In the world of neuroscience, breakthroughs often come from unexpected places. One such source is the Drosophila melanogaster ...

There are many fungi & insect relationships; some are beneficial. But fungi are also the most common cause of infectious diseases in insects ... | Microbiology ...

Fruit flies, drain flies or gnats have been popping up all over the Hudson Valley region of New York. Luckily, there are some ...

Drosophila is one of the most thoroughly studied lab animals -- with the exception of the female reproductive tract. Now a team of biologists has taken the first deep look at the Drosophila uterus and ...

You have likely not spent much time thinking about the uterus of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. But then, neither ...

Few people are fans of stink bugs, mosquitoes, or boll weevils, but insects play a key role in the circle of life that makes ...

Human use of parasitoid wasps or other natural enemies to control pest populations is known as biological control, or biocontrol. It was so successful in Hawaii that several species of parasitoid wasp ...

Employing a library of more than 1,000 chemicals, scientists investigated how agrochemicals affect insect populations. The scientists found that exposure to non-fatal amounts of 57 percent of the ...

The work of Elya, De Fine Licht, and others has advanced understanding of how parasitic fungi control insect behavior. Their ...

The research sheds light on how even low doses of chemicals can have significant impacts on insect behavior and survival.

But fruit flies aren’t broadly representative of all ... even if effects are not lethal to the individual insect.” Crocker does see a silver lining to all this research.

Behavioral strategies for foraging and reproduction in the oriental fruit fly ( Bactrocera dorsalis) are alternative options for resource allocation and are controlled by neuropeptides. Here we show ...