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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"pollen feeding"”.
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Dietary shifts in pollen-feeding lacewings (Nemopteridae) in relation to vegetation, biome and phylogeny
… of the Crocinae subfamily sharing 80% of its pollen sources with Semirhynchia, of the Nemopterinae subfamily. Aizoaceae reliance was only consistantly present in Nemia, which belonged to the phylogenetic lineage expected to rely on Aizoacea. All the members of the phylogenetic lineage not …
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Comparative Morphology of Sensilla Styloconica on the Proboscis of North American Nymphalidae and Other Selected Taxa: Systematic and Ecological Considerations.
… of eight variables tested between two distinct feeding guilds of North American Nymphalidae. Average number, density, extent of proboscis coverage with sensilla, their total length, and shoulder spine length were all significantly greater in the non-nectar feeding guild than in nectar feeders, …
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Identifying floral hosts of cerambycid beetles using palynology
Pollen is an important food source for many insects including the adults of beetles whose larvae are important forest pests. I quantified the distribution of pollen-feeding in adults of several species of long-horned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Palynivory by cerambycid beetles is common in …
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Infection Cycle, Transmission Mechanisms, and Management of Nosema ceranae in Apis mellifera Colonies
… fumagillin treatments and winter stimulative pollen feeding were compared. Neither treatment significantly lowered N. ceranae levels in colonies sampled 3-6 months later, nor did they significantly improve colony survival. Due to the high cost of treatment and the time required, we do not …
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Mushroom body expansion and the cognitive ecology of Heliconius butterflies
… the only Lepidoptera known to actively feed on pollen, which they collect from a limited number of relatively rare plants. In visiting these plants, Heliconius establish “traplines” – routes through the forest that they follow with a high degree of spatial and temporal fidelity, and which …
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Bionomy and host plant finding in oil collecting bees
… years. Not only female but also male bees fed on pollen of their host plants after hatching, and for females seems pollen feeding to be the trigger to search appropriate nesting sites and construct a cell. Following excavating a cell, they collected floral oil to line their cell walls. After …