Month: February 2018
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Picky feeders: Mosquitoes turn their nose up at non-human blood
Words: Ellen Cottingham Image: Perran Ross Most Australians have sat outside on a summers evening only to return inside to find their legs and arms dotted with fresh itchy mozzie bites. It is not widely known that only female mosquitoes bite warm blooded animals or humans. The reason for this is that females use protein […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/pearg/2018/02/23/picky-feeders-mosquitoes-turn-their-nose-up-at-non-human-blood
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Fresh publications!
Climate contributes to the evolution of pesticide resistance | James Maino, Paul Umina, Ary Hoffmann Abstract The evolution of pesticide resistance through space and time is of great economic significance to modern agricultural production systems, and consequently, is often well documented. It can thus be used to dissect the evolutionary and ecological processes […] -
Keys matchstick grasshopper is disappearing | ABC Radio interview #2
Mike Kearney was interviewed on The ABC’s Victorian Country hour on Friday. Link below, interview begins 38:40. Victorian Country Hour for Friday 16th February 2018 -
Grasshopper on the brink of extinction in Victoria | ABC Radio interview
Ary was interviewed on ABC Radio Melbourne on yesterdays afternoon program with Richelle Hunt. Great to see some public interest in the conservation of an invertebrate! Link -
Grasshoppers: The new poster bug for insect conservation
Ary and Michael Kearney have written a new article in Pursuit on the conservation of Key’s matchstick grasshopper (Keyacris scurra). The story has been picked up by major newspapers The Age | Sydney Morning Herald Watch this space for more grasshopper news. Featured image credit: Michael Kearneyblogs.unimelb.edu.au/pearg/2018/02/08/grasshoppers-the-new-poster-bug-for-insect-conservation
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Ary featured in GRDC’s GroundCover™ (South) issue 132: January – February 2018
Originally published at https://grdc.com.au/resources-and-publications/groundcover/groundcover-132-january-february-2018
