Bats, as the main predator of night-flying insects, create a selective pressure that has led many of their prey to evolve an early warning system of sorts: ears uniquely tuned to high-frequency bat echolocation. To date, scientists have found at least six orders of insects—including moths, beetles, crickets and grasshoppers—that have evolved ears capable of detecting ultrasound.
People who are espousing the use of systemic insecticide to combat the coconut rhinoceros beetle should be aware such a tactic might cause a double disaster.
State and city lawmakers from the Kalihi-Kapalama area are scheduled to host a community meeting to address concerns over increasing statewide infestations of invasive coconut rhinoceros beetles on Tuesday.
State and county legislators met at Kapalama Elementary School on Tuesday to address the statewide infestation of the coconut rhinoceros beetle.
"And it just started working its way down the mountain from Mililani, and I started saying to myself 'I don't think anybody's out here is saying anything about it on the North Shore, and people were kind of unaware."
In Finland, the European spruce bark beetle prefers mature Norway spruce forests close to recent clear-cut sites, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland finds.
The five-millimetre long 'Anophthalmus hitleri' is a species of blind cave beetle that is found in around just 15 humid caves in Slovenia.
The Texas A&M Forest Service reported that the presence of the emerald ash borer (EAB) beetle is confirmed in five new Texas counties, with officials noting that the beetle continues to spread south and infect and kill ash trees.