The worldwide resurgence of bed bugs [both Cimex lectularius L. and Cimex hemipterus
(F.)] over the past two decades is believed in large part to be due to the development of …

Model organisms are often used in biological, medical and environmental research. Among
insects, Drosophila melanogaster, Galleria mellonella, Apis mellifera, Bombyx mori …

The stored product pest, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst)(Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), has
developed resistance against many classes of pesticides applied in grain storage …

A resistant strain of Nilaparvata lugens has been continuously selected in the presence of
nitenpyram for 27 generations under laboratory conditions in order to study the fitness cost …

A growing number of studies indicate an association between symbiotic microbes and
insecticide resistance in a diverse range of insects. However, the prevalence, possible …

Studies of plant defenses and insect herbivores have been important in the development of
our understanding of coevolution and specialization. Milkweed–herbivore systems have …

BACKGROUND The house fly (Musca domestica L.) is a synanthropic fly species commonly
associated with confined animal facilities. House fly control relies heavily on insecticide use …

HighlightsMany urban pest insects now exhibit a near-global cosmopolitan
distribution.Insecticide resistance is common and geographically widespread.There is a …

Over the past three decades, the bed bug Cimex lectularius has resurged as a prominent
indoor pest on a global scale. Knockdown-associated insecticide resistance (kdr) involving …

Sequestration, that is, the accumulation of plant toxins into body tissues for defense, was
predicted to incur physiological costs and may require resistance traits different from those of …