Is prey useful for estimation of biological in arable fields? Gardarin et al. observed with cameras that classic cards were consumed by completely different predators than unattached bruchid beetle larvae. Read more here: @gfoe doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2023.07

#Sentinel #pests #aphid

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discovering nature · @discoveringnature
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And on a nearby leaf I also found an mummified with a big hole in it. That's where the wasp exited.

#aphid #nature #naturephotography #entomology

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discovering nature · @discoveringnature
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And yesterday I found this little mummified .
Here it are little wasps that parasite on aphids. They lay there eggs inside livind aphids and their young eat the aphid from the inside.....

#aphid #entomology #nature #naturephotography

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Pestinfo · @pestinfo
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blue , caused by the polerovirus cotton leafroll dwarf is found in cotton growing areas of Africa, South America, Asia and since 2018 also in North America. It is efficiently transmitted by the cotton (Aphis gossypii) and can cause significant yield losses - review in Molecular Plant Pathology (2023, vol. 24, issue 6, pp. 513-526) by Surendra R. Edula and others - doi.org/10.1111/mpp.13335

#cotton #disease #Virus #aphid

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Jonny Clark · @BelfastRoadster
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Rob Knell · @robknell
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Life and death on the underside of a nettle leaf: foreground left an gives birth to a live nymph. Behind her is a recently killed by an , probably muscae. The posture of the fly is typical for one killed by this fungus: on the underside of the leaf, abdomen stuck out, wings forwards. This is all by the fungus to enhance the spread of the sticky infectious spores that are being released from the abdomen.

#aphid #fly #entomopathogenic #fungus #entomophthora #behaviouralmodification

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Phys.org · @physorg_bot
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RT @RoliRoberts
Fascinating whistle-stop tour of and its host by Nancy Moran - their tiny genome, their specific evolutionary dialogue with the host (+ve selection on Buchnera OMPs, bacteriocyte-specific genes, strong within-host selection...)

#bacteriocytes #eessymbiosis #aphid #buchnera

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Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 90.

Whilst bees hog the pollinator limelight the role play in this area should not be overlooked.
Hoverflies don’t ‘carry’ as much pollen as bees but visit more plants. They also help to control numbers.





#theBeeAt3 #hoverflies #aphid #bee #bees #beesofmastodon #beesanctuaryireland #beesanctuary #bumblebees #solitarybees #gardening #nature #organic #vegan #savingbees #pollinators #fun #flowers #photo #photography

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The Bee Guy · @thebeeguy
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Late here…
But could be early there!

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 90.

Whilst bees hog the pollinator limelight the role play in this area should not be overlooked.
Hoverflies don’t ‘carry’ as much pollen as bees but visit more plants. They also help to control numbers.





#theBeeAt3 #hoverflies #aphid #bee #bees #beesofmastodon #beesanctuaryireland #beesanctuary #bumblebees #solitarybees #gardening #nature #organic #vegan #savingbees #pollinators #fun #flowers

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Donald Hobern · @dhobern
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Finally (drumroll) the most abundant species in the processed samples.

Things I would never have recorded myself:

Cortinicara gibbosa (), Dumbletoniella callistemoni and Trialeurodes vaporiarorum (), Psychoda albipennis (), Lycoriella sativae (), Aphis spiraecola ()

Three . Two (Hoplostega ochroma and Phelotis cognata) are very familiar. I recognise Bedellia somnulentella, but I would never have been confident on the species otherwise.

5/5

#moths #aphid #fungusgnat #mothfly #whiteflies #beetle

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lime · @lime
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Aphids are an annoying pestilence, but they are also cute.

(niche hashtags there)

#aphid #desertrose

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Kerry Mauck · @AphidLady
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Colored pencil sketch of Hippodamia convergens eating an aphid. A gift for a friend who studies insect predators.

#entomology #aphid #beetles #insects

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Peer Community In · @PeerCommunityIn
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1/2 A new by : Chesnais Q et al. Transcriptome responses of the vector are shaped by identities of the host plant and the virus. doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.18.500

#preprint #OpenScience #PeerReview #pci_infections #aphid #myzuspersicae #biorxiv

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Ryan Hodnett · @ryanhodnett
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John Reed Pavan · @johnpavan
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John Reed Pavan · @johnpavan
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