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Nuisance Insects and Climate Change
www.defra.gov.uk Nuisance Insects and Climate Change March 2009 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Nobel House 17 Smith Square London SW1P 3JR Tel: 020 7238 6000 Website: www.defra.gov.uk © Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO 2007 This publication is value added. If you wish to re-use this material, please apply for a Click-Use Licence for value added material at http://www.opsi.gov.uk/click-use/value-added-licence- information/index.htm. Alternatively applications can be sent to Office of Public Sector Information, Information Policy Team, St Clements House, 2-16 Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BQ; Fax: +44 (0)1603 723000; email: [email protected] Information about this publication and further copies are available from: Local Environment Protection Defra Nobel House Area 2A 17 Smith Square London SW1P 3JR Email: [email protected] This document is also available on the Defra website and has been prepared by Centre of Ecology and Hydrology. Published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2 An Investigation into the Potential for New and Existing Species of Insect with the Potential to Cause Statutory Nuisance to Occur in the UK as a Result of Current and Predicted Climate Change Roy, H.E.1, Beckmann, B.C.1, Comont, R.F.1, Hails, R.S.1, Harrington, R.2, Medlock, J.3, Purse, B.1, Shortall, C.R.2 1Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, 2Rothamsted Research, 3Health Protection Agency March 2009 3 Contents Summary 5 1.0 Background 6 1.1 Consortium to perform the work 7 1.2 Objectives 7 2.0 -
The Black Flies of Maine
THE BLACK FLIES OF MAINE L.S. Bauer and J. Granett Department of Entomology University of Maine at Orono, Orono, ME 04469 Maine Life Sciences and Agriculture Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 95 May 1979 LS-\ F.\PFRi\ii-Nr Si \IION TK HNK \I BUI I HIN 9? ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We wish to thank Dr. Ivan McDaniel for his involvement in the USDA-funding of this project. We thank him for his assistance at the beginning of this project in loaning us literature, equipment, and giving us pointers on taxonomy. He also aided the second author on a number of collection trips and identified a number of collection specimens. We thank Edward R. Bauer, Lt. Lewis R. Boobar, Mr. Thomas Haskins. Ms. Leslie Schimmel, Mr. James Eckler, and Mr. Jan Nyrop for assistance in field collections, sorting, and identifications. Mr. Ber- nie May made the electrophoretic identifications. This project was supported by grant funds from the United States Department of Agriculture under CSRS agreement No. 616-15-94 and Regional Project NE 118, Hatch funds, and the Maine Towns of Brad ford, Brownville. East Millinocket, Enfield, Lincoln, Millinocket. Milo, Old Town. Orono. and Maine counties of Penobscot and Piscataquis, and the State of Maine. The electrophoretic work was supported in part by a faculty research grant from the University of Maine at Orono. INTRODUCTION Black flies have been long-time residents of Maine and cause exten sive nuisance problems for people, domestic animals, and wildlife. The black fly problem has no simple solution because of the multitude of species present, the diverse and ecologically sensitive habitats in which they are found, and the problems inherent in measuring the extent of the damage they cause. -
Review and Phylogeny of Lutzsimulium (Diptera: Simuliidae)
ZOOLOGIA 27 (5): 761–788, October, 2010 doi: 10.1590/S1984-46702010000500014 Review and phylogeny of Lutzsimulium (Diptera: Simuliidae) Leonardo H. Gil-Azevedo Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Laboratório de Simulídeos e Oncocercose. Avenida Brasil 4365, Manguinhos, Caixa Postal 926, 21045-900 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. E-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT. Lutzsimulium d’Andretta Jr & Vulcano, 1947 is an enigmatic South American genus with four species: L. flavopubescens Lutz, 1910, L. hirticosta Lutz, 1909, L. pernigrum Lutz, 1910 and L. simplicicolor Lutz, 1910. It can be diagnosed by median arms of furcasternum with projections; subbasal tooth of the claw reduced; wing basal cell absent; spermatheca with net-like structure; apex of trichomes coiled (pupa); gill with two main trunks (pupa); antennomere 3 equal to or longer than 1+2 (larva); hypostomal teeth reduced (larva); postgenal cleft deep (larva). A morphological cladistic analysis under equal weights, with the four Lutzsimulium species and six outgroups, resulted in two most parsimonious trees, with 81 steps, CI = 0.61 and RI = 0.68. The monophyly of the genus is corroborated, supported by 15 synapomorphies, therefore it is proposed that Kempfsimulium Py-Daniel & Nunes de Mello, 1982 is synonymous of Lutzsimulium. Also the status of Araucnephia Wygodzinsky & Coscarón, 1973 and Araucnephioides Wygodzinsky & Coscarón, 1973 are revalidated, because they do not form a monophyletic group with Lutzsimulium. All the species of Lutzsimulium are revised, with redescriptions, illustrations and identification keys for adults, pupa and larva. The male and larva of L. flavopubescens are described for the first time. KEY WORDS. Argentina; black-fly; Brazil; cladistics; Culicomorpha; Insecta; Neotropical Region; taxonomy. -
Black-Flies and Leucocytozoon Spp. As Causes of Mortality in Juvenile Great Horned Owls in the Yukon, Canada
Black-flies and Leucocytozoon spp. as Causes of Mortality in Juvenile Great Horned Owls in the Yukon, Canada D. Bruce Hunter1, Christoph Rohner2, and Doug C. Currie3 ABSTRACT.—Black fly feeding and infection with the blood parasite Leucocytozoon spp. caused mortality in juvenile Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus) in the Yukon, Canada during 1989-1990. The mortality occurred during a year of food shortage corresponding with the crash in snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) populations. We postulate that the occurrence of disease was mediated by reduced food availability. Rohner (1994) evaluated the numerical re- black flies identified from Alaska, USA and the sponse of Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus) Yukon Territory, Canada, 36 percent are orni- to the snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) cycle thophilic, 39 percent mammalophilic and 25 from 1988 to 1993 in the Kluane Lake area of percent autogenous (Currie 1997). Numerous southwestern Yukon, Canada. The survival of female black flies were obtained from the car- juvenile owls was very high during 1989 and casses of the juvenile owls, but only 45 of these 1990, both years of abundant hare populations. were sufficiently well preserved for identifica- Survival decreased in 1991, the first year of the tion. They belonged to four taxa as follows: snowshoe hare population decline (Rohner and Helodon (Distosimulium) pleuralis (Malloch), 1; Hunter 1996). Monitoring of nest sites Helodon (Parahelodon) decemarticulatus combined with tracking of individuals by radio- (Twinn), 3; Simulium (Eusimulium) aureum Fries telemetry provided us with carcasses of 28 ju- complex, 3; and Simulium (Eusimulium) venile owls found dead during 1990 and 1991 canonicolum (Dyar and Shannon) complex, 38 (Rohner and Doyle 1992). -
MORPHOLOGY of the DIGESTIVE TRACT of the BLACKFLY (SIMULIUM NIGROPARVUM)I
MORPHOLOGY OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT OF THE BLACKFLY (SIMULIUM NIGROPARVUM)i By JAMES A. Cox Assistant entomologist, Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station INTRODUCTION Comparatively little information exists in the literature relative to the internal anatomy of the family Simuliidae. Hungerford {6y has figured and described the internal anatomy of Simulium vittatum Zett., and Smart (ii) in a recent paper has described the internal anatomy of S. ornatum Mg. In recent years it has been found that certain species of blackflies transmit disease-producing organisms. Blacklock (Í, 2) has demon- strated that simulium damnosum Theob. is an intermediate host of a filarial worm Onchocerca volvulus Leuckart, which causes a disease of man. O'Roke (10) has shown that a blood protozoon of ducks, Leucocytozoon anatis Wickware, passes the sexual stage of its Hfe cycle in Simulium venustum Say and that the organism is transmitted by the bite of the fly. During the past 2 years the blackfly Simulium nigroparvum Twinn has been found feeding on turkeys in southwestern Virginia, and Johnson and Underbill (8) have shown that this fly is responsible for the transmission of a blood protozoon disease of turkeys. In view of the recent discovery that S, nigroparvum is an important vector of this blood protozoon of turkeys, the writer felt that a detailed study of the internal anatomy of the fly would be of service in studying the life history of the protozoon. Specimens of S. nigro- parmm were readily accessible, and a detailed study was made of the internal morphology of this fly. Since only the females feed on turkeys and the males are unimportant as possible vectors, the digestive tract of the female only is described. -
Research on Weather Conditions and Their Relationship to Crashes December 31, 2020 6
INVESTIGATION OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO CRASHES 1 Dr. Mark Anderson 2 Dr. Aemal J. Khattak 2 Muhammad Umer Farooq 1 John Cecava 3 Curtis Walker 1. Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences 2. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68583-0851 3. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO Sponsored by Nebraska Department of Transportation and U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration December 31, 2020 TECHNICAL REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE 1. Report No. 2. Government Accession No. 3. Recipient’s Catalog No. SPR-21 (20) M097 4. Title and Subtitle 5. Report Date Research on Weather conditions and their relationship to crashes December 31, 2020 6. Performing Organization Code 7. Author(s) 8. Performing Organization Report No. Dr. Mark Anderson, Dr. Aemal J. Khattak, Muhammad Umer Farooq, John 26-0514-0202-001 Cecava, Dr. Curtis Walker 9. Performing Organization Name and Address 10. Work Unit No. University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2200 Vine Street, PO Box 830851 11. Contract or Grant No. Lincoln, NE 68583-0851 SPR-21 (20) M097 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address 13. Type of Report and Period Covered Nebraska Department of Transportation NDOT Final Report 1500 Nebraska 2 Lincoln, NE 68502 14. Sponsoring Agency Code 15. Supplementary Notes Conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. 16. Abstract The objectives of the research were to conduct a seasonal investigation of when winter weather conditions are a factor in crashes reported in Nebraska, to perform statistical analyses on Nebraska crash and meteorological data and identify weather conditions causing the significant safety concerns, and to investigate whether knowing the snowfall amount and/or storm intensity/severity could be a precursor to the number and severity of crashes. -
Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole Mineral Sites Plan Examination
Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole Mineral Sites Plan Examination September 2018 Preliminary Assessment of the Cumulative Impacts of Quarry Traffic from BC-04 Trigon Hill Extension; AS-12 Philliol’s Farm and AS-15 Tatchell’s Extension on the C7 Sugar Hill Road (Version 2) Background The three sites being considered, Philliols Farm, Trigon Hill and Tatchell's, all connect to the C7 Bere Road. The C7 Bere Road has an southeast to northwest alignment and connects to the A35 Poole Road at Woodbury Cross to the East of Bere Regis and to the A351 Sandford Road at north Wareham. The junction of the C7 Bere Road with the A35 is a well designed and built priority junction having a standard single carriageway with a right turn lane. Visibility at, and of the junction is very good. It is covered by the national speed limit. This section of the A35 is identified as a Regional Route, and leads within a very short distance to Bere Regis and the junction with the A31 Primary Route Network from the East and the A35 continuation of the A35 west which then becomes Primary Route Network. The southern end of Bere Road joins the A351 Sandford Road just north of Wareham at a well-designed roundabout. This in turn connects to the Wareham bypass to the south which provides suitable access to a processing site at Furze Brook to the south (not part of this submission) but involved in processing Ball Clay from the Trigon Hill site. The C7 in has an AADT1 flow of in the region of about 3,200 vehicles per day which is considered low. -
An Insight Into the Sialotranscriptome of Simulium Nigrimanum, a Black Fly Associated with Fogo Selvagem in South America
Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 82(6), 2010, pp. 1060–1075 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0769 Copyright © 2010 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene An Insight into the Sialotranscriptome of Simulium nigrimanum, a Black Fly Associated with Fogo Selvagem in South America José M. C. Ribeiro ,* Jesus G. Valenzuela , Van M. Pham , Lindsay Kleeman , Kent D. Barbian , Amanda J. Favreau , Donald P. Eaton , Valeria Aoki , Gunter Hans-Filho , Evandro A. Rivitti , and Luis A. Diaz Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rockville, Maryland; Genomics Unit, Research Technologies Section, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana; Departments of Dermatology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Department of Dermatology, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil; Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul and the Wildlife Conservation Society of Brazil, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil Abstract. Pemphigus foliaceus is a life threatening skin disease that is associated with autoimmunity to desmoglein, a skin protein involved in the adhesion of keratinocytes. This disease is endemic in certain areas of South America, suggest- ing the mediation of environmental factors triggering autoimmunity. Among the possible environmental factors, exposure to bites of black flies, in particular Simulium nigrimanum has been suggested. In this work, we describe the sialotranscrip- tome of adult female S. nigrimanum flies. It reveals the complexity of the salivary potion of this insect, comprised by over 70 distinct genes within over 30 protein families, including several novel families, even when compared with the previously described sialotranscriptome of the autogenous black fly, S. vittatum. -
20 the Old Barn, Cotleigh, Honiton, Devon EX14
LOT The Old Barn, Cotleigh, Honiton, Devon EX14 9HP 20 *GUIDE PRICE £250,000+ A deceptively spacious three bedroom detached barn conversion requiring modernisation, enjoying a rural location in this highly sought after location. L OCATION accommodatION Cotleigh is a small rural village in East Ground Floor Entrance hall, kitchen/ Devon, nestling on the southern edge of breakfast/family room with staircase rising the Blackdown Hills, a designated Area of to the first floor, lounge/diner with utility/ Outstanding Natural Beauty. Circa 4 miles study area off, bedroom 2 with en-suite wc, from the market town of Honiton which offers bedroom three. a comprehensive range of educational, First Floor Master bedroom with en-suite wc. recreational and shopping facilities and Outside Double gates give access to the having excellent access to the A303, A30 and main on drive parking area, garage and A35 road networks. carport, with mature lawned gardens beyond lying adjacent to open fields. To the side of DESCRIPTION the property is a veranda giving access to the A three bedroom detached barn conversion rear courtyard garden with studio/workshop requiring modernisation, set in the and further gated access to the lane. picturesque rural hamlet of Cotleigh and having the benefit of a large lawned garden EPC backing on to open fields, garage, carport, Energy Efficiency Rating - G courtyard garden and studio/workshop. The Old Barn offers spacious living AUCTION VALUER accommodation with character features, Wendy Alexander two bedrooms on the ground floor and master bedroom on the first floor, offering VIEWING tremendous potential to create an enviable Strictly by appointment only with Fulfords family home in this highly sought after Honiton 01404 44744. -
Southampton, Totton and Waterside Group Walks Programme and Newsletter 1 March 2020 – 30 June 2020
Southampton, Totton and Waterside Group Walks Programme and Newsletter 1st March 2020 – 30th June 2020 website – www.ramblers.org.uk/southampton facebook – www.facebook.com/SouthamptonRamblers/ email – [email protected] We offer friendly welcoming company on our guided walks which cater for all abilities and range from shorter Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and summer evenings to all-day Sunday walks. March Sun 1 March 2020 10:00 - 13 miles/20.9 km - Moderate West Dean Circular via Pitton Starts at car park near railway station, just north of level crossing and on west side of road. £2.00 charge via honesty box (2018). Or park considerately in road. Map Ex131 (SP5 1JF, SU256271) Car sharers meet Southampton Central Station 0900. Contact: Martin F., 07741 416224. Sun 1 March 2020 13:30 - 6.5 miles/10.5 km - Moderate Sunday afternoon – Denmead circular Start at Kenmore car park on north side of Hambledon Road, Denmead. Map OL3/EX119. (PO7 6EY, SU659120) Farmland, minor hills. Contact: Larry & Anthea, 07861 603522. Thu 5 March 2020 10:00 – 6 miles/9.7 km – Moderate Bolderwood Circular Starts at Bolderwood Car Park. Map OL22 (SO43 7GQ, SU242086) Contact: Bob Pr., 07768 982301. Fri 6 March 2020 10:30 – 4 miles/6.4 km – Leisurely Friday 4 Miler – Upham Circular Start and park by Upham duck pond in Upham Village. Map EX119 OL03. (SO32 1QA, SU540205) Varied terrain, This Walk is for people who are Starting or Returning to walking. Contact: Rod, 07914 101102. Sat 7 March 2020 13:30 – 7 miles/11.3 km – Moderate East Meon Circular Start in car park just west of Workhouse Lane. -
Kilmington to Marsh
Channel to Channel 2 - Kilmington to Marsh Starts at Kilmington 3 hours 15 minutes | 9.9miles 15.9km | Moderate ID: 290.2 | Developed by: Margot French | Checked by: Edward Levy | www.ramblersroutes.org A linear walk from Kilmington to Marsh for a part following the River Yarty, this walk takes in Devon and Somerset farmland with opportunities for some bird spotting. 1000 © Crown copyright and database rights 2014 Ordnance Survey 100033886 m Scale = 1 : 108K 5000 ft Main Route Alternative Route Point of Interest Waypoint Distance: 15.91km Ascent: 311m Descent: 214m Route Profile 200 150 100 Height (m) Height 50 0 0.0 0.8 1.8 2.8 3.8 4.6 5.6 6.6 7.4 8.3 9.1 9.8 10.8 11.8 12.8 13.6 14.4 15.1 15.9 *move mouse over graph to see points on route The Ramblers is Britain’s walking charity. We work to safeguard the footpaths, countryside and other places where we all go walking. We encourage people to walk for their health and wellbeing. To become a member visit www.ramblers.org.uk Starts at The Old Inn, Kilmington, Axminster, Devon. EX13 7RB Ends at The Flintlock Inn, Marsh, Honiton, Devon. EX14 9AJ Getting there The start at Kilmington can be accessed by Stagecoach bus route 380 running between Axminster and Honiton. There is one bus only per week on a Tuesday to Marsh and returning to Honiton. It's timing in the middle of the day makes it unsuitable for travel at the end of the walk. -
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CHIDEOCK PARISH COUNCIL [email protected] Chideockpc.org.uk Chair: Cllr Vanessa Glenn, 6 Winniford Close, Chideock, DT6 6SA 01 297 480810 Clerk: Miss Sal Robinson, 60 North Allington, Bridport, DT6 5DY 01 308 426327 22 October 2020 Your ref; 304079 Dear Mr Schapps, Re: Chideock, Dorset and response regarding RIS2. Thank you for your reply dated the 26th August 2020 in response to our letter dated the 29th July 2020. First of all, the Parish Council would like to acknowledge the response and to thank you for giving the Parish Council the first of any form of communication in regard to an update on the A35 and the issues that directly concern the village of Chideock. It is important that it is stated, and noted with sadness, that over the last 12 months, both pre- Covid and during Covid, there has been no direct communication between the village and Highways England or our constituency MP, Chris Loder despite many attempts from the village to engage with them. I am sure that you will appreciate that given the strength of feeling in the village as expressed in our letter on the 29th July 2020, that when such concerns are universally ignored that this then leads to an intense feeling of frustration for all concerned. However, the question needs to be asked why it took a written response to RIS2 from Chideock Parish Council, to then get an update on the current thinking regarding Highways England from the Department of Transport. Meanwhile, although it has been good to get an early update on the current progress that Highways England are making in what it considers are its priorities, the response from the communications team does not deal with the issues raised in our last letter, where the Parish Council has asked for specific inputs and outcomes to be actively considered in the letter to the Minister.