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INSECTS of the order Coleoptera, containing over 350,000 species in 150 families. They possess hard bodies and their mouthparts are adapted for chewing.

A genus of small beetles of the family Tenebrionidae; T. confusum is the "confused flour beetle".

A genus of beetles which infests grain products. Its larva is called mealworm.

An order of fungi in the phylum ASCOMYCOTA that are important plant pathogens.

BEETLES in the family Curculionidae and the largest family in the order COLEOPTERA. They have a markedly convex shape and many are considered pests.

Wormlike or grublike stage, following the egg in the life cycle of insects, worms, and other metamorphosing animals.

A plant genus in the family PINACEAE, order Pinales, class Pinopsida, division Coniferophyta. They are evergreen trees mainly in temperate climates.

An inactive stage between the larval and adult stages in the life cycle of insects.

Proteins found in any species of insect.

The process of laying or shedding fully developed eggs (OVA) from the female body. The term is usually used for certain INSECTS or FISHES with an organ called ovipositor where eggs are stored or deposited before expulsion from the body.

A product of hard secondary xylem composed of CELLULOSE, hemicellulose, and LIGNANS, that is under the bark of trees and shrubs. It is used in construction and as a source of CHARCOAL and many other products.

Woody, usually tall, perennial higher plants (Angiosperms, Gymnosperms, and some Pterophyta) having usually a main stem and numerous branches.

Works containing information articles on subjects in every field of knowledge, usually arranged in alphabetical order, or a similar work limited to a special field or subject. (From The ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science, 1983)

The encapsulated embryos of flowering plants. They are used as is or for animal feed because of the high content of concentrated nutrients like starches, proteins, and fats. Rapeseed, cottonseed, and sunflower seed are also produced for the oils (fats) they yield.

Substances made up of an aggregation of small particles, as that obtained by grinding or trituration of a solid drug. In pharmacy it is a form in which substances are administered. (From Dorland, 28th ed)

The dried seeds, bark, root, stems, buds, leaves, or fruit of aromatic plants used to season food.

A polyvinyl resin used extensively in the manufacture of plastics, including medical devices, tubing, and other packaging. It is also used as a rubber substitute.

Baked food product made of flour or meal that is moistened, kneaded, and sometimes fermented. A major food since prehistoric times, it has been made in various forms using a variety of ingredients and methods.

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE service for health professionals and consumers. It links extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other reviewed sources of information on specific diseases and conditions.

A type of XIPAPILLOMAVIRUS causing alimentary carcinoma in cattle. It is related to Bovine papillomavirus 3.

A beverage made from ground COFFEA beans (SEEDS) infused in hot water. It generally contains CAFFEINE and THEOPHYLLINE unless it is decaffeinated.

Compounds, either natural or synthetic, which block development of the growing insect.

An order of insects, restricted mostly to the tropics, containing at least eight families. A few species occur in temperate regions of North America.

Periodic casting off FEATHERS; HAIR; or cuticle. Molting is a process of sloughing or desquamation, especially the shedding of an outer covering and the development of a new one. This phenomenon permits growth in ARTHROPODS, skin renewal in AMPHIBIANS and REPTILES, and the shedding of winter coats in BIRDS and MAMMALS.

The production of offspring by selective mating or HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC in animals or plants.

A class of devices combining electrical and mechanical components that have at least one of the dimensions in the micrometer range (between 1 micron and 1 millimeter). They include sensors, actuators, microducts, and micropumps.

The prevention of growth and or spread of unwanted plants.

The class Insecta, in the phylum ARTHROPODA, whose members are characterized by division into three parts: head, thorax, and abdomen. They are the dominant group of animals on earth; several hundred thousand different kinds having been described. Three orders, HEMIPTERA; DIPTERA; and SIPHONAPTERA; are of medical interest in that they cause disease in humans and animals. (From Borror et al., An Introduction to the Study of Insects, 4th ed, p1)

A weight-carrying structure for navigation of the air that is supported either by its own buoyancy or by the dynamic action of the air against its surfaces. (Webster, 1973)

A genus of the order Sirenia characterized by a notched tail, the presence of nasal bones and a long nasal cavity, and large columnar teeth lacking enamel. Dugongs inhabit the coastal waters of the Indian Ocean, Red Sea, and the Malay Archipelago. (From Scott, Concise Encyclopedia Biology, 1996)

Written or other literary works whose subject matter is medical or about the profession of medicine and related areas.

Hemorrhagic necrosis that was first demonstrated in rabbits with a two-step reaction, an initial local (intradermal) or general (intravenous) injection of a priming endotoxin (ENDOTOXINS) followed by a second intravenous endotoxin injection (provoking agent) 24 h later. The acute inflammation damages the small blood vessels. The following intravascular coagulation leads to capillary and venous THROMBOSIS and NECROSIS. Shwartzman phenomenon can also occur in other species with a single injection of a provoking agent, and during infections or pregnancy. Its susceptibility depends on the status of IMMUNE SYSTEM, coagulation, FIBRINOLYSIS, and blood flow.

Insect members of the superfamily Apoidea, found almost everywhere, particularly on flowers. About 3500 species occur in North America. They differ from most WASPS in that their young are fed honey and pollen rather than animal food.

Catalyzes the oxidation of GLUTATHIONE to GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE in the presence of NADP+. Deficiency in the enzyme is associated with HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA. Formerly listed as EC 1.6.4.2.

A change in electrical resistance of the skin, occurring in emotion and in certain other conditions.

The outer layer of the woody parts of plants.

A plant genus in the family PINACEAE, order Pinales, class Pinopsida, division Coniferophyta. They are evergreen, pyramidal trees with whorled branches and thin, scaly bark. Each of the linear, spirally arranged leaves is jointed near the stem on a separate woody base.

The science of developing, caring for, or cultivating forests.

Eating of excrement by animal species.

Accumulations of solid or liquid animal excreta usually from stables and barnyards with or without litter material. Its chief application is as a fertilizer. (From Webster's 3d ed)

Large aggregates of CELESTIAL STARS; COSMIC DUST; and gas. (From McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)

A family of hoofed MAMMALS consisting of HORSES, donkeys, and zebras. Members of this family are strict herbivores and can be classified as either browsers or grazers depending on how they feed.

A superfamily of parasitic nematodes which requires one or two intermediate arthropod hosts before finally being eaten by the final host. Its organisms occur rarely in man.

A family of New World monkeys in the infraorder PLATYRRHINI consisting of two subfamilies: Callicebinae and Pitheciinae.

The adopting or performing the role of another significant individual in order to gain insight into the behavior of that person.

The fourth planet in order from the sun. Its two natural satellites are Deimos and Phobos. It is one of the four inner or terrestrial planets of the solar system.

The environment outside the earth or its atmosphere. The environment may refer to a closed cabin (such as a space shuttle or space station) or to space itself, the moon, or other planets.

The gaseous envelope surrounding a planet or similar body. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)

Sensitivity or attachment to religious values, or to things of the spirit as opposed to material or worldly interests. (from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th ed, and Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed)

A form of interactive entertainment in which the player controls electronically generated images that appear on a video display screen. This includes video games played in the home on special machines or home computers, and those played in arcades.

HSP27 multimerization mediated by phosphorylation-sensitive intermolecular interactions at the amino terminus. (1/1413)

Distinct biochemical activities have been reported for small and large molecular complexes of heat shock protein 27 (HSP27), respectively. Using glycerol gradient ultracentrifugation and chemical cross-linking, we show here that Chinese hamster HSP27 is expressed in cells as homotypic multimers ranging from dimers up to 700-kDa oligomers. Treatments with arsenite, which induces phosphorylation on Ser15 and Ser90, provoked a major change in the size distribution of the complexes that shifted from oligomers to dimers. Ser90 phosphorylation was sufficient and necessary for causing this change in structure. Dimer formation was severely inhibited by replacing Ser90 with Ala90 but not by replacing Ser15 with Ala15. Using the yeast two-hybrid system, two domains were identified that were responsible for HSP27 intermolecular interactions. One domain was insensitive to phosphorylation and corresponded to the C-terminal alpha-crystallin domain. The other domain was sensitive to serine 90 phosphorylation and was located in the N-terminal region of the protein. Fusion of this N-terminal domain to firefly luciferase conferred luciferase with the capacity to form multimers that dissociated into monomers upon phosphorylation. A deletion within this domain of residues Arg5-Tyr23, which contains a WDPF motif found in most proteins of the small heat shock protein family, yielded a protein that forms only phosphorylation-insensitive dimers. We propose that HSP27 forms stable dimers through the alpha-crystallin domain. These dimers further multimerize through intermolecular interactions mediated by the phosphorylation-sensitive N-terminal domain. (+info)

Photorhabdus luminescens W-14 insecticidal activity consists of at least two similar but distinct proteins. Purification and characterization of toxin A and toxin B. (2/1413)

Both the bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens alone and its symbiotic Photorhabdus-nematode complex are known to be highly pathogenic to insects. The nature of the insecticidal activity of Photorhabdus bacteria was investigated for its potential application as an insect control agent. It was found that in the fermentation broth of P. luminescens strain W-14, at least two proteins, toxin A and toxin B, independently contributed to the oral insecticidal activity against Southern corn rootworm. Purified toxin A and toxin B exhibited single bands on native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and two peptides of 208 and 63 kDa on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The native molecular weight of both the toxin A and toxin B was determined to be approximately 860 kDa, suggesting that they are tetrameric. NH2-terminal amino acid sequencing and Western analysis using monospecific antibodies to each toxin demonstrated that the two toxins were distinct but homologous. The oral potency (LD50) of toxin A and toxin B against Southern corn rootworm larvae was determined to be similar to that observed with highly potent Bt toxins against lepidopteran pests. In addition, it was found that the two peptides present in toxin B could be processed in vitro from a 281-kDa protoxin by endogenous P. luminescens proteases. Proteolytic processing was shown to enhance insecticidal activity. (+info)

In vivo regulation of beta-MHC gene in rodent heart: role of T3 and evidence for an upstream enhancer. (3/1413)

Cardiac beta-myosin heavy chain (beta-MHC) gene expression is mainly regulated through transcriptional processes. Although these results are based primarily on in vitro cell culture models, relatively little information is available concerning the interaction of key regulatory factors thought to modulate MHC expression in the intact rodent heart. Using a direct gene transfer approach, we studied the in vivo transcriptional activity of different-length beta-MHC promoter fragments in normal control and in altered thyroid states. The test beta-MHC promoter was fused to a firefly luciferase reporter gene, whereas the control alpha-MHC promoter was fused to the Renilla luciferase reporter gene and was used to account for variations in transfection efficiency. Absolute reporter gene activities showed that beta- and alpha-MHC genes were individually and reciprocally regulated by thyroid hormone. The beta-to-alpha ratios of reporter gene expression demonstrated an almost threefold larger beta-MHC gene expression in the longest than in the shorter promoter fragments in normal control animals, implying the existence of an upstream enhancer. A mutation in the putative thyroid response element of the -408-bp beta-MHC promoter construct caused transcriptional activity to drop to null. When studied in the -3, 500-bp beta-MHC promoter, construct activity was reduced ( approximately 100-fold) while thyroid hormone responsiveness was retained. These findings suggest that, even though the bulk of the thyroid hormone responsiveness of the gene is contained within the first 215 bp of the beta-MHC promoter sequence, the exact mechanism of triiodothyronine (T3) action remains to be elucidated. (+info)

Glucose generates sub-plasma membrane ATP microdomains in single islet beta-cells. Potential role for strategically located mitochondria. (4/1413)

Increases in the concentration of free ATP within the islet beta-cell may couple elevations in blood glucose to insulin release by closing ATP-sensitive K+ (KATP) channels and activating Ca2+ influx. Here, we use recombinant targeted luciferases and photon counting imaging to monitor changes in free [ATP] in subdomains of single living MIN6 and primary beta-cells. Resting [ATP] in the cytosol ([ATP]c), in the mitochondrial matrix ([ATP]m), and beneath the plasma membrane ([ATP]pm) were similar ( approximately 1 mM). Elevations in extracellular glucose concentration (3-30 mM) increased free [ATP] in each domain with distinct kinetics. Thus, sustained increases in [ATP]m and [ATP]pm were observed, but only a transient increase in [ATP]c. However, detectable increases in [ATP]c and [ATP]pm, but not [ATP]m, required extracellular Ca2+. Enhancement of glucose-induced Ca2+ influx with high [K+] had little effect on the apparent [ATP]c and [ATP]m increases but augmented the [ATP]pm increase. Underlying these changes, glucose increased the mitochondrial proton motive force, an effect mimicked by high [K+]. These data support a model in which glucose increases [ATP]m both through enhanced substrate supply and by progressive Ca2+-dependent activation of mitochondrial enzymes. This may then lead to a privileged elevation of [ATP]pm, which may be essential for the sustained closure of KATP channels. Luciferase imaging would appear to be a useful new tool for dynamic in vivo imaging of free ATP concentration. (+info)

Molecular systematics of cytochrome oxidase I and 16S from Neochlamisus leaf beetles and the importance of sampling. (5/1413)

If a gene tree is to be judiciously used for inferring the histories of closely related taxa, (1) its topology must be sufficiently resolved and robust that noteworthy phylogenetic patterns can be confidently documented, and (2) sampling of species, populations, and pertinent biological variation must be sufficiently broad that otherwise misleading sources of genetic variation can be detected. These principles are illustrated by the complex gene tree of Neochlamisus leaf beetles that I reconstructed using 90,000 bp of cytochrome oxidase I (COI) and 16S mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences from over 100 specimens. Cytochrome oxidase I haplotypes varied up to 25.1% within Neochlamisus and up to 11.1% within the gibbosus species group, while exhibiting very low A + T bias for insect mtDNA (63%), low transition saturation, and conservative patterns of amino acid variation. 16S exhibited lower sequence divergences and greater A + T bias and transition saturation than COI, and substitutions were more constrained in stems than in loops. Comparisons with an earlier study of Ophraella leaf beetles highlighted conservative and labile elements of molecular evolution across genes and taxa. Cytochrome oxidase I parsimony and neighbor-joining analyses strongly supported a robust mtDNA genealogy that revealed the monophyly of Neochlamisus and of the gibbosus species group. Phylogeographic relationships suggested that the eastern U.S. gibbosus group derives from southwestern velutinus group ancestors. Haplotypes from individual velutinus group species clustered monophyletically, as expected. However, haplotypes from each of several gibbosus group taxa were polyphyletically distributed, appearing in divergent parts of the tree. 16S provided a less-resolved gibbosus group topology that was congruent with the COI tree and corroborated patterns of mitochondrial polyphyly. By subsampling haplotypes corresponding to particular species, populations, and ecological variants of gibbosus group taxa, I demonstrate that recovered topologies and genetic distances vary egregiously according to sampling regime. This study thus documents the potentially dire consequences of inadequate sampling when inferring the evolutionary history of closely related and mitochondrially polyphyletic taxa. (+info)

A visual evoked potential correlate of global figure-ground segmentation. (6/1413)

Human observers discriminated the global orientation of a texture-defined figure which segregated from a texture surround. Global figure discriminability was manipulated through within-figure collinearity, figure-surround interaction, and figure connectedness, while the local orientation contrast at edges between figure and surround was kept constant throughout all the experiments. Visual evoked potentials (VEPs) were recorded during onset-offset stimulation in which the figure cyclically appeared and disappeared from a uniform texture background. A difference component was obtained by subtraction of offset-from onset-VEP. Two negative peaks of the difference component are found with latencies around 140-160 and 200-260 ms, respectively. Enhanced discriminability of the global figure reduced (11-25 ms) the latency of the second peak, hence indicating that the 200-260 ms component was produced by global figure-ground segmentation. (+info)

Seeing better at night: life style, eye design and the optimum strategy of spatial and temporal summation. (7/1413)

Animals which need to see well at night generally have eyes with wide pupils. This optical strategy to improve photon capture may be improved neurally by summing the outputs of neighbouring visual channels (spatial summation) or by increasing the length of time a sample of photons is counted by the eye (temporal summation). These summation strategies only come at the cost of spatial and temporal resolution. A simple analytical model is developed to investigate whether the improved photon catch afforded by summation really improves vision in dim light, or whether the losses in resolution actually make vision worse. The model, developed for both vertebrate camera eyes and arthropod compound eyes, calculates the finest spatial detail perceivable by a given eye design at a specified light intensity and image velocity. Visual performance is calculated for the apposition compound eye of the locust, the superposition compound eye of the dung beetle and the camera eye of the nocturnal toad. The results reveal that spatial and temporal summation is extremely beneficial to vision in dim light, especially in small eyes (e.g. compound eyes), which have a restricted ability to collect photons optically. The model predicts that using optimum spatiotemporal summation the locust can extend its vision to light intensities more than 100,000 times dimmer than if it relied on its optics alone. The relative amounts of spatial and temporal summation predicted to be optimal in dim light depend on the image velocity. Animals which are sedentary and rely on seeing small, slow images (such as the toad) are predicted to rely more on temporal summation and less on spatial summation. The opposite strategy is predicted for animals which need to see large, fast images. The predictions of the model agree very well with the known visual behaviours of nocturnal animals. (+info)

Sequencing and characterization of the citrus weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus, trypsin cDNA. Effect of Aedes trypsin modulating oostatic factor on trypsin biosynthesis. (8/1413)

Trypsin mRNA from the citrus weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus, was reverse transcribed and amplified by PCR. A cDNA species of 513 bp was cloned and sequenced. The 3' and 5' ends of the gene (262 bp and 237 bp, respectively) were amplified by rapid amplification of cDNA ends, cloned and sequenced. The deduced sequence of the trypsin cDNA (860 bp) encodes for 250 amino acids including 11 amino acids of activation and signal peptides and exhibited 16.8% identity to trypsin genes of selected Lepidoptera and Diptera. A three-dimensional model of Diaprepes trypsin contained two domains of beta-barrel sheets as has been found in Drosophila and Neobellieria. The catalytic active site is composed of the canonical triad of His41, Asp92 and Ser185 and a specificity pocket occupied by Asp179 with maximal activity at pH 10.4. Southern blot analysis indicated that at least two copies of the gene are encoded by Diaprepes midgut. Northern blot analysis detected a single RNA band below 1.35 kb at different larval ages (28-100 days old). The message increased with age and was most abundant at 100 days. Trypsin activity, on the other hand, reached a peak at 50 days and fell rapidly afterwards indicating that the trypsin message is probably regulated translationally. Feeding of soybean trypsin inhibitor and Aedes aegypti trypsin modulating oostatic factor affected trypsin activity and trypsin biosynthesis, respectively. These results indicate that Diaprepes regulates trypsin biosynthesis with a trypsin modulating oostatic factor-like signal. (+info)

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These include moths, beetles,[1] cockroaches,[2][3] rats,[4] dogfish sharks,[5] mice[6] and pigeons.[6] ... In 2009, remote control of the flight movements of the Cotinus texana and the much larger Mecynorrhina torquata beetles has ... "Controllable Cyborg Beetles for Swarming Search and Rescue". IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. 28 ... "Remote-Control Cyborg Beetles Now Flying With Greater Precision". Popular Science. Retrieved 5 December 2017.. ...

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The closest living relatives of the ground beetles are the false ground beetles (Trachypachidae) and the wrinkled bark beetles ... Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles,[2] Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 ... Ground beetles and tiger beetles". Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved July 24, 2008.. ... rendering the beetles unable to fly. The genus Mormolyce is known as violin beetles due to their peculiarly shaped elytra. All ...

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Time Beetle[edit]. The "Time Beetle", which was responsible for the creation of the alternate universe, was described in the ... Russell T Davies explicitly links the Time Beetle to this villain from Sarah Jane, and in Doctor Who Confidential, a clip from ... The beetle falls off Donna's back and dies and the fortune teller runs away in terrified fear. Donna recalls Rose's message was ... As she makes this new choice, a large beetle working for the Trickster attaches itself to her back and she loses consciousness ...

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Small hive beetle[edit]. Main article: Small hive beetle. Comb slimed[when defined as?] by hive beetle larvae: Hives infested ... Aethina tumida is a small, dark-colored beetle that lives in beehives. Originally from Africa, the first discovery of small ... Several pesticides are currently used against the small hive beetle. The chemical fipronil (marketed as Combat Roach Gel [9]) ... The lifecycle of this beetle includes pupation in the ground outside of the hive. Controls to prevent ants from climbing into ...

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... beetles; flies; cicadas, leafhoppers, spittlebugs, treehoppers, plant lice, and scale insects; termites; grasshoppers and ...

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Beetles live mostly in forests, along lakes, swamps and feed on willow and Populus. They are found in most of Europe, Mongolia ... The length of the beetles varies from 6.5 to 9.2 mm. Both larvae and adults feed on the leaves of its host plants, especially ... larva pupa empty pupa imago Wright, Richard (2016). "Beetles". British Wildlife. 28 (2): 133-5. ISSN 0958-0956. BioLib Culex. ... Chrysomela vigintipunctata or spotted willow leaf beetle (Russian: Двадцатиточечный листоед - translated as the 20-spotted leaf ...

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These beetles are considered a pest. The larvae live and develop in 1-2 years. They feed on the inflorescence of the Chinese ... Beetles. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, NY. Castelnau F. (1840) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Coléoptères. Avec une ... Megasoma anubis is a species of beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeidae. Megasoma anubis can reach a length of about 90 ... Mounted specimen from Brazil Catalogue of life Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles - Megasoma anubis M. R. Moore Key to ...

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Prey species include bugs; beetles; moths; winged ants; grasshoppers; locusts; lacewings and mantids. Breeding usually takes ...

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Duncan, James; Jardine, William (1852). Beetles. Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars. p. 235. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.122853.CS1 maint: date ...

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... , the fig longhorn, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Johan Christian ... Wright, Richard (2016). "Beetles". British Wildlife. 28 (2): 133-5. ISSN 0958-0956. v t e. ...

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The tiger beetle family are generally the fastest running beetles because of their long legs. This could also be used as a ... C. tuberculata is also part of the only beetle family (tiger beetles) that are capable of instantaneous flight and there is a ... The adult beetle is approximately 2.5 cm long, and is greenish in colour with yellow markings on the side of the elytra. It ... Tiger beetle genera are very similar in colour and because of this they can be hard to identify, with the main difference ...

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... is a family of sap, bark and fungus beetles in the order Coleoptera with a wide global distribution. The type ... 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. Kellogg, Vernon L. (1905). ... Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known ... Lawrence, John F.; Slipinski, Adam (2013). Australian Beetles. Volume I. Morphology, Classification and Keys. CSIRO. pp. 325- ...

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Various insects attack dry food products, with flour beetles, the drugstore beetle, the sawtoothed grain beetle and the ... Furniture beetles, carpet beetles and clothes moths are also capable of creating great damage to museum exhibits, zoological ... Furniture beetles mainly attack the sapwood of both hard and soft wood, only attacking the heartwood when it is modified by ... Carpet beetles and clothes moths cause non-structural damage to property such as clothing and carpets. It is the larvae that ...

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... , the prickly scalehunter, is a species of lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America ... 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). ... American Beetles. vol. 2, Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 371-389. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9. ,volume ... has extra text (help) White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). ...

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... is a species of dusky lady beetle in the family Coccinellidae. It is found in North America. "Nephus ... American Beetles. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 371-389. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9. White, ... 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540. Casey, ... Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ...

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... , the "parasitic flat bark beetles," are a family of beetles notable for being one of the very few beetle families ... Some lignicolous beetle larvae from India and Borneo. Records of the Indian Museum 12: 137-175. Thomas, M.C. 2002. Family 81. ... American Beetles. Vol. 2. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press, Boca Raton. xiv + 861pp. Burckhardt, D ... Adults are small to moderate sized beetles, 3-35mm, with heavily sclerotized bodies that are either dorso-ventrally compressed ...

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... is a tribe of death-watch beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are at least 6 genera and 20 described species in ... American Beetles. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 245-260. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9. Philips, T. ... 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540. Borowski, ... White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin ...

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"Blister beetle dermatitis," a term more properly used for the different dermatitis caused by cantharidin from blister beetles, ... They are also sometimes called "blister beetle", although rove beetles such as P. melampus are in a different family ( ... beetle that causes severe pain when caught in the eye Blister beetle dermatitis List of cutaneous conditions Carpet beetle ... Rove beetles do not bite or sting but cause skin irritations and blisters when accidentally brushed or crushed against the skin ...

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American Beetles. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 245-260. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9. White, ... 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540. Borowski, ... Hadrobregmus denticollis is a species of death-watch beetle in the family Anobiidae. "Hadrobregmus denticollis". GBIF. ... Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ...

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American Beetles. vol. 2, Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 371-389. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9. ,volume ... Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known ... has extra text (help) White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). ...

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"Science: The Australian beetle that behaves like a bee". New Scientist. 1992-05-09. Retrieved 2010-10-31. D. S. Kent & J. A. ... Unlike most ambrosia beetles, it infests healthy, undamaged trees. A. incompertus is local to Australia, and has been confirmed ... These beetles appear to be the oldest farming creatures, having domesticated fungi nearly 90 million years ago.[failed ... Like other ambrosia beetles, A. incompertus lives in nutritional symbiosis with ambrosia fungi. They excavate tunnels in living ...

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American Beetles. Vol. 2. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press, Boca Raton. xiv + 861pp. Thomas, M. C., ... The flat bark beetles of Florida (Laemophloeidae, Passandridae, Silvanidae). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas ... Coleoptera, Beetles. Vol. 2: Morphology and Systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). Handbook of ... Laemophloeidae, "lined flat bark beetles," is a family in the superfamily Cucujoidea characterized by predominantly dorso- ...

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... is a genus of death-watch beetles in the family Ptinidae. There is at least one described species in Ctenobium, C. ... American Beetles. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 245-260. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9. White, ... 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540. Borowski, ... Arango, Rachel A.; Young, Daniel K. (2012). "beetles of Wisconsin (Coleoptera: Ptinidae)" (PDF). General Technical Report FPL- ...

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... , "silvan flat bark beetles", is a family of beetles in the superfamily Cucujoidea, consisting of 68 described genera ... the sawtoothed grain beetle, and O. mercator (Fauvel), the merchant grain beetle), and several others that are sporadic pests ... American Beetles. Vol. 2. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press, Boca Raton. xiv + 861pp. Thomas, M. C., ... A new Bolivian silvanid beetle from the myrmecodomatia of Cordia. Psyche 35: 167-168. Halstead, D.G.H. 1993. Keys for the ...

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Dendroides fire-colored beetle, Illlinois We in the Friday Beetle Department dont often turn our attention to immature beetles ... Soldier Beetle Urbana, Illinois Last week we featured a larval soldier beetle. Today we have an adult of the same family ( ... carpet beetle Urbana, Illinois Little Anthrenus beetles are one of the most common insects across the northern hemisphere. ... bark-gnawing beetle, TrogossitidaeTucson, Arizona The reflective integument makes this beetle a real trick to shoot. Its like ...

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Begin cucumber beetle control as soon as seedlings emerge. Early treatment is essential for beetle management in large ... These larvae will pupate in the soil, later in the summer the next generation of beetles will emerge. These beetles will also ... The bacterium that causes bacterial wilt overwinters in the gut of some of the striped cucumber beetles. When beetles become ... Beetles quickly locate host plants in the spring. The adults feed and females deposit eggs in cracks in the soil at the base of ...

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Talk story about a plague of carpet beetles at the offices of Parents Magazine, where Mother and Father have their hands full ... Talk story about a plague of carpet beetles at the offices of Parents Magazine, where Mother and Father have their hands full ... considered the logical person to call into conference when about three months ago he found his offices had carpet beetles. The ...

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Coleoptera is the group classification given to insects collectively known as beetles and are one of the largest orders of ... Identifying new Australian beetles. There are an estimated 360,000 described species of beetles, yet there are many more to be ... Revision of Australian Beetles Volumes 2 and 3: This major project will completely revise the 1994 book Australian Beetles and ... Many beetles are serious pests, damaging crops and timber and causing huge economic losses to industry. Others are valuable ...

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The drugstore beetle (Stegobium paniceum), also known as the bread beetle or biscuit beetle, is a tiny, brown beetle that can ... The drugstore beetle is also known as the biscuit or bread beetle since it can happily live on biscuit or bread crumbs. ... The drugstore beetles larvae are small, white grubs, that can be distinguished from the grubs of the cigarette beetle by their ... Mark, Field Guide for the Management of Structure Infesting Beetles, Volume II: Stored Product Beetle/Occasional & ...

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The deathwatch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum, is a woodboring beetle. The adult beetle is 7 millimetres (0.28 in) long, while ... The beetle was referenced in Mark Twains 1876 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: "Next the ghastly ticking of a deathwatch in the ... In 1995 Alice Hoffman referenced the deathwatch beetle in her novel "Practical Magic" as an omen of death whenever anyone hears ... In 1838 Henry David Thoreau published an essay mentioning the deathwatch beetle. It is possible that this essay influenced ...

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Female seed beetles, which endure rough treatment from their paramours, may be seeking sex for hydration, not breeding, a new ... The beetles probably evolved this bizarre tactic because the species lives in a dry environment, the researchers suspect. "It ... It may seem odd that female seed beetles seem to really like sex, since theyre often beaten up by their paramours in the ... Ursprung and her colleagues kept 79 female seed beetles in enclosures for eight days. Some were given food and water, some just ...

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The U.S. Forest Services Bark Beetle Technical Working Group said the bark beetle is an "agent of change" in conifer forests ... The U.S. Forest Service said bark beetle outbreaks and subsequent forest management activities "will alter landscapes ... Utah researchers said bark beetles are destroying spruce trees in the Dixie National Forest. ...

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These include longicorns, lady beetles, rove beetles, dung and carrion beetles, click beetles, leaf chewers and chafers. ... jewel beetles, water beetles, weevils and carabs (ground beetles such as the green carab beetle). We have chosen these because ... Beautiful beetles. Beetles are out and about at this time of year and this summer beetle guide includes information and ... Ground beetle (carabs). Another one of the major families of beetles, the ground beetles (Carabidae) has about 2500 species in ...

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... sawtoothed grain beetles, merchant grain beetles, shiny spider beetles and American spider beetles. By feeding on the grain and ... The list includes: foreign grain beetles, red flour beetles, confused flour beetle, rice weevils, granary weevils, ... Grain beetles dont just eat grain and flour. Theyll snack on a wide variety of foodstuffs including cereals, cornmeal, ... Look for six teeth on each side of the insects bodies resembling a saw, a mark of both sawtoothed and merchant grain beetles. ...

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... a beetle known as the coffee berry borer is threatening many coffee crops in new places around the world. ... But since the 1980s, the beetle has gradually spread to every coffee-growing region except Hawaii, Nepal, and Papua New Guinea ... Tags: coffee berry borer beetle, climate change, Environment, Yale Environment 360, David Doody, ... She and her collaborators recently identified the temperature range in which the beetle can survive. They found that the ...

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"Dung beetle" refers to beetles whose lives are intertwined with dung, but the term is not exclusively a taxonomic one. True, ... but the name is also applied loosely to any beetle that makes its living in dung. Researching the dung beetle is like ... Antlions Ants Aphids Arachnids Barklice Bees Beetles Butterflies Caddisflies Caterpillars Cicadas Crickets Damselflies ... The BugLady has been wanting to do an episode about Bess beetles for a long time, but she didnt have a picture of one (many ...

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Welcome to the American burying beetle species page. Here you will find species information/descriptions, information on recent ... This large beetle is about 1.5 inches long.. Status: The American burying beetle was listed as an endangered species in 1989 ( ... Beetles overwinter in the adult stage.. Of principal importance to the beetles and their young is burial of the food resource, ... American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus). Family: Silphidae. Description: The American burying beetle is a large black ...

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... by Ric Bessin, Extension Entomologist University of Kentucky College of Agriculture. Grape flea beetle is ... When flea beetles are common and injury to the small buds is observed, a spray timed at bud swell will provide control. Issued ... When grape flea beetle is a problem, it occurs early in the season, just when the buds begin to swell. Scheduled sprays for ... Adults are dark metallic greenish-blue, jumping beetles about 1/5 inch long; larvae are brownish and marked with black spots; ...

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dung beetle (plural dung beetles) *A type of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae noted for rolling dung into balls for use as ... The Dung Beetle Bandits. , London: Raintree Publishers, →ISBN:. Some dung beetles, called rollers, use their back legs to roll ... What do dung beetles do? Adults and larvae of dung beetles feed only on dung and therefore are not a threat to the environment ... Farmers and ranchers need dung beetles to keep their pastures clean. Dung beetles clear away 80 percent of the cow manure in ...

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mealworm beetle (plural mealworm beetles). *A species of darkling beetle (or darkening beetle), Tenebrio molitor, in the family ... Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=mealworm_beetle&oldid=46016911" ...

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rove beetles (Staphylinidae), scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae), blister beetles (Meloidae), stag beetles (Lucanidae), and true ... ground beetles (Carabidae), predacious diving beetles (Dytiscidae) and whirligig beetles (Gyrinidae). In these beetles the ... Asian long-horned beetle*. Citrus long-horned beetle Beneficial organisms. *Both the larvae and adults of some lady beetles ( ... The larvae of many beetle families are predatory like the adults (ground beetles, lady beetles, rove beetles). The larval ...

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Bestiary‎ , ‎(Bestiary) By Type‎ , ‎Vermin‎ , ‎Beetles‎ , ‎ Beetle, Giant Water This giant beetle has a cylindrical and ... If a colony is found, there will be at least 1 female giant water beetle and 2d4 eggs. Giant water beetle eggs are brownish ... Giant water beetles can survive out of the water for 1 hour per 2 points of Constitution. After that, they begin to suffocate. ... Once per minute as a swift action, a giant water beetle can emit a cloud of jet-black ink that fills a 10-foot cube. The cloud ...

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The research team looked at how flour beetles (pictured) coped with environmental and genetic stress after they had evolved ... The research team looked at how flour beetles (pictured) coped with environmental and genetic stress after they had evolved ...

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carpet beetle Urbana, Illinois Little Anthrenus beetles are one of the most common insects across the northern hemisphere. (scienceblogs.com)
Coleoptera is the group classification given to insects collectively known as beetles and are one of the largest orders of living organisms on the planet. (www.csiro.au)
Lady beetles, often called ladybugs or ladybirds, are some of the most commonly known beneficial insects. (osu.edu)
Lady beetles, both adults and larvae, are known primarily as predators of aphids, but they prey also on many other pests such as soft-scale insects, mealybugs, spider mites and eggs of the Colorado Potato Beetle and European Corn Borer. (osu.edu)
Beetles belong to the Class Insecta, and are the most abundant of all insects. (abc.net.au)
Look for six teeth on each side of the insects' bodies resembling a saw, a mark of both sawtoothed and merchant grain beetles. (ehow.com)
Beetles are the most diverse group of insects . (mcgill.ca)
Like all insects, beetles are segmented organisms, and all three of the major sections of the body may themselves be composed of several further segments, although these are not always readily discernable. (mcgill.ca)
She points to beetles' ability to metamorphose--a trait shared by many insects--when considering their environmental flexibility. (eurekalert.org)
All Lady Beetles are beneficial insects. (garden.org)
Two of the insects were wrapped in linen inside a rectangular limestone sarcophagus decorated with paintings of large black beetles considered sacred in ancient Egypt. (cnn.com)
Insects on this list include the gypsy moth , the Japanese beetle , the hemlock woolly adelgid and the European elm bark beetle . (ct.gov)
Blister beetles are common insects found feeding on the flowers and foliage of various plants. (encyclopedia.com)
Singling out a beetle as the focal point of a work of art was unprecedented in 1505, when most of Dürer's contemporaries believed that insects were the lowest of creatures. (getty.edu)
There are many different species of carpet beetles, but most adult beetles are small, oval-shaped insects measuring 1/8 to 1/4 inch long. (ehow.co.uk)
Featherwing beetles are some of the smallest insects out there - and one researcher managed to spot an ancient specimen in a 99-million-year-old chunk of amber. (gizmodo.com.au)
Some male insects - especially beetles - boast a penis that's several times the length of their bodies, which… wow. (gizmodo.com.au)
The numerous insects and beetles on the archipelago, are great number of which are endemic, "are the great unknowns of this biota", says the biologist. (redorbit.com)
In the lab, the researchers found that the beetles molt up to eight times before reaching adulthood, and each time the insects shed their exoskeletons, they attacked a new snail, then lived inside the shell for a few weeks. (livescience.com)
Stag beetles are omnivores, meaning they eat both plants and other insects. (reference.com)
Common Black Ground Beetle larvae also are carnivorous and feed on worms and other insects found beneath the soil. (reference.com)
These beetles are considered to be beneficial to gardeners and homeowners, as they take care of pesky insects that feed on crops and invade homes. (reference.com)
Many insects found in gardens do not feed on plants these include insects such as ground and rove beetles most of which feed on other invertebrates. (rhs.org.uk)

While adult beetles do not feed, they are adept at chewing holes. (wikipedia.org)
Once inside the home, the adult beetles will lay their eggs on a variety of foods including whole grains, processed grains and vegetative material. (wikipedia.org)
Most adult beetles emerge in summer as the weather warms up and the summer storms bring plenty of rain. (abc.net.au)
Adult beetles can be highly mobile and research that has focused on glacial-interglacial cycles has shown that they can move quickly in response to any climate fluctuations. (eurekalert.org)
Adult beetles are about 3/8 inch in length, with a bright metallic green head and body and metallic brown wings. (michigan.gov)
Adult beetles emerge in June or July and feed throughout the summer. (michigan.gov)
Plant your early crop as usual, but inspect these plants carefully every few days for both the adult beetles and egg masses. (garden.org)
Adult beetles live for less than 3 months, and during this time they too feed on animal skins. (pestweb.com)
Adult beetles may be up to ½ inch long and oval and somewhat flattened. (pestweb.com)

There have been some satellite infestations outbreaks initiated by wood carried from an already occurring infestation but most of these finds are from initial infestations beetles that escaped into the landscape directly from cargo carried into North America. (ct.gov)
Bark beetles have killed millions of acres of trees in western North America in recent years. (fed.us)
n. a yellow- and black-striped leaf beetle ( Leptinotarsa decemlineata , family Chrysomelidae) native to North America . (encyclopedia.com)
In the streams of North America, the nightmarish larva of the sunburst diving beetle hunts with a pair of natural bifocal lenses. (nationalgeographic.com)
Japanese beetles live in Japan and North America. (reference.com)
American Beetles is the single most comprehensive[citation needed] description of the beetles of North America north of the tropical area of Mexico. (wikipedia.org)

What was the strange insect that seemed a mutant cross between a bee and a beetle? (scienceblogs.com)
Beetles are like butterflies, passing through a complex metamorphosis on the way to adulthood, and this insect is the larval stage of a soldier beetle. (scienceblogs.com)
In fact, the Convergent Lady Beetle is the official state insect of Ohio! (osu.edu)
Some beetles - both native and introduced - are major pests of crops, gardens and tree plantations, while others prey on insect pests and keep their numbers down. (abc.net.au)
Geoff Monteith who is curator of the insect collection at the Queensland Museum says Christmas beetles have a bad reputation for causing dieback (premature death of trees), which they don't entirely deserve. (abc.net.au)
The American burying beetle is a large black insect with two distinct orange bands on each elytra (wing covers). (fws.gov)
Scheduled sprays for grape berry moth and other insect pests occur later in the season are of little benefit as they do not coincide with early flea beetle activity. (uky.edu)
Forty percent of all described insect species are beetles (about 350,000 species), and new species are regularly discovered. (mcgill.ca)
To fully explore the evolution of the insect order, Coleoptera, Smith and Marcot used publications that document the fossil record of beetles from international literature as far back as the early 19th century and open access database projects including the EDNA Fossil Insect Database and the Catalogue of Fossil Coleoptera. (eurekalert.org)
Blister beetle , (family Meloidae), any of approximately 2,500 species of beetles (insect order Coleoptera) that secrete an irritating substance, cantharidin , which is collected mainly from Mylabris and the European species Lytta vesicatoria, commonly called Spanish fly . (britannica.com)
This led us to suspect that the beetles exploit the starry sky for orientation a feat that had, to our knowledge, never before been demonstrated in an insect. (freerepublic.com)
The beetle relies on its keen eyesight to stalk other insect larvae amid often murky streams. (nationalgeographic.com)
There is a cavity beneath the wings for holding an air supply, so the diving beetle can remain submerged for long periods however, the insect often hangs head down from the surface, exposing the openings (spiracles) of the last two of its breathing tubes, located at the tip of the abdomen. (factmonster.com)

Cucumber beetles overwinter as adults in protected areas near buildings, in fence rows, or in wood lots. (uky.edu)
It is similar in appearance to the cigarette beetle ( Lasioderma serricorne ), but is slightly larger (adults can be up to 3.5 mm in length). (wikipedia.org)
Drugstore beetles often enter a home in bulk items like bird seed, grass seed, or dry pet food, where several generations of beetles can develop unnoticed until some of the adults eventually leave to infest new locations. (wikipedia.org)
Dear Jessica: I've been doing battle with scarlet lily beetles, tapping the adults into hot soapy water. (newsday.com)
Adults and larvae of dung beetles feed only on dung and therefore are not a threat to the environment. (wiktionary.org)
Japanese beetle adults attack the foliage, flowers, or fruits of more than 300 different ornamental and agricultural plants. (usda.gov)
The Spanish fly ( Lytta vesicatoria ), a bright green or bluish blister beetle, is a common S European species from which cantharides are extracted and commercially prepared by crushing the wing covers (elytra) of the adults. (encyclopedia.com)
One way to keep Japanese beetles from flying into your yard is to plant things that the adults don't like. (toledoblade.com)

Dung beetles don't bite, spit or sting. (ibiblio.org)
Medical Research Potential 'T. inflatum is commonly found in soils, but it does not make the sexual state without very special conditions -- until it is on its favorite host -- which seems to be the dung beetle. (ibiblio.org)
Cornell News Service Also the Chinese from PRC are using parts of the Dung beetle for treating Stomach Cancer. (ibiblio.org)
The Dung beetle may spawn the development nature-based pharmaceuticals that may hold the promise for a cure or treatment for AIDS or Cancer. (ibiblio.org)
It has come to our attention that a unique scientist Dr. Truman Fincher and the only dung beetle quarantine facilities in the continental United States (located at College Station, Texas) are about to be lost. (ibiblio.org)
Dung beetle" refers to beetles whose lives are intertwined with dung, but the term is not exclusively a taxonomic one. (uwm.edu)
True, most of its practitioners belong to the beetle family Scarabaeidae and the subfamily Scarabaeinae , but the name is also applied loosely to any beetle that makes its living in dung. (uwm.edu)
Researching the dung beetle is like researching a rock star. (uwm.edu)
A type of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae noted for rolling dung into balls for use as food or as brooding chambers. (wiktionary.org)
What do dung beetles do? (wiktionary.org)
This is in contrast to some other beetles found in dung pads, (not dung beetles ) which feed on vegetable and other matter besides dung, while others are carnivorous. (wiktionary.org)
The activity of adult dung beetles can break up the dung pad, and most species bury the dung in the ground for feeding and breeding. (wiktionary.org)
And then there are dung beetles , feces-eaters extraordinaire. (wiktionary.org)
The sacred dung scarab of Egypt symbolized resurrection and immortality, explaining why the ancient Egyptians often placed these beetles in tombs with the dead and why they painted dung beetle figures on their sarcophagi. (wiktionary.org)
Some dung beetles , called rollers, use their back legs to roll dung into a smooth, tiny ball. (wiktionary.org)
The ancient Egyptians believed that the sun was rolled across the sky by a giant dung beetle named Khepri. (wiktionary.org)
Dung Beetles: Stronger than Ten Men! (wiktionary.org)
Without dung beetles , the world would be a dirtier place. (wiktionary.org)
Farmers and ranchers need dung beetles to keep their pastures clean. (wiktionary.org)
Dung beetles clear away 80 percent of the cow manure in the whole of Texas. (wiktionary.org)
dung beetle on Wikipedia. (wiktionary.org)
He hooks it out and gives it a wipe to reveal the brown-coloured but jewel-like carapace of a small dung beetle. (newscientist.com)
Warrant began studying dung beetles in 1985 as a PhD student at the Australian National University in Canberra, where his interest in optics soon developed into a passion for eyes. (newscientist.com)
Dung beetles are particularly close to Warrant's heart because there are species of the genus Onitis that are almost identical but which fly at different times. (newscientist.com)
When dung beetles roll their tiny balls of poop across the sands of South Africa on a moonless night, they look to the glow of our Milky Way galaxy as a navigational aid, researchers report. (freerepublic.com)
Even on clear, moonless nights, many dung beetles still manage to orientate along straight paths,' Marie Dacke, a biologist at Sweden's Lund University, said in a news release. (freerepublic.com)
some species of Dung beetles are native to the Americas. (freerepublic.com)
If this is true, it may mean that dung beetles travelled all the way here from the Milky Way! (freerepublic.com)
Solve mind-bending physics puzzles to help the dung beetle roll away with its dung ball! (nationalgeographic.com)
You'll get fun facts on real dung beetles along the way. (nationalgeographic.com)

Our research on beetles is focused on phylogeny (evolution of species) and classification of the Coleoptera. (www.csiro.au)
Blister beetles are classified in the phylum Arthropoda , class Insecta, order Coleoptera, family Meloidae. (encyclopedia.com)
There are several other groups of water beetles, all classified in the phylum Arthropoda , class Insecta, order Coleoptera. (factmonster.com)

The most effective method of ridding a home of this beetle is to try to discover the source of the infestation. (wikipedia.org)
A carpet beetle infestation can cause a great deal of damage to organic artifacts like leather, wool, cotton, fur and preserved animal specimens. (bellaonline.com)
Beetles also breed quickly and can multiply into an infestation in just a few months. (ehow.com)
Select an area of the yard that is out of the way, but still close to the majority of the beetle infestation. (ehow.com)
In July of 2010, a very small infestation of beetles was discovered in Boston, on the grounds of Faulkner Hospital, just across the street from the Arnold Arboretum. (ct.gov)
While the results of genetic testing have been inconclusive there, it is largely suspected that this infestation began with beetles moved from Worcester, on firewood, scrap wood or by some other incidental means. (ct.gov)
This project explored changes in fuel moisture, terpenes (an organic chemical produced by some tree species), and combustibility in Rocky Mountain conifers resulting from bark beetle attack across these different stages of infestation. (fed.us)
By frequently cleaning floors and carpets (mopping and vacuuming) to remove dust and lint, you remove much of the food supply for beetle larvae, preventing an infestation. (ehow.co.uk)

Many beetles are serious pests, damaging crops and timber and causing huge economic losses to industry. (www.csiro.au)
Australia has many exotic or introduced beetles, but native species can also become pests or may be used as biocontrol agents. (www.csiro.au)
Here's how to identify two of the most common flour-nibbling pests: sawtoothed and merchant grain beetles. (ehow.com)
Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata , or the mungbean beetle Callosobruchus maculatus Fabr , while others are important controls of agricultural pests. (mcgill.ca)
Beetles serve a beneficial purpose in lawns and gardens in that they eat harmful pests that feed on plants. (ehow.com)
Their numbers include some serious plant pests like the Colorado potato beetle and the asparagus beetle, and also some species that are used as biological controls of pest plants. (uwm.edu)
Carpet beetles are common pests that can damage carpet fabrics and other furnishings in the house. (calameo.com)

There are an estimated 360,000 described species of beetles, yet there are many more to be identified. (www.csiro.au)
They also eat other species of beetles if they are small enough. (reference.com)

What do stag beetles eat? (reference.com)

This is especially true for the exotic Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle, Harmonia axyridis (for more information, see OSU Extension's fact sheet specifically about this species). (osu.edu)

The main groups of beetles we have featured are scarabs (including Christmas beetles and rhinoceros beetles), fireflies, jewel beetles, water beetles, weevils and carabs (ground beetles such as the green carab beetle). (abc.net.au)
Common Black Ground Beetles are carnivores. (reference.com)
Common Black Ground Beetles are a glossy black and have a distinct head, thorax and abdomen with pronounced ridges running its length. (reference.com)
Common Black Ground Beetles are found throughout the United States. (reference.com)
Ground beetles (Carabidae) and rove beetles (Staphylindae) are families of beetles which are largely ground dwelling, most are predatory and part of a well balanced garden ecosystem. (rhs.org.uk)
Ground beetles are 2-25mm (up to 1in) long many are black but some are brown, green or blue, often with a metallic sheen. (rhs.org.uk)

The sperm has a long shelf life and can then go on to fertilize the eggs of other female beetles. (neatorama.com)
Though the amount of sexual activity ended up similar in both groups, in male-heavy groups, the male beetles were much more selective, more likely to mount female beetles first, and spend longer with her. (popularmechanics.com)
The female beetles can't fly, which has led to a patchwork of different species stranded in relatively small areas. (livescience.com)

The beetle larvae feed in and do most of the damage to wood, and when they reach the adult stage, they emerge through round exit holes, which they create by chewing through the wood surface. (usda.gov)
Carpet beetle larvae feed on dust and lint. (ehow.co.uk)

The drugstore beetle lives in obligatory symbiosis with a yeast fungus, which is passed on to the offspring by covering the eggs with it. (wikipedia.org)
If prey is plentiful, the lady beetles will stay, lay eggs and become effective aphid predators, especially in greenhouses. (osu.edu)
Carpet beetles seek out dark, undisturbed places to lay their eggs. (bellaonline.com)
The carpet beetle lays her eggs in wool, leather, fur, etc. so when they hatch they have an abundant food source. (bellaonline.com)
You'll find most beetles are around until February, during which time they mate, lay eggs and then die. (abc.net.au)
These carrion beetles lay their eggs in the carcass of small animals. (fws.gov)
If a colony is found, there will be at least 1 female giant water beetle and 2d4 eggs. (google.com)
Giant water beetle eggs are brownish with flecks of green. (google.com)

These pallets are made of cheap wood that is typically infected with the Beetle larva. (berkeley.edu)
We never fully understood what was eating them until I started finding shells with a borehole and a dead, dried-up beetle larva half-outside, which clearly had died as it was coming out of that hole," Schilthuizen said. (livescience.com)

blister beetle, common name for certain soft-bodied, usually black or brown, mostly elongate and cylindrical beetles belonging to the family Meloidae. (encyclopedia.com)
Blister beetles undergo hypermetamorphosis, a complex life cycle with several different larval forms. (encyclopedia.com)
One group of blister beetles has body fluids that contain cantharadin, a substance that can cause the skin to blister, from which the family gets its name. (encyclopedia.com)
Blister and oil beetles may be brushed into pans of kerosene or killed with systemic poisons or contact insecticides. (encyclopedia.com)
blister beetle See MELOIDAE . (encyclopedia.com)
Blister beetles are both helpful and harmful to humans. (britannica.com)
Adult blister beetles are often brightly coloured, the need for camouflage being eliminated by their ability to secrete cantharidin. (britannica.com)
iron cross blister beetles Iron cross blister beetles ( Tegrodera aloga ). (britannica.com)
The female of some blister beetles (e.g. (britannica.com)
After passing through several more larval stages and a true pupal stage, the adult blister beetle emerges. (britannica.com)
striped blister beetle Striped blister beetle ( Epicauta vittata ). (britannica.com)
Image via ©Entomart [Wikipedia] The blister beetle spreads its larvae with the help of digger bees (pictured above) in what is called a honeytrap. (neatorama.com)

Japanese beetle grubs damage lawns and turf grasses. (michigan.gov)

Additionally, drugstore beetles have antennae ending in 3-segmented clubs, while cigarette beetles have serrated antennae (notched like teeth of a saw). (wikipedia.org)
Adult lady beetles are dome-shaped, circular or oval, and shiny with short legs and antennae. (osu.edu)
Found a rather large dramatically banded beetle with exotic banded long antennae. (pbase.com)

Two of the beetles are in the genus Calligrapha (beautiful writing), and the third is not, though the BugLady tried hard to put it there. (uwm.edu)
Jesus Gomez-Zurita, who has studied the Calligrapha, calls them "a large American leaf beetle genus of imprecise taxonomic boundaries. (uwm.edu)
Its species name, spiraea, seems misleading, but at the time the beetle was named, ninebark was classified in the same genus as the shrub Spirea. (uwm.edu)
While the snails are in this vulnerable deep sleep, larvae of the Drilus beetle genus launch their attacks. (livescience.com)

About three to ten aphids are eaten for each egg the beetle lays. (osu.edu)
Beetles, along with ants, wasps and butterflies metamorphose completely, while bugs and aphids do not. (abc.net.au)
The Lady in question is the Virgin, to whom the people in the Middle Ages prayed when aphids were devouring their crops, and who is said to have responded by sending this species of aphid-loving beetle. (uwm.edu)

Working with bean beetles is inexpensive and logistically manageable, allowing instructors to scale up to large-enrollment courses. (bioone.org)
Sehoya Cotner and Sadie Hebert "Bean Beetles Make Biology Research Sexy," The American Biology Teacher 78(3), 233-240, (1 March 2016). (bioone.org)

Leptinotarsa decemlineataUrbana, Illinois Meet the Colorado Potato Beetle. (scienceblogs.com)

whirligig beetles (family Gyrinidae), in which the eyes are split to allow a view both above and below the waterline. (mcgill.ca)
The whirligig beetles (family Gyrinidae) are oval, shiny, blue-black to dark brown beetles, about 3/4 in. (factmonster.com)

Specifically, students discuss contemporary research on sex in the bean beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus, and then develop and test hypotheses related to bean beetle sex. (bioone.org)

It is important to remember that when identifying a lady beetle, the number or shape of the spots may vary slightly between individuals of the same species. (osu.edu)
Its name does need a little unpacking, though - like the firefly/lightning bug, the ladybug/ladybird is a beetle (alternate name, lady beetle). (uwm.edu)
They differ from the standard Lady Beetle in color and size, and most importantly in habit! (garden.org)
The Asian, or Imported Lady Beetle, came here because of the demand for beneficials that could be released in gardens. (garden.org)

It is the carpet beetle larvae that cause all the damage. (bellaonline.com)
Carpet beetle larvae leave skin casings and white fecal pellets that resemble grains of salt. (bellaonline.com)
I am unsure if it is Furniture Carpet Beetle (Anthremus flavipes) (LeConte) or Buffalo carpet Beetle (Anthrermus scrophulaia. (mail-archive.com)
I am thinking it is the Furniture Carpet Beetle ((Anthremus flavipes) (LeConte). (mail-archive.com)
Carpet beetle larvae measure around 1/4 inch long and are commonly covered with fine hairs or bristles. (ehow.co.uk)

It's also worth looking out for a number of other types of beetles which should be out and about at the moment. (abc.net.au)
With so many different types of beetles, it's hardly surprising there are around 750,000 trillion beetles on earth! (neatorama.com)

The general anatomy of beetles is quite uniform, though specific organs and appendages may vary greatly in appearance and function between the many families in the order. (mcgill.ca)

Marshal a parade of scarab beetles -- Egyptian symbols of immortality -- across a crypt. (bhg.com)
A mass cat cemetery and a collection of rare mummified scarab beetles were discovered during an archeological excavation in Saqqara, Egypt, the nation's antiquities ministry said Saturday. (cnn.com)
A collection of scarab beetles was also unearthed in a section called the Memphis necropolis. (cnn.com)

The Japanese beetle, the shiny green and brown bug that prefers to dine on roses and raspberries, has shown up this summer in several areas of the county. (washingtonpost.com)
I think the Japanese beetle can have substantial destructive impact," Wood said. (washingtonpost.com)
The Japanese beetle is a highly destructive plant pest that can be very difficult and expensive to control. (usda.gov)
APHIS maintains the Japanese Beetle Quarantine and Regulations that can be found in 7 CFR 301.48. (usda.gov)
The objective of the Japanese Beetle Quarantine is to protect the agriculture of the Western United States and prevent the human-assisted spread of the beetle from the Eastern U.S. The federal quarantine is designed to reduce artificial spread of Japanese beetles by aircraft. (usda.gov)
The Japanese beetle is widespread throughout the state. (michigan.gov)
The Japanese beetle is established in nearly all Eastern states, with populations detected in some states west of the Mississippi. (michigan.gov)
Native to Japan, the Japanese beetle was accidentally introduced to the United States in 1916. (reference.com)

The U.S. Forest Service said bark beetle outbreaks and subsequent forest management activities "will alter landscapes throughout the West for the next century. (redorbit.com)
Despite these observations, we lack a clear understanding of how bark beetle outbreaks affect wildfires. (fed.us)

These beetles will also feed on the cucumber and melon plants, including the fruit and overwinter until the next spring. (uky.edu)
For now, I'd be extra diligent about cleaning up garden debris, since the beetles overwinter there. (garden.org)

Oberea flavipes, phlox stem borer beetlesIllinois Here's a boring beetle. (scienceblogs.com)
Meet another of the BugLady's new neighbors, a handsome black beetle with red epaulets called the Red-shouldered Pine Borer . (uwm.edu)
What is a pine borer beetle? (reference.com)

Researchers are also investigating the relationships Australian native groups have with beetles in other parts of the world. (www.csiro.au)
The beetles probably evolved this bizarre tactic because the species lives in a dry environment, the researchers suspect. (nationalgeographic.com)
Utah researchers said bark beetles are destroying spruce trees in the Dixie National Forest. (redorbit.com)
Taking cues from a small desert beetle, MIT researchers have created a surface that can collect water droplets from the air. (technologyreview.com)
A three-year study has now enabled Spanish researchers to discover two new herbivorous beetles "" Arsipoda geographica and Arsipoda rostrata. (redorbit.com)
Researchers have discovered that male beetles mate with either gender when the stakes are low, and mating mistakes don't matter. (popularmechanics.com)
According to a new study from researchers at School of Biological Sciences in the University of East Anglia , at least in the case of beetles, the answer may be none of the above: beetles are simply inept at mating. (popularmechanics.com)

The Comal Springs riffle beetle, Comal Springs dryopid beetle and the Peck's Cave amphipod, a crustacean, were listed as endangered in 1997 without critical habitat. (courthousenews.com)

This major project will completely revise the 1994 book Australian Beetles and will include major revisions of many families. (www.csiro.au)

Anyone with a potato patch will recognize this large, pin-striped beetle as a particularly voracious consumer of potato leaves. (scienceblogs.com)
Early treatment is essential for beetle management in large commercial muskmelon or cucumber operations. (uky.edu)
Generally speaking, carpet beetles cause large areas of damage, while clothes moths chew smaller holes scattered all over a garment. (bellaonline.com)
Today, the large beetles are the size of houseflies, weighing 10 000 micrograms, while the control beetles are still the 2000 micrograms typical of the species. (newscientist.com)
We will continue as long as the large beetles get larger, and the small beetles smaller,' says Muir. (newscientist.com)
However, among the large beetles mutations continue to occur, and some produce larger beetles, so the line is still growing. (newscientist.com)
The large line is still more than 50 times smaller than the largest beetle species. (newscientist.com)
This large beetle is about 1.5 inches long. (fws.gov)
mandibles, which appear as large pincers on the front of some beetles. (mcgill.ca)
This outbreak was discovered on August 2, 2008, by a woman who was curious about large beetles she kept finding in her backyard. (ct.gov)
This large, showy beetle was accidentally introduced into the U.S. on several occasions, probably in wood crating or pallets shipped from Asia. (michigan.gov)
The stingless bee (pictured below) takes revenge on invading beetles not by striking them down, but by mummifying their bodies in large amounts of resin, mud and wax. (neatorama.com)
Unlike the BugLady's usual subjects, some of which are barely visible to the naked eye, today's three beetles (in the Leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae) are large enough to qualify as charismatic megafauna-at a half-inch-plus, these domed beetles are lunkers. (uwm.edu)
The predaceous diving beetles (family Dytiscidae) are a large group, widespread in quiet streams and ponds. (factmonster.com)
Larvae of hide beetles are large and very spiny hairy. (pestweb.com)
The beetles swarm to light sources at night, and large numbers are found around street lights and other outdoor lighting. (reference.com)
There was another large reception at Mount Sophia where the Beetles were entertained at Mrs O'Byrne's place with speeches and patriotic songs. (wikipedia.org)

Rove beetles have elongate bodies with short wing-cases that leave most of the abdominal segments uncovered. (rhs.org.uk)

The drugstore beetle also has grooves running longitudinally along the elytra , whereas the cigarette beetle is smooth. (wikipedia.org)
The ink-blot patterns are variable within each species, and a more definitive characteristic, the color and shape of the lower edge of the elytra (the elytral epipleura) (the elytra are those two hard modified wings that form a protective cover over the flying wings) can't be seen unless the beetle is belly-up. (uwm.edu)

The study, which is the first in this research line focusing on the Chrysomelidae family (known as 'leaf beetles' because they feed primarily on plants), made it possible to collect more than 2,000 beetle samples on the island of Grande Terre, compare them with other species, and carry out a phylogenetic analysis. (redorbit.com)

After removing feathers or fur, the beetles secrete a substance that slows the decomposition of the carrion. (fws.gov)
Another group of meloid beetles has no cantharadin and is sometimes called the oil beetles because of the oily substance they secrete as protection against predators. (encyclopedia.com)
Oil beetles secrete an oily substance that protects them from predators because of its bad taste. (britannica.com)

Glischrochilus sanguinolentus Bell Smith Springs, Illinois Just for you guys, here are some portraits of a colorful sap beetle in the family Nitidulidae I encountered in southern Illinois last weekend. (scienceblogs.com)
Father, in this case, is Mr. George J. Hecht, the publisher, and Mother is Mrs. Maxine Livingston, editor the Family Home Dept., whom Father considered the logical person to call into conference when about three months ago he found his offices had carpet beetles. (newyorker.com)
Christmas beetles ( Anoplognathus ) range from 15 - 40 mm in size and belong to the Scarab family (over 3000 species in Australia), which also includes flower and cock chafers, and fiddle beetles. (abc.net.au)
A species of darkling beetle (or darkening beetle ), Tenebrio molitor , in the family Tenebrionidae , whose larvae ( mealworms ) are typically used as a food source for reptile, fish, and avian pets. (wiktionary.org)
When compared to the fossil record of other animal groups such as clams, corals, and vertebrates, beetles have among the lowest family-level extinction rates ever calculated. (eurekalert.org)
The inner anatomy was imaged in such detail that the family tree of the beetles could be analyzed. (eurekalert.org)
Then, a family tree analysis was made and relationships of the fossil species in the group of Clown beetles (also called hister beetles, histeridae), a beetle family still existing today, could be corrected and reevaluated. (eurekalert.org)
Nosodendridae (wounded-tree beetles) is a family of beetle . (eol.org)
A number of the Calligrapha spiraea "hits" were from garden stores, University Extension, and exterminator sites, because the Ninebark leaf beetle is bent on partially defoliating ninebark (and, according to a few authors, Spirea and Ribes (current/gooseberry, which the BugLady doubts, since they're not even in the Rose family). (uwm.edu)
The water scavenger beetles (family Hydrophilidae), of similar appearance, are abundant in marshy places in warm parts of the world and feed on water plants and decaying matter. (factmonster.com)

The drugstore beetle ( Stegobium paniceum ), also known as the bread beetle or biscuit beetle , is a tiny, brown beetle that can be found infesting a wide variety of dried plant products, where it is among the most common non- weevils to be found. (wikipedia.org)
There are many species of lady beetles found in Ohio, but the most common ones are listed in the tables below. (osu.edu)
Physically remove lady beetles found indoors. (osu.edu)
Habitats in Nebraska where these beetles have been recently found consist of grassland prairie, forest edge and scrubland. (fws.gov)
Grape flea beetle is found in the eastern two-thirds of the United states. (uky.edu)
Two pairs of finger-like appendages are found around the mouth in most beetles, serving to move food into the mouth. (mcgill.ca)
These highly aggressive beetles make their home in deep fresh water, such as rivers, lakes, pools, and seas and can be found in any climate, stretching from the warmest to the coldest. (google.com)
Japanese beetles were first found in the United States in 1916 near Riverton, New Jersey. (usda.gov)
Interestingly, in each of these cases the beetle was first found by a member of the public, not by a professional. (ct.gov)
What Does Asian Longhorned Beetle Look Like, Where Has It Been Found in the U.S., and What Trees Can It Infest? (michigan.gov)
Only five species of these so-called 'flea' beetles, out of a global total of 60, had been found to date in New Caledonia, in the western Pacific. (redorbit.com)
These new beetles hold a secret "" they feed on plants that the scientists have still not found on the archipelago. (redorbit.com)
I am trying to find out what kind of beetle I have found and can I send you a picture of it? (pbase.com)
I also found this beetle (july 14) that has several black and white stripes. (pbase.com)
ok so I found this beetle with these weird black and white stripes along its back and it has horns like things plus im positive it is not from our area. (pbase.com)
At 20-30mm the matt black devil's coach horse ( Ocypus olens ) is Britain's largest rove beetle and is often found in gardens under logs or pots. (rhs.org.uk)
One species often found in gardens, the violet ground beetle ( Carabus violaceus ), has metallic-purple edges to the wing-cases and thorax. (rhs.org.uk)
Development of an operationally effective trap has been a goal of the Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB) eradication program since the first individual ALB was found in New York in 1996. (fed.us)
Bark beetles are one of the 6000 species of beetle found in the subfamily Scolytinae . (nps.gov)

These larvae will pupate in the soil, later in the summer the next generation of beetles will emerge. (uky.edu)
Begin cucumber beetle control as soon as seedlings emerge. (uky.edu)

But shade equals less crops, while sun increases yields, so "many coffee growers have cut down the trees around their coffee plants," creating an environment more likable to the coffee-loving beetle. (utne.com)
Beetles skeletonize leaves and flowers of ornamental plants and trees and can damage crops. (michigan.gov)

The Ninebark leaf beetle inhabits the Northeastern quadrant of the continent and is one of 14 species in the scalaris group of the Calligrapha. (uwm.edu)
BugFans can do a little scalaris sleuthing of their own on the Bug Guide website , and by downloading Harvard University's Breviora issue on this little leaf beetle . (uwm.edu)
These beetles can be encouraged in gardens by providing habitats for wildlife particularly wood piles, compost heaps and leaving some leaf litter in garden borders. (rhs.org.uk)

Download Movie_S01 (MOV) - Wing-folding motion of a rove beetle imaged with a high-speed camera (top-down view). (pnas.org)
Download Movie_S03 (MOV) - Take-off motion of a rove beetle imaged with a high-speed camera. (pnas.org)

The tortoise beetle, which eats thistle leaves, has evolved a symbiotic relationship with bacteria that allows it to have such a specialized diet. (eurekalert.org)

Once per minute as a swift action , a giant water beetle can emit a cloud of jet-black ink that fills a 10-foot cube. (google.com)
The cloud provides total concealment , which the giant water beetle normally uses to escape. (google.com)
If encountered on land, a giant water beetle will never be more than 30 feet from any source of water. (google.com)
water beetle, name for aquatic beetles of several families. (factmonster.com)

The flour beetle (seen above) has sperm that attaches to the members of other beetles that breed with the same female. (neatorama.com)
In fact, the female flour beetle has a one in eight chance of being fertilized by a male she never even encountered before. (neatorama.com)

Then when the New Beetle was introduced in 1998, decades after the original was retired, the big issue was: how do you guide Baby Boomers down memory lane while also attracting the younger generation, because you need to grow that market and the Beetle is an entry vehicle into the VW line? (washington.edu)

If they walk up the vertical side of the container, they are very likely to be either rice and granary weevils or sawtoothed and merchant grain beetles. (ehow.com)

But the wedge-shaped beetles are ectoparasites of bees. (scienceblogs.com)
Warrant has compared these specialisations in different species of beetle, and also in bees and moths that fly at night. (newscientist.com)
When I recently learned that beetles, bees and beets have more in common than just a few letters in their name, I was eager to share what I learned with you guys. (neatorama.com)
Don't think for a second that bees are always the innocent victims of beetles though. (neatorama.com)

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HSP27 multimerization mediated by phosphorylation-sensitive intermolecular interactions at the amino terminus. (1/1413)

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In vivo regulation of beta-MHC gene in rodent heart: role of T3 and evidence for an upstream enhancer. (3/1413)

Glucose generates sub-plasma membrane ATP microdomains in single islet beta-cells. Potential role for strategically located mitochondria. (4/1413)

Molecular systematics of cytochrome oxidase I and 16S from Neochlamisus leaf beetles and the importance of sampling. (5/1413)

A visual evoked potential correlate of global figure-ground segmentation. (6/1413)

Seeing better at night: life style, eye design and the optimum strategy of spatial and temporal summation. (7/1413)

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HSP27 multimerization mediated by phosphorylation-sensitive intermolecular interactions at the amino terminus. (1/1413)

Photorhabdus luminescens W-14 insecticidal activity consists of at least two similar but distinct proteins. Purification and characterization of toxin A and toxin B. (2/1413)

In vivo regulation of beta-MHC gene in rodent heart: role of T3 and evidence for an upstream enhancer. (3/1413)

Glucose generates sub-plasma membrane ATP microdomains in single islet beta-cells. Potential role for strategically located mitochondria. (4/1413)

Molecular systematics of cytochrome oxidase I and 16S from Neochlamisus leaf beetles and the importance of sampling. (5/1413)

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