While invasive species eradications are at the forefront of biodiversity conservation, ant
eradication failures are common. We reviewed ant eradications worldwide to assess the …

Maternally transmitted bacteria have been important players in the evolution of insects and
other arthropods, affecting their nutrition, defense, development, and reproduction …

Ants are among the world's most abundant and dominant non-human animals. Yet in spite of
our growing knowledge of microbes as important associates of many animals, we have only …

Abstract Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) play an important role in the pharmacological and
food industry due to their therapeutic and nutritional properties. Being the most abundant …

Thriving populations of invasive species often decline, but the mechanisms behind such
declines are rarely elucidated. The microbial community living within insects can have …

Social insects have a very high potential to become invasive pest species. Here, we explore
how their social lifestyle and their interaction with parasites may contribute to this invasive …

While Wolbachia are commonly found among arthropods, intraspecific infection rates can
vary substantially across the geographic populations. Here we report nearly 100 …

Most orthopteran insects are phytophagous and some are important pests in agriculture and
forests. Many intestinal microflora of Orthoptera insects have been reported, primarily from …

Intracellular endosymbiotic bacteria are common and can play a crucial role for insect
pathology. Therefore, such bacteria could be a potential key to our understanding of major …

Biological invasions are a threat to global biodiversity and provide unique opportunities to
study ecological processes. Population bottlenecks are a common feature of biological …