ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BUPRESTID
From Latin buprestis poisonous beetle, causing the cattle who eat it to swell up, from Greek, from bous ox + prēthein to swell up.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUPRESTID»
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buprestid in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Buprestid Beetles from Borneo and the Philippine Islands
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Warren Samuel Fisher, 2010
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A Revision of the North American Species of
Buprestid ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
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The Mating Systems of the Emerald Ash Borer and Related ...
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Jonathan Peter Lelito, 2012
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The Diversity and Ecological Impacts of
Buprestid and ...
Discusses research based on light trapping, beating and sweeping surveys, plant association, seasonal change and community dynamics of Cerambycidae and Buprestidae, families of the order Coleoptera.
Duncan Neil MacFadyen, 2005
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A Revision of the North American Species of
Buprestid ...
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed.
Warren Samuel Fisher, 2012
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Natural Enemies: An Introduction to Biological Control
For example, a leaf-mining buprestid beetle Taphrocerus schaefferi was
considered a poor choice for control of yellow nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus)
because larvae are cannibalistic within leaves, so population increase would of
course be ...
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Coleoptera: Buprestoidea
[6l]. Type Genus: Polvcesta Serville in Dejean. l833 (by indication). Compiled
from secondary source: Bellamy, C.L. (l998). A elarification of authorship of
buprestid genera originally defined in the catalogues of P. F. M. A. Dejean (
Coleoptera, ...
C. L. Bellamy, W. W. K. Houston, Australian Biological Resources Study, 2002
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The World of Northern Evergreens, Second Edition
An example is the golden buprestid (Buprestis aurulenta), a brilliant copper-
colored beetle that bores into living pines, firs, Douglas-fir, spruces, and other
conifers in the western mountains. Its pest rating is high. Another buprestid, the
charcoal ...
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Wood boring insects in Alaska
Eggs hatch into larvae that feed throughout the summer on phloem. In late
summer, cerambycid, wood wasps, and some buprestid larvae bore into the
sapwood where they overwinter, pupate and emerge in spring as adults,
completing the life ...
United States. Forest Service. Alaska Region, United States. Dept. of Agriculture, 2001
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Field Guide to Beetles of California
The Golden Buprestid (Cypriacis [formerly Buprestis] auru- lenta) (12.0 to 22.0
mm) (pl.93) is one of California's most spectacular beetles. The distinctly ribbed
elytra are mostly iridescent green or blue green, while the elytral suture and ...
Arthur V. Evans, James N. Hogue, 2006
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUPRESTID»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
buprestid is used in the context of the following news items.
DDA begins annual surveillance for emerald ash borer (EAB)
A native ground-nesting wasp (cerceris fumipennis) that preys on beetles in the buprestid family (of which EAB is a member) is another tool to ... «news.delaware.gov, Jun 15»
Wasp Watchers Program looks to take sting out of EAB
A: The harmless smoky winged beetle bandit is a native wasp that uses buprestid beetles (metallic, wood-boring beetles) as food for their ... «Ames Tribune, Jun 15»
Predatory Wasps and Citizen Scientists are Taking on the Emerald …
C. fumipennis is a solitary hunting wasp that preys almost exclusively on wood-boring buprestid beetles. The adult wasp catches and paralyzes ... «Entomology Today, Apr 15»
A Beetle With a Raspberry Beret
... shiny beetle cuticle (c) simple multilayer colour in a buprestid; (d) (e) (f) schematics of different arrangements of cuticle reflectors Seago et al, ... «Wired, Jul 14»
Insect Detective
Female Cerceris fumipennis with buprestid beetle prey: When it has located prey, Cerceris fumipennis alights on it, climbs over it, inserts her ... «Valley News, Jun 14»
Emerald ash borer puts urban forest under siege
It's a buprestid — another wood-boring beetle — but not the dreaded emerald ash borer. No quarantine for Weld County yet. But Kondratieff ... «The Denver Post, May 14»
Ig Nobel Prize: Weird scientific discoveries from insect beer goggles …
Australian researchers Darryl Gwynne and David Rentz's contribution to the betterment of human knowledge was the discovery that buprestid ... «Mirror.co.uk, Sep 13»
Offbeat: Winners of the 2011 Ig Nobel Awards
The study of buprestid beetles by Daryll Gwynne and David Rentz' started coincidentally one morning, while both were on a field expedition in ... «The Express Tribune, Oct 11»
Most ludicrous thesis of all time? Doctor teaches tortoise how to …
Other winners at the ceremony, now in its 21st year and held at Harvard University, included researchers who found that the male buprestid ... «Daily Mail, Oct 11»
Ig Nobels Honor Bladder Control, Beer Bottle Mating
On the theme of impulse control, a study of why male Buprestid beetles try to mate with a certain brand of Australian beer bottle netted the Ig ... «Science AAAS, Sep 11»
