Highlights•Global change includes multiple overlapping and interacting drivers.•These
drivers can have complex and counterintuitive effects on insects.•Global change reorganizes …

The longlegged ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) is one of the most damaging invasive tramp
ants globally. It is generally found between latitudes 27° N and 27° S in Asia, although it has …

Insect biological invasion causes great ecological and economic damage to invaded areas.
The insect invasion process can be influenced by many biotic and abiotic factors. In recent …

Social insects host a diversity of viruses. We examined New Zealand populations of the
globally widely distributed invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) for RNA viruses. We …

Highlights•We tested whether gut microbes influence nestmate recognition in leaf-cutting
ants.•Gut microbiota suppression appears to affect aggression and cuticular …

The highly invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) started its colonisation from the
species' native range in South America approximately 150 years ago and has since become …

Microbial symbionts can play critical roles when their host attempts to colonize a new
habitat. The lack of symbiont adaptation can in fact hinder the invasion process of their host …

Invasive species populations periodically collapse from high to low abundance, sometimes
even to extinction. Pathogens and the burden they place on invader immune systems have …

The weaver ant Oecophylla smaragdina is an aggressive predator of other arthropods and
has been employed as a biological control agent against many insect pests in plantations …

In a subarctic climate, the seasonal shifts in temperature, precipitation, and plant cover drive
the temporal changes in the microbial communities in the topsoil, forcing soil microbes to …