Insect article list

Hiroshima University and Fumakilla discover gene that may be involved in bedbug insecticide resistance

 Researcher Kohei Toga and Professor Hidemasa Bounou of the Graduate School of Integrated Life Sciences at Hiroshima University, as well as researcher Fumiko Kimoto and researcher Hiroki Fujii of Fumakilla Co., Ltd. […]

Seed-eating insects identified by Kobe University and Tokyo University on Amami Oshima

 Many plants rely on animals such as birds and mammals to eat their seeds along with the flesh, and the seeds are excreted undigested in the soil, so they can reach places that they cannot reach on their own.

Older males are more persistent in the fight at hand Discovering changes in fighting patterns depending on the age of beetles

 A joint study between Okayama University and the University of Exeter in the UK has revealed that the fighting patterns between males of the beetle, the giant horned beetle, depend on the age of the males […]

Fragments of the world's oldest German cockroach, including Nara Women's University, discovered at ruins in Nara Prefecture

 A research team from Nara Women's University and the Osaka City Museum of Natural History, with the cooperation of the Sakurai City Makimuku Research Center, conducted research at Makimuku, Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture.

Kyushu University and Vietnam National Museum of Natural History Discover 16 New Species of the Parasitic Wasp with a Strange Appearance

 Kyushu University and the Vietnam National Museum of Nature conducted field surveys in various parts of Vietnam, and as a result of taxonomic research, 16 new species of bees were discovered […]

Insects pause when attacked while exercising, Hokkaido University finds

 A research group led by Professor Hiroto Ogawa of the Graduate School of Hokkaido University has observed the escape behavior of crickets in detail.

C. elegans without limbs and wings flies in the air Discovery of jumping behavior on bees using static electricity

 Associate Professor Takuma Sugi of Hiroshima University, Associate Professor Katsuhiko Sato of Hokkaido University, and Professor Toshiyuki Nakagaki of Hokkaido University, et al.

A New Hypothesis for ``Why Insects Don't Live in the Sea''-Insects' Unique Exoskeleton Formation Acts Unfavorably in Seawater

 Insects boast a diversity of more than 100 million recorded species alone, and are the most prosperous organisms on earth, adapting to any environment on land […]

Suppressing the odor of food waste with the power of insects

 A joint research group of NARO, the University of Tokyo, and the University of Tsukuba, including researcher Takuya Uehara of the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, is a […]

Kyoto University Identifies Enzyme Only Termite Kings and Queens Have

 A research group led by Takao Konishi, a Ph.D.
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