Hyperparasitoids are some of the most diverse members of insect food webs. True
hyperparasitoids parasitize the larvae of other parasitoids, reaching these larvae with their …

The insect equivalent of taste buds are gustatory sensilla, which have been found on
mouthparts, pharynxes, antennae, legs, wings, and ovipositors. Most gustatory sensilla are …

Background Egg-laying animals, such as insects, ensure the survival of their offspring by
depositing their eggs in favorable environments. To identify suitable oviposition sites …

Two closely related parasitoid wasp species, Cotesia glomerata (L.) and Cotesia rubecula
(Marshall)(Hymenoptera: Braconidae), are different in their associative learning of plant …

Pteromalus cerealellae (Ashmead)(Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) is an ectoparasitoid of
several insect pests of stored products. In order to provide requisite background information …

Sclerodermus cereicollis is a European flat wasp ectoparasitoid of some longhorn beetle
species. This species is important as a suitable biological control agent against xylophagous …

Microplitis pallidipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is an important larval parasitoid of noctuid
larval pests. In this study, we describe the morphology, ultrastructure and distribution of …

Abstract (E)-β-farnesene (EBF) is a typical and ecologically important infochemical in tri-
trophic level interactions among plant-aphid-natural enemies. However, the molecular …

The bruchid beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis (L.) and C. maculatus (F.)(Coleoptera:
Bruchidae), are important stored-product insects of stored legume seeds. In this study, the …

Antennal sensilla of some forensically important fly species in the families Calliphoridae
(Chrysomya megacephala, Chrysomya rufifacies, Chrysomya nigripes and Lucilia cuprina) …