Sentences with phrase «effects on caterpillars»
They compared their effects on caterpillars of the cabbage looper moth (Trichoplusia ni), a major pest.
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In the three - year experiment that is expected to start this summer, Bishop wants to measure the virus's effect on the caterpillars of six species of British moth as well as those of the cabbage looper.
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«In effect, the caterpillar calls the police on itself,» says Baldwin.
A comparison of the dopamine receptors in the coke caterpillar with those of the silkworm, which doesn't feed on cocaine plants, revealed that E. noyesi has evolved resistance to the effects of the drug.
But the knock - on effect is on nesting birds, which are also trying to hatch their chicks at the same time that there's the maximum number of caterpillars.»
Research continues to show the ways in which neonicotinoids, the most widely used group of insecticides in the world, are having devastating effects on pollinator species, and new research reveals that some of these compounds are toxic to monarch caterpillars.