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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"lady beetles"”.
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The Effect of Aposematic Coloration on the Food Preference of Aphelocoma coerulescens, the Florida Scrub Jay
… this warning signal in its seeds, which resemble lady beetles and contain the concentrated toxin abrin. Aphelocoma coerulescens, an endemic and federally threatened bird in the state of Florida, shares a similar distribution with Abrus precatorius, making interaction between the two species …
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Methoxypyrazine removal in grape juice: Development of a removal system using odorant and pheromone binding proteins coupled with bentonite fining
Multicoloured Asian Lady Beetles (MALB) and 7-spot Lady Beetles that infect vineyards can secrete alkyl-methoxypyrazines when they are processed with the grapes, resulting in wines containing a taint. The main methoxypyrazine associated with this taint is 3-isopropyl-2-methoxypyrazine (IPMP). The …
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Plant diversity and its effects on populations of cucumber beetles and their natural enemies in a cucurbit agroecosystem
Populations of striped cucumber beetles (<i>Acalymma vittatum</i> Fabr.), spotted cucumber beetles (<i>Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi</i> Barber), western cucumber beetles (<i>Acalymma trivittatum</i> Mann.), Pennsylvania leatherwings (<i>Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus</i> DeGeer), Diptera …
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Improving Integrated Pest Management in Sweet Corn System
… chlorantraniliprole, and isocycloseram on lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) after 2, 4, and 6 days in the field. I found there was higher mortality in the bifenthrin and isocycloseram treatments across all three application dates than spinetoram, chlorantroniliprole and untreated …
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Murgantia histrionica (Hahn): new trapping tactics and insights on overwintering survival
… dead harlequin bugs and fewer dead beneficial lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) at their base than yellow panels. Thus, green was chosen as the ideal trap color to use for another field experiment that evaluated three trap types -- a corrugated plastic square panel, pyramidal trap, and …