Entomology

Entomology

The study of insects.

Contributors in Entomology

Entomology

The situation in which one female uses the resources and nest of another insect of either the same or a different species to provide for her young thus usurping the owner's efforts and preventing her ...

corbicula

Biology; Entomology

The pollen basket on the hind leg of many bees which is formed by stout hairs on the borders of the tibia.

costa

Biology; Entomology

Longitudinal wing vein, usually enlarged and along the leading (anterior) edge of the wing.

dulosis

Biology; Entomology

The act of slave making in ants. The enslavement of an ant colony by another species of ants is often referred to as dulotic. The process by which parasitic ants steal pupae from another ant colony ...

frons

Biology; Entomology

The frontal area of an insect's head covering the upper part of the face above the clypeus and below in between the antennae. It supports the pharyngeal dilator muscles and usually bears an ocellus.

encapsulation

Biology; Entomology

The formation of a multi-layered capsule as a result of the immuno response by plasmatocytes to the presence of parasitoid egg or larvae. The encapsulation causes the parasitoid to suffocate or ...

cremaster

Biology; Entomology

The way that most butterfly pupae are attached to a surface with a silken pad spun by the caterpillar and a set of hooks or cremaster at the tip of the pupal abdomen.