Sentence examples for insect parasite from inspiring English sources

My present research is focused on the study of interactions between wild howler monkeys and their host-specific insect parasite, the howler monkey bot fly.

However, Mani and Raman (1994) suggested that gall formation is advantageous to the plants as it favors survival of the attacked organ by restricting the insect parasite in space and time.

Alignment of the protein sequence with an E. coli bifunctional glutathionylspermidine synthetase [62] and a trypanothione synthetase from the insect parasite C. fasciculata [63] is shown on Figure 7B.

These cacti were first introduced to Europe by Spanish conquerors towards the end of the 15th century for various purposes, such as human consumption, livestock, foraging, fencing, the production of a red dye that was obtained from a cochineal insect parasite (Dactylopius coccus), and as ornamentals [38].

Our study clarifies the mechanism of chemical mimicry in a social insect parasite in great detail.

The nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora is an insect parasite that forms a mutualistic relationship with the gram-negative bacteria Photorhabdus luminescens.

Clade 12 contains insect parasites, vertebrate parasites, and the majority of the known plant-parasitic species, including those that are the most economically important.

Other members are insect parasites.

Moreover, Dr. Pickett uses special care to select chemicals that will do as little harm as possible to insect parasites and predators.

Black widows in turn are attacked by mud dauber wasps (see thread-waisted wasp) and other insect parasites and predators.

This group is divided into four subgroups; Helicosporida, insect parasites (see Helicosporidium); Actinomyxida, worm parasites (see actinomyxidian); Microsporida, parasites of arthropods including insects (see microsporidian); and Myxosporida, fish parasites (see myxosporidian).