Highlights•Consistency in personality across stages is higher in heterometabolous than
holometabolous.•Internal changes during metamorphosis appear as key drivers of insect …

Manual monitoring of animal behavior is time-consuming and prone to bias. An alternative to
such limitations is using computational resources in behavioral assessments, such as …

Animal behaviour may change with age, when young individuals experience different
environments from adults. However, the role of ontogeny in personality traits is still open to …

The benefits of parental care are often seen as a cornerstone of family life evolution.
However, recent studies show that sibling interactions can also confer substantial benefits to …

Animals often show consistency in their behavioural repertoire across time and/or contexts
that differs from other individuals of the same population, ie animal personality. We currently …

In recent years, behavioral ecology has shifted from assuming animal behavior is infinitely
plastic and situation specific to recognizing that behavior can be limited in its plasticity and …

Pyrethroid insecticides are widely recommended against various defoliating pest species,
but usually lack efficacy against sucking pests such as aphids, which are preferred prey of …

Natural enemies resistant to insecticides are expected to help control the remaining
arthropod pests after insecticide application and, hence, prevent crop damage, pest …

The conservation of the predatory ladybird beetle, Eriopis connexa (Germar) after its release
also relies on its resistance and the performance of its progenies. When resistant individuals …

Ladybird beetles present as key predator of many agricultural pests. Among them, Eriopis
connexa stands out due some important traits for pest management programs such as …