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entomophagous

[‚ent·ə′mäf·ə·gəs]

(zoology)

Feeding on insects.

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The captured insects were grouped into guilds: saprophages (C = 38.2%; NC = 27.5%), phytophagous (C = 28.5%; NC = 33.2%), entomophagous (grouping parasitoids and predators) (C = 29.4%; NC = 35%) and finally other insects (C = 4 %; NC = 4.3%) in which the hematophagous habits as well muscivorous and nectarivorous were considered (Table 1 and 2).

Insect diversity in organic rice fields under two management systems of levees vegetation/Diversidade de insetos em arroz irrigado organico sob dois manejos da vegetacao das taipas

Ecosystem analysis: plant cultivars (HPR), entomophagous species and food supplements.

Impact of Proteins in Adult Artificial Diet of Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) on Biological Parameters

Prior to leaves collecting, the presence of natural enemies was assessed (insects and other entomophagous organisms) was assessed on the leaves infested by this pest, using a 20x to 30x pocket magnifying glass.

Dissemination of Aleurocanthus woglumi in citrus plants, its natural enemies and new host plants in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/Disseminacao de Aleurocanthus woglumi em citros, seus inimigos naturais e novas plantas hospedeiras no estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

armigera and entomophagous insects [predator (Chrysoperla carnea) and parasitoid (Habrobracon hebetor)] and 2) the feasibility of different integrated pest management modules for management of H.

Evaluation of Different Integrated Pest Management Modules to Control Helicoverpa for Adaptation to Climate Change

Fire used in the S-F-B system inhibited stem borer development in maize by eliminating entomophagous inocula.

TRADITIONAL AGROECOSYSTEMS VS. ALTERNATIVE AGROECOSYSTEMS IN MAIZE IN CHIAPAS MEXICO

Pirirnicarb, an aphicide non-toxic to three entomophagous arthropods.

Effects of some pesticides on biological parameters and predation of the predaceous plant bug Deraeocoris lutescens (Hemiptera: Miridae)

Nontarget effect of entomophagous biocontrol: Shared parasitism between native lepidopteran parasitoids and the biocontrol agent Trigonospila brevifacies (Diptera: Tachinidae) in forest habitats.

New Zealand lessons may aid efforts to control light brown apple moth in California

The morphology of the intestine of the entomophagous longfingered bat, Miniopterus inflatus: mucosal topography and possible landmarks.

Comparative intestinal histomorphology of five species of phyllostomid bats (phyllostomidae, microchiroptera): ecomorphological relations with alimentary habits/Histomorfometria comparativa de intestino de cinco especies de murcielagos phyllostomideos (phyllostomidae, microchiroptera): relaciones ecomorfologicas con habitos alimentarios

multiradiatus is as a carnivorous species with entomophagous tendencies.

La ecologia alimentaria del pez endemico Girardinichthys multiradiatus (Cyprinidontiformes: Goodeidae), en el Parque Nacional Lagunas de Zempoala, Mexico

(1998) found that Akodon and Bolomys were primarily entomophagous in Argentina, feeding on arthropods, whereas other rodent species ate dicot seeds.

Habitat use and natural history of small mammals in the Central Paraguayan Chaco

It may also enhance the growth of organisms, such as fungi and entomophagous nematodes, which may have adverse effects on the tick population (49).

Predicting the risk of lyme disease: habitat suitability for Ixodes scapularis in the North Central United States. (Research)

* Coffee broca, a worm which eats the cherry from the inside and which can cause Losses of up to 20% in an infected tree, is treated with the natural fungus "entomophagous fungi," or beauvaria bassiana, which is developed in cooked rice at the local agricultural research stations and sprayed once every year at all trees in potentially infected areas.