Insects are able to see ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Nocturnal insects are often attracted to light
sources that emit large amounts of UV radiation, and devices that exploit this behavior, such …

Drastic declines in insect populations are a vital concern worldwide. Despite widespread
insect monitoring, the significant gaps in the literature must be addressed. Future monitoring …

Os triatomíneos são insetos hematófagos de grande importância médica, pois são os
responsáveis pela transmissão do Trypanosoma cruzi, o agente etiológico da doença de …

Agricultural insects and stored-product insects are influenced by luminance intensities,
exposure times, and wavelengths of light-emitting diodes (LEDs). Based on the phototactic …

The evolution of triatomine bugs towards haematophagy has demanded different types of
adaptations, ie, morphological, physiological and behavioural. In fact, haematophagy …

Many arthropod species have adopted vertebrate blood as their main food source. Blood is
rich in nutrients and, except for the presence of parasites, sterile. However, this food source …

Abstract Although kissing bugs (Triatominae: Reduviidae) are perhaps best known as
vectors of Chagas disease, they are important experimental models in studies of insect …

Behavioural responses of Triatoma infestans larvae to carbon dioxide and other odours of
vertebrate origin were investigated in a locomotion compensator. T. infestans oriented …

Organisms from bacteria to humans have evolved under predictable daily environmental
cycles owing to the Earth's rotation. This strong selection pressure has generated …

Trypanosoma rangeli is a protozoan parasite that infects triatomines and mammals in the
Americas, producing mixed infections with Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of …