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Chemical ecology of insect parasitoids: towards a new era [PDF]

, 2013
Over the course of evolutionary time, insect parasitoids have developed diverse strategies for using chemical compounds to communicate with various protagonists within their environment (i.e.
COLAZZA, Stefano, Wajnberg, E.
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Conspecific cueing or cooperative feeding?—Foraging stable flies are visually attracted to conspecific flies

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
In two‐choice laboratory bioassays, food‐deprived and CO2‐stimulated stable flies were offered paired landing platforms that were baited or not (control) with conspecific flies. The presence of conspecifics prompted the attraction and landing of foraging stable flies.
Emmanuel Hung, Justin Wong, Augustus Negraeff, Anya Gould, Gerhard Gries   +4 more
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Chemical cues mediating aphid location by natural enemies

European Journal of Entomology, 2008
There is increasing evidence that chemical cues play a pivotal role in host selection by the natural enemies of aphids. We use Vinson's (1976) division of the host selection process into habitat location, host location and host acceptance for both ...
Eduardo HATANO, Grit KUNERT, J.P. MICHAUD, Wolfgang W. WEISSER   +3 more
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Dose‐Dependent Effect of Plant Volatiles on the Oviposition Preference of the Corn Leafhopper Dalbulus maidis

Journal of Applied Entomology, Volume 150, Issue 4, Page 497-505, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Maize (Zea mays L.) is a major annual crop cultivated worldwide. In the Americas, the corn leafhopper Dalbulus maidis (DeLong) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) is a key pest of this crop, causing direct damage to plants through phloem feeding and indirect damage by transmitting phytopathogens.
Tatiane Cristina Barbosa Cândido, Enggel Beatriz Silva Carmo, Vinícius Xavier Nogueira dos Reis, M. Fernanda G. V. Peñaflor   +3 more
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Dietary Specialisation Shapes Gut Bacterial Diversity in Dung Beetles: Insights From Coprophagy to Millipede Carnivory

Environmental Microbiology Reports, Volume 18, Issue 2, April 2026.
Dung beetles feed on various food sources that are rich in microbial life. Here, we describe how the diets of seven dung beetle species, specialising in coprophagy, necrophagy, detritophagy, fungivory and carnivory influence their gut bacterial structure and diversity.
Johann C. de Beer, Kazeem A. Alayande, Christian W. W. Pirk, Rasheed A. Adeleke, Catherine L. Sole   +4 more
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Lessons to be popular: the chemical basis of aggregation in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected and non-infected Chagasic bugs

Royal Society Open Science
Aggregation is one of the most remarkable behaviours in the animal kingdom—a process that is usually governed by pheromones. Triatomines are blood-sucking bugs that act as vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease in mammals ...
David Alavez-Rosas, Ana E. Gutiérrez-Cabrera, Leopoldo Cruz-López, Alex Córdoba-Aguilar   +3 more
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Niche Breadth and Olfactory Context Shape Informed Passive Dispersal

Ecology Letters, Volume 29, Issue 4, April 2026.
Experimental evolution reveals that niche breadth modulates informed passive dispersal in phytophagous mites through divergent strategies. While generalists optimise take‐off based on target cue familiarity and signal‐to‐noise ratios, specialists primarily track current host quality to trigger departure.
Kamila Zalewska, Anna Skoracka, Dries Bonte, Ewa Puchalska, Mariusz Lewandowski, Lechosław Kuczyński   +5 more
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Semiochemical-based alternatives to synthetic toxicant insecticides for pollen beetle management [PDF]

, 2017
There is an urgent need to develop sustainable pest management systems to protect arable crops in order to replace the current over-reliance on synthetic insecticides.
A Balmer, A Borg, A Cork, A Giamoustaris, A Johnen, A Johnen, A Rusch, A Shelton, AL Mauchline, AL Mauchline, AL Mauchline, AL Mauchline, Alice L. Mauchline, AM El-Sayed, AM El-Sayed, AW Ferguson, AW Ferguson, AW Ferguson, B Ekbom, B Pyke, B Ulber, BH Borgen, BH Borgen, C Fellenberg, C Nilsson, CAM Robert, CD Grubb, CT Zimmer, D Piesik, E Veromann, E Veromann, GA Howe, H Hokkanen, HMT Hokkanen, I Ahuja, IH Williams, IH Williams, IH Williams, IH Williams, IH Williams, J Berger, J Ruther, J Straka, JA Byers, JA Pickett, JA Pickett, JA Pickett, JA Pickett, JA Pickett, JB Free, JH Law, JJ Lipa, JR Miller, JW Martel, K Gloyna, KA Evans, LE Smart, LE Smart, LE Smart, LE Smart, LM Hansen, LM Hansen, M Dicke, M Jonsson, M Jonsson, M Jönsson, Maxime R. Hervé, MB Isman, MB Isman, MM Blight, MM Blight, MP Skellern, MR Hervé, MR Hervé, MR Hervé, N Agelopoulos, P Anderson, P Ouvrard, P Trematerra, P Witzgall, P Witzgall, Pélozuelo Laurent, R Charpentier, R Fritzsche, R Kaasik, R Nauen, R Pavela, RF Chapman, RJ Bartelt, RJ Hopkins, RJ Petroski, S Chen, S Heuskin, SA Campbell, Samantha M. Cook, SD Eigenbrode, SM Cook, SM Cook, SM Cook, SM Cook, SM Cook, SM Cook, SM Cook, SM Cook, SM Cook, SP Foster, T Norin, TC Baker, TCJ Turlings, TF Döring, TG Čuljak, TH Roulston, TJA Bruce, TJA Bruce, TJA Bruce, U Conrath, V Gagic, V Zlof, W Fu, W Powell, Y Du, Z Marczali   +121 more
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The context of chemical communication driving a mutualism [PDF]

, 2015
Recent work suggests that Drosophila and Saccharomyces yeasts may establish a mutualistic association, and that this is driven by chemical communication. While individual volatiles have been implicated in the attraction of D.
A Ruebenbauer, AG Cordente, C Anagnostou, Catrin S. Günther, CC Buser, Claudia C. Buser, DH Cha, Drosophila 12 Consortium, EA Hallem, EA Hallem, G Liti, G Styger, GA Wright, I Weiss, J Stökl, JBS Haldane, JF Christiaens, JP Cunningham, L Palanca, LB Vosshall, LGW Bergström, M Chakir, M Knaden, Matthew R. Goddard, P Capy, P Witzgall, PG Becher, PL Phelan, R Schröder, RC MacLean, Richard D. Newcomb, RM Joseph, S Sachse, S Steiger, SH Hutner, SMG Saerens, T Dobzhansky, T Pfeiffer   +37 more
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Inscribed Matter Communication: Part I

, 2016
We provide a fundamental treatment of the molecular communication channel wherein "inscribed matter" is transmitted across a spatial gap to provide reliable signaling between a sender and receiver.
Mian, Ismat Saira, Rose, Christopher
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