Experiential Science Education - Yanayacu, Ecuador 2010

Published Papers

Species richness and host associations of Lepidoptera-attacking Tachinidae in the northeast Ecuadorian Andes
Stireman JO, Greeney HF, Dyer LA
Journal of Insect Science. 2009. 9:39 (2 June 2009)
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The early stages of Pedaliodes poesia (Hewitson, 1862) in eastern Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae: Pronophilina)
Greeney HF, Pyrcz TW, Hualingua-L MR, DeVries PJ, Dyer LA
Journal of Insect Science. 2009. 9:38 (2 June 2009)
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Nine new species of Aleiodes Wesmael reared at Yanayacu Biological Station (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) in eastern Ecuador
Townsend AC, Shaw SR
Journal of Insect Science. 2009. 9:37 (2 June 2009)
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A new species of Andesipolis Whitfield & Choi from the eastern Andes of Ecuador with notes on biology and classification (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rhysipolinae)
Townsend AC, Shaw SR
Journal of Insect Science. 2009. 9:36 (2 June 2009)
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The immature stages and natural history of Veladyris pardalis (Salvin, 1869) in eastern Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Ithomiinae)
Greeney HF, Hill RI, Hualingua-L MR, Simbaña WR, Gentry G
Journal of Insect Science. 2009. 9:35 (2 June 2009)
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A new species of solitary Meteorus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) reared from caterpillars of toxic butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Ecuador
Shaw SR, Jones GZ
Journal of Insect Science. 2009. 9:34 (2 June 2009)
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The immature stages and shelter building behavior of Falga jeconia ombra Evans, 1955 in eastern Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae)
Greeney HF, Warren AD
Journal of Insect Science. 2009. 9:33 (2 June 2009)
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The life history and shelter building behavior of Vettius coryna coryna Hewitson, 1866 in eastern Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae)
Greeney HF, Warren AD
Journal of Insect Science. 2009. 9:32 (2 June 2009)
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Reared microgastrine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Yanayacu Biological Station and environs (Napo Province, Ecuador): Diversity and host specialization
Whitfield JB, Rodriguez JJ, Masonick PK
Journal of Insect Science. 2009. 9:31 (2 June 2009)
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The early stages and natural history of Antirrhea adoptiva porphyrosticta (Watkins, 1928) in eastern Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Morphinae)
Greeney HF, DeVries PJ, Penz CM, Granizo-T RB, Connahs H, Stireman JO, Walla TR, Dyer LA
Journal of Insect Science. 2009. 9:30 (2 June 2009)
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A key to New World Distatrix Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with descriptions of six new reared Neotropical species
Grinter CC, Whitfield JB, Connahs H, Dyer LA, Hallwachs W, Janzen DH
Journal of Insect Science. 2009. 9:29 (2 June 2009)
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Geographic variation in host-specificity and parasitoid pressure of an herbivore (Geometridae) associated with the tropical genus Piper (Piperaceae)
Connahs H, Rodríguez-Castañeda G, Walters T, Walla T, Dyer L
Journal of Insect Science. 2009. 9:28 (2 June 2009)
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Characterizing the cauline domatia of two newly discovered Ecuadorian ant plants in Piper: an example of convergent evolution
Tepe EJ, Kelley WA, Rodriguez-Castañeda G, Dyer LA
Journal of Insect Science. 2009. 9:27 (2 June 2009)
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Special Feature: Diversity of insect-plant interactions in the eastern Andes of Ecuador
Miller JS, Dyer L
Journal of Insect Science. 2009. 9:26 (2 June 2009)
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