Tag: insects
The consequences of pollution on pollination
The pollination of plants by insects is a free and essential ecological service that contributes to the maintenance of biodiversity. It plays an important economic role for society by being…
Parasitoid: what is it?
Parasitoids are insects which develop at the expense of others arthropods : at the immature stage of larva or of nymph, they consume the tissues of another host animal, which…
What happens to insects in winter?
Insects do not appreciate the cold of winter. So, to “survive” at the lowest temperatures, they put in place a number of different and sometimes surprising strategies. Which ones? You…
Maud Lelièvre, President of IUCN: “The protection of pollinating insects is an emergency”
The city of Tours, in central France, is hosting the first Biodiversity University this Saturday, November 27. The meeting organized by the OLB, the French Biodiversity Office, is intended to…