Ecology of Insects

New buzz around insect DNA analysis and #biodiversity estimates sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/…

Why does P. oxyops ants place bird feathers around their nest? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111… #insects

How the humble marigold outsmarts a devastating tomato pest sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/… #organicfood

Butterfly business: #Insect farmers help conserve East African #forests news.mongabay.com/2019/02/butter… #kenya #conservation

Queen butterfly mimic can also produce toxins to discourage predation sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/…

Wallace's giant #bee has been rediscovered in #Indonesia youtube.com/watch?time_con… #insects

From vibrations alone, acacia #ants can tell nibbles from the wind sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/…

Mate searching in Ennya maculicornis is about having the right vibe onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

Microbes hitched to #insects provide a rich source of new antibiotics sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/…

#Ontario's beech trees are facing a slow demise. Here's why cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

Severe #wildfires spark population boom in #fungi and #bacteria #ecology" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nature.com/articles/d4158…

Prey nutrient content creates omnivores out of predators onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111… #insects

Nice article pulling together the various threads describing "insect apocalypse". Believe me, you do not want to live in a world without insects. So much loss. Save the insectivores -- and yourself! 🦇🐦🦋🐞🐝 nyti.ms/2KDKCGq

Awesome Ears: The Weird World of #Insect Hearing scientificamerican.com/article/awesom… #evolution

Massive decline of flying insects correlated with indicators of a trophic cascade: #climatechange cited as leading cause washingtonpost.com/science/2018/1…? #PuertoRico

Phenotypic Stealth: #Moths survive bat predation through acoustic camouflage fur #insects sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/… #insects

Termite mound network the size of Great Britain discovered in #Brazil cbc.ca/radio/thecurre… #nature

Pollinators and pollination directly link wild ecosystems with agricultural production systems 🌸 🐝 #UNBiodiversityConference #COP14

@WildForests What a fascinating story of multi-lifecycle migration between Africa and Europe.