Abstract The objective was to evaluate the residual action of insecticides acetamiprid + etofenprox, spinetoram, indoxacarb and methoxyfenozide on predator Chrysoperla externa Hagen, 1861 (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae). bioassays followed methodologies proposed by International Organization for Biological Integrated Control (IOBC). were sprayed grapevine plants cv. Burgundy, using maximum recommende...

Rapisma McLachlan, 1866 (Neuroptera: Ithonidae) is a rarely encountered genus of lacewings found inmontane tropical or subtropical forests in Oriental Asia. In Xizang Autonomous Region (Tibet) of China there are two sympatrically distributed species of Rapisma, i.e. Rapisma xizangense Yang, 1993 and Rapisma zayuanum Yang, 1993, in which R. xizangense is only known as male and has dull brownish ...

releasing of textile dye effluents into general water bodies is a major environmental and healthproblem. color removal, in particular, has recently become of major scientific interest, as indicated by themultitude of related research reports. during the past two decades, several physico-chemical decolorizationtechniques have been reported, few, however, have been accepted by the textile industr...

Antlion-like lacewings (Myrmeleontiformia) have comparably large predatory larvae; most well-known are the larvae of antlions (Myrmeleontidae) and owlflies (Ascalaphidae). Yet, spoon-winged (Nemopterinae, also an ingroup Myrmeleontiformia) less well studied differ in their overall habitus, with a broader head stouter mouthparts. We here review known record lacewing report two new fossil preserv...

lish Midlands, is famous for its association with Robin Hood, whose statue stands in the shadow of the castle wall. The Sheriff of Nottingham still has a special role in the city government although happily no longer strikes terror into the hearts of the good citizens. Recently a new attraction, a windmill, has appeared on the Nottingham skyline (see figure 1). The sails turn on windy days and ...