Water is essential to life. Terrestrial insects lose water by evaporation from the body surface
and respiratory surfaces, as well as in the excretory products, posing a challenge made …

Osmoregulation in insects is an essential process whereby changes in hemolymph osmotic
pressure induce the release of diuretic or antidiuretic hormones to recruit individual …

Insects have evolved a variety of neurohormones that enable them to maintain their nutrient
and osmotic homeostasis. While the identities and functions of various insect metabolic and …

Ion transport peptide (ITP) and ITP-like (ITPLs) are pleiotropic bioactive peptides in insects.
Although the contribution of these peptides to ecdysis has been studied, the precise …

Type II crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) neuropeptides play diverse roles in
crustaceans. In the hermaphrodite shrimp Lysmata vittata, two transcripts of type II CHHs …

Ion transport peptide (ITP), a superfamily of arthropod neuropeptides, serves a crucial role in
regulating various physiological processes such as diuresis, ecdysis behavior, and wing …

Kissing bugs do not respond to host cues when recently molted and only exhibit robust host‐
seeking several days after ecdysis. Behavioral plasticity has peripheral correlates in …

In most animals, adult females store more fat than males. While the mechanisms that restrict
body fat in males are becoming clearer, less is known about how females achieve higher fat …

Consumption of food and water is tightly regulated by the nervous system to maintain
internal nutrient homeostasis. Although generally considered independently, interactions …