The passalide‚ also known as the Bess beetle‚ are reported to be able to carry 30 times their weight. A scientist names Rodger Kram studies these beetles. But really how strong is the Bess beetle? Does beetle mass seem to affect a beetles pulling power? A way to observe this is by conducting an experiment to see how many pennies beetles of diverse masses can pull. If the beetle mass is related to the beetles pulling power‚ then a beetle with more mass will have a higher pulling power. Materials
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The people’s car – generically‚ Volkswagen in German – is almost as old as the automobile‚ and the type was familiar in Germany long before the advent of the Volkswagen. Usually these “popular” cars were minimal cars‚ though size and simplicity did not necessarily bring them within the reach of the ordinary man in the street. Henry Ford did build a successful universal car‚ to sell at a low price‚ but his Model T with its 2.9-litre engine was by no means a small
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this experiment‚ the effectiveness of biological control is tested using lady beetles and aphids. Lady beetles are predaceous coleopterans that feed primarily on aphids (order hemiptera). Aphids feed on a plethora of plants including peach‚ plum‚ and apricot. Aphids are also vectors of plant disease. Eight replicates were conducted. In each replicate a lady beetle is places in a petri dish with aphids; 3 lady beetles are placed in a dish with aphids; and insecticide was used against the aphids.
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Author Mary Roach uses a surprising amount of humor as she delves into this repulsive topic. Write down one sentence from the article that you found particularly humorous and explain why you like that line. Why‚ do you suppose‚ Roach chose to add a humorous tone to this story? In other words‚ what does the use of humor add to this piece of writing. “If you think about how many of them it would take to make 2 pounds (and I advise you not to)‚ you will begin to appreciate the somewhat shocking dimensions
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Results and discussions The experiment was conducted in order to determine the activity of plant extracts on the adult and last larval instar of T. confusum. In all cases‚ considerable differences in insect mortality were shown with different plant extract‚ different concentration at the same exposure period 24 hrs. The 24 hrs bioassay is a major tool for evaluating the toxicity of phytotoxins‚ and a number of researches have been applying this method to assess the toxic effect of different plant
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central Utah‚ two summer generations of adults occur. DAMAGE: Both adults and larvae of the striped cucumber beetle feed on cucurbits with chewing mouthparts. Larvae of the spotted cucumber beetle do not feed on cucurbits but the adults will feed on cucurbit leaves and sometimes soft fruits. This makes the spotted cucumber beetle a less severe
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Introduction: Coccinellidae‚ which is more familiar known as the ladybug‚ comes from a family of small beetles. However‚ one may jump to conclusions after hearing their names‚ but ladybugs are not all females! Their color ranges from a red to a reddish-orange and even to a yellow color along with black spots on their hard-shell wing covers. Even though they are small bugs‚ they are very predatory. The ladybug’s mouth includes mandibles which is another word for their strong jaws (Hussain‚ et al
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antennae are abruptly clubbed at the end. Examples: Butterflies (order Lepidoptera). c. Clavate antennae are gradually clubbed at the end. Examples: Carrion beetles (order Coleoptera). Adult carrion beetles feed on decaying animal matter or maggots. d. Filiform antennae have a thread-like shape. Examples: Ground and longhorned beetles (order
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wide range of diseases and insects at different stages in their life cycle (egg‚ larvae‚ adult). This includes ants‚ aphids‚ army worms‚ caterpillars‚ Colorado beetle‚ diamondback moth‚ pulse beetle‚ whitefly‚ wireworm‚ false codling moth‚ imported cabbage worm‚ khapra beetle‚ mice‚ mites‚ moles‚ Mexican bean beetle‚ peach borers and termites as well as fungi and bacteria. garlic Nematodes can also be controlled by drenching the soil
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Brand of tattoos (because you can’t remove your family) Parenting is always hard‚ especially when it comes to deciding what is best for their kids. In the book Beetles and Angels‚ Mawi’s parents had to make difficult decisions for the future of the family. Most people from their homeland would probably call them crazy and bad parents for packing up and going to a foreign country‚ which they know nothing about. However‚ others would probably call them brave and smart parents for trying to make a
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