Common Hoverfly Parasitoid Wasps! Today we're looking at a wasp I found in my backyard. This little insect lays its eggs inside of other hosts (hoverflys), which consumes the hoverfly larva from the ...

Ancient New Zealand insect fossils reveal new genus of whitefly and first psyllid wing, enriching knowledge of Miocene ...

Materials science utilizes this factor to create certain properties by applying individual atoms and molecules to surfaces with the aid of high-performance microscopes. This is still extremely ...

Green mold and flaking paint in 2022. — “Unidentified slime” and “an abundance of insects” in 2023. — A puddle of “blood, debris and trash” in 2024. Boar’s Head officials said in ...

The Cry14 protein exceeds the previously assumed size limit. However, using state-of-the-art electron microscopy and imaging equipment, the team captured groundbreaking images of the Cry14 protein ...

In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we demonstrated that male spiders use olfactory hairs called wall-pore sensilla on their legs as a “nose” to detect the sex ...

bruennichi spiders by high-resolution scanning electron microscopy. We discovered thousands ... In fact, they are different from those found in insects and other arthropods. The wall-pore sensilla ...

We examined male and female A. bruennichi spiders by high-resolution scanning electron microscopy. We discovered thousands of wall-pore sensilla on all walking legs of male spiders and revealed ...

The noisy insects have been silent for a few months now, but come spring 2025 their songs will ring out again. Broods of periodical cicadas only emerge every 13 or 17 years. Some years ...

Homes in Chester County are under siege. Pesky insects are irritating homeowners in what’s considered the United States’ “mushroom capital.” According to The Philadelphia Inquirer ...