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Cyborg Cockroaches, Winter Survival Strategies, and Ant Bait Abandonment with Special Guest Jen McCauley – NPMA BUGBYTES
- Cyborg Cockroaches, Winter Survival Strategies, and Ant Bait Abandonment with Special Guest Jen McCauley
- Ticks, Insecticides, and Urban Entomology Review with Special Guest King Jones!
- Artificial Sweeteners, Histamines, and Ticks with Special Guest Emily Thomas Kendrick
- Ant-Detecting Robots, Malaria Transmission, and Mosquito Repellent Devices with Special Guest William Hoffman of Hoffman Exterminating
- Monitoring devices, resistance development, and cicadas with guest Julie Tesh-Clark of Pest Management Systems
Latest Pest Science Articles
Distinct Communities under the Snow Describing Characteristics of Subnivium Arthropod Communities
A common misconception is that arthropod life simply dies off in the colder months. In reality, we know that arthropod life survives in some capacity all year round thanks to a pretty cool list of ways that they can survive sub-freezing temperatures. Many organisms can produce antifreeze-like substances that prevent their cells from freezing, while…
Ants Evade Harmful Food by Active Abandonment
This article looked at the Argentine ant which is invasive in the US but native to Argentina where this study was conducted. The idea here was to determine if ants abandon toxic bait, a commonly used product in ant control. The researchers created a sugar solution that has been known to be well accepted by…
Feedback Control of Automatic Navigation for Cyborg Cockroach Without External Motion Capture System
We mostly think of cockroaches as a nuisance- they’re dirty, hang out in gross things, eat our foods, and have the potential to spread diseases. A recent meta-analysis of the contaminants that cockroaches carry measured in at least 78 different species of bacteria.* But, in perhaps the ultimate villain to hero storyline, what if we…
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