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"Cochinilla australiana" in Argentina

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Icerya purchasi (''cochinilla australiana'') on citrus twig | western Buenos Aires Province, Argentina After traveling through the northern provinces during late March and early April, I returned to my home base in western Buenos Aires Province for the last two weeks of my stay in Argentina. A... (original story)

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It's Roach Time

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Roaches raced on a small oval track at Purdue’s Bug Bowl during their annual Spring Fest event April 14 and 15. Bug Bowl and Spring Fest both got their start from Roach Hill Downs, which was originally a entomology class project started by Dr. Tom Turpin. I was lucky enough to catch the action... (original story)

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Out with the old (but on a good note)

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This past March was the warmest on record here in Missouri and that made for some nice opportunities to get out and photograph. That said, my enthusiasm for macro photography has been somewhat tempered since my camera body is getting old and showing some signs that it might be on its last leg. Th... (original story)

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BUG OF THE WEEK!

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This week our hats are tipped in honor of a particularly unique bug, the giant water bug (Lethocerus americanus)! Giant water bugs are Hemipterans which belong to the insect family Belostomatidae (about 100 species total). They can be found across the planet in South America, Australia, Asia, an... (original story)

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Incorporating Organophosphate Alternative Insecticides into Codling Moth (Cydia pomonella) Management Programs in Washington Apple Orchards

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http://caliban.ingentaselect.co.uk/fstemp/e2ae4475a4854a2b7cdc80f5ce5bc35e.pdf J. Integ. Pest Mngmt. 3(2): 2012; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/IPM09001 Michael D. Doerr, J.F. Brunner, and K.R. Granger Azinphos-methyl (AZM) has been the most used insecticide in apple since the late 1960’s – prim... (original story)

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For the record: Radiohead and antropoda (insects) work remarkably well together. #song4mixtape

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Great mixing of a haunting and beautiful Radiohead song (All I Need), with amazing footage from the movie MicroCosmos. p.s. If you’re curious about the #song4mixtape hashtag, these are just my recommendations for mixed tape song. More can be seen by clicking here. (original story)

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HL17

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Journal of Comparative Neurology Higher brain centers for social tasks in worker ants, Camponotus japonicus Michiko Nishikawa, Hidehiro Watanabe, Fumio Yokohari Journal of Neuroscience Transformation from a Pure Time Delay to a Mixed Time and Phase Delay Representation in the Auditory Forebrain Pat... (original story)

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Tree Following: A first close look...

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English Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) in Merrions Wood This time of year, Merrions Wood is an indigo haze of our native English Bluebells. If the following tree could see his home, his vision would be a wash of blue. But I decided that I should tear myself away from the seasonal splendor,... (original story)

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The Buzz on Twitter

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Recently I activated my Twitter account. findingsubjects. I get it for the most part, but there is much I don’t get about Twitter, never-the-less, while I was on there ‘following’ people, mostly literary agents, writers, public speakers etc…I came across an interesting indiv... (original story)

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Adult male Hentzia palmarum jumping spider

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Hentzia palmarum, adult male | Scott Co., Missouri A brief break from photos from Argentina. Last week—just a few days after returning from my 8-week absence—I visited two of the sand prairie preserves in Missouri’s southeastern lowlands to try to photograph individuals from the uniqu... (original story)