Sentences with phrase «on insects»

The ants, which primarily feed on insects in the trees, digest the insects and hand the nutrients on a silver platter to the plants.

Lavender is a great calming oil for easily distressed pets, before vet clinic visits, and on insect bites.

The robot features a vision system using algorithms based on insect vision.

I do research on insect pest and disease resistance and drought tolerance to develop rice plants that are sturdy under unfavorable conditions so that their grain yield is not drastically reduced.

Many flowers, for example, attract only one specific species of insect, and therefore rely on that insect for successful reproduction.

His research focuses on insect learning and memory at different organization levels, from behavior to molecules.

This means that the nearly $ 28 - billion fishing industry relies on insects at its base.

Plenty of other factors, including temperature, exert a strong influence on insect size and oxygen requirements, he notes.

This offers an organic way to protect crops through multiple modes of action on insects.

This involves checking on insect traps, which are strategically placed around the island, collecting and identifying samples of different species and entering data into a large database.

After receiving a degree in biology, I was looking for a Ph.D. position in which I could do ecological research on this insect group and succeeded.

Following the asteroid hit, most of the plants and animals would have died, so the survivors probably fed on insects eating dead plants and animals.

To back up these initial results, other experiments were conducted offshore, called «binary choices,» previously only conducted in the laboratory on insects or small fish.

Here are some secret tips you can use to gain an edge on these insects.

He does this by putting paint on insect feet, then manipulating their path with lights and other methods as they leave footprints across the canvas.

So before being critical and focusing on the insect farm, it is the entire package that is of interest.

Many bird species feed on insects, and an abundant presence may thus also contribute to a better natural pest control.

Students were working on a project based on insects.

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Ingestion of this compound exerts no detrimental effects on the insects as those exerted by the ingestion of lyciumoside IV, suggesting that this novel compound is a detoxified form of lyciumoside IV.

He's hopeful that other birds and bats that feast on insects in the air and on the trees near the river will become stronger as well.

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It's good for use on insect bites, scratches, rashes, nicks, cuts, dry skin, you name it - and even works as an earthy lip - balm.

Teaching units in the Bugfood section include info on insects as food, info on how people in other countries incorporate insects into their diets, and recipes for insect - themed foods.

We continued working on our insect books this week using another favorite app called Book Creator.

Hunting & Food: The Common Scops Owl feeds mainly on insects such as grasshoppers, beetles, moths and cicadas.

One of the concerns of the use of pesticides has been its impact on insect pollinators in ecosystems.

Use this activity during a unit on insects in Science or a unit on graphing in Math.

When it's mixed into an energy bar or baked into a cake, cricket flour delivers all the benefits of munching on an insect without the potential of a leg getting stuck between your teeth.

The Tokyo Entomological Society charters 30 buses on a weekend to take members on a field trip, and Japanese department stores devote sections to books on insects and insect - collecting equipment.

«A large portion of the flowering plants, or angiosperms, depended on the insects for pollination, and insects were a major factor in creating the soil conditions on which the plants grew,» Wilson says.

«Studies that aim to predict the consequences of climate change on insect populations should consider additional factors that may ultimately limit growth and survival, such as the risk of being eaten by a predator,» Culler says.

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During the unit on insects, the children might watch «The Giant Bug Invasion» episode of the PBS Kids show Kratts» Creatures to learn about «exotic bugs such as scorpions, centipedes, tarantulas, and many others.»

Strip off layers and slap on insect repellent as you enter the pre-jungle climate.

Scientists have recorded the active flight muscles of a blowfly, opening doors to the future development of micro-aircraft modelled on the insect's flight mechanics.

But the restaurant was experimenting with adding insects to their recipes and one day, she saw Chef Lars Williams reading a research paper on insect pheromones.

«As entire ecosystems are dependent on insects for food and as pollinators, it places the decline of insect eating birds and mammals in a new context,» states Hans de Kroon.

«The Deutsch 2008 paper does not consider the effect of climate change on insect damage to plants, and is thus inappropriate as a reference to this statement.»

Yet scientists had long assumed that the earliest mammals were mostly nocturnal, staying out of sight and living largely on insects and other food that dinosaurs were not interested in.

They include Iowa Insect Information Notes on insects from Acrobat Ants to Wooly Bear Caterpillars, K - 12 Educators Recommended Sites, with links to both general information and lesson plans, an excellent Entomology Image Gallery, and a fascinating collection of Tasty Insect Recipes.

The ants feed on insect carcasses which they drag back to the leaf sacs.

Alkaloids like anabasine can have strong effects on insect nervous systems and behavior.

There are two types of parasitoids: ectoparasitoids, which lay their eggs on or near the host, so that the hatchling larvae can attach to and feed on the insect from the outside; and endoparasitoids, which lay their eggs directly inside the host, so that the larvae can eat them from the inside out.

A small oil pond could trap thousands of dragonflies when they are swarming, Horváth says, and nobody has studied yet what impact that would have on the insect population.

DEET seems to work by inhibiting cells on an insect's antennae, dulling its ability to locate prey.

It uses its bill to forage on the forest floor, flipping leaves over and feeding on the insects living beneath them.

The paper is part of a special issue just published on insect invasions.

Lemon has natural antibacterial, antiviral, and antihistamine properties and it is great for dabbing on insect bites or in salves used on wounds.