Sentences with phrase «because larvae»

This is because larvae consume the blood feces from adult fleas.

Because larvae wrap themselves around carpet fiber, they're usually more difficult to vacuum up.

These results support our conclusion that the reduction in Dilp2 and Dilp5 is not the consequence of feeding defects, because these larvae show abnormal Dilp regulation regardless of active feeding and growth.

«This is interesting because the larvae are exhibiting risky behavior,» Louis said.

«Good news,» Lesniak says, because the larvae of fox tapeworms can cause severe diseases in humans.

This provides a golden opportunity for the fly to lay its eggs because the larvae can not burrow into desiccated flesh and would dry out quickly in the hot sunshine.

Because the larvae do not overwinter, he reasoned, they must have been picked up that summer.

Zebrafish are commonly used to model human diseases, in part because their larvae are transparent, making it easy to see the effects of genetic mutations or drugs.

Not exact matches

«We know that because, very basically, mosquito larvae are aquatic organisms and it kills them, so it will kill other aquatic organisms as well.»

Because of the deficit of freshwater and increase in salinity from the drought, conch larvae proliferated, resulting in an abundance of the conch, which then led to a greater consumption of oysters on the reef.

Because they are so small, multiple testing methods are used, including cross-polarized light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and PCR testing of the DNA of larvae in the water sample.

Research led by Margery Smelkinson found that NS1 modulates the activitiy of a signaling cascade known as the Hedgehog pathway (so named because fruit fly larvae lacking the Hedgehog gene emerge hairless and resemble tiny hedgehogs).

[TL:] «And the larvae have to climb up the stems because they mine into the young stems on the plant, which are about half a meter to a meter up the stem.

Perry suspects that the numbers of blue crab larvae, which spawn in open waters 15 - 150 kilometers offshore, will drop because of their exposure.

Honeybee larvae develop into workers but not queens, in part, because their diet of beebread / pollen is enriched in plant miRNAs.

And because insects don't replace their resilin after pupating from larvae, the stuff has to last a lifetime.

«Burying beetles are ideal for studying [this] because beetle parents and larvae are intimately and unavoidably associated with bacteria and fungi throughout their development.»

«It isn't just beetles versus microbes, because some microbial species are required to keep larvae healthy.

The citrus fruit is an ideal oviposition substrate for the flies because the parasitoid wasp Leptopilina boulardii, which lays its eggs inside Drosophila larvae, is repelled by the odour of citrus.

In nature, laying eggs on oranges is advantageous, because parasitoid wasps feeding on the larvae of Drosophila avoid citrus fruits.

«The hatcheries call it «lazy larvae syndrome» because these tiny oysters just sink in the water and stop swimming,» Waldbusser says.

Timing is important because if larvae appear too early in the spring, they might not get transported to those habitats at all, or they might end up in habitats that are less well - suited for their survival, said Walsh, the lead author of the study.

Scientists believe the area is a hot spot in part because nutrients and larvae flow in on ocean currents from Antarctica and South America.

They dunked mosquito larvae in a pool of water mixed with a chemical called Tween 20, which is useful because it's not toxic and is commonly found in detergents, cosmetics, and hard candy.

However, these benefits are not necessarily balanced because the ants can find alternative sources of food, whereas the larvae are completely dependent on the ants for protection.

That may be because well - developed mushroom bodies help parasitic wasps better locate the nests of the larvae they lay their eggs in.

The new bait combination is a breakthrough, says Spurr, because sulfluramid takes up to three days to have an effect, and foraging worker wasps take it back to the nest to feed the larvae, queen and other workers.

Anyone who has an emergent guinea worm should not go into the water [because he or she is shedding millions of Guinea worm larvae].

«It would be almost impossible to do a study like this on eel larvae,» he says, simply because tiny, transparent eels are tough to gather in large numbers in the open ocean.

Birds share their nests with a rich community of other inhabitants like parasites and mainly invertebrates, such as insects, that are attracted to the nest because of the stable climatic conditions for their larvae as well as the rich supply of food.

Although the sprayed fields had fewer larvae overall, those survivors were more likely to carry resistance genes, presumably because the double - whammy of Bt crops in neighboring rows and the added Bt spray increased the selection pressure on the insects.

Because the vents usually maintain a steady flow and the creatures that live there reproduce continually, minerals and larvae fall into the traps from the cloudy waters above at fairly steady rates.

Rieger used zebrafish larvae to model peripheral neuropathy because the embryos develop rapidly and because the larval fish are translucent, making them ideal for studying the progression of nerve degeneration in live animals.

Larvae of Acropora digitifera was used in the study because it is a common species around Okinawan coral reefs and also the most commonly used species in studies on the effects of acidified seawater on several early life stages in coral.

Study co-author, James Cook University Professor Sean Connoly, from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (Coral CoE), said this will make it more difficult for larger systems to recover after cyclones and coral bleaching because fewer larvae will disperse from other reefs.

«Reef fishes form these large aggregations not just to find mates but because the specific time of the aggregation increases the survival of their larvae.

Chickens are great to have in your orchard because they eat the larva or worm form of codling moth or apple maggot, they give the tree «fertilizer» and then you can have organic apples without worms for free basically.

They measure — in centimeters because that's what scientists do — growth of tulips and milkweed, on which monarch larvae feed.

Principal Jen Larva said the number is low because of changing data collection practices during the year.

Finally, although Seamus tested positive for heartworms, because of his age (Dr. Levy estimates he still young, probably about a year old), it is unlikely that the heartworm microfilaria (the heartworm larvae spread through the bite of a mosquito) has had an opportunity to develop into advanced heartworm disease.

The momma dog doesn't have to be showing signs of an active roundworm problem in order to pass on roundworm larvae because they can lay dormant in her body and activate during pregnancy.

Because it takes around 6 - 7 months for heartworm larvae to reach the stage where they are obstructing bloodflow and causing symptoms, young puppies won't show any signs of heartworm but they do need to be protected against it.

Because hookworms are present in soil / sand you also need to treat your yard to kill any larvae and worms which are lying in wait for the next time he (or you) are outside.

Because developing fleas can not survive in direct sunlight, larvae thrive in the shade — where cats and dogs frequently rest and / or sleep.

This is because many puppy deworming medicines kill only adult worms and eggs and larvae already in your puppy's body have to go be given time to mature so that the medicine will kill eradicate them too.

We tried honey on it, and it didn't work, but that's because there was a bot fly larvae growing in the bite site!

People who walk barefooted are most at risk because it is the feet and legs that the larvae most often attacks.

Vacuum carpeted regions, sofa cushions, etc., because any region where the pet sits, lays, or travels by could contain fleas, larvae, or eggs.

(ref) In 2017 There are many brands of monthly preventative that will kill heartworms before they take up residence in your dog's heart; but only one, Advantage Multi ® (because it contains moxidectin), is FDA - approved for the elimination of the microfilaria that could conceivably allow the parasite larva to mutated and then transfer to another dog.

This is true even if the mother tests negative for roundworms because roundworm larvae (immature worms) encyst in the mother's muscle tissue and are not detected by our tests for the eggs of adult worms.