Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This page was last edited on 30 September 2024, at 02:19 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
This insect lives in shallow waters and feed on aquatic insects including mosquito larvae. In a study conducted by Dr. Pio Javier of the University of the Philippines in Los Baños Laguna, Philippines, water bugs could be an effective biological control agent for dengue-carrying mosquitoes. He found out that water bug can consume 86-99 full ...
The Philippines has among the highest rates of species discovery in the world with 16 new species of mammal discovered in the last ten years. Because of this, the degree of endemism in the Philippines has risen and will likely continue to rise. [3] Some of the smallest and largest animals and plants are found in the Philippines.
The Entomological Museum is the largest entomological (insect) collection in the Philippines [13] with close to half a million specimens of insects, acari and aranea. [ 1 ] The collection is composed of pinned, slide-mounted, and alcohol-preserved insects and arthropod specimens and continuously grows with the help of collection expeditions ...
In horticulture and gardening, beneficial insects are often considered those that contribute to pest control and native habitat integration. Encouraging beneficial insects, by providing suitable living conditions, is a pest control strategy, often used in organic farming, organic gardening or integrated pest management.
The first report of the use of an insect species to control an insect pest comes from "Nanfang Caomu Zhuang" (南方草木狀 Plants of the Southern Regions) (c. 304 AD), attributed to Western Jin dynasty botanist Ji Han (嵇含, 263–307), in which it is mentioned that "Jiaozhi people sell ants and their nests attached to twigs looking like ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... common name Philippines acromantis, is a species of praying mantis native to the Philippines. [1]
The "Spanish fly", Lytta vesicatoria, has been considered to have medicinal, aphrodisiac, and other properties. Human interactions with insects include both a wide variety of uses, whether practical such as for food, textiles, and dyestuffs, or symbolic, as in art, music, and literature, and negative interactions including damage to crops and extensive efforts to control insect pests.