The aim of this review is to address oviposition-site selection by true bugs and discuss this within the context of recent findings in herbivorous insectplant interactions and in comparison with the more intensely studied Lepidoptera.
We show that, although exposure to consexual competition changes copulatory behaviors of females, the distribution of oviposition resources has a greater effect on oviposition decisions.
This mini review embarks on an exploration of the evolutionary trajectory of precision feeding and its profound ramifications on animal nutrition, environmental sustainability, and animal...
To better control for the type of microbial environment expe-rienced by ovipositing females, and to test whether com-mensal microbes elicit a different response to pathogenic microbes, we provided females with oviposition substrates containing fly-associated or pathogenic species.
Pearson correlation analysis combined with partial least squares regression revealed a strong association between adult oviposition and host phenotypic traits as well as key volatile organic compounds. By contrast, larval feeding behavior was primarily influenced by host nutritional content.
We examined how females of the invasive fly Drosophila suzukii make oviposition decisions when temperature and nutrition mismatch, and whether infection with the symbiotic bacterium Wolbachia influences these choices.
