▪ Abstract Groups of two or more consexual conspecific adults of many kinds of nonsocial
insects have been observed to form at feeding, mating, ovipositional, or sheltering sites …

Aggregation pheromones can evolve when individuals benefit from clustering. Such a
situation can arise with an Allee effect, ie a positive relationship between individual fitness …

Yeast volatiles attract insects, which apparently is of mutual benefit, for both yeasts and
insects. However, it is unknown whether biosynthesis of metabolites that attract insects is a …

The black soldier fly [Hermetia illucens L.(Diptera: Stratiomyidae)] can be sustainably reared
on organic waste streams and thereby provide a novel animal protein source for animal …

Climate warming is expected to increase the energy demands of ectotherms by accelerating
their metabolic rates exponentially. However, this prediction ignores environmental …

Aggregation pheromones are used by fruit flies of the genus Drosophila to assemble on
breeding substrates, where they feed, mate and oviposit communally. These pheromones …

1. The effects of an aggregation pheromone on individual behaviour and food web
interactions were investigated in two ecological communities, using Drosophila …

A goal in insect–microbe ecology is to understand the mechanisms regulating species
associations and mutualistic interactions. The spotted wing drosophila Drosophila suzukii …

1. Recent studies have demonstrated the existence of positive density dependence in the
survival and development of Drosophila (the so‐called Allee effect); however the underlying …

In addition to their fundamental role in nutrient recycling, saprobiotic microorganisms may be
considered as typical consumers of food‐limited ephemeral resource patches. As such, they …