Relative susceptibility of different stages of Rhodinius Prolixus to the entomopathogenic Hyphomycete Beauveria Bassiana by Christine A. Romaña, Jacques F. Fargues

“…As matter of fact, at the dose of 3 x 10* conidia per cm*, LD50 varied between 11.2 days in 1st-instar nymphs and 6.4 days in both 5th-instar nymphs and adults. …”
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Seasonal incidence, population dynamics and morphometric traits of exotic coconut whiteflies in southern Tamil Nadu by S Suriya, G Preetha, N Balakrishnan, J Sheela

“…The rugose spiralling whitefly nymphs and adult populations were found to be highest in Kanyakumari (49.46 nymphs/leaflet; 36.99 adults/leaflet) and lowest in Tenkasi (32.76 nymphs/leaflet; 26.71 adults/leaflet). …”
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Abiotic predictors and annual seasonal dynamics of Ixodes ricinus, the major disease vector of Central Europe by Milan Daniel, Marek Malý, Vlasta Danielová, Bohumír Kříž, Patricia Nuttall

“…This is particularly important for Ixodes ricinus nymphs, the vector of numerous pathogens affecting humans. …”
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Antioxidant Enzyme Responses Induced by Whiteflies in Tobacco Plants in Defense against Aphids: Catalase May Play a Dominant Role. by Haipeng Zhao, Xia Sun, Ming Xue, Xiao Zhang, Qingliang Li

“…Infestation of B. tabaci nymphs decreases Myzus persicae performance on systemic, but not local leaves of tobacco plants. …”
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Transstadial Transmission and Replication Kinetics of West Nile Virus Lineage 1 in Laboratory Reared <i>Ixodes ricinus</i> Ticks by Cristian Răileanu, Oliver Tauchmann, Ana Vasić, Ulrike Neumann, Birke Andrea Tews, Cornelia Silaghi

“…Furthermore, we studied the kinetics of WNV replication in ticks after infecting nymphs using an automatic injector. Active replication of WNV was detected in injected nymphs from day 7 post-infection until 28 dpi. …”
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Ingestion of Novaluron Elicits Transovarial Activity in <i>Stephanitis pyrioides</i> (Hemiptera: Tingidae) by Shimat V. Joseph

“…The densities of nymphs were not significantly different between the half and full rates of novaluron treatment. …”
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Protein interaction networks at the host–microbe interface in Diaphorina citri, the insect vector of the citrus greening pathogen by J. S. Ramsey, J. D. Chavez, R. Johnson, S. Hosseinzadeh, J. E. Mahoney, J. P. Mohr, F. Robison, X. Zhong, D. G. Hall, M. MacCoss, J. Bruce, M. Cilia

“…All Wolbachia and Profftella proteins differentially expressed between nymphs and adults are upregulated in adults, while most differentially expressed Carsonella proteins are upregulated in nymphs. …”
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Compatibility between the predators Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and Chrysoperla externa (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) in the control of Planococcus citri (Hem... by Flávia Fagundes de Paula, Brígida Souza, Carlos Eduardo Souza Bezerra

“…The following treatments were performed with ten replications in a completely randomized design: 1 - C. externa + 200 nymphs of P. citri; 2 - C. externa + 10 adults of P. citri; 3 - C. montrouzieri + 500 nymphs of P. citri; 4 - C. montrouzieri + 15 adults of P. citri. …”
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The first description of the nymphal stages of Hoplopleura longula (Psocodea: Anoplura: Hoplopleuridae) from the harvest mouse Micromys minutus (Rodentia: Muridae) by Paulina Kozina, Joanna N. Izdebska, Rafał Kowalczyk

“…This study enriches the current state of knowledge for another species, Hoplopleura longula, and presents the first description of its nymphs.The study includes five rare lice specimens (two nymphs I, one nymph II, two nymphs III) of H. longula collected from 63 Eurasian harvest mice Micromys minutus. …”
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The effect of male ticks on the feeding performance of immature stages of Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae). by Rechav, Y, Nuttall, P

“…A similar pattern was observed for A. americanum nymphs although, unlike R. sanguineus, the presence of males also influenced the feeding performance of the nymphs that fed slowly and detached on the second day of drop-off. …”

Facultative Endosymbiont Serratia symbiotica Inhibits the Apterization of Pea Aphid To Enhance Its Spread by Zhi-Wei Kang, Meng Zhang, He-He Cao, Shan-Shan Guo, Fang-Hua Liu, Tong-Xian Liu

“…In this study, we have found that winged nymphs of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, can change from winged to wingless during normal development. …”
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Evaluation of farnesol-induced changes in the haemocyte pattern of red cotton bug Dysdercus koenigii Fabricius (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae) by Shailendra Kumar, Mohd Shazad, Sunil Kayesth, Kamal Kumar Gupta

“…Results In normal fifth instar nymphs, age-related variation in the haemocyte count was evident; the haemocyte number increased up to four days and subsequently decreased till six-day when the nymph moulted. …”
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Population fluctuation and distribution of bemisia tabaci MEAM1 (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in soybean crops by Raimundo Henrique Ferreira Rodrigues, Luciana Barboza Silva, Maria Carolina Faria Silva, José Wellington Batista Lopes, Edivania Araujo Lima, Ronny Sobreira Barbosa, Lorrana Francisca Oliveira Almeida

“…Infestation by the whitefly adults and nymphs started between 30 and 50 days after plant emergence. …”
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Efficacy of the transfluthrin-based personal insect repellent kit (PIRK) against the ixodid ticks Ixodes scapularis, Amblyomma americanum and Dermacentor variabilis by Maria V. Murgia, Jasleen Kaur, Laurie Widder, Catherine A. Hill

“…Greater than 90% knockdown (KD) of I. scapularis nymphs and adults was observed after a 10-s exposure, and of A. americanum nymphs and adults after 10-s and 120-s exposure, respectively. …”
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Possible Synergistic Effect of Combined Metarhizium anisopliae and Fenitrothion for Control of German Cockroach (Blattella germanica) as a Novel Approach by Mohammad Reza Khaksar, Majid Kababian, Roohollah Fateh, Abedin Saghafipour, Hassan Vatandoost, Mona Sharififard

“…In this study, the simultaneous effects of fungi, Metarhizium anisopliae and fenitrothion-coated baits on the mortality rate of the German cockroach nymphs were investigated. Methods: To determine the lethal level of fenitrothion insecticide, a bioassay test was performed on the last instar nymphs of the German cockroach reared at insectarium conditions. …”
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Transcriptome analysis of the brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens. by Jian Xue, Yan-Yuan Bao, Bao-Ling Li, Yan-Bing Cheng, Zhi-Yu Peng, Hang Liu, Hai-Jun Xu, Zeng-Rong Zhu, Yong-Gen Lou, Jia-An Cheng, Chuan-Xi Zhang

“…In addition, we constructed six DGE libraries: eggs, second instar nymphs, fifth instar nymphs, brachypterous female adults, macropterous female adults and macropterous male adults. …”
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Susceptibility of <i>Diaphorina citri</i> to Irradiation with UV-A and UV-B and the Applicability of the Bunsen–Roscoe Reciprocity Law by Sabina Parajuli, George Andrew Charles Beattie, Paul Holford, Chuping Yang, Yijing Cen

“…Irradiation with UV-A marginally reduced egg hatch and the survival times of emerging nymphs. Early instar nymphs were little affected by this waveband, but the survival of adults was reduced at the higher doses used. …”
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Predatory functional response and fitness parameters of Orius strigicollis Poppius when fed Bemisia tabaci and Trialeurodes vaporariorum as determined by age-stage, two-sex life ta... by Shakeel Ur Rehman, Xingmiao Zhou, Shahzaib Ali, Muhammad Asim Rasheed, Yasir Islam, Muhammad Hafeez, Muhammad Aamir Sohail, Haris Khurram

“…Method In this study, the Holling disc equation and the age-stage, two-sex life table technique were used to investigate the functional response and biological traits of third instar nymphs and adult female O. strigicollis when presented third instar nymphs of both whitefly species as prey. …”
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Residual effect of lambdacyhalothrin on Triatoma infestans by Esteban A. Ferro, Antonieta Rojas de Arias, M. Elena Ferreira, Luis C. Simancas, Luis S. Rios, Jorge M. Rosner

“…No mortality was observed in 5th-instar Triatoma infestans nymphs in 72-hr exposure test on three different surfaces, one month after fumigation for a dose of 31.5 mg am/m2. …”
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Developmental and reproductive patterns of Triatoma brasiliensis infected with Trypanosoma cruzi under laboratory conditions by Tiago G Oliveira, Filipe A Carvalho-Costa, Taís F Gomes, Otília Sarquis, Ricardo Sposina, Marli M Lima

“…The infection affected only the 1st instar nymphs, which took significantly more time to reach the 2nd instar than uninfected nymphs. …”
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