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Rock and roll ain’t noise pollution to soybean aphid

July 17, 2018 8:06 AM
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Humans are making more sound, and it can interfere with animals finding mates, food and other essential behaviors. Most of the research showing impacts of human-generated sound is largely focused on vertebrates. Biologists at Mississippi State University were curious about sound potentially impacting insects – the largest group of animals on earth. They specifically looked at a tritrophic system: soybean, soybean aphid and predatory lady beetles.