Tephritidae are an enormous threat to fruit and vegetable production throughout the world,
causing both quantitative and qualitative losses. Investigating mating sequences could help …

Oviposition behavior in phytophagous insects and entomophagous parasitoids is often
modified by the presence of conspecific brood (eggs and larvae). Often, females avoid …

Hymenopteran parasitoids can utilize substrate-borne semiochemicals released by
conspecifics or by their hosts, increasing the likelihood of successful mating and host …

This chapter first identifies the essential elements in insect parasitoid chemical ecology.
Then, it reviews studies on the manipulation of natural enemies with semiochemicals at the …

Understanding and characterizing how insects tolerate low temperatures is important for
predicting their overwintering survival and subsequent geographic spread. This study …

Information conveyance plays an important role in parasitoid‐host interactions. Several
sources of information are available for searching parasitoids and exploitation of that …

The aim of this work was to review the role of the host marking pheromone (HMP) and its
application in integrated management programs for the fruit flies. Initially the oviposition …

Insects have evolved very unique and interesting tactics using chemical signals to survive.
Chemical ecology illustrates the working of the biological network by means of chemical …

Augmentative releases of parasitoids may be a useful tool for the area-wide management of
tephritid pests. The latter are parasitized by many wasp species, though only a few of them …

Abstract Pepper weevils, Anthonomus eugenii Cano (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), feed and
oviposit in flower buds and small fruits of plants in the genus Capsicum, as well as several …