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Web Manipulation Explains Spider Behavior: Widow Spiders Alter Web Architecture in Response to Hunger

In: Spiders

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

One Spider's Method to Prevent Overeating: Changing the Web Architecture Prevents Insects from Being Caught

In: Insects/Spiders (general)

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Matricide and Infanticide in a Spider: When Babies Eat Their Mother and Second Mates Destroy Eggs

In: Spiders

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Spiders Without Poison Glands: Uloborids Have Modified Their Prey Immobilization Technique

In: Spiders

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Neurology of Insect Migration and Navigation: Their Behaviors and Neurologies are More Complex Than Realized

In: Insects/Spiders (general)

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Newfound Understanding of Insect Migration: Their Behavior and Activities are More Complex Than Realized

In: Insects/Spiders (general)

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

A Fantastic Dragonfly Migration: Indian Ocean Route Over 2X Longer Than the Monarch Butterfly's Route

In: Insects/Spiders (general)

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

How to Avoid Tick Bites and Lyme Disease: Prevention of Tick-borne Diseases is Safer Than Curing Them

In: Insects/Spiders (general)

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Wasp and Bee Stings: Not Always as Bad as We Expect

In: Insects/Spiders (general)

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

What Dragonflies Eat and What Eats Them: The Ultimate Aerial Hunter is Not Without Its Own Hunters

In: Flying Insects

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Dragonfly Mating and Reproduction: Odonate Courtship and Egg Laying are Quite Unusual

In: Flying Insects

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Life Cycle of a Dragonfly: A Long Journey for an Ancient Insect

In: Flying Insects

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Dragonfly Surveys: Monitoring Native Insect Predators

In: Flying Insects

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Beetles That Burrow and Tunnel: Larvae feed in soil, trees, and plant stems.

In: Insects/Spiders (general)

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Asian Tiger Mosquito, a Recent US Introduction: A Vector for Several Debilitating Tropical Diseases

In: Flying Insects

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Why Bird Parents Carry Feces From Nests: Some Birds do not Foul Their Sleeping Areas

In: Insects/Spiders (general)

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Thermoregulation in Insects: How to Get Warm in a Cold-blooded World

In: Insects/Spiders (general)

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Chemical Communication in Aphids: A Wordless Enigma Only Partially Decoded

In: Crawling Insects

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Ants Tightly Control Their Aphids: Coercion Rather Than Cooperation Seems to be the Method

In: Crawling Insects

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Persistent Viral Infections of Aphids: Some Aphids are Infective for Weeks, Others From Birth

In: Crawling Insects

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Aphids Transmit Plant Viruses: Viruses, but not Bacteria or Molds, are Transmitted by Plant Lice

In: Crawling Insects

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Hazards to Aphids Living in Galls: Parasites, Injury and Plant Growth May Restrict Aphid Activity

In: Crawling Insects

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Unusual Lifestyles of Aphids: Some of These Insects Make Houses or Cover Themselves

In: Crawling Insects

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Galls Benefit Aphids: Living in a House Has Its Perks

In: Crawling Insects

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

How Aphids Reproduce: Utilizing Methods Almost Unheard of for Insects

In: Insects/Spiders (general)

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Aphids and Ants: Symbiosis Between an Omnivore and a Plant Parasite

In: Crawling Insects

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Aphids Can Cause Serious Damage to Plants: Sap Sucking Plant Lice Often Severely Deplete Nutrients

In: Crawling Insects

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Tests of Functions of Insect Metamorphosis: Analysis of Several Hypotheses Other Than Food Competition

In: Insects/Spiders (general)

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Metamorphosis Reduces Competition in Insects: Modifying Shape Changes Function and Survival Strategies

In: Insects/Spiders (general)

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Types of Insect Metamorphosis: Not all Insects Follow the Same Growth Pattern

In: Insects/Spiders (general)

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Control of Insect Metamorphosis: Hormones and Environment Stimulate Molting and Life Stage Changes

In: Insects/Spiders (general)

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Winter's Butterfly: Mourningcloaks Fly All Year Long

In: Flying Insects

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Insect Strategies for Winter Antifreeze: Some Escape Freezing, Others Freeze But Use Damage Control

In: Insects/Spiders (general)

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Raising Mantids From Egg: A Study in the Natural History of a Carnivore

In: Insects/Spiders (general)

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Mantid Femme Fatales: Not all Males Are Eaten During Mating

In: Other Insects

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Praying Mantid Feeding: Wonderfully Adapted Sit and Wait Predators

In: Other Insects

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

What Ants Eat: Some Ants Are Specialists

In: Insects/Spiders (general)

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Spider Mating: Dance De Amore - Or - Tango De Morte?

In: Spiders

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Cryogenic Bugsicles: When Insects Freeze Solid Over Winter

In: Other Insects

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

The Orb Weavers: Much Maligned, But Exquisite Construction

In: Spiders

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Monarch Migration: How Cold Sensitive Butterflies Survive Winter

In: Flying Insects

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Defense Strategies Of The Black Swallowtail: How This Butterfly Responds To Predators

In: Flying Insects

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

Life Stages Of Butterflies: Changes That Occur As A Butterfly Develops

In: Flying Insects

By: Feature Writer Albert Burchsted

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