In fact, Argentine ants, one of the invasive ... phenotypical changes to affect even these species' microbiomes. Treehoppers are bizarre-looking winged insects that, like aphids, feed by sucking ...

It is among the largest of the ant species found in urban environments ... A new colony requires 3 to 6 years to mature and to produce 200 to 400 winged forms or "swarmers" every year. Swarmers are ...

According to the team, the relationship between the blow fly larvae and termites appears to be some form of social parasitism ...

The lizards only eat the winged males and females ... These observations apply to the two species of South European Harvesting Ants, Atta structor and A. barbara, and they furnish a clue to ...

They discovered that approaching ants get sent flying by Asian honeybee guards about half the time ... That’s because their Asian counterpart is at the mercy of a wider range of predators, invasive ...

“Most termites live several meters deep and have no visual perception. However, harvester termites come out at dusk to ...

Nature is full of impostors, and many of them are found in the insect world. Certain species, such as the bee fly or the ant ...

In view of the limited success of current pest control measures, we propose here to employ repellents as means to mitigate the effect of these species. We demonstrate that cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs ...

They discovered that approaching ants get sent flying by Asian honeybee guards ... at the mercy of a wider range of predators, invasive species, and other threats. They’ve had to adapt to ...