1. Every year billions of insects engage in long‐distance, seasonal mass migrations which
have major consequences for agriculture, ecosystem services and insect‐vectored …

The Sirex woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, and its fungal mutualist, Amylostereum areolatum,
together constitute one of the most damaging invasive pests of pine. Despite a century of …

Wood-feeding insects face a host of physical, chemical, and nutritional barriers in their food
resource. Wood-boring Hymenoptera in the family Siricidae are associated with mutualistic …

We studied the distribution and spread of the invasive social wasp Vespula germanica in
Argentina, focusing on the contribution of queen dispersal to territorial expansion. Vespula …

The frequency of introductions of non-indigenous forest insects into new habitats is
increasing worldwide, often with profoundly adverse consequences on natural and …

The wood-boring wasp Sirex noctilio has an obligate mutualistic relationship with the
basidiomycete fungus, Amylostereum areolatum. Female wasps carry the fungus in internal …

Flight in insects can be long-range migratory flights, intermediate-range dispersal flights, or
short-range host-seeking flights. Previous studies have shown that flight mills are valuable …

Aim The rate at which introduced insects disperse into novel habitats is a key determinant of
the impacts of biological invasions and the efficacy of importation biological control …

Largely assisted by global trade, alien insect species are being introduced into new
territories at unprecedented rates. Among forest insects, pine bark beetles (Coleoptera …

Plantation forestry with non-native trees is steadily increasing in the southern hemisphere
and alien pest problems are also accumulating, as a consequence of the growing …