Oct 31, 2009
Web Manipulation Explains Spider Behavior: Widow Spiders Alter Web Architecture in Response to Hunger
In: Spiders
By: Albert Burchsted
Oct 31, 2009
One Spider's Method to Prevent Overeating: Changing the Web Architecture Prevents Insects from Being Caught
In: Insects/Spiders (general)
By: Albert Burchsted
Oct 30, 2009
Matricide and Infanticide in a Spider: When Babies Eat Their Mother and Second Mates Destroy Eggs
In: Spiders
By: Albert Burchsted
Oct 29, 2009
Spiders Without Poison Glands: Uloborids Have Modified Their Prey Immobilization Technique
In: Spiders
By: Albert Burchsted
Oct 24, 2009
Neurology of Insect Migration and Navigation: Their Behaviors and Neurologies are More Complex Than Realized
In: Insects/Spiders (general)
By: Albert Burchsted
Oct 17, 2009
Newfound Understanding of Insect Migration: Their Behavior and Activities are More Complex Than Realized
In: Insects/Spiders (general)
By: Albert Burchsted
Oct 3, 2009
A Fantastic Dragonfly Migration: Indian Ocean Route Over 2X Longer Than the Monarch Butterfly's Route
In: Insects/Spiders (general)
By: Albert Burchsted
Sep 11, 2009
How to Avoid Tick Bites and Lyme Disease: Prevention of Tick-borne Diseases is Safer Than Curing Them
In: Insects/Spiders (general)
By: Albert Burchsted
Aug 22, 2009
Wasp and Bee Stings: Not Always as Bad as We Expect
In: Insects/Spiders (general)
By: Albert Burchsted
Aug 12, 2009
What Dragonflies Eat and What Eats Them: The Ultimate Aerial Hunter is Not Without Its Own Hunters
In: Flying Insects
By: Albert Burchsted
Aug 10, 2009
Dragonfly Mating and Reproduction: Odonate Courtship and Egg Laying are Quite Unusual
In: Flying Insects
By: Albert Burchsted
Aug 10, 2009
Life Cycle of a Dragonfly: A Long Journey for an Ancient Insect
In: Flying Insects
By: Albert Burchsted
Aug 9, 2009
Dragonfly Surveys: Monitoring Native Insect Predators
In: Flying Insects
By: Albert Burchsted
Jul 28, 2009
Beetles That Burrow and Tunnel: Larvae feed in soil, trees, and plant stems.
In: Insects/Spiders (general)
By: Albert Burchsted
Jul 11, 2009
Asian Tiger Mosquito, a Recent US Introduction: A Vector for Several Debilitating Tropical Diseases
In: Flying Insects
By: Albert Burchsted
Jul 8, 2009
Why Bird Parents Carry Feces From Nests: Some Birds do not Foul Their Sleeping Areas
In: Insects/Spiders (general)
By: Albert Burchsted
Jul 7, 2009
Thermoregulation in Insects: How to Get Warm in a Cold-blooded World
In: Insects/Spiders (general)
By: Albert Burchsted
Jun 25, 2009
Chemical Communication in Aphids: A Wordless Enigma Only Partially Decoded
In: Crawling Insects
By: Albert Burchsted
Jun 20, 2009
Ants Tightly Control Their Aphids: Coercion Rather Than Cooperation Seems to be the Method
In: Crawling Insects
By: Albert Burchsted
May 18, 2009
Persistent Viral Infections of Aphids: Some Aphids are Infective for Weeks, Others From Birth
In: Crawling Insects
By: Albert Burchsted
May 18, 2009
Aphids Transmit Plant Viruses: Viruses, but not Bacteria or Molds, are Transmitted by Plant Lice
In: Crawling Insects
By: Albert Burchsted
May 13, 2009
Hazards to Aphids Living in Galls: Parasites, Injury and Plant Growth May Restrict Aphid Activity
In: Crawling Insects
By: Albert Burchsted
May 10, 2009
Unusual Lifestyles of Aphids: Some of These Insects Make Houses or Cover Themselves
In: Crawling Insects
By: Albert Burchsted
May 10, 2009
Galls Benefit Aphids: Living in a House Has Its Perks
In: Crawling Insects
By: Albert Burchsted
May 3, 2009
How Aphids Reproduce: Utilizing Methods Almost Unheard of for Insects
In: Insects/Spiders (general)
By: Albert Burchsted
May 3, 2009
Aphids and Ants: Symbiosis Between an Omnivore and a Plant Parasite
In: Crawling Insects
By: Albert Burchsted
Apr 7, 2009
Aphids Can Cause Serious Damage to Plants: Sap Sucking Plant Lice Often Severely Deplete Nutrients
In: Crawling Insects
By: Albert Burchsted
Mar 15, 2009
Tests of Functions of Insect Metamorphosis: Analysis of Several Hypotheses Other Than Food Competition
In: Insects/Spiders (general)
By: Albert Burchsted
Mar 15, 2009
Metamorphosis Reduces Competition in Insects: Modifying Shape Changes Function and Survival Strategies
In: Insects/Spiders (general)
By: Albert Burchsted
Mar 15, 2009
Types of Insect Metamorphosis: Not all Insects Follow the Same Growth Pattern
In: Insects/Spiders (general)
By: Albert Burchsted
Mar 15, 2009
Control of Insect Metamorphosis: Hormones and Environment Stimulate Molting and Life Stage Changes
In: Insects/Spiders (general)
By: Albert Burchsted
Nov 18, 2008
Winter's Butterfly: Mourningcloaks Fly All Year Long
In: Flying Insects
By: Albert Burchsted
Nov 2, 2008
Insect Strategies for Winter Antifreeze: Some Escape Freezing, Others Freeze But Use Damage Control
In: Insects/Spiders (general)
By: Albert Burchsted
Oct 27, 2008
Raising Mantids From Egg: A Study in the Natural History of a Carnivore
In: Insects/Spiders (general)
By: Albert Burchsted
Oct 27, 2008
Mantid Femme Fatales: Not all Males Are Eaten During Mating
In: Other Insects
By: Albert Burchsted
Oct 27, 2008
Praying Mantid Feeding: Wonderfully Adapted Sit and Wait Predators
In: Other Insects
By: Albert Burchsted
Sep 27, 2008
What Ants Eat: Some Ants Are Specialists
In: Insects/Spiders (general)
By: Albert Burchsted
Sep 11, 2008
Spider Mating: Dance De Amore - Or - Tango De Morte?
In: Spiders
By: Albert Burchsted
Sep 10, 2008
Cryogenic Bugsicles: When Insects Freeze Solid Over Winter
In: Other Insects
By: Albert Burchsted
Sep 10, 2008
The Orb Weavers: Much Maligned, But Exquisite Construction
In: Spiders
By: Albert Burchsted
Sep 7, 2008
Monarch Migration: How Cold Sensitive Butterflies Survive Winter
In: Flying Insects
By: Albert Burchsted
Sep 6, 2008
Defense Strategies Of The Black Swallowtail: How This Butterfly Responds To Predators
In: Flying Insects
By: Albert Burchsted
Sep 6, 2008
Life Stages Of Butterflies: Changes That Occur As A Butterfly Develops
In: Flying Insects
By: Albert Burchsted
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