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Micro-habitat features determine oviposition site selection in High Brown and Dark Green Fritillaries
AbstractThe survival of butterfly populations depends on successful oviposition strategies. The limited mobility of early life stages requires...
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Influence of oviposition water background colours on egg laying in gravid anopheles gambiae s.s. (diptera: culicidae)
The influence of five different water background colours on oviposition by gravid female Anopheles gambiae s.s., was investigated using a 5 × 5...
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Influence of pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) on oviposition behaviour of Diceraeus melacanthus stink bug, an important pest of soybean and maize crops in South America
Diceraeus melacanthus Dallas, (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) is a polyphagous stink bug that has been reported to be an important pest in maize and...
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Mating behavior and oviposition of Palpita forficifera (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
Palpita forficifera Munroe, 1959 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) is considered the main pest of the olive tree ( Olea europaea L., Oleaceae) in Brazil and...
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Oviposition behaviour and emergence through time of the small blue butterfly (Cupido minimus) in a nature reserve in Bedfordshire, UK
AbstractClimate change affects butterflies in many ways, influencing the timing of emergence and reproduction, habitat preferences, and behaviour....
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Adult oviposition preference and larval performance of Cnaphalocrocis medinalis Guenee (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera) on transgenic Bt rice
The oviposition of gravid female moths of rice leaffolder, Cnaphalocrosis medinalis Guenee (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera) correlates with the host plant’s...
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Inhibitory effect of chrysin on growth, development and oviposition behaviour of melon fruit fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett) (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Zeugodacus cucurbitae is a major pest of cucurbit plants which in India itself is responsible for causing considerable damage to vegetables. In the...
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Foraging Behaviour
In this chapter, we consider practical aspects of the foraging behaviour of insect natural enemies in its widest sense (so wide that we even include...
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Exogenous systemin peptide treatment in olive alters Bactrocera oleae oviposition preference
The olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Rossi), is a key pest of the olive crop, whose control relies mostly on the use of insecticides. Plant...
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Behavioural hormoligosis in oviposition preference of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) in Bt cotton
The impact of biorationals (flonicamid, pyriproxyfen, spiromesifen) and conventional insecticides (fipronil, bifenthrin and ethion) was evaluated in...
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Effect of ABO and Rh blood groups on host preference, oviposition success, and development of laboratory-reared Aedes aegypti
Aedes aegypti is the primary dengue vector in Sri Lanka that causes the massive public health problem of Dengue Fever (DF) and Dengue Hemorrhagic...
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Oviposition deterrence and repellent activities of selected essential oils against Tuta absoluta Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae): laboratory and greenhouse investigations
Tuta absoluta , an invasive pinworm characterized by high reproductive potential and adaptation to different agroecological conditions, cause serious...
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Mating Behaviour
In sexually reproducing animals, reproduction entails insemination (the transfer of the male’s sperm to the female) and fertilisation (the fusion of...
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Poison frog social behaviour under global change: potential impacts and future challenges
The current and cascading effects of global change challenges the interactions both between animal individuals (i.e. social and sexual behaviour) and...
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Virgin queen behaviour and controlled mating in the stingless bee Tetragonula carbonaria (Meliponini)
Improving knowledge of virgin queen behaviour and mating biology in stingless bees (Meliponini) is an important step towards artificial selection...
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Reproductive behaviour of predaceous ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): A review
Sexual activities of predaceous ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) involve complex interactions. Hence, we reviewed information on pre-mating,...
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Mating Behaviour and Reproductive Biology of Insect Predators
In sexually reproducing animals, fertilisation and insemination (the exchange of male sperm for female sperm) constitute the process of reproduction...
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Genetics reveals shifts in reproductive behaviour of the invasive bird parasite Philornis downsi collected from Darwin’s finch nests
Due to novel or dynamic fluctuations in environmental conditions and resources, host and parasite relationships can be subject to diverse selection...
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Behaviour and fitness impacts of irradiation-induced sterility in an egg parasitoid and potential implications for their use for insect eradication
As the increasing globalisation of trade generates an escalating spread of arthropod pests, eradication has gained traction as a viable approach to...
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Oviposition responses of Bactrocera dorsalis and Ceratitis cosyra to Dufour’s and poison gland extracts of Oecophylla longinoda (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
The predatory African weaver ant, Oecophylla longinoda (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) effectively control pests by predation as well as by semiochemicals...
