Arthropods

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Arthropods

A phylum name referring to certain insects (including mosquitoes and ticks) and spiders.

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Previous research has suggested that trilobites - an exceedingly well-known group of extinct seagoing arthropods - had mineralized lenses in life.

Lund University: The composition of fossil insect eyes surprises researchers

Glandular trichomes are plant structures that inhibit or entrap arthropods, protecting plants against herbivores, potentially at the cost of reducing natural enemy efficacy.

Tobacco Plant 'Stickiness' Aids Helpful Insects, Plant Health

This formed a smooth transition zone across which arthropods may fall into a 6 mL plastic bag placed within the collector and secured with plastic tie straps (Fig.

Vertically stratified arthropod diversity in a Florida upland hardwood forest

For the first round of sampling, we allowed the pan traps to collect arthropods for 48 h.

The Effect of Road Proximity on Arthropod Communities in Yukon, Canada

This new research clarified the main sub-group of arthropods to which it belonged, after decades of the mystery remaining unsolved.

Scientists Have Finally Identified A Previously Unknown Arthropod

In contrast to arthropods, onychophorans do not have segmented limbs, as is also the case with their presumed common fossil ancestors, says Georg Mayer.

NANO-CT DEVICE SUCCESSFULLY TESTED

It turns out that arthropods are common in Plovdiv and the region.

Scorpion Invasion in Plovdiv

However, it is still necessary to identify clear response of soil arthropods regarding the changes during forest regeneration to strengthen the use of these organisms as a bioindicator tool in evaluating environment impact (Sylvain & Wall, 2011).

Edaphic arthropods in different successional stages of Atlantic forest and abandoned pasture areas

Collection of Litter Ants and Other Arthropods. The study was conducted for a period of six months (as one visit per month) from January to June 2014.

Competence of Litter Ants for Rapid Biodiversity Assessments

invicta and other ants due to its large size and hard seed coat (Whelan et al., 1991; Orrock and Damschen, 2005), whereas Rulms cuneifolius is consumed by both arthropods and rodents (Orrock and Damschen, 2005).

Invasive ants generate heterogeneity in patterns of seed survival

But what's called a "luxury effect" appeared among more than 10,000 arthropod samples collected from the insides of 50 houses in urban and suburban Raleigh, N.C.

Richer homes host more kinds of bugs: over 100 species of arthropods live inside average house

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