In fluctuating thermal conditions, the survival challenge for insects is particularly difficult
because their physiological activities depend upon environmental temperature. The extreme …

Larval lepidopterans (hereafter, caterpillars) protect themselves from natural enemies with a
diverse suite of defenses which are employed before, during, or after encounters with …

Plant glandular trichomes exude secondary metabolites with defensive functions, but these
epidermal protuberances are surprisingly the first meal of Lepidopteran herbivores on …

▪ Abstract Whereas foraging has been a major focus of ecological and entomological
research, its obligate partner, defecation, has been comparatively neglected. Insects exhibit …

An outstanding feature of orchids is the diversity of their pollination systems [1]. Most
remarkable are those species that employ chemical deceit for the attraction of pollinators [2] …

The T ineoidea are the earliest‐originating extant superfamily of the enormous clade D
itrysia, whose 152 000+ species make up 98% of the insect order L epidoptera. Though …

Caterpillar behaviors such as feeding, crawling, and oviposition are known to induce
defenses in maize and other plant species. We examined plant defense responses to …

In this chapter, we consider practical aspects of the foraging behaviour of insect natural
enemies in its widest sense (so wide that we even include a few examples concerning non …

Plant-feeding insects that construct shelters on their food plants provide ample opportunities
for examining the impacts of allogenic ecosystem engineering on nature's most diverse …

Predators have played a significant role in the evolution of herbivorous insects, and we can
observe a wide variety of larval defense mechanisms in nature, especially among members …