Insect Science

🎈Virtual Issue 🎊Insect Science 2024 + 2025 Top Cited Papers @WileyEcology 🔗rebrand.ly/a5f526 #InsectScience #Entomology

📢Optical pest control breakthrough via spectral tuning. Spectral composition drivesistinct aphid host location, residency, and feeding states, offering new sustainable pest management strategies. 🔗onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/17… @WileyEcology #SustainableAgriculture #IPM

📢Stem borer eggs trigger rice defensive volatiles. 6 compounds drive dose-dependent attraction of Trichogramma parasitoids. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/17… @WileyEcology #InsectScience #IPM #Biocontrol

📢Cut fertilization, boost biocontrol, keep crop yield Fuels aphid outbreaks, cuts parasitoid performance; ladybeetles stay effective across all fertilization regimes. 🔗onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/17… @WileyEcology #InsectScience #Biocontrol #IPM

📢 Bioactive rhCOLIII efficiently produced in transgenic silkworm cocoons 7.8 mg/g yield|Wound healing potential|Novel silkworm bioreactor platform 🔗onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/17… @WileyEcology #InsectScience #Biotechnology #silkworm

📢TcALS knockdown accelerates metamorphosis in Tribolium castaneum Key nutrient-sensing checkpoint for insect development | New RNAi pest control target 🔗onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/17… @WileyEcology #Entomology #PestControl #RNAi

📢Original Article Alert! Mechanisms of CO2 sensing mediated by #gustatory receptors in Holotrichia oblita #larvae 🔗rebrand.ly/05926e @WileyEcology #RNAi #Development #Receptor

📢Original Article Alert! Functional analysis of trehalose #metabolism genes reveals developmental vulnerability and metabolic #plasticity in Bemisia tabaci 🔗rebrand.ly/725cb8 @WileyEcology

🎈Original Article Alert! An unconventional three-domain odorant-binding protein decodes contrasting host #pheromones in the #parasitoid wasp Anastatus japonicus 🔗rebrand.ly/a9cdf4 @WileyEcology #BiologicalControl #Behavior #Olfactory #Evolution

🎈#OpenAccess Article Alert! Edges as ecological filters: Asymmetrical orientation-specific arthropod activity across forest boundaries By: Dominik Stočes, Ondřej Košulič, Adrián Purkart, Jan Šipoš 🔗rebrand.ly/08be73 @WileyEcology #Ecology #ForestManagement #Arthropods

🎈Original Article Alert! MiR-9a targets Serpent to control fat body growth in Drosophila 🔗rebrand.ly/caad4a @WileyEcology #miRNA #InsectScience #Metamorphosis

🎊#InsectScience 2026, Vol 33, Issue 1 is out now! COVER HIGHLIGHT: Colorful oilseed rape is a key nectar/habitat for wild pollinators, aiding #pollinator #biodiversity & #ecosystem service restoration. 🔗rebrand.ly/543fb3 🔗Full issue: rebrand.ly/96a381 @WileyEcology

Knocking out the DDC gene causes full albinism, messed-up #development, and failed #metamorphosis in Spodoptera frugiperda. #FallArmyworm #CRISPR #GeneEditing rebrand.ly/03d4bb @WileyEcology

🎊New Study found a two-step polyploidization (endomitosis + endoreplication) in follicle cells controlled by Fzr, critical for #ovary & egg #development in #planthopper. 🔗rebrand.ly/d5b35a @WileyEcology

🎊New Study uncovered #chemosensory proteins (MaCSP8 & MaCSP15) as key players fighting Beauveria bassiana via regulating the Toll pathway. #immune 🔗rebrand.ly/6fa39a @WileyEcology

📢Black soldier fly production just leveled up! New article cracked logistics bottlenecks with stage-specific cold storage & cryoprotectants to boost survival, paving the way for industrial scaling. #BSF #bioconversion 🔗rebrand.ly/25ff43 @WileyEcology

🎊#Review Alert! Associations between western flower #thrips and tomato spotted wilt #virus. #plants By Feng Wang, Jia-Jun Shi, Shu-Jun Wei, Jun-Bo Luan 🔗rebrand.ly/2c4e0e @WileyEcology

🌟ORIGINAL ARTICLE! Tarsal lipids regulate xenobiotic penetration in #Drosophila melanogaster. #cuticle Yang Yang, Justin Flaven-Pouchon, Claude Everaert, Ariane Fazari, Nicole Gehring, Jean-François Ferveur, Bernard Moussian @BMoussian @WileyEcology 🔗rebrand.ly/438f3e

📢Single-cell #RNAseq unlocks #parasitoid wasp venom gland secrets! Authors mapped cell atlases of Pteromalus puparum venom gland & ovary, revealed #venom gene expression patterns and key regulators (AP-1, EHF). #bee @WileyEcology 🔗rebrand.ly/94bb47

🎊2025 Top Downloaded Papers: Insect Science🎊 Role of mitochondrial complex I genes in host #plant expansion of Bactrocera tau (Tephritidae: Diptera) by #CRISPR/Cas9 system #InsectScience #TopDownloaded2025 #OpenAccess #Mitochondria onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/17… @WileyEcology