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All posts with the tag "Scientific literature" are written by referring to the primary literature.
Category Archives: Insect reproduction
Social interactions get female cockroaches in the mood
How can I get even more cockroaches in my apartment? is a question I’m sure all of you have asked at one time or another. The good news is, all you need to speed up roach production is…other roaches! Or, at … Continue reading
Fruit fly sex lives impact effectiveness of pest control strategies
Scientists in Australia have been hard at work watching fruit flies have sex. Why? To figure out how fly sex affects your food. It is a fact of life that the facts of life can cause problems, especially when fruit … Continue reading
Immune attack makes female flies dump their sperm store
Now that we know the Supreme Court’s decision on the healthcare law, we can get back to thinking about the big questions in life. For example: how does having an infection affect the health and vitality of your sperm? At … Continue reading
Posted in Eggs and sperm, Insect reproduction
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Video of fruit fly development in 3D
A new technique developed by Lars Hufnagel’s group at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory gives us a look at fruit fly development–from fertilized egg to crawling larva. Check out the full story here.
Mama’s boys: How fig wasp mothers protect their sons
I recently read this paper about fig wasps. Then I took some aspirin, put a cold press to my head, and had a nap. You may have seen my one other post about plants, so you might already know about … Continue reading
Posted in Insect reproduction, Plant sex!
Tagged ficus, fig wasps, interspecies sex, parasitism, pollinator, Scientific literature
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