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PCT Magazine http://www.pctonline.com/article/researchers-identify-chemicals-termite-communicate/ N.C. State researchers have identified the termite royal recognition pheromone emitted by queens.

Edited by Brad HarbisonResearchers at North …

CABI Invasive Blog https://blog.invasive-species.org/2018/04/17/hybrid-swarm-a-threat-to-food-security-in-south-america/

Australian scientists have published findings confirming the hybridisation of two of the world’s …

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Source: Mauritius Sugarcane Industry Research Institute [edited]
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Orange rust, caused by the fungus _Puccinia …

Bad news: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2018.00457/full
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Plantwise Bog https://blog.invasive-species.org/

By Dr Pablo L. Plaza, Dr Karina L. Speziale, and Dr Sergio A. Lambertucci

In the current global climate of excess waste production around the world, there is great concern about how waste and dump sites …

ECOS https://blogs.csiro.au/ecos/hybridisation-of-global-pests/

By Amy Edwards IT’S the stuff of science fiction. Hybridisation of two caterpillars in Brazil confirmed through extensive genomic testing by CSIRO researchers.

But it’s real and will …

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Dear pestneters,

I am sorry to pester you with some probably trivial ninja-fly taxonomy, however would it be possible for you to assist me with a quick statement on the taxonomic affiliation of the insect attached in the two pix. We see this …

ScienceNews https://www.sciencenews.org/article/flying-insects-tell-tales-long-distance-migrations