Highlights•Aphids cause major plant damage by ingesting sap and vectoring viral
diseases.•Aphid pests can quickly respond to intense selective pressures exerted by …

Highlights•Hamiltonella defensa is a bacterial symbiont protecting aphids against
parasitoids.•APSE viruses infect H. defensa and play key roles in the defensive …

The ability to feed on a wide range of diets has enabled insects to diversify and colonize
specialized niches. Carrion, for example, is highly susceptible to microbial decomposers, but …

Intraspecific variation in dietary breadth can influence important ecological and evolutionary
processes, yet the mechanisms generating this variation are usually unknown. Maternally …

Glyphosate is widely used as a herbicide, but recent studies begin to reveal its detrimental
side effects on animals by targeting the shikimate pathway of associated gut …

Covering: up to 2018 Pheromones serve as chemical signals between individuals of the
same species and play important roles for mate localization and mate choice as well as …

Maternally inherited bacterial symbionts are present in many, if not most, insect species.
While there is rapidly accumulating evidence that facultative, heritable symbionts often …

Microbial symbionts of insects provide a range of ecological traits to their hosts that are
beneficial in the context of biotic interactions. However, little is known about insect symbiont …

Heritable symbionts are common in insects with many contributing to host defence.
Hamiltonella defensa is a facultative, bacterial symbiont of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon …

Symbiotic associations with bacteria have facilitated important evolutionary transitions in
insects and resulted in long‐term obligate interactions. Recent evidence suggests that these …