world database of #Cerambycidae #Longhorns #TimberBeetles #Beetles titan.gbif.fr/accueil_uk.h...
Holoparasite plant #dodder #Cuscuta in a native #prairie on this morning‘s hike #KansasCity
When caterpillars attack, the common bean plant relies on a receptor in its leaves to sound a chemical rallying cry that recruits predatory wasps, a new #ScienceAdvances study finds. https://scim.ag/434rXN5
Daum #Museum of #ContemporaryArt, www.daummuseum.org/ #Sedalia MO
Dr. Daum had great tastes, for artists who are so famous today. Good excuse to visit the Missouri State Fair nearby, every August, then escape the heat to Daum's aircon galleries.
Some army ants are extremely polymorphic. This photo shows a large soldier and a small regular worker of Eciton hamatum. If you saw them separately, you wouldn’t even think they belong to the same species. You might also notice the light color of the ants - both are callows / newly eclosed.
A plant receptor detects caterpillar attack and triggers emission of chemical cues to attract predatory wasps.
The Forest Service is trying to shut down research hubs because it says it needs to live within its means. But the agency plans to close facilities that cost less than $1 to rent while keeping open on...
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Honeybee queens come from the same ordinary fertilized female eggs as worker bees. So how does one bee become a queen - with the responsibility of serving as the ​colony's only baby maker - rather tha...
The Common Dodder, Cuscuta epithymum, at Incleborough Hill in North Norfolk is a sight to behold.
It covers the Common Gorse bushes, resembling some very silly string indeed.
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Mercedes Delfinado (1933-2026), trained in @universityofhawaii.bsky.social , worked on Philippine mosquitoes, other group of flies & arthropods, & co-edited a 3-volume Catalog of the #Diptera of the Oriental Region with D. Elmo Hardy. She passed away last June 8.
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