Mites are masters at attaching to larger animals, often insects, in a temporary symbiosis
called phoresy that allows these tiny animals to exploit patchy resources. In this article, we …

Investigating fundamental processes in biology requires the ability to ground broad
questions in species‐specific natural history. This is particularly true in the study of behavior …

Large carrion is inhabited by highly variable and interactive communities of insects. Positive
interactions in carrion insect communities have been recently the focus in carrion ecology. In …

Parental care can be partitioned into traits that involve direct engagement with offspring and
traits that are expressed as an extended phenotype and influence the developmental …

Rising temperatures can adversely affect parental care and reproductive performance
across a range of taxa. However, the warming impact is contingent upon understanding how …

Comparative experimental study of species can provide insight into behavioral transitions in
evolution. The insects offer many such examples for the analysis of parental care. We …

The ability to disperse is vital for all organisms, but especially for those whose habitats
deteriorate, necessitating relocation to better feeding or breeding sites. Phoresy is assisted …

Necrophagous beetles are sometimes used to estimate the minimum postmortem interval
(PMI min) in the decay and remains stages of a corpse. Among these, the Dermestidae is …

Interspecific interactions exist along a continuum from parasitism to mutualism, but the
fitness costs and benefits of these associations may be fluid, depending on factors like …

Phoresy is commonly considered to be a commensal interaction, in which one species
hitches a ride upon a different species for dispersal among resource patches. Despite being …