This chapter includes questions and answers on whether humans can get fleas when sharing a bed with pets, human host preference of fleas, whether fleas can kill humans, look of cat and dog flea bites on humans, allergic reaction to flea bites, cat scratch disease transmission among cats and between ...

This chapter summarizes the state of knowledge for members of Copitarsia, in terms of their pest status and control. It reviews the taxonomic difficulties involved with members of Copitarsia, their geographic range, host plant preferences and associated economic impacts. It also summarizes the life ...

This chapter describes the life cycle, control (using chemical, biological and heat treatments), and host range (based on field observations and no-choice host range tests) of the Nettle Caterpillar Darna pallivitta. Confirming host plant species and preferred food sources of D. pallivitta will...

This review summarizes research on the closely related pathogens Phytophthora infestans and P. andina and their hosts in South America. The symptoms, host range and host preference, socio-economic importance, genetic and phenotypic diversity, history and origin of P. infestans and P. andina are...

This chapter concentrates on three pestiferous Anastrepha species considered highly polyphagous and identified as potential exotic invaders: A. ludens, A. obliqua and A. grandis. It provides a comprehensive overview of the published information on these three species to aid further research efforts ...

This chapter provides an overview of the economic impact, taxonomy, life cycle, host range and preferences, and management and control of Meloidogyne species (including M. mayaguensis, M. paranaensis, M. fallax, M. chitwoodi and M. minor).

Using the comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album) and its close relatives as model organisms, the ubiquitous presence of seasonal plasticity and its role in the evolution of insect life cycle regulation and host plant preference are discussed. Several important features of the insect's life cycle where ...

Adults of the nodding thistle receptacle weevil, Rhinocyllus conicus (Froehlich) (Coleoptera: Curculionoidae), oviposit on developing thistle flower buds. Larval feeding on the receptacle prevents seed development. The weevil is known to attack several thistle species, but has clear preference for...

This paper focuses on the manipulation of host finding and acceptance behaviours to shift highly mobile and discriminating insect populations to plants or traps outside the valued crops. Potential tools for implementing the "push-pull strategy" are explained, and several models to demonstrate the...

Evidence for host discrimination and mechanisms by which female seed parasites distinguish between occupied and unoccupied hosts are reviewed. Host discrimination behaviour is discussed in the context of general foraging models. Host discrimination is examined in a broader ecological context.