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Panamanian termite goes ballistic: Fastest mandible strike in the world
Panamanian termite goes ballistic: Fastest mandible strike in the world
Panamanian termite goes ballistic: Fastest mandible strike in the world
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A single hit on the head by the termite Termes panamensis (Snyder), which possesses the fastest mandible strike ever recorded, is sufficient to kill a would-be nest invader, report Marc Seid and Jeremy Niven, post-doctoral fellows at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Rudolf Scheffrahn from the University of Florida. (2008-11-25)
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| • | Habitat preferences of butterflies in the Bumbuna forest, Northern Sierra Leone | |
| The habitat preferences of the butterfly fauna were studied in the Bumbuna Forest Reserve in northern Sierra Leone. The intact forest reserve and a secondary forest regrowth, disturbed as a result of slash-and-burn agriculture, were compared to savanna habitats. Of the 290 specimens collected, 195 butterfly species were included, of which significant proportion were Nymphalidae. Of the 147 forest species, 111 (75.5%) showed preferences for the forest habitats, while 70 (47.6%) and 34 (23.1%) preferred disturbed and savannah habitats, respectively. Numerically, a comparable proportion of savannah species were recorded in the 18 disturbed (73.9%) and 16 savannah habitats (63.2%). Accumulated species richness and diversity indices were lower in the disturbed habitats compared to the forest reserve, but lowest in the savanna habitats. However, a large proportion of forest species, especially those with either a more restricted geographic range or species for which no information on geographic distribution was available, were exclusively captured in the forest patches. The survey indicated the presence of a rich butterfly fauna, which should be systematically collected for further research and study in order to build a good taxonomic database for Sierra Leone. | ||
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| 2 The insect-pest situation in agroforestry. The science of agroforestry is of recent origin, although the practice is age old. | ||
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| • | The Secret Society Of Superorganisms - NPR | |
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| • | Spiders and Scorpions | |
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| • | 2008 colder than previous years but world still warming: WMO (AFP) | |
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| • | Day 1 - Nothing | |
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Brightsurf Science News :: Insects News
By jis@insectscience.org (Henry Hagedorn) - Copyright 2008, Brightsurf.com - version: v1.5 build A
By jis@insectscience.org (Henry Hagedorn) - Copyright 2008, Brightsurf.com - version: v1.5 build A