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Collins Complete Guide - British Insects: A photographic ...
Amazon UK — Features: New Mint Condition Dispatch same day for order received before 12 noon Guaranteed packaging No quibbles returns Author Michael Chinery EAN 9780007298990 ISBN 0007298994 Number Of Pages 384 Publication Date 2009-04-02 SKU mon0000012838More…
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Insects of Britain and Western Europe (Domino Field Guide)
Amazon UK — Features: New Mint Condition Dispatch same day for order received before 12 noon Guaranteed packaging No quibbles returns Author Michael Chinery EAN 9780713672398 Edition 2nd Rev ISBN 0713672390 Number Of Pages 320 Publication Date 2007-06-28 SKU ...More…
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Identification of Insects and Mites
Virginia Tech Entomology — This slide set is a good self-tutorial for many of the common pests of ornamental plants found in Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic region. It has several sections based on different basic groups of pest insects and mites. For the Christmas tree ...More…
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Alien Empire - Introduction - Insects / Nature
PBS Online — Learn more about how insects reproduce, live together in society, migrate, and battle for survival. Kalahari ~ Resources: The Great Thirstland Kalahari ~ Interview with the Filmmaker This special Web companion to NATURE'S miniseries takes you ...More…
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Insects on the Web
The fascinating stories of insects and the roles they play in our lives. Cultural entomology, insect macrophotography, educational resources and links to other web sites. The insects.org web site is designed, researched and produced by Dexter Sear atMore…
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Winged Insects - Termites
Ask The Builder — Summary: Termite infestation can be spotted by first seeing insect wings. Pest control companies use bait systems or borate chemicals to eliminate termites. If you had termites in the past and they were treated, that doesn't mean they'll never ...More…
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Scale Insects Affecting Conifers
Colorado State University Extension — Several species of scale insects develop on conifers in Colorado, sometimes causing serious damage as they feed on plant sap. The most vulnerable stage of the scale insect's life cycle is the crawler stage, an active unarmored stage that occurs ...More…
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Leafmining Insects
Colorado State University Extension — Leafminers develop and live within leaves of plants and injure the leaves by feeding on the soft interior tissues. Broadly categorized by the shape of mines produced by their feeding, leafminers include many different insects. Leafminers rarely ...More…
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Walking on Water: Insect's Secret Revealed
Live Science — Discovery could lead to new water-repellent clothing and more. A water strider can pack 15 times its weight and remain afloat. Here a strider eyes another floating bug. Credit: MIT/Bush, Hu et al. A 2003 study using dye showed the water strider ...More…
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Insects Hold Breath for Days Because Air Could Kill Them
Live Science — New idea to explain a longstanding mystery of strange breathing habits. The tracheal tubes running through the body of a beetle. Credit: Nature Scientists have known that some insects can hold their breath for hours or even days. A new study ...More…
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Insect's Amazing 'Rubber' Made in Lab
Live Science — Insect protein could be used to repair damaged blood vessels. A flea relies on resilin to jump around. Inset shows resilin in a flea's jumping joints. Credit: Chris Elvin / CSIRO A special type of protein enables insects to chirp, fly, and hop. ...More…