Many animals have evolved associations with symbiotic microbes that benefit the host
through increased growth, lifespan, and survival. Some interactions are obligate (essential …

Most insects harbour influential, yet non‐essential heritable microbes in their hemocoel.
Communities of these symbionts exhibit low diversity. But their frequent multi‐species nature …

Parasite‐mediated selection can rapidly drive up resistance levels in host populations, but
fixation of resistance traits may be prevented by costs of resistance. Black bean aphids …

Floral plantings adjacent to crops fields can recruit populations of natural enemies by
providing flower nectar and non‐crop prey to increase natural pest regulation. Observed …

Many insect species harbour heritable bacterial endosymbionts. Some facultative
endosymbionts provide benefits to their hosts under certain environmental conditions …

Background Evolutionary processes can cause strong spatial genetic signatures, such as
local loss of genetic diversity, or conflicting histories from mitochondrial versus nuclear …

Many microbial symbionts have multiple phenotypic consequences for their animal hosts.
However, the ways in which different symbiont-mediated phenotypes combine to affect …

Simple Summary Rapid adaptation has been observed for several insects, including a
number of agricultural pests. In these instances, it is expected that variation in insect …

In the last decade, the influence of microbial symbionts on ecological and physiological traits
of their hosts has been increasingly recognized. However, most of these effects have been …

Interactions among endosymbiotic bacteria inside their eukaryotic hosts are poorly
understood, particularly in mites. The mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae is a common …