The Myriapoda, composed of millipedes and centipedes, is a fascinating but poorly
understood branch of life, including species with a highly unusual body plan and a range of …

The unpredictable invasion of the Mupli beetle, Luprops tristis Fabricius (Coleoptera:
Tenebrionidae), makes areas uninhabitable to humans. These beetles produce a strong …

Self-anointing, referring to the behaviour of rubbing a material object or foreign substance
over different parts of the body, has been observed in several vertebrate species, including …

Bat guano is an important source of microbial diversity in caves and can be a source of
potential pathogens. Laemostenus (Pristonychus) punctatus is a guanophilic ground beetle …

Chemical substances are of utmost importance for the biotic interactions between animals
and their predators/parasites; many of these semiochemicals are emitted for defence …

Millipedes use an array of chemical compounds to defend themselves from predator attack.
These chemical substances can have additional roles, ie defence against various …

In the light of growing interest in discovering new sources of natural antimicrobial agents, we
extracted and tested the efficiency of julid defensive secretions in comparison with …

Abstract Background and Aims We evaluated three native plants to determine their capacity
to provide insectary benefits to predatory arthropods in vineyards, and thereby to enhance …

Diplopods are terrestrial arthropods important for the dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems.
One of the reasons for that can be their low predation rate due to their defensive secretion …

Myriapods are distinguished from other arthropods by having many legs attached to multiple
body segments. The group is divided into three classes, sometimes called subgroups …