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Malpighia emarginata is a host plant for the caterpillars of the white-patched skipper (Chiomara asychis), [25] Florida duskywing (Ephyriades brunneus), [26] and brown-banded skipper (Timochares ruptifasciatus). [27] Larvae of the acerola weevil (Anthonomus macromalus [d]) feed on the fruits, while adults consume young leaves. [28]
[7] [14] Caterpillars may too be taken from trees. [14] Usually these hunting variations are correlated with poor weather hampering the capture of preferred prey. [1] [18] Tawny owls eat worms with relative frequency, as they often hear them apparently from below the surface and snatch them up from shallow dirt or below leaf litter. Their worm ...
Laothoe populi, the poplar hawk-moth, is a moth of the family Sphingidae.The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.It is found throughout the Palearctic region and the Near East and is one of the most common members of the family in the region. [2]
Although cats do not have a social survival strategy or herd behavior, they always hunt alone. [100] Life in proximity to humans and other domestic animals has led to a symbiotic social adaptation in cats, and cats may express great affection toward humans or other animals. Ethologically, a cat's human keeper functions as a mother surrogate. [101]
During the spring and summer, they mainly feed on herbaceous plant material such as leaves, roots, herbs, ferns, grasses, sedges, water lilies, water shields, rushes, and cattails. During the fall and winter, they eat more bark and cambium of woody plants; tree and shrub species consumed include aspen, birch, oak, dogwood, willow and alder.
Precipitation, especially rain, has a dramatic effect on agriculture. All plants need at least some water to survive, therefore rain (being the most effective means of watering) is important to agriculture. While a regular rain pattern is usually vital to healthy plants, too much or too little rainfall can be harmful, even devastating to crops.
The leaf is a vital source of energy production for the plant, and plants have evolved protection against animals that consume leaves, such as tannins, chemicals which hinder the digestion of proteins and have an unpleasant taste. Animals that are specialized to eat leaves are known as folivores.
The Palos Verdes blue (G. l. palosverdesensis) is a localized subspecies of the silvery blue (G. lygdamus), which ranges over much of North America.It was described in 1977, shortly before it became one of the second groups of butterflies to be listed under the US Endangered Species Act in 1980. [2]