Various animals across the tree of life express some form of programmed dormancy (eg
hibernation, diapause) to maximize fitness in highly seasonal environments. The integrated …

Our highly seasonal world restricts insect activity to brief portions of the year. This feature
necessitates a sophisticated interpretation of seasonal changes and enactment of …

Background The life cycles of many insect species include an obligatory or facultative
diapause stage with arrested development and low metabolic activity as an overwintering …

The mosquito microbiome is critical to multiple facets of their biology, including larval
development and disease transmission. For mosquitoes that reside in temperate regions …

The insect gut is a complicated ecosystem that inhabits a large number of symbiotic bacteria.
As an important organ of the host insect, the symbiotic bacteria of the insect gut play very …

Bacterial symbionts exhibiting co-evolutionary patterns with insect hosts play a vital role in
the nutrient synthesis, metabolism, development, reproduction, and immunity of insects. The …

The Duox-ROS defense system plays an important role in insect intestinal immunity. To
investigate the role of intestinal microbiota in Duox-ROS regulation herein, 16S rRNA …

Good exploitation and utilization of edible insects can effectively alleviate global food
security crisis in years. The study on diapause larvae of Clanis bilineata tsingtauica (DLC) …

Insects typically host substantial microbial communities (the 'microbiome') that can serve as
a vital source of nutrients and also acts as a modulator of immune function. While recent …

The ecological success of insects often depends on their association with beneficial
microbes. However, insect development involves repeated moults, which can have dramatic …