[HTML][HTML] Current evidence in support of insect-friendly lighting practices

ACS Owens, MJO Pocock, BM Seymoure - Current Opinion in Insect …, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•We do not know if 'sustainable'lighting practices actually reduce harm to
insects.•The benefits of spectral tuning and dimming are ambiguous and frequently …

Light pollution disrupts seasonal reproductive phenotypes and reduces lifespan in the West Nile vector, Culex pipiens

MA Fiorta, LR Fyie, ME Meuti - Journal of Insect Physiology, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Females of the Northern House mosquito, Culex pipiens, are important disease
vectors as they transmit pathogens including West Nile virus. These females survive the …

Artificial light at night reduces emergence and attracts flying adults of aquatic Diptera

A Manfrin, F Hölker, S Teurlincx, V Baranov… - Aquatic Sciences, 2025 - Springer
Artificial light at night (ALAN) is a widespread, human-induced alteration of the landscape
that affects insect dispersal and potentially contributes to insect decline. We used an …

A Head‐Specific Transcriptomic Study Reveals Key Regulatory Pathways for Winter Diapause in the Mosquito Culex pipiens

P Dhungana, X Wei, DS Kang… - Archives of Insect …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
The primary vector of the West Nile virus, Culex pipiens, undergoes reproductive dormancy
during the adverse winter season. While our current understanding has mainly focused on …

[CITA][C] Evidence for insect-friendly lighting practices, Current Opinion in Insect Science,(2024) doi: https://doi. org/10.1016/j. cois. 2024.101276 This is a PDF file of an …