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Pest‐preservation paradox among insects

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
The pest‐preservation paradox is a non‐binary perspective that insects range from those that are harmful and requiring management on the one side, to those requiring conservation intervention on the opposite end of the spectrum. Importantly, the vast majority of insects occur somewhere in the center of the two extremes, and their position along the ...
Michael J. Samways, Charl Deacon, René Gaigher, James S. Pryke   +3 more
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Fly me to the canopy: Diptera communities in oak forest crowns as bioindicators of stand decline

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Diptera diversity: Oak decline increases the overall Diptera diversity, particularly in saproxylic and floricolous guilds, likely due to more open canopies and greater deadwood and floral resource availability. Family responses: Dolichopodidae, Empididae, Hybotidae and Anthomyiidae thrive in declining stands, whereas Mycetophilidae and other fungus ...
Anastasia Paupe, Elodie Le Souchu, Christophe Bouget, Christophe Daugeron, Clovis Quindroit, Pierre‐Yves Gloaguen, Patrick Grootaert, Mike Ashworth, Paul L. T. Beuk, Christophe Lauriaut, Valery O. Korneyev, Elena P. Kameneva, André Reimann, Julia J. Mlynarek, Jocelyn Claude, Pierre Tillier, Vivian Feng, Dalton de Souza Amorim, Rudolf Meier, Ximo Mengual, Tatiana Kúdelová, Thomas Lebard, Anders Lindström, Tobias Lilja, Santiago Jaume‐Schinkel, Jonas Mortelmans, Marija Ivković, David Brice, Bruno Righetti, Jean‐Paul Haenni, Pauline Bierre, Cécile Vincent‐Barbaroux, Aurélien Sallé   +32 more
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Prescribed burning shows minor impacts on black pine needle terpenes and pine processionary moth larval survival

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 7, July 2026.
Our results highlight that prescribed burning in sub‐Mediterranean pine forests does not affect their resistance to PPM in the short term, either positively or negatively, indicating that it can be implemented to reduce wildfire hazard without influencing forest susceptibility to future PPM outbreaks.
Lena Vilà‐Vilardell, Joan Llusià, José Hódar, Teresa Valor, Míriam Piqué, Josep Peñuelas, Pere Casals   +6 more
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Mothbox and Mothbot: Automated light trap and data processing system for scalable insect monitoring

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 17, Issue 7, Page 2082-2091, July 2026.
Abstract Insects represent the most diverse group of organisms on Earth and comprise the majority of known species; yet they are seldom accounted for in large‐scale biodiversity monitoring systems and conservation planning. We have developed the Mothbox—an open source automated light trap that makes insect monitoring accessible to non‐specialists and ...
Hubert A. Szczygieł, Brianna Johns, Bernat Fortet, Daisy H. Dent, Kit Quitmeyer, Andrew Quitmeyer   +5 more
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Wolbachia infection in Argentinean populations of Anastrepha fraterculus sp1: preliminary evidence of sex ratio distortion by one of two strains

BMC Microbiology, 2019
Background Wolbachia, one of the most abundant taxa of intracellular Alphaproteobacteria, is widespread among arthropods and filarial nematodes. The presence of these maternally inherited bacteria is associated with modifications of host fitness ...
Claudia Alejandra Conte, Diego Fernando Segura, Fabian Horacio Milla, Antonios Augustinos, Jorge Luis Cladera, Kostas Bourtzis, Silvia Beatriz Lanzavecchia   +6 more
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Environmental Stress Drives Plasticity in Sexual Bimaturism in the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens Linnaeus, 1758)

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 174, Issue 7, Page 736-749, July 2026.
We measured the plasticity in sexual bimaturism (SBM; differences between sexes in the timing of sexual maturity) in the black soldier fly (BSF) by exposing larvae to nutrient availability and humidity stress. Our results show that SBM can range between protandry and protogyny depending on the environmental quality. Additionally, we found the degree of
Luis Rodrigo Arce‐Valdés, Hayat Mahdjoub, Jordi Vilanova, Carlos López‐Manzano, Rassim Khelifa   +4 more
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Predatory and Population Characteristics of the Social Wasp Agelaia centralis (Cameron, 1907) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) in a Crop Environment

Sociobiology
Many insect species are known only by their scientific names, with scarce information about their biology, even when they are widely distributed and promising predators in crop environments.
Hans S. Poveda-Marroquin, Sara Milena C-Mican, Tagarit D. Ariza-Riveros, Dana S. Forero-Leiva, Valentina García-Barbosa, Andés A. Gutiérrez-Garcia, Jesús Consuegra, Carlos E Sarmiento   +7 more
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Los Artrópodos Venenosos de Importancia Médica en Ecuador: Estado del Conocimiento y Perspectivas de Investigación

Revista Científica de Ciencias Naturales y Ambientales, 2021
Los artrópodos con glándulas productoras de veneno capaces de ocasionar accidentes de importancia en humanos han sido poco estudiados en Ecuador desde los puntos de vista epidemiológico, clínico o bioquímico a pesar de contar el país con una elevada ...
Adolfo Borges, David Anchundia, Yazmín Cedillo, Lissette Gamboa, Marlon Luzardo, Diana Macías, Daniel Medina, Marcia Méndez, Patricia Mero, Erick Meza, Eva Moncada   +10 more
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From pollen provision to pollinator: Species‐specific sterol assimilation by wild bees in urban landscapes

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 6, Page 1906-1920, June 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Human‐driven landscape change, particularly urbanization, is reshaping pollinator communities, yet the functional traits that mediate species persistence remain poorly understood. Dietary specialization is commonly used to predict species vulnerability.
Yan Yang, Joan Casanelles‐Abella, Marco Moretti, Consuelo M. De Moraes, Mark C. Mescher, Pengjuan Zu   +5 more
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Gyne nutrition as a stronger predictor of mating success than nestmateship in Vespula germanica

Scientific Reports
Mate choice can optimize resource investment by weighing the benefits of selecting high-quality mates against the costs of rejecting mating opportunities.
Agustina P. Porrino, Andrés S. Martínez, Maité Masciocchi   +2 more
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