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Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-10-21T22:00:00.0000000Z

SciTech Europa https://www.scitecheuropa.eu/ecosystem-services/89862/

Professor Timothy Schowalter argues that a better understanding of insect contributions to ecosystem services will improve our ability to sustain delivery of ecosystem services.

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Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-10-21T16:00:00.0000000Z
Dear colleagues, 
Can you help me in finding ecology and biology of Goniagnathus punctifer - a deltocephalinae leafhopper. at least - its host plants..
Dr. R Gnaeswaran
Senior Lecturer
Department of Zoology
University of Jaffna, …
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Goniagnathus_punctifer
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-10-21T15:00:00.0000000Z

FreshPlaza http://www.freshplaza.com/article/9031509/insect-pests-will-increase-due-to-climate-change/

Climate change is behind the increase in insect pests, which are expected to cause more damage to crops worldwide. This was said in Rome by various …

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Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-10-19T16:00:00.0000000Z

The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/19/the-guardian-view-on-vanishing-insects-a-silent-threat The astonishing global collapse in their numbers is a danger to almost every other species.

One of the classic moments in the …

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The_Guardian
Sydney NSW, Australia
Identification request
2018-10-19T16:00:00.0000000Z
Parasitoids from stem borer, Bangladesh
Hi
Everyone could you please identify this tiny parasitoid (black one, please see attached picture). This parasitoid emerged from pupa of yellow stem borer. Pupa was collected from rice field and preserved in test tube after 5-7 days the tiny insect …
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Parasitoid
Rice
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-10-18T14:00:00.0000000Z
Roasted mopane caterpillars are eaten in Livingstone, Zambia. Credit: Rainer Lesniewski/Flickr

The Conversation https://phys.org/news/2018-10-insects-hunger-world.html#jCp   by Esther Ndumi Ngumbi

Insects could be a game changer in the race to combat food insecurity and achieve zero hunger – the theme of this year's World …

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Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-10-17T15:00:00.0000000Z
Sydney NSW, Australia
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2018-10-16T15:00:00.0000000Z

Science https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/10/several-species-insects-have-almost-completely-vanished-some-tropical-forests

By Erik Stokstad

Previously, most insect declines have been documented in temperate ecosystems and blamed on habitat …

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Sydney NSW, Australia
Identification request
2018-10-15T17:00:00.0000000Z
Interception on garlic from China (Dorsal view) Interception on garlic from China (lateral view of head) Interception on garlic from China (Ventral view) Interception on garlic from China (ventral view of head) Interception on garlic from China (Thorax)
Dear Colleagues,
Could any ones who can help the identification of an intercepted beetle on fresh garlic tuber imported from China into the North of Vietnam with photos attached?
Thank you in advance and I look forward to receiving your advice on this …
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China
Garlic
Interception
Vietan