the nest. Photo Credit:...
Thursday, April 9, 2026

Ant larvae control parental care by using odor signals

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Adults and larvae of the clonal raider ant Ooceraea biroi. Photo Credit: © Anna Schroll Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance...
Sunday, March 29, 2026

Wild red-tailed bumblebees (Bombus lapidarius): The Metazoa Explorer

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Wild red-tailed bumblebees (Bombus lapidarius) Left queen | Right drone Photo Credit:  Ivar Leidus Changes made: Combined images ( CC BY-SA ...
Friday, March 27, 2026

Some ticks can survive from 1 to 3 weeks on home flooring

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An adult male Gulf Coast tick. Photo Credit: CDC Public Health Image Library Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary : Tick Su...
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Study: Bumblebees are hosts for dangerous bee virus

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Red-tailed bumblebees can act as hosts for a dangerous bee virus. Photo Credit: Uni Halle / Patrycja Pluta Scientific Frontline: Extended ...
Monday, March 23, 2026

New UBC tool may help stop a destructive insect in its tracks

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Preserved moths. Photo Credit: UBC Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : SpongySeq Genomic Tool The Core Concept ...
Friday, March 20, 2026

Cells in the Mosquito’s Gut Drive Its Appetites

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Photo Credit:  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Mosqui...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Scientists discover bee species that depends on Texas shrub

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Silas Bossert, assistant professor in the WSU Department of Entomology, holds a pinned specimen of the new bee species that he and colleague...

Brown University scientists discover neuron pair in fruit flies that makes life or death decisions

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SELK neurons, shown here in green, are among the many partners of bitter-and-sweet-sensing taste neurons, highlighted here in magenta. Image...
Friday, March 6, 2026

Villages: underestimated habitats with potential

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Villages are still relatively little studied as habitats for pollinating insects – yet they offer considerable potential. Photo Credit: Pete...
Thursday, March 5, 2026

Arrival of Homo Erectus may have triggered Mosquitoes’ taste for human blood

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : Mosquito Evolution and Early Hominins Th...
Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Arabian fat-tailed scorpion (Androctonus crassicauda): The Metazoa Explorer

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Arabian fat-tailed scorpion (Androctonus crassicauda) Photo Credit: Per-Anders Olsson ( CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Changes made: Enhanced and enlarged b...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Collateral damage: Japanese beetle traps snare nature’s helpers

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A Japanese beetle on a marigold Photo Credit: Joseph Moisan-De Serres Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance" Summary : The E...
Saturday, February 14, 2026

Hidden insect diversity in grass shoots threatened by mowing

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Two female parasitoid wasps depositing their eggs in the larvae of the gall midge hidden in a reed shoot. The tiny gall midge larvae feed wi...
Friday, February 13, 2026

Mosquito taste receptor could lead to new insect repellents

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Finding the right taste to send mosquitoes packing could save hundreds of thousands of lives. Photo Credit:  Егор Камелев Scientific Frontli...