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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Insect Collection"”.
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Seed-reducing Cecidomyiidae as potential biological control agents for invasive Australian wattles in South Africa, particularly Acacia mearnsii and A. cyclops
The collection of gall-forming Cecidomyiidae specimens and their parasitoids from Australia and South Africa during this project produced a large and valuable assemblage of material, most of which will be or has been lodged with the National Insect Collection (Pretoria) (parasitoids) or the South …
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A fundamental study of the sticking of insect residues to aircraft wings
… drag on airplanes due to fouling of the wings by insects. The present research studied the effects of surface energy and surface roughness on the phenomenon of insect sticking. Aluminum plates of different roughnesses were coated with thin films of polymers with varying surface energies. The …
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Identifying dryinidae (hymenoptera) - auchenorrhyncha (hemiptera) host associations using phylogenetics
… Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera), mostly from a wet insect collection at the Illinois Natural History Survey representing all major biogeographic regions. The 28S D2-D3 nuclear ribosomal gene region was amplified using PCR and sequenced. Attempts to sequence Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1, Cytochrome …
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Reference conditions for streams in the Grand Prairie Natural Division of Illinois
… fish stations, Illinois Natural History Survey insect collection data, and best professional knowledge were used to choose which streams to evaluate. The quality of these sites was assessed using the species richness of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera insect orders (EPT), a modified …
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Revision of Xanthomicrogaster Cameron, 1911 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae)
… species from the Canadian National Collection (CNC) and Texas A&M University insect collection (TAMU) is examined in order to understand the variation and geographic range of the genus. Previous descriptions of the genus and the recognized species are examined and placed into context …
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Distribution of cicadas in Illinois with a focus on the natural history, population genetics, and conservation of Megatibicen dorsatus (Hemiptera: Cicadidae)
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-04-12 without embargo terms