Most Recent

Pesticides have been extensively used in agriculture, forestry, and veterinary medicine under intensive production systems. Unfortunately, pesticide pollution resulted in a significant decline in non-target organisms, for instance, in detritivores su...

Daytime biting malaria mosquitoes present a challenge for malaria elimination efforts in sub-Saharan Africa. Diurnal mosquito host-seeking activity times were assessed indoors and outdoors in two villages in the Manhiça district. Subsequently,...

Fast-running flies (Diptera: Hybotidae) play an important role as predators in agricultural landscapes. This semi-field study examined the effects of pesticides on Hybotidae communities and their role in natural pest control in three winter wheat man...

Across their wide geographic range (Neotropics, and as invasives in New Guinea and Florida), Nasutitermes corniger (conehead termites) live primarily above the ground surface. They build arboreal nests and foraging tunnels, or epigeal nests and tunne...

Termites are destructive structural pests causing significant economic losses worldwide. Although synthetic termiticides are effective, their extensive use raises environmental and health concerns, highlighting the need for safer, sustainable alterna...

The Colorado potato beetle (CPB) is the primary defoliator of potatoes and is notorious for its ability to develop resistance to various insecticides. This remarkable adaptability may partly reflect selective pressures imposed due to the beetle&rsquo...

The gut microbiota of insects plays a fundamental role in modulating host physiology, including nutrition, development, and adaptability to environmental challenges. The rice water weevil, Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)...

Gene editing technologies are playing an increasingly important role in the study of insect gene functions. Appropriate incubation humidity helps improve the hatching rate of insect eggs. However, to date, no study has evaluated the impact of humidit...

The biological control of SWD using entomopathogenic viruses offers a sustainable alternative to chemical insecticides; however, viral instability under environmental and digestive conditions limits their application. Here, we present a chitosan&ndas...

Lepidopterans produce two distinct types of sperm: nucleated eupyrene sperm for fertilization and anucleate apyrene sperm for auxiliary functions. However, the mechanisms underlying sperm dimorphism in fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda remain poorl...