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Comments on law and policy related to biosecurity, pest and disease control and biodiversity. Author Archives: Opi O. Ash dieback II: plant health and international trade. November 9, 2012. The ash dieback situation has continued to develop since my last post. As many suspected and feared it has now been confirmed that the ‘wild’ outbreaks in East Anglia were not isolated but in fact the infection is much more … Continue reading →. November 2, 2012. IUCN Colloquium 2012 (University of Maryland). It’...
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Comments on law and policy related to biosecurity, pest and disease control and biodiversity. Biosecurity and honey products. Back to my blog! July 16, 2012. Click to email (Opens in new window). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Click to print (Opens in new window). This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Biosecurity and honey products. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Back to my blog!
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Random Entomology: Trichogramma in flight
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Occasional ramblings about random topics in entomology. Thursday, 26 May 2011. Parasitic wasps of the genus Trichogramma lay their eggs inside the eggs of other insects (see here. For a vid). As such, they are very small, typically less than 1mm in length and are known to hitch hike on their host insects to get around (this is more complicated than it sounds - see this excellent ' Not Exactly Rocket Science. Post for more detail). Watch the video here. Posted by The Random Entomologist. Blueberries Grow ...
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Random Entomology: November 2011
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Occasional ramblings about random topics in entomology. Saturday, 26 November 2011. I woke up this morning with a strange thought in my head - why aren't insects used more often in medicine? Off the top of my head I could only think of one example (for all of you shouting ' leeches. They are not insects but worms). No, the example I was thinking of was the use of blow worm maggots to clean up certain wounds. Though this is absolutely not for the squeamish! So, why not? It's certainly not because of numbe...
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Random Entomology: November 2010
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Occasional ramblings about random topics in entomology. Tuesday, 2 November 2010. Climate Change and Agro-Ecosystems. The potential impacts of the changing climate (and I am going with the broad consensus that the global climate is undergoing relatively rapid change) on agro-ecosystems are diverse and includes a possible asynchrony between organisms that have, for example, evolved either mutually beneficial relationships (e.g. bees and flowering plants) or predator-prey relationships. In the UK. Tim ...
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Random Entomology: February 2011
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Occasional ramblings about random topics in entomology. Saturday, 12 February 2011. Though to be fair, these are actually more specific than that as they are all crop protection haikus. These have come about as I spotted the link on Bug Girl’s blog. Annual Hexapod Haiku Challenge sponsored by the North Carolina State University Insect Museum. I spent a couple of bus journeys contemplating verse rather than damaging my hearing by listening to my pod at full tilt. These are the results:. Why Evolution Is T...
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Ash dieback | biosecuritymatters
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Comments on law and policy related to biosecurity, pest and disease control and biodiversity. IUCN Colloquium 2012 (University of Maryland). Ash dieback II: plant health and international trade →. November 2, 2012. Can the blame be laid at the door of the EU? Why wasn’t an import ban imposed earlier? Will the ban actually help? Other questions arise. What will be done now? Click to email (Opens in new window). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Click to print (Opens in new window). Ash dieb...
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Random Entomology: May 2011
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Occasional ramblings about random topics in entomology. Thursday, 26 May 2011. Parasitic wasps of the genus Trichogramma lay their eggs inside the eggs of other insects (see here. For a vid). As such, they are very small, typically less than 1mm in length and are known to hitch hike on their host insects to get around (this is more complicated than it sounds - see this excellent ' Not Exactly Rocket Science. Post for more detail). Watch the video here. Posted by The Random Entomologist. Manatee has been ...
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Random Entomology: March 2011
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Occasional ramblings about random topics in entomology. Saturday, 12 March 2011. Don't (just) blame the aphids! I spend a certain amount of time working with and thinking about aphids (AKA greenfly, blackfly, plant lice…) and have to admit to a certain amount of affection for them. I doubt that many farmers and gardeners feel the same way as they are significant pests of most crops and many garden plants. One of their most serious effects is through the transmission of plant viruses. Mauck et al, 2010)&#...
