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Insects, Volume 12, Issue 10

October 2021 - 108 articles

Cover Story: High alpine meadows harbour rich butterfly diversity, but this diversity is threatened by climate change and changes in agricultural practices. To understand how species can be conserved, in- depth studies of their ecological requirements are necessary. This is why we analysed the ecology of the water ringlet Erebia pronoe in a study area in the eastern central Alps near Großglockner. We analysed the behaviour, resource use and population structure of this species. In general, Erebia pronoe adults use a wide array of resources combined with a slight specialisation to avoid niche overlap with closely related species. The resulting ecological flexibility seems to be an adaptation to unpredictable environmental conditions. The combination of opportunism and modest specialisation is a good basis for coping with future changes. View this paper
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Articles (108)

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,284 Views
9 Pages

Effect of Hypoxia on the Lethal Mortality Time of Adult Sitophilus oryzae L.

  • Pragya Kandel,
  • Michael E. Scharf,
  • Linda J. Mason and
  • Dieudonne Baributsa

19 October 2021

Sitophilus oryzae is one of the most destructive pests of stored grains. It leads to significant quantitative and qualitative losses, resulting in food and income insecurity among farmers. Chemical pesticides are the most common methods used by farme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,716 Views
12 Pages

19 October 2021

The study aims to prove the possibility of colonization of N. apis and N. ceranae to the intestine of the greater wax moth, detect the differences of greater wax moth based on the presence of Nosema species and examine the effect of Nosema species on...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,970 Views
10 Pages

Expansion of CRISPR Targeting Sites Using an Integrated Gene-Editing System in Apis mellifera

  • Liqiang Liang,
  • Zhenghanqing Li,
  • Qiufang Li,
  • Xiuxiu Wang,
  • Songkun Su and
  • Hongyi Nie

19 October 2021

CRISPR/Cas9, a predominant gene-editing tool, has been utilised to dissect the gene function in Apis mellifera. However, only the genomic region containing NGG PAM could be recognised and edited in A. mellifera, seriously hampering the application of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,619 Views
13 Pages

18 October 2021

Burrows are animal-built structures that can buffer their occupants against the vagaries of the weather and provide protection from predators. We investigated whether the trapdoors of wolf spider (Lycosa sp.; temporary working name "L. hyraculus") bu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,350 Views
14 Pages

18 October 2021

The pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum has a worldwide distribution and causes serious losses for agricultural production. Drunken horse grass Achnatherum inebrians is a widely distributed perennial poisonous grass on the grasslands of Northern and Northw...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,544 Views
13 Pages

18 October 2021

Bactrocera dorsalis is a major pest that causes serious damage to many fruits. Although phytosanitary treatment methods have been developed for Bactrocera control, there is a lack of information related to the gene expression pattern of B. dorsalis s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,188 Views
16 Pages

18 October 2021

The western North American monarch butterfly population assessed by counts of non-reproductive overwintering butterflies at coastal sites in California declined to less than 2000 in 2020/21. Simultaneously, reports of reproductive monarchs increased...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,739 Views
7 Pages

A Link between Atmospheric Pressure and Fertility of Drosophila Laboratory Strains

  • Natalya V. Adonyeva,
  • Petr N. Menshanov and
  • Nataly Gruntenko

18 October 2021

Standardization of conditions under which insects are kept is of great importance when studying their physiology and researchers do their best to maintain it. Nevertheless, sometimes an obvious side effect of some unaccounted factor affecting insects...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,209 Views
13 Pages

Dose-Dependent Blood-Feeding Activity and Ovarian Alterations to PM2.5 in Aedes aegypti

  • Thipruethai Phanitchat,
  • Sumate Ampawong,
  • Artit Yawootti,
  • Thammanitchpol Denpetkul,
  • Napid Wadmanee,
  • Mongkhon Sompornrattanaphan and
  • Chaisith Sivakorn

18 October 2021

High levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution are a concern for human health. Several studies have examined the effects of air pollution on human and animal health. However, there is a lack of knowledge about its effects on arbovirus v...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,991 Views
12 Pages

Comparative Analysis of Eight Mitogenomes of Bark Beetles and Their Phylogenetic Implications

  • Huicong Du,
  • Jiaxing Fang,
  • Xia Shi,
  • Sufang Zhang,
  • Fu Liu,
  • Chunmei Yu,
  • Zhen Zhang and
  • Xiangbo Kong

18 October 2021

Many bark beetles of the subfamily Scolytinae are the most economically important insect pests of coniferous forests worldwide. In this study, we sequenced the mitochondrial genomes of eight bark beetle species, including Dendroctonus micans, Orthoto...

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