The sense of smell enables insects to recognize and discriminate a broad range of volatile
chemicals in their environment originating from prey, host plants and conspecifics. These …

Pheromones are chemicals that serve intraspecific communication. In animals, the ability to
detect and discriminate pheromones in a complex chemical environment substantially …

Olfaction and gustation play critical roles in the daily activities of insects by mediating
important behaviors, such as locating host plants, mates and oviposition sites. These …

Mirid bugs are a group of important insect pests that cause large annual losses in
agricultural production. Many studies have focused on the isolation and identification of sex …

As one of the most abundant insect orders on earth, most Hemipteran insects are
phytophagous, with the few hematophagous exceptions falling into two families: Cimicidae …

The common bed bug, Cimex lectularius (Cimicidae, Hemiptera), is obligate
haematophagous and can carry pathogens, but are not known to transmit diseases to …

The yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, is a vector of many human diseases such as
yellow fever, dengue fever, and Zika. As insecticide resistance has been widely reported …

Aims To evaluate whether bed bugs are associated with allergic reactions in patients seen
in the emergency department (ED). Methods and Results This retrospective study included …

The small brown planthopper (SBPH), Laodelphax striatellus is one of the major insect pests
of rice, but little is known about the molecular-level means by which it locates its hosts …

Simple Summary The resistance of bed bugs to many of the marketed insecticides has
contributed to the recent resurgence in bed bug infestations. This study tests methyl …