Theory suggests that male fitness generally increases steadily with mating rate, while one or
a few matings are sufficient for females to maximize their reproductive success. Contrary to …

▪ Abstract Coccinellids have been widely used in biological control for over a century, and
the methods for using these predators have remained virtually unchanged. The causes for …

The past decade has seen a profound change in the scientific understanding of
reproduction. The traditional view of reproduction as a joint venture undertaken by two …

Biological control provides an environmentally safe, cost-effective and energyefficient
means of pest control, either alone or as a component of integrated pest management. The …

The chapters of this book are entitled: the evolution of heritable symbionts; cytoplasmic
incompatibility in insects; inherited microorganisms and sex determination of arthropod …

▪ Abstract Empirical research has not supported the prediction that populations of terrestrial
herbivorous arthropods are regulated solely by their natural enemies. Instead, both natural …

The bed bug, Cimex lectularius, has a unique mode of copulation termed “traumatic”
insemination [Carayon, J.(1966) in Monograph of the Cimicidae, ed. Usinger, R.(Entomol …

Determining whether males make energetic trade-offs between immunity and reproduction
remains difficult, partly because of the complexity of the vertebrate immune system. We …

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) have been generally thought of as a small subset of
infectious diseases, rather than as an important group of diseases that occur in numerous …

Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) of insects are known from the mites, nematodes, fungi,
protists and viruses. In total 73 species of parasite and pathogen from approximately 182 …