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Print versionDec 2010: Catnip Oil Repels Bloodsucking Flies
Oct 08 This website hits the news!
Mar 2010: Bees face "unprecedented" pesticide exposures
May 2011: Bacterium Found to Kill Malaria in Mosquitoes
Dec 09 - Aggression-Promoting Pheromone Discovered in Flies
Jan 09 Electrical aphid conductors complete the circuit in legume resistance research
Jan 2011: Eliminate Dengue trials commence - a significant step in Australian science
Dec 09 - How a Brain Hormone Controls Insect Metamorphosis
April 2011: Bacteria in Wasp Antennae Produce Antibiotic Cocktails
July 2010: Insulin Signaling Key to Caste Development in Bees
Mar 09 Remote diagnostics allow on the spot insect identifications for quarantine
April 2011: Conservation International's 20 most remarkable and/or threatened insects
April 2010: Bees see super color at super speed
Dec 2010: One of the rarest flies in the world - the Mormotomiya Hirsuta - has been found in remote Kenya
Dec 2010: A maths lesson from ants
Dec 2010: Current Locust situation
Dec 09 - Bagheera kiplingi - the mostly vegetarian spider
Sept 2010: The case of the vanishing taxonomists
Mar 09 Bugs take drugs!
Mar 09 New invertebrates found and named in WA
Jan 2010 - Northern Territory Insects: A comprehensive guide by Graham Brown. Now available!
April 2010: Stunning pictures of sleeping insects covered in water droplets
Feb 2010: Surprising New Branches on Arthropod Family Tree
Mar 2010: Glow in the dark sperm sheds light on reproductive biology, sexual selection and speciation
Mar 2010: Pulling power points way to world's strongest insect - a dung beetle
April 2010: Hawaiian caterpillars are first known amphibious insects
Oct 08 Giant bird eating spider captured on film
May 2010: Fruit flies turn on autopilot - High-speed video shows how bugs change course in a flash
Jan 2010 - No one villain behind honeybee colony collapse
Jan 2010 - Nocturnal Vision of Insects Inspires Automakers to Develop Improved Night Cameras
Jan 2010 - Poison-taster ants protect the colony
Jan 2010 - Deadly Scorpion Provides Safe Pesticide
May 2010: Aphids make their own bright colors - Insects borrowed genes from fungi to make nutritious pigments
July 2010: New University of Florida cell phone ’app’ lets users identify pests with photos, text
Nov 08 Who needs guns when you have insects?
Dec 08 Invasion of Hairy Caterpillars in Queensland.
Feb 09 Link Between Southern USA Stink Bug And Cotton Disease Explained
Mar 09 Wasp bred to tackle livestock pest
Mar 09 UQ students dig up dirt on dung beetle research
Feb 2010: Deceptively delicious smell of infected squash plants tricks aphids into spreading disease
Jan 2011: When Their Tools Get Dull, Leaf-Cutters Switch Jobs
May 09 'Velcro'-like Structures On Flower Petals Help Bees Stick
Dec 2011: Butterfly Wings Inspire Design of Water-Repellent Surface
Dec 09 - First Butterflies in space emerge
May 2011: Researchers Discover Optical Secrets of 'Metallic' Beetles
April 2011: Molecular Messages from Moth Antennae: Scientists Assemble Genes Involved in Regulating Olfaction
April 2011: Sweet Potato White Fly becomes Supermom
Dec 2011: Chemical Warfare of Stealthy Silverfish: Parasites Hide by Covering Themselves in Ants' Scent
Feb2010: Migrating Insects Fly in the Fast Lane
June 2010: New Species of Large Blue Butterfly Discovered
June 2010: Pathogens Chase Down Migrating Gypsy Moths
April 2010: Sand Fly Barcoding in Panama Reveals Leishmania Strain and Its Potential Control
July 2010: Pear Pest's Chemical 'Come Hither' Identified
June 2010: New rapid, effective system for monitoring mosquito-borne disease
June 2010: 25 New Beetle Species Found in Turkish Oak Biotopes
June 2010: From Butterflies' Wings to Bank Notes: How Nature's Colors Could Cut Bank Fraud
July 2010: Researchers Find 'Key Ingredient' That Regulates Termite Caste System
August 2010: Combination of Biological and Chemical Pesticides More Effective Than Expected on Malaria Mosquitoes
Feb 2011: Insects Might Help People Hear Better
Jan 2011: Bees One of Many Pollinators Infected by Virus Implicated in Colony Collapse Disorder
July 2010: Forget mice, elephants intimidated by ants; Swarms on acacia trees keep the mighty beasts at bay
May 2011: Jurassic Spider from China Is Largest Fossil Specimen Discovered
Nov 2010: Current Locust Situation
August 2010: Artificial Bee Eye Gives Insight Into Insects’ Visual World
August 2010: Aphids, abandon ship
Feb 2011: Eat insects to ease food insecurity and climate change
Sept 2010: Tasmanian parasitic wasps to NZ rescue
Oct 2010: Maggot Art Used to Educate Youngsters
Oct 2010: Bee Colony Collapse Associated With Viral, Fungal Infection, Biologist Says
Oct 2010: Monarch Butterflies Use Medicinal Plants to Treat Offspring for Disease
Feb2011: Ants Have Big Impact on Environment as 'Ecosystem Engineers'
Feb 2011: Rare Insect Fossil reveals 100 million years of evolutionary stasis
Nov 2010: DNA barcodes keep pests out
Nov 2010: Bushcricket Has the Largest Testicles Relative to Body Mass of Any Animal
Nov 2010: New Insect Birth Control Strategy Zaps Cotton Pests
May 2011: A Plant's Sugary Offering Betrays Caterpillars to Predatory Ants
Mar 2011: Millions of crickets invading Victoria
Mar 2011: Clues about Grasshopper Population Explosions
Mar 2011: Four New Species of Zombie Ant Fungi Discovered in Brazilian Rainforest
Mar 2011: Fleas’ ‘Feet’ Unleash That Spectacular Leap
June 2011: Smallest Insect Filmed in Flight
June 2011: Glaciations May Have Larger Influence on Biodiversity Than Current Climate, Dung Beetle Study Finds
June 2011: Underwater Spider Spins Itself an Aqualung
June 2011: 49-Million-Year-Old Spider Images and Video
August 2011: Butterfly Study Sheds Light On Convergent Evolution: Single Gene Controls Mimicry Across Different Species
August 2011: Fewer Aphids in Organic Crop Fields, Study Finds
August 2011: Nocturnal ants 'not afraid of winter'
August 2011: New study links Attraction and Oviposition of Tuta absoluta Females in Response to Tomato Leaf Volatiles
Dec 2011: Honey Bee Mystery Protein Is a 'Freight Train' for Health and Lifespan
Dec 2011: Monarch Butterfly Genome Sequenced