Faculty
Science
Supervisor Name
Jeremy N McNeil
Keywords
insects, climate change, metamorphosis
Description
Climate change is causing extreme environmental conditions including an increase in the frequency of heat waves which have the potential to seriously impact insect species, particularly during the sedentary pupal stage. The true armyworm is used here as a model species to evaluate the effects of simulated heat waves on reproductive activity and output later in life. Heat waves had a negative impact on moth reproduction and could be impacting the ecology of the species today and in the future.
Acknowledgements
Thank you to Dr. Jeremy McNeil for doing everything a supervisor should, and more. A special acknowledgement to USRI at Western for making this allowing myself and many other students to have the opportunity to research this summer.
Creative Commons License
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Document Type
Poster
Inside Insects - Climate Change and Metamorphosis
Climate change is causing extreme environmental conditions including an increase in the frequency of heat waves which have the potential to seriously impact insect species, particularly during the sedentary pupal stage. The true armyworm is used here as a model species to evaluate the effects of simulated heat waves on reproductive activity and output later in life. Heat waves had a negative impact on moth reproduction and could be impacting the ecology of the species today and in the future.