Insect Science

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

📢New study reveals that co-invasion exacerbates impacts on native #ant #communities, with potential repercussions for broader #ecosystems, warranting further attention. 🔗ins.s.gy/sCqNQl @WileyEcology #invader

📢New study finds that HcGST18 is a key detoxification gene mediating the multi-host adaptability of H. cunea. 🔗ins.s.gy/JBnKyf @WileyEcology #host #plant #adaptation

📢ORIGINAL ARTICLE: A RNAi-based approach establishes that specific CLIPA/E subfamily members are crucial for antibacterial innate #immune response in Ae. aegypti, functioning through the regulation of humoral #immune pathways. #mosquito 🔗ins.s.gy/2GQy0T @WileyEcology

📢#OpenAccess Article: Effect of the #microbiome on pathogen susceptibility across four Drosophilidae species By Hongbo Sun, Ben Longdon, Ben Raymond University of Exeter 🔗ins.s.gy/J9jWWc @Raymond_Lab @UniofExeter @WileyEcology #drosophila #pathogen

📢ORIGINAL ARTICLE: An ovary-enriched piRNA controls ovarian development via Gadd45a–JNK-mediated nurse-cell apoptosis in the arbovirus vector Aedes albopictus 🔗ins.s.gy/msTP1O #mosquito #piRNA #reproduction @WileyEcology

📢EurekAlert! News Release📢 Reduced fertilization can enhance natural pest control without lowering crop yields. New study shows optimized nutrient use supports sustainable agriculture and strengthens biological control. eurekalert.org/news-releases/…

🐝How do honey bees beat the heat? 📢A new study by Thomas Rachman & Zachary Y. Huang reveals the pheromone ethyl oleate acts as a "social buffer" to prevent rapid hormonal spikes during heat shock. 🔗rebrand.ly/2c14d6 #InsectScience #HoneyBees #Entomology @WileyEcology

📢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