Science News for Kids » insects http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org Publication of the Society for Science & the Public Sun, 19 May 2013 15:00:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 A plant enemy’s enemy http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/a-plant-enemys-enemy/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/a-plant-enemys-enemy/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 20:52:04 +0000 Jill Richardson http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=16267 When eaten by caterpillars, some plants can emit chemicals that signal the help of special wasps. Once called, a wasp lays its egg inside a caterpillar. Credit: Ted Turlings

Plants use chemicals to recruit help in fighting off pests]]> When eaten by caterpillars, some plants can emit chemicals that signal the help of special wasps. Once called, a wasp lays its egg inside a caterpillar. Credit: Ted Turlings

Plants use chemicals to recruit help in fighting off pests]]> http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/04/a-plant-enemys-enemy/feed/ 0 Skeeters ride the rain http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/06/mosquitoes-survive-collisions-with-raindrops-by-going-with-the-flow/ http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/06/mosquitoes-survive-collisions-with-raindrops-by-going-with-the-flow/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:03:36 +0000 Stephen Ornes http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/?p=13090 To a mosquito, being struck by a raindrop is like a midair collision with a bus. But scientists recently discovered that skeeters fare well when they hitch a ride on the raindrop. Credit: Courtesy Tim Nowack, Andrew Dickerson and David Hu/Georgia Tech

Mosquitoes survive collisions with raindrops by going with the flow]]> To a mosquito, being struck by a raindrop is like a midair collision with a bus. But scientists recently discovered that skeeters fare well when they hitch a ride on the raindrop. Credit: Courtesy Tim Nowack, Andrew Dickerson and David Hu/Georgia Tech

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