The habit of blood feeding evolved independently several times among the > 14,000 species and 400 genera of hematophagous arthropods. The specific need to remove blood from the host's skin led to ...
The formation of galls is almost always beneficial to the arthropods inducing them but disadvantageous to the host plants by reducing their productivity. Hence insect-induced galls are considered to ...
“They’re extraordinary, but also ordinary.” The arthropods that Smith used in the study “are literally from my backyard,” he says. To see exactly how globular springtails do ...
Our new study shows mistletoes also provide a critically important winter refuge for foliage-dwelling arthropods, especially when they grow in non-native deciduous trees which now dominate many ...