This is the first report of arthropods associated with carrion in Venezuela, using laboratory bred rats (Rattus norvegicus). Rat carcasses were exposed to colonization by arthropods in neighboring montane savanna and cloud forest habitats in the state of Miranda. The taxonomic composition of the arthropods varied between both ecosystems. Scarabaeidae, Silphidae, Micropezidae, Phoridae, Vespidae...

Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) is a synanthropic fly with worldwide distribution that pollinates plants and relevant in medical, veterinary, forensic sciences. L. diurnal species whose vision plays an important role spatial orientation. Here we evaluated the electrophysiological responses (ERG) of sericata’s compound eyes adults both sexes from Colombia their behaviora...

Host preference is an important behaviour in parasitoid females as they must choose suitable hosts for their offspring. Preference includes location, recognition and acceptance of hosts. Both genetic environmental factors can affect all those stages. Here, we focus on two (rearing history experience) affecting host the wasp genus Nasonia (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Pteromalinae), ...