Arthropods - New Advances and Perspectives

Download or read book Arthropods - New Advances and Perspectives written by Vonnie D.C. Shields and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-11-08 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides contributions on various topics pertaining to arthropods (insects and non-insects) written by experts in their respective fields. It targets a wide audience of entomologists, biologists, ecologists, zoologists, teachers, and students. The book is divided into four main sections on 'Development”, 'Food Detection and Feeding Behavior”, 'Vector-borne Diseases”, and 'Structure and Function of Vision”. Chapters address such topics as larval development and metamorphosis of non-insect arthropods, spatiotemporal dynamics of the silver leaf whitefly pest, the importance of three species of household cockroaches, lac insects that secrete resin worthy of industrial importance, the feeding behavior of some insects, and much more.