Insects | Invitation to Read the Top 20 Viewed Papers in 2022

1. “Temperature-Specific and Sex-Specific Fitness Effects of Sympatric Mitochondrial and Mito-Nuclear Variation in Drosophila obscura”
by Pavle Erić, Aleksandra Patenković, Katarina Erić, Marija Tanasković, Slobodan Davidović, Mina Rakić, Marija Savić Veselinović, Marina Stamenković-Radak and Mihailo Jelić
Insects 2022, 13(2), 139; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13020139
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/2/139

2. “Integrating Global Citizen Science Platforms to Enable Next-Generation Surveillance of Invasive and Vector Mosquitoes”
by Ryan M. Carney, Connor Mapes, Russanne D. Low, Alex Long, Anne Bowser, David Durieux, Karlene Rivera, Berj Dekramanjian, Frederic Bartumeus, Daniel Guerrero et al.
Insects 2022, 13(8), 675; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13080675
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/8/675

3. “A Review of the Evolution of Termite Control: A Continuum of Alternatives to Termiticides in the United States with Emphasis on Efficacy Testing Requirements for Product Registration”
by Faith Oi
Insects 2022, 13(1), 50; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13010050
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/1/50

4. “Identification and Spread of the Ghost Silverfish (Ctenolepisma calvum) among Museums and Homes in Europe”
by Pascal Querner, Nikolaus Szucsich, Bill Landsberger, Sven Erlacher, Lukasz Trebicki, Michał Grabowski and Peter Brimblecombe
Insects 2022, 13(9), 855; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13090855
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/9/855

5. “Improving Natural Enemy Selection in Biological Control through Greater Attention to Chemical Ecology and Host-Associated Differentiation of Target Arthropod Pests”
by Morgan N. Thompson, Raul F. Medina, Anjel M. Helms and Julio S. Bernal
Insects 2022, 13(2), 160; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13020160
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/2/160

6. “Five-Year Monitoring of a Desert Burrow-Dwelling Spider Following an Environmental Disaster Indicates Long-Term Impacts”
by Efrat Gavish-Regev, Igor Armiach Steinpress, Ibrahim N. A. Salman, Nitzan Segev, Assaf Uzan, Yebin Byun, Tanya Levy, Shlomi Aharon, Yoram Zvik, Raisa Shtuhin et al.
Insects 2022, 13(1), 101; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13010101
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/1/101

7. “Quick Spreading of Populations of an Exotic Firefly throughout Spain and Their Recent Arrival in the French Pyrenees”
by Marcel Koken, José Ramón Guzmán-Álvarez, Diego Gil-Tapetado, Miguel Angel Romo Bedate, Geneviève Laurent, Lucas Ezequiel Rubio, Nicole Wolffler, Segimon Rovira Comas, Fabien Verfaillie and Raphaël De Cock
Insects 2022, 13(2), 148; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13020148
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/2/148

8. “Multimodal Information Processing and Associative Learning in the Insect Brain”
by Devasena Thiagarajan and Silke Sachse
Insects 2022, 13(4), 332; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13040332
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/4/332

9. “Multiple Functions of Malpighian Tubules in Insects: A Review”
by Priscilla Farina, Stefano Bedini and Barbara Conti
Insects 2022, 13(11), 1001; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13111001
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/11/1001

10. “Phenotypic Plasticity of the Mimetic Swallowtail Butterfly Papilio polytes: Color Pattern Modifications and Their Implications in Mimicry Evolution”
by Tomoyuki Shimajiri and Joji M. Otaki
Insects 2022, 13(7), 649; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13070649
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/7/649

11. “Bugs in Bugs: The Role of Probiotics and Prebiotics in Maintenance of Health in Mass-Reared Insects”
by Carlotta Savio, Loretta Mugo-Kamiri and Jennifer K. Upfold
Insects 2022, 13(4), 376; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13040376
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/4/376

12. “Nest Ecology and Prey Preference of the Mud Dauber Wasp Sceliphron formosum (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)”
by David Yuan, Juliey Beckman, Jaime Florez Fernandez and Juanita Rodriguez
Insects 2022, 13(12), 1136; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13121136
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/12/1136

13. “Mass Trapping and Larval Source Management for Mosquito Elimination on Small Maldivian Islands”
by Akib Jahir, Najat F. Kahamba, Tom O. Knols, Gordon Jackson, Nila F.A. Patty, Sonu Shivdasani, Fredros O. Okumu and Bart G.J. Knols
Insects 2022, 13(9), 805; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13090805
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/9/805

14. “Artificial Nesting Hills Promote Wild Bees in Agricultural Landscapes”
by Ulrich Neumüller, Hannah Burger, Antonia V. Mayr, Sebastian Hopfenmüller, Sabrina Krausch, Nadine Herwig, Ronald Burger, Olaf Diestelhorst, Katrin Emmerich, Mare Haider et al.
Insects 2022, 13(8), 726; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13080726
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/8/726

15. “Sex-Specific Regulatory Systems for Dopamine Production in the Honey Bee”
by Ken Sasaki and Tomohiro Watanabe
Insects 2022, 13(2), 128; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13020128
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/2/128

16. “Impact and Persistence of Serratia marcescens in Tenebrio molitor Larvae and Feed under Optimal and Stressed Mass Rearing Conditions”
by Florent Dupriez, Agnes Rejasse, Alfredo Rios, Thomas Lefebvre and Christina Nielsen-LeRoux
Insects 2022, 13(5), 458; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13050458
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/5/458

17. “Protists in the Insect Rearing Industry: Benign Passengers or Potential Risk?”
by Edouard Bessette and Bryony Williams
Insects 2022, 13(5), 482; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13050482
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/5/482

18. “Natural Repellents as a Method of Preventing Ant Damage to Microirrigation Systems”
by Luis de Pedro and Juan Antonio Sanchez
Insects 2022, 13(4), 395; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13040395
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/4/395

19. “Natural Enemies and Biological Control of Stink Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in North America”
by Blessing Ademokoya, Kacie Athey and John Ruberson
Insects 2022, 13(10), 932; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13100932
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/10/932

20. “Repellent Activity of Clove Essential Oil Volatiles and Development of Nanofiber-Based Dispensers against Pear Psyllids (Hemiptera: Psyllidae)”
by Bruna Czarnobai De Jorge, Hans E. Hummel and Jürgen Gross
Insects 2022, 13(8), 743; https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13080743
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/8/743