Increase in the aging population is a phenomenon all over the world. Maintaining good
functional ability, good mental health, and cognitive function in the absence of severe …

Highlights•Calling in crickets involves repeated mechanical wing movements
(performance).•Individuals differed in calling vigour and in changes in vigour with …

Increasing yield is a primary goal of mass insect rearing for food and feed, and diet impacts
insect life-history traits that affect yield, such as survival, development time and body size …

The terminal investment hypothesis proposes that, when individuals are faced with a threat
to survival, they will increase investment in current reproduction. The level of the threat …

The operational sex ratio (OSR) is a key component influencing the magnitude of sexual
selection driving the evolution of male sexual traits, but males often also retain the ability to …

The expression of life-history traits, such as lifespan or reproductive effort, is tightly
correlated with the amount and blend of macronutrients that individuals consume. In a range …

Despite decades of focus on crickets (family: Gryllidae) as a popular commodity and model
organism, we still know very little about their immune responses to microbial pathogens …

Dietary honey bee royal jelly increases insect growth rates and adult body size. Royal jelly
as a dietary supplement could enhance mass insect production by increasing the body size …

Dietary honey bee royal jelly increases insect growth rates and adult body size. Royal jelly
could enhance mass insect production as a dietary supplement, but it is costly to produce …

Feeding behaviour is a dynamic process, especially if an individual is dealing with an
infection. Here, we used Tenebrio molitor beetles to evaluate the effects of changes in diet …