Does the Aggregation Behavior of Overwintering Paper Wasp Gynes Provide Energetic Benefits? [0.03%]
越冬的纸黄蜂雌性聚集行为是否有能量效益？
Helmut Kovac,Astrid B Amstrup,Helmut Käfer et al.
Helmut Kovac et al.
In temperate regions, paper wasp gynes (Polistes dominula) move to protected shelters in late autumn for the purpose of overwintering. Overwintering represents an energetic challenge for insects, which require sufficient energy reserves to ...
Traits Underlying Experimentally Evolved Dispersal Behavior in Tribolium castaneum [0.03%]
米象（Tribolium castaneum）扩散行为实验进化背后的性状分析
Michael D Pointer,Lewis G Spurgin,Ramakrishnan Vasudeva et al.
Michael D Pointer et al.
Dispersal is an important behavior in many animals, with profound effects on individual fitness and the evolutionary trajectories of populations. This is especially true within taxa with particular life-history strategies, for example those...
Functional and Behavioral Responses of the Natural Enemy Anthocoris nemoralis to Cacopsylla pyri, at Different Temperatures [0.03%]
不同温度下天敌拟步行虫对梨黄蚜的功能反应及行为反应研究
Laura A Reeves,Michael P D Garratt,Michelle T Fountain et al.
Laura A Reeves et al.
Anthocoris nemoralis is the dominant predator of pear sucker (Cacopsylla pyri) in the UK. Anthocoris nemoralis migrates into orchards in spring or is introduced as a biocontrol agent, reaching peak population levels in July-August, contribu...
Primacy of Human Odors Over Visual and Heat Cues in Inducing Landing in Female Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes [0.03%]
蚊子着陆行为的人类气味诱导机制研究
Benjamin D Sumner,Ring T Cardé
Benjamin D Sumner
Although human skin odor is thought to be the cue that anthropophilic mosquitoes use to discriminate us from other potential hosts, the precise details of how they use skin odor to find and land on a human is unclear. We found that Aedes ae...
Investigating the Foraging, Guarding and Drifting Behaviors of Commercial Bombus terrestris [0.03%]
论康普茶对商业土蜂(Bombus terrestris)觅食、守卫和漂移行为的影响
Ellen L MacKenzie,Dave Goulson,Ellen L Rotheray
Ellen L MacKenzie
Social insects have high levels of cooperation and division of labor. In bumble bees this is partly size-based, with larger bees performing tasks outside the nest and smaller bees remaining inside, although bumble bees still display conside...
Behavior of the Avian Parasite Philornis downsi (Diptera: Muscidae) in and Near Host Nests in the Galapagos Islands [0.03%]
加拉帕戈斯群岛上寄生于鸟类的蝇类Philornis downsi (Diptera: Muscidae) 的行为学研究
Courtney L Pike,Ismael E Ramirez,David J Anchundia et al.
Courtney L Pike et al.
The Avian Vampire Fly, Philornis downsi, has invaded the Galapagos Islands, where it causes high mortality of endemic and native landbird species, including most species of Darwin's finches. Control methods are under development, but key in...
Aversive Learning in the Praying Mantis (Tenodera aridifolia), a Sit and Wait Predator [0.03%]
一种伏击型食虫动物—— mantis（Tenodera aridifolia）的厌恶学习行为研究
Thomas Carle,Rio Horiwaki,Anya Hurlbert et al.
Thomas Carle et al.
Animals learn to associate sensory cues with the palatability of food in order to avoid bitterness in food (a common sign of toxicity). Associations are important for active foraging predators to avoid unpalatable prey and to invest energy ...
Behavioral Plasticity in Probing by Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera, Liviidae): Ingestion from Phloem Versus Xylem is Influenced by Leaf Age and Surface [0.03%]
citrus 黄斑短额飞虱取食行为的可塑性：叶片年龄和表面对从韧皮部与木质部取食的影响
Timothy A Ebert,Elaine A Backus,Holly J Shugart et al.
Timothy A Ebert et al.
Diaphorina citri is a major pest of citrus because it transmits Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, a phloem-limited bacterium that putatively causes Huanglongbing (HLB). The disease moves slowly through a tree, and the vector facilitates fu...
Aleksandra Bilska,Jacek Francikowski,Aleksandra Wyglenda et al.
Aleksandra Bilska et al.
Paper presents the phenomenon of thanatosis or death-feigning in selected aphids species. This specific reaction was predominantly analysed on the example of aphid subfamily Lachninae. Individuals of this group were used in experiments, dur...
Increased Risk Proneness or Social Withdrawal? The Effects of Shortened Life Expectancy on the Expression of Rescue Behavior in Workers of the ant Formica cinerea (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) [0.03%]
缩短寿命预期会增加还是减少救亡行为？——以方蚁（Formica cinerea）为例
Krzysztof Miler,Beata Symonowicz,Ewa J Godzińska
Krzysztof Miler
In social insects behavioral consequences of shortened life expectancy include, among others, increased risk proneness and social withdrawal. We investigated the impact of experimental shortening of life expectancy of foragers of the ant Fo...