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CA-Dec12-Doc.6.2.A
CA-Dec12-Doc.6.2.a - Final PRODUCT TYPE 18 – INSECTICIDES, ACARICIDES AND PRODUCTS TO CONTROL OTHER ARTHROPODS and PRODUCT TYPE 19 – REPELLENTS AND ATTRACTANTS (only concerning arthropods) Guidance to replace part of Appendices to chapter 7 (page 187 to 200) from TNsG on Product Evaluation Reader ................................................................................................................................... 5 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 5 1.1 Aim ........................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Global structure of the assessment .......................................................................... 5 1.3 Dossier requirements ............................................................................................... 5 1.3.1 Test design ....................................................................................................... 6 1.3.2 Test examples ................................................................................................... 7 1.3.3 Laboratory versus (semi) field trials ................................................................... 7 1.3.4 The importance of controls on efficacy studies .................................................. 7 1.3.5 Specific data to support label claims ................................................................. 8 1.3.6 Examples of specific label claims with respect to target -
Bad Bugs: Warehouse Beetle
Insects Limited, Inc. Pat Kelley, BCE Bad Bugs: Warehouse Beetle complaining customer. That is the nature of the Warehouse beetle. Let’s take a close look at this common stored product insect: The Warehouse beetle prefers feeding on animal protein. This could be anything from road kill to dog food to powdered cheese and milk. The beetle will feed on plant material but a dead insect or mouse would be its preferred food source. You will often find Warehouse beetles (Trogoderma spp.) feeding on dead insects. It is important to empty these lights on a regular basis. The larva (see figure) of the Warehouse beetle is approximately 1/4-inch-long Larval color varies from yellowish/white to dark brown as the larvae mature. Warehouse beetle larvae have two different tones of hairs on the posterior end. These guard hairs protect them against attack from the rear. The Warehouse beetle has about 1,706 hastisetae hairs If there is an insect that is truly a voracious feeder and about 2,196 spicisetae hairs according to a and a potential health hazard to humans and publication by George Okumura. Since a larva sheds young animals, the Warehouse beetle falls into that its hairs during each molt, the damage of this pest category because of the long list of foods that it insect comes from the 1000’s of these pointed hairs attacks. Next to the dreaded quarantine pest, that escape and enter a finished food product as an the Khapra beetle, it is the most serious stored insect fragment. These insect fragments then can be product insect pest with respect to health. -
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Butterfly Anatomy [Online]
02 July 2015 (original version 01 January 2014) © Peter Eeles Citation: Eeles, P. (2015). Butterfly Anatomy [Online]. Available from http://www.dispar.org/reference.php?id=6 [Accessed July 2, 2015]. Butterfly Anatomy Peter Eeles This paper contains a condensed summary on the anatomy of the imago (adult), ovum (egg), larva (caterpillar) and pupa (chrysalis). Many of the features discussed on this page are referred to from the taxonomy section of the UK Butterflies website since they are used in butterfly classification. Imago The body of the adult butterfly is comprised of 3 segments - head, thorax and abdomen. The eyes, antennae, proboscis and palpi are all positioned on the head. The legs and wings are attached to the thorax. The reproductive organs and spiracles are part of the abdomen. All of these features are discussed in detail below and the illustrations below provide an overview of the majority of these features. Chequered Skipper (Carterocephalus palaemon) Photo © Pete Eeles Eyes The head contains a pair of compound eyes, each made up of a large number of photoreceptor units known as ommatidia. Each ommatidium includes a lens (the front of which makes up a single facet at the surface of the eye), light-sensitive visual cells and also cells that separate the ommatidium from its neighbours. The image below shows a closeup of the head of a Pyralid moth, clearly showing the facets on the surface of the eye. A butterfly is able to build up a complete picture of its surroundings by synthesising an image from the individual inputs provided by each ommatidium. -
United States Department of Agriculturi
-i!-:..!î;asssaïî'f'SïB'ï: (iJuLlic.r ^rollis ami (larpcL What Larvae and 13(^^1.1<'S . HOW TO COMBAT THEM Adulfs Look Like Where I Are Like Good H as Conti PestprooMîiï Yci- Woolens with EQ-ä3 HOME AM) (JARDEIV BLIJJ'.TIA No. 24 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURI THIS BULLETIN was prepared by the Division of Stored Product Insect Investigations, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, Agricultural Research Administration. It brings up to date in- formation in Leaflet 145, Clothes Moths, and Leaflet 150, Carpet Beetles, both by E. A. Back, and supersedes those publications. Washington, D. C. Issued April 1953 SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF INSECTS DISCUSSED Webbing clothes moth Tineola bisselliella Casemaking clothes moth Tinea pellionella Carpet beetle Anthrenus scrophulariae Furniture carpet beetle Anthrenus flavipes Varied carpet beetle Anthrenus verhasci Black carpet beetle Attagenus piceus Clothes Moths and Carpet Beetles . HOW TO COMBAT THEM Clothes moths are well recognized as heads. The adult moths are yellowish or fabric pests. Housewives throughout the buff, and have a wing spread of about country are on guard against them. The 1/2 inch. fact that they cause widespread damage The larvae of the carpet beetle, the is due more to weaknesses in control furniture carpet beetle, and the varied measures than to lack of awareness of the carpet beetle are elongate-oval in shape, need for control. are never more than 1/4 inch long, and Not so well known as clothes moths, have brownish or black bristles that give but just as destructive to fabrics, are them a fuzzy appearance. -
PESTS of STORED PRODUCTS a 'Pest of Stored Products' Can Refer To
PESTS OF STORED PRODUCTS A ‘pest of stored products’ can refer to any organism that infests and damages stored food, books and documents, fabrics, leather, carpets, and any other dried or preserved item that is not used shortly after it is delivered to a location, or moved regularly. Technically, these pests can include microorganisms such as fungi and bacteria, arthropods such as insects and mites, and vertebrates such as rodents and birds. Stored product pests are responsible for the loss of millions of dollars every year in contaminated products, as well as destruction of important documents and heritage artifacts in homes, offices and museums. Many of these pests are brought indoors in items that were infested when purchased. Others originate indoors when susceptible items are stored under poor storage conditions, or when stray individual pests gain access to them. Storage pests often go unnoticed because they infest items that are not regularly used and they may be very small in size. Infestations are noticed when the pests emerge from storage, to disperse or sometimes as a result of crowding or after having exhausted a particular food source, and search for new sources of food and harborage. Unexplained occurrences of minute moths and beetles flying in large numbers near stored items, or crawling over countertops, walls and ceilings, powdery residues below and surrounding stored items, and stale odors in pantries and closets can all indicate a possible storage pest infestation. Infestations in stored whole grains or beans can also be detected when these are soaked in water, and hollowed out seeds rise to the surface, along with the adult stages of the pests, and other debris. -
£325,000 1 Old School Cottages, Gilfach Road, Bryn Pydew, Conwy
COUNCIL TAX BAND Tax band E TENURE Freehold LOCAL AUTHORITY Conwy County Borough Council DATE: 29th July 2020 OFFICE T: 01492 873854 47-49 Madoc Street E: [email protected] Llandudno W: www.peterlarge.com 1 Old School Cottages, Gilfach Road, Bryn Pydew, £325,000 Conwy Conwy, LL31 9JY LL30 2TW CONSUMER PROTECTION REGULATIONS 2008 AND THE BUSINESS PROT ECTION FROM MISLEADING MARKETING REGULATIONS 2008 • THREE GOOD SIZE BEDROOMS • GOOD SIZE REAR GARDEN These particulars, whilst beli eved to be accurate, are set out for guidance only and do not constitute any part of an offer or contract. Prospecti ve purchasers or tenants should not rel y on these particul ars as statement or representation of fact, but must satisfy themsel ves by inspection or otherwise as to their accuracy. No person in the employment of PET ER LARGE Estate Agents has the author ity to make or give any representation or warranty in relation to the property. Room sizes are approximate and all comments are of the opinion of PETER LARGE Estate Agents having carried out a wal k through • DESIRABLE VILLAGE LOCATION • SYMPATHETICALLY REFURBISHED inspecti on. T hese sal es particulars ar e prepared under the consumer protection regulati ons 2008 and are governed by the business protection from misleading mar keting regulations 2008. suite comprising double shower cubicle with double end of the garden, stone outhouse with power and shower attachment over, bath with mixer taps and light, currently setup as 'Home Bar'. There are a shower attachment over, wash hand basin with mixture of fruit trees and outside water tap. -
Additions, Deletions and Corrections to An
Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society No. 36 (2012) ADDITIONS, DELETIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO AN ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF THE IRISH BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS (LEPIDOPTERA) WITH A CONCISE CHECKLIST OF IRISH SPECIES AND ELACHISTA BIATOMELLA (STAINTON, 1848) NEW TO IRELAND K. G. M. Bond1 and J. P. O’Connor2 1Department of Zoology and Animal Ecology, School of BEES, University College Cork, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, Ireland. e-mail: <[email protected]> 2Emeritus Entomologist, National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. Abstract Additions, deletions and corrections are made to the Irish checklist of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera). Elachista biatomella (Stainton, 1848) is added to the Irish list. The total number of confirmed Irish species of Lepidoptera now stands at 1480. Key words: Lepidoptera, additions, deletions, corrections, Irish list, Elachista biatomella Introduction Bond, Nash and O’Connor (2006) provided a checklist of the Irish Lepidoptera. Since its publication, many new discoveries have been made and are reported here. In addition, several deletions have been made. A concise and updated checklist is provided. The following abbreviations are used in the text: BM(NH) – The Natural History Museum, London; NMINH – National Museum of Ireland, Natural History, Dublin. The total number of confirmed Irish species now stands at 1480, an addition of 68 since Bond et al. (2006). Taxonomic arrangement As a result of recent systematic research, it has been necessary to replace the arrangement familiar to British and Irish Lepidopterists by the Fauna Europaea [FE] system used by Karsholt 60 Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society No. 36 (2012) and Razowski, which is widely used in continental Europe. -
Territorial Defence in the Speckled Wood Butterfly (Pararge Aegeria) : the Resident Always Wins
Anim. Behav., 1978,26, 138-147 TERRITORIAL DEFENCE IN THE SPECKLED WOOD BUTTERFLY (PARARGE AEGERIA) : THE RESIDENT ALWAYS WINS BY N. B. DAVIES Edward Grey Institute, Department of Zoology, Oxford Abstract. Males competed for territories, spots of sunlight on the ground layer of woodland, which were the best places for finding females . At any one time only 60% of the males had territories ; the remainder patrolled for females up in the tree canopy . Males continually flew down from the canopy and rapidly took over vacant sunspots . However, if the sunspot was already occupied, then the intruder was always driven back by the owner . Experiments showed that this was true even if the owner had been in occupation for only a few seconds . The rule for settling contests was thus `resident wins, intruder retreats' . Experiments showed that escalated contests only occurred when both contestants `thought' they were the resident . These results support the theoretical predictions of Maynard Smith & Parker (1976) . The reason intruders accept defeat immediately without a serious fight may be that contests are costly and territories abundant. How should an animal behave in a contest and insect contests provide a better scope for situation if it is to maximize its fitness? The this. answer is that it all depends on how the other In this paper I will show, by means of some contestants behave. Maynard Smith & Price simple field experiments, how territorial contests (1973) have shown that the strategy actually are settled in a species of butterfly . The results adopted will be an `evolutionarily stable strategy' are in accord with the predictions of Maynard or ESS. -
Monitoring Report Spring/Summer 2015 Contents
Wimbledon and Putney Commons Monitoring Report Spring/Summer 2015 Contents CONTEXT 1 A. SYSTEMATIC RECORDING 3 METHODS 3 OUTCOMES 6 REFLECTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 18 B. BIOBLITZ 19 REFLECTIONS AND LESSONS LEARNT 21 C. REFERENCES 22 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Location of The Plain on Wimbledon and Putney Commons 2 Figure 2 Experimental Reptile Refuge near the Junction of Centre Path and Somerset Ride 5 Figure 3 Contrasting Cut and Uncut Areas in the Conservation Zone of The Plain, Spring 2015 6/7 Figure 4 Notable Plant Species Recorded on The Plain, Summer 2015 8 Figure 5 Meadow Brown and white Admiral Butterflies 14 Figure 6 Hairy Dragonfly and Willow Emerald Damselfly 14 Figure 7 The BioBlitz Route 15 Figure 8 Vestal and European Corn-borer moths 16 LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Mowing Dates for the Conservation Area of The Plain 3 Table 2 Dates for General Observational Records of The Plain, 2015 10 Table 3 Birds of The Plain, Spring - Summer 2015 11 Table 4 Summary of Insect Recording in 2015 12/13 Table 5 Rare Beetles Living in the Vicinity of The Plain 15 LIST OF APPENDICES A1 The Wildlife and Conservation Forum and Volunteer Recorders 23 A2 Sward Height Data Spring 2015 24 A3 Floral Records for The Plain : Wimbledon and Putney Commons 2015 26 A4 The Plain Spring and Summer 2015 – John Weir’s General Reports 30 A5 a Birds on The Plain March to September 2015; 41 B Birds on The Plain - summary of frequencies 42 A6 ai Butterflies on The Plain (DW) 43 aii Butterfly long-term transect including The Plain (SR) 44 aiii New woodland butterfly transect -
Database of Irish Lepidoptera. 1 - Macrohabitats, Microsites and Traits of Noctuidae and Butterflies
Database of Irish Lepidoptera. 1 - Macrohabitats, microsites and traits of Noctuidae and butterflies Irish Wildlife Manuals No. 35 Database of Irish Lepidoptera. 1 - Macrohabitats, microsites and traits of Noctuidae and butterflies Ken G.M. Bond and Tom Gittings Department of Zoology, Ecology and Plant Science University College Cork Citation: Bond, K.G.M. and Gittings, T. (2008) Database of Irish Lepidoptera. 1 - Macrohabitats, microsites and traits of Noctuidae and butterflies. Irish Wildlife Manual s, No. 35. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Dublin, Ireland. Cover photo: Merveille du Jour ( Dichonia aprilina ) © Veronica French Irish Wildlife Manuals Series Editors: F. Marnell & N. Kingston © National Parks and Wildlife Service 2008 ISSN 1393 – 6670 Database of Irish Lepidoptera ____________________________ CONTENTS CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................................................1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....................................................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................2 The concept of the database.....................................................................................................................2 The structure of the database...................................................................................................................2 -
Term Review of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 in Relation to Target 3A – Agriculture
Service contract to support follow-up actions to the mid- term review of the EU biodiversity strategy to 2020 in relation to target 3A – Agriculture Final Report 19th June 2017 Funded by European Commission, DG Environment In collaboration with 2 Disclaimer: The arguments expressed in this report are solely those of the authors, and do not reflect the opinion of any other party. The report as a whole should be cited as follows: Siriwardena, G. and Tucker, G. (eds) (2017) Service contract to support follow-up actions to the mid-term review of the EU biodiversity strategy to 2020 in relation to target 3A – Agriculture. Report to the European Commission, Institute for European Environmental Policy, London. The following individual chapters should be cited as follows: Chapter 2: Siriwardena, G and Pringle, H (2017) Development of a methodology for the assessment of potential agriculture-related drivers on the status of habitats and species. In G Siriwardena & G Tucker (eds) Service contract to support follow-up actions to the mid-term review of the EU biodiversity strategy to 2020 in relation to target 3A – Agriculture, pp 25-48. Report to the European Commission, Institute for European Environmental Policy, London. Chapter 3: Pringle, H, Koeble, R, Paracchini M L, Rega, C, Henderson, I, Noble, D, Gamero, A, Vorisek, P, Škorpilová, J, Schmucki, R, Siriwardena, G, Allen, B, and Tucker, G (2017) Review of data sources and preparation of a metadatabase. In G Siriwardena & G Tucker (eds) Service contract to support follow-up actions to the mid-term review of the EU biodiversity strategy to 2020 in relation to target 3A – Agriculture, pp 49-60. -
The Use of Radiation Is Improving the Biological Control of Insect Pests
by Jorge Hendrichs and To Kill a Pest Alan Robinson The use of radiation is improving the biological control of insect pests. he IAEA’s support to Member States in What is Biological Control? the field of insect pest control has mainly Despite centuries of technological development, Tfocused on the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), insect pests continue to exact a very high toll on which is a type of insect birth control, where mass agricultural production and human health. A well- reared and systematically released sterile males established, successful approach to this problem is of the target pest insect mate with wild females the use of natural enemies, called biological control in the field, thereby interfering in an environment- agents, to manage pest populations. The biological friendly way with the reproduction of the pest control agent can be a predator, a parasitoid, a bac- A giant ichneumon wasp population. This approach effectively reduces terium, a fungus or a virus. In this article we will con- adult boring the surface the use of insecticides and has been successfully centrate on predators, which eat the pest (prey), and of fir trunk infested with used to manage, and in some cases eradicate, parasitoids, which parasitize the pest (host) by sting- wood wasp larvae. populations of major pest insects. Nevertheless, ing and thereby laying eggs into it. (Photo: Boris Hrasovec, there are other areas where Member States can Faculty of Forestry, benefit from radiation in the field of entomology. When insects escape their native natural enemies, Bugwood.org) One of these is biological control.