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From:Evolution (Vol. 48, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedSocial behavior within a species can affect genetic variation within a population. In wide-ranging insects, social behavior is required for the migrating members to survive widely divergent environments. Genetic...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe present study features the estimation of number of generations of tobacco caterpillar, Spodoptera litura. Fab. on peanut crop at six locations in India using MarkSim, which provides General Circulation Model (GCM)...
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From:Pediatrics (Vol. 113, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed"Evading predators may be the big factor driving certain caterpillars to shoot their waste pellets great distances. Caterpillars of the silver-spotted skipper (Epargyreus clarus) can fire their feces as far as 153...
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From:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 42, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedThe forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria Hbn.) is an eruptive forest insect common across North America and an important defoliator of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.). Forest stands having suffered...
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From:Nature (Vol. 570, Issue 7761) Peer-ReviewedScientists hope that insects such as stink bugs could keep the fall armyworm in check. Scientists hope that insects such as stink bugs could keep the fall armyworm in check. Author(s): Andrew Silver Author...
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From:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 38, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedAbstract: The growth response and mortality of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) were monitored 1, 3, 5, and 11 years after partially harvesting an aspen-dominated mature mixedwood stand in northeastern...
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From:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 46, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedMasson pine caterpillar (MPC, Dendrolimus punctatus Walker) outbreaks periodically occur in Masson pine (Pinus massoniana Lamb.) plantations in southern China; however, their effects on nutrient cycling remain unclear....
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From:Science (Vol. 309, Issue 5734) Peer-ReviewedThe Hawaiian archipelago is the most isolated landmass on Earth, and this isolation appears to have allowed for feeding strategies that occur nowhere else, particularly for invertebrates. Among the novelties discovered...
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From:American Zoologist (Vol. 39, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedDuring their short active season (June), G. groenlandica caterpillars can elevate body temperatures as much as 20 [degrees] C above ambient temperature by basking, which increases their metabolism and efficiency of food...
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From:The American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 181, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedWhile once dismissed as an artifact of unnatural laboratory conditions, cannibalism is now widely accepted as a common behavior exhibited by multiple insect taxa, including primarily herbivorous species. In some cases...
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From:Science (Vol. 243, Issue 4891) Peer-ReviewedA Diet-Induced Developmental polymorphism in a Caterpillar MANY ORGANISMS OCCUR IN TWO or more distinct forms. Developmental polymorphisms (or polyphenisms) occur when phenotypic variation is produced by differences...
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From:Agricultural Research (Vol. 44, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedEntomologist Patrick V. Vail of the Agricultural Research Service's Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory has discovered a virus that controls crop-eating caterpillars. Known as the Autographa californica multiply...
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From:The American Midland Naturalist (Vol. 141, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedLarval food-limitation may be an important factor influencing growth of lepidopteran populations. We tested effects of food-limitation on larval growth of Vanessa cardui Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), the painted...
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From:Science and Children (Vol. 49, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedOn a hike a few years ago, I stumbled across what I thought might be the most ferocious caterpillar on Earth--pale aqua with orange spikes; surely this must be some exotic invasive species, I thought. I consulted with...
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From:Family Practice News (Vol. 35, Issue 14)When the summers in northern Europe turn unusually warm and dry, the poisonous oak processionary caterpillar (Thaumetwoea processionea) abandons its more tropical home in southern Europe and takes up residence in...
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From:The American Biology Teacher (Vol. 73, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedNational science standards require an understanding of animal behavior, diversity, and adaptations of organisms, as well as the concept of science as inquiry. We have developed a hands-on classroom activity that...
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From:The Biological Bulletin (Vol. 212, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedCaterpillar crawling is distinct from that of worms and molluscs; it consists of a series of steps in different body segments that can be compared to walking and running in animals with stiff skeletons. Using a...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedAttack by herbivores is a major biotic stress limiting the soybean crop production. Plant defenses against caterpillars include the production of secondary metabolites such as flavonoids, which constitute a diverse...
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From:Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Vol. 48, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedEarly-instar caterpillars experience very high and often very variable mortality; if it is density dependent, it can be a key factor in outbreak dynamics. Plant physical and chemical defenses can be extremely effective...
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From:Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science (Vol. 86, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedCATERPILLAR SALIVA MEDIATES HERBIVORE DEFENSE GENE EXPRESSION IN MAIZE BRITTANY D. HARRY (1), SWAYAMJIT RAY (2), FLOR ACEVEDO (3), SHAN JIN (2), MICHELLE PEIFFER (3), DAWN S. LUTHE (2), GARY FELTON (3) (1) THE...