Conservation biological control aims to enhance populations of natural enemies of insect
pests in crop habitats, typically by intentional provision of flowering plants as food resources …

Kairomones are chemical signals that mediate interspecific interactions beneficial to
organisms that detect the cues. These attractants can be individual compounds or mixtures …

The use of wildflower strips to provide carbohydrate resource for parasitoids and enhance
pest regulation is widely recommended in agriculture. However, how the management of …

Hyperparasitoids are some of the most diverse members of insect food webs. True
hyperparasitoids parasitize the larvae of other parasitoids, reaching these larvae with their …

Highlights•Symbionts can undermine parasitoid foraging, or attract parasitoids and betray
their hosts.•Herbivore symbionts alter parasitoid foraging through changes in plant and host …

The brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, is an alien pest native to East Asia,
which in the past two decades has invaded USA, Europe and other countries around the …

Egg parasitoids are important natural enemies of several insect pests. The ability to kill the
pest before it can inflict damage to the plant makes egg parasitoids ideal candidates for …

To locate mating partners and essential resources such as food, oviposition sites and
shelter, insects rely to a large extent on chemical cues. While most research has focused on …

Crop diversification through inter‐and mixed cropping practices has been shown to enhance
conservation biological control of herbivorous pest insects. However, distinct cropping …

Barometric pressure is an environmental factor involved in the modulation of a variety of
activities in insects. Generally, a drop in barometric pressure precedes the arrival of weather …