Male moths generally find their mates by following the females' pheromone plume to its
source. A formulated copy of this message is used to regulate mating of many important …

▪ 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 …

The evolution of leks--clusters of small territories where males congregate and display in
order to attract mates--is of central issue in behavioral ecology, because of the insights it …

A critical event in sexual reproduction is location or recruitment of a mate. In a number of
insect groups, the necessary movements in time and space are often mediated by …

Moths are among the most speciose of insect groups, comprising perhaps 140 000 species,
despite their remarkably undiversified and almost exclusively phytophagous larval lifestyle …

This book focuses on chemicals that effect aggregation for mating and elicit sexual behavior
in insects, mites, and ticks, mainly on" sex pheromonal" or" mating" activity. These …

The origin and evolution of allelochemical sequestration in tiger moths (Arctiidae) is a
complex interplay of larval and adult strategies and phylogenetic history. Using a phylogeny …

We provide a general overview of lek behavior in insects. Initially, we draw a distinction
between substrate-based and aerial (swarming) male mating aggregations. In general …

Olfactory communication research with insects utilizing sex pheromones has focused on the
effects of pheromones on signal receivers. Early pheromone detection studies using the …

Publisher Summary This chapter highlights certain insects in which foreplay is a sexually
selective process involving assessment by the female of certain male traits that are a …