Simple Summary The Northern house mosquito transmits West Nile virus and survives the
winter by entering a state of dormancy called diapause. Light pollution has been shown to …

Two different methods of applying Pya‐AKH to long‐winged (macropterous) females of the
firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus (Linnaeus)(Heteroptera) were compared: both injection and …

Behavioral repeatability is an important trait relevant to personality research and to
behavioral ecology in general. We examined here the behavioral repeatability of two activity …

The concept of animal personalities has recently become of major interest as researchers
began to wonder why animals within a given population show consistent behaviour across …

Adult reproductive diapause is characterized by lower behavioral activity, ceased
reproduction and absence of juvenile hormone (JH). The role of JH receptor Methoprene …

This is the second part of the article where the available information from the published
literature on the wing dimorphism/polymorphism occurring among true bugs (Heteroptera) is …

We tested the hypothesis that adults of flightless long‐winged (macropterous) and short‐
winged (brachypterous) morphs of Pyrrhocoris apterus (L.)(Heteroptera) differ in their …

We have used an enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) for determination of the AKH
content in CNS (brain+ corpora cardiaca+ corpora allata) and haemolymph of adult …

Immune function is often involved in physiological trade-offs because of the energetic costs
of maintaining constitutive immunity and mounting responses to infection. However, immune …

Three experimental groups of adult females of P. apterus (reproductive brachypterous,
diapausing brachypterous, and macropterous with non-diapause type of reproductive …