Vast numbers of insects and passerines achieve long-distance migrations between summer and winter locations by undertaking high-altitude nocturnal flights. Insects such as noctuid moths fly relatively ...

Q:I thought I had bought Brussels sprout plants, but it looks as if they may be cauliflower! Anyway, I do hope that you can identify these eggs on the underside of the leaves. I put some in a jar with ...

Homeland security officials in Philadelphia say they've intercepted a destructive insect species that hitched a ride to the U.S. aboard a military plane. Homeland security officials in Philadelphia ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 98, No. 4 (December, 2015), pp. 1262-1265 (4 pages) The Noctuidae are a family with many species worldwide, but in Mexico, there is little information about their ...

For many nocturnal moths, hearing sound waves is a matter of survival in the night sky. Their ability to detect ultrasonic calls emitted by bats determines whether they escape or become prey. This ...

For the survival of animals, successful foraging is equally important as predator avoidance. Therefore, in the relationship between predator and prey, both behaviors directly compete with each other.

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