The clip cage conundrum: Assessing the interplay of confinement method and aphid genotype in fitness studies

LM Martinez‐Chavez, JM Roberts, AJ Karley… - Insect …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Behavior and fitness are important ecological traits frequently measured in insect bioassays.
A common method to measure them in soft‐bodied herbivorous insects involves confining …

Heat-avoidance behavior associates with thermal sensitivity rather than tolerance in aphid assemblages

X Bai, XJ Wang, CS Ma, G Ma - Journal of Thermal Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
How to predict animals' heat-avoidance behaviors is critical since behavior stands the first
line for animals dealing with frequent heat events under ongoing climate warming. However …

Behavioral and electrophysiological responses of cabbage aphids to odors from host plants infested by conspecific and heterospecific herbivores

S Mustapha, KPD Jayanthi, SK Parepely… - Arthropod-Plant …, 2024 - Springer
Behavioral and electrophysiological studies on aphid responses to host plant odors,
although important, are still not exhaustive for some species. Moreover, most studies have …

The reactions of two species of aphid to chemotactile cues from a wolf spider match their vulnerability to predation

LA Latham, AL Rypstra - Entomologia Experimentalis et …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Various strategies have evolved to protect animals from predators. We explored the activity
and predation risk experienced by two species of aphid. Both species will drop from plants …