Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of HC Singla Vs State of Punjab dated 31/10/2022. The matter is related to biological pollution by the Susri insect. This pollution is being caused due to decaying grains, due to negligence in storage arrangements of grains by Food Corporation of …
environmental sciences Foster care The large blue butterfly, Maculinea arion, knows how to fool ants into raising their caterpillars. But when the ant, Myrmica sabuleti, disappear there survival is at stake, a study has shown. The butterfly lays eggs on thyme flowers and the caterpillars fall on the ground after …
The mighty river Brahmaputra and its tributaries are filled with rain water during monsoon season, which often creates moderate to severe flood situation in Assam. This is also the peak season of multiplication of a particular half-moon shaped snail species locally known as Junai samuk. During the era of Ahoms, …
evolution Link...or is it? A well-preserved fossil of primitive lemur Darwinius masilla, nicknamed Ida is believed to represent the point from which the group of monkeys, apes and humans (anthropoids) evolved. The fossil lacks the traits which characterize a modern lemur, a non-human primate. Instead it has a bone in …
Insects like green. Tree leaves know. They change colour according to a Native American myth, four hunters killed the Great Bear in heaven. It was autumn then. The bear
RESEARCH The transition of a normal worker to a potential queen and then to a functional queen is fascinating. Ropalidia marginata, a paper wasp from India, is a species that has now been studied for about three decades at the IISc by Raghavendra Gadagkar and his research group, writes Anindita …
A study on the biodiversity and relative abundance of spiders associated with the horticultural ecosystem including fruit and vegetable crops in Kashmir, were conducted during 2005-2007. A total of 5774 individuals belonging to 40 species, 23 genera under 11 families were recorded first-time from Kashmir.
The Lives of Ants by Laurent Keller and Elisabeth Gordon,Oxford University Press, USA, $28 Since time immemorial, ants have captivated human beings. With numerous black-and-white images and eight pages of colour plates, the book depicts a world full of surprises, one which, even after decades of observation, is still replete …
Aggression shapes the queen in a primitive wasp society Social insects like ants, bees and wasps live in colonies headed by one or a few queens who lay eggs, and chiefly comprise sterile workers who take care of the nest and rear the queen
Insects self-medicate if you see a sick dog eat grass, you will know what self-medication in animals is all about. Many animals tend to increase their intake of certain food items when they are unwell. African chimpanzees, when infected by parasites, have been observed to drink the bitter sap of …
A New number of Boro paddy fields were affected by brown grasshopper at Chinidanga Beel at Baraigram upazila in Natore. A new method is being applied to kill the insects. Md. Mamunur Rashid, Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) and S.M. Quamruzzaman told to kill the insects, about one hand distance in …
Adele Conover Anna Dornhaus, a University of Arizona researcher, painted ants in different colours to study them ANNA DORNHAUS is peering into a cardboard nest box only an inch on a side, at a
They were known to limit destruction to the local areas they infested. However, aided by increasing temperatures, insect pests are finding favourable living conditions in never before places and thus widening their attacking strategy.
An ecological study was carried out to determine the quantitative and qualitative community structure and population of spiders in Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea Linn.) crop fields.
By Jeffrey A. Lockwood INSECTS have been conscripted as weapons of war, tools of terrorism and instruments of torture for thousands of years. So should we be surprised by the news that the CIA considered using these creatures to instil fear in Abu Zubaydah, a terrorist suspect? Yes, and here
Aphids know how to fool their enemies, the wasps a battlefield strewn with corpses may be the safest place to avoid detection by the enemy. Neither would the enemy expect to find too many survivors amongst the dead ones nor would it want to waste time and energy looking. This …
IT looks like a walking stick but can work wonders for warehouse managers struggling to keep in check insects that bug grains stored in the warehouse. S Mohan, professor of Agri Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), has invented a device that can trap insects in warehouses. The TNAU has …
