In Argentina, five genera and 14 species are recorded in the subfamilies Prostemmatinae and Nabinae: Hoplistoscelis sordidus Reuter, Lasiomerus constrictus Champion, Metatropiphorus alvarengai Reuter, Nabis argentinus Meyer-Dür, Nabis (Tropiconabis) capsiformis Germar, Nabis faminei Stål, Nabis paranensis Harris, Nabis punctipennis Blanchard, Nabis roripes Stål, Nabis setricus Harris, Nabis tan...

The green cloverworm, Plathypena scabra (F.), is an indigenous pest of soybean and other leguminous crops in the eastern United States. We have recently in vestigated the ecology and behavior of nabid predators of the green cloverworm, as well as the tactics used by four common hymenopteran parasites to overcome the defensive behavior of young green cloverworm caterpillars. Of the three dominan...

A long-term taxonomic and faunistic survey of the family Nabidae from Israel and the Sinai (Egypt) was conducted based primarily on material housed in the National Collection of Insects at Tel Aviv University, Israel (TAUI). A key is provided to all species and information is given for each, species including its distribution, previous records from the study area and life history details if ava...

NABIS and NASHIA are looking forward to a wonderful event in Minneapolis this October 6 to 8. The joint conference planning committee has created an exceptional program featuring an outstanding faculty of more than 55 internationally recognized speakers. There will be many special presentations covering topics such as healthcare reform, veteran’s issues, community services, complex medical chal...

Introduction This paper discusses the case for decriminalization of cannabis use, based on a careful weighting of the currently available evidence regarding advantages and risks of such a policy change. The issue of decriminalization is a response to the widespread use of cannabis in spite of its current illegal status; that is, as a consequence of the perceived ineffectiveness of the tradition...

Pamuk bitkisi yoğun bir emek ve masraf gerektiren önemli endüstri kültür bitkisidir. Bununla birlikte pamukta verim kaliteyi etkileyen pek çok zararlı böcek türü olup, bu zararlılarla mücadelede birçok insektisit kullanılmaktadır. Kimyasal mücadele insan çevre sağlığı yanı sıra hedef olmayan organizmalar üzerinde de ciddi problemler meydana getirmektedir. Bunun yanında yöntemlerinden biri biyol...