Papers by Helba Helena Santos Prezoto
Generally, frugivorous lepidopteran, have great ecological importance and are often used as bioin... more Generally, frugivorous lepidopteran, have great ecological importance and are often used as bioindicator in environmental assessment studies. However, the proposed methodologies for capturing moths require great effort on the field for installation and monitoring of traps, in addition to their high cost. Thereat attractive baits have been evaluated to assist the work of detection and monitoring of moths. The aim of this study was, therefore, to record the diversity of the Noctuidae family captured by traps with food attractions evaluate the performance of this methodology model for its use in future work with cutworms. The study was conducted in urban semideciduous seasonal forest fragment in which three types of bait were used: pineapple with sugarcane juice, banana with sugarcane juice, and banana with water and collected 49 individuals of the Noctuidae family spread over six genera and eleven species. The bait of pineapple with sugarcane juice was the one with the highest diversity index, but the bait that showed greater wealth and greater dominance was banana with water as bait banana with sugarcane juice showed the highest equitability. From the results, it can be inferred that the use of attractive traps can be an advantageous alternative for Rapid Ecological Assessment or determining the presence of some groups as Noctuidae in a given area, explaining the need for the improvement of traps and bait tests to obtain best response of moths to this methodology.
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 2015
Solenopsis saevissima fire ants were found foraging in a Felis
catus carcass over tissues an secr... more Solenopsis saevissima fire ants were found foraging in a Felis
catus carcass over tissues an secretions present in holes and
mucosa. The ants built a dirt-made physical structure around
the carcass, which prevented necrophagous flies from laying
eggs or larvae in the body. These observations are relevant
to increasing knowledge on the role of this ant genus in the
decaying process of other animal corpses, including humans
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Papers by Helba Helena Santos Prezoto
catus carcass over tissues an secretions present in holes and
mucosa. The ants built a dirt-made physical structure around
the carcass, which prevented necrophagous flies from laying
eggs or larvae in the body. These observations are relevant
to increasing knowledge on the role of this ant genus in the
decaying process of other animal corpses, including humans
catus carcass over tissues an secretions present in holes and
mucosa. The ants built a dirt-made physical structure around
the carcass, which prevented necrophagous flies from laying
eggs or larvae in the body. These observations are relevant
to increasing knowledge on the role of this ant genus in the
decaying process of other animal corpses, including humans