Psacothea hilaris is an important wood boring beetle that causes significant ecological and
economic damage. The mouthparts of P. hilaris contain feeding and sensory structures that …

The pumpkin fruit fly, Bactrocera tau (Walker)(Diptera: Tephritidae) is one of the most serious
insect pests of fruits, vegetables and nuts over the world due to its polyphagous nature and …

Mechanoreceptors play a vital role for animals to sense and monitor environmental
parameters, like flow speed, tactile resistance, and pressure. The hairy-structured trichoid …

Hair, or hair-like fibrillar structures, are ubiquitous in biology, from fur on the bodies of
mammals, over trichomes of plants, to the mastigonemes on the flagella of single-celled …

This study focuses on experimental testing of the contamination hypothesis and examines
how the contamination of insect adhesive pads with three-dimensional epicuticular waxes of …