Wawa is my best friend.Even when I feel small and low,Wawa still flies high.We live in a little town where big winds blow in beside the river.Everyone here loves to fly kites.When I fly my kite,Wawa flies beside it.
support has been provided by the University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study(to J.A.H.);the International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation between Governments for National Key R&D Program Projects(2023YFE0107700)。
Toll and Toll-like receptors(TLRs)are pivotal components of the innate immune system,playing a crucial role in the early defense against invading pathogens.These receptors basically recognize microbial components and ...
the State Research Projects of the A.N.Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution(number FFER-2024-0018)and Zoological Institute(number 122031100272-3).
Using a complex analysis of the molecular genetics,morphological,and ecological characteristics of Hippoboscidae flies,the phylogenetic structure and trends in the evolution of morphological characters that contribute...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant numbers 32071605 and 31530007).
Parasitism is known to affect the behavior of host species to enhance parasite dispersal and transmission.However,host behavioral responses to parasitism unrelated to parasite dispersal and transmission have been much...
supported by grants from the Hessian Ministry of Higher Education,Research and the Arts via the LOEWE Center for Insect Biotechnology;by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research(BMBF)grant FKZ 031B1291B(InA)within the BioBall innovation space;Open access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.
The black soldier fly,Hermetia illucens,comes with big promises for industrial purposes since its larvae feed polyphagously on a broad spectrum of organic substrates.However,research focusing on adult flies is scarce,...
P.M.was supported by a master’s scholarship and currently,is supported by doctoral scholarships from Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior(CAPES);Brazil(process number 88887.662021/2022-00);B.S.X.was supported by doctoral scholarships from CAPES,Brazil.W.D.C.was supported by post-doctoral funding(PNPD/CAPES)until early 2020.Currently,W.D.C.is supported by“Ayudas Maria Zambrano”(CA3/RSUE/2021-00197);funded by the Spanish Ministry of Universities;G.L.U.was supported by Paraiba State Research Foundation(FAPESQ)under a doctoral scholarship from Grant No.518/18 and by PDPG-Amazônia Legal(process number 88887.834037/2023-00);G.G.was supported by CNPq(process number 306216/2018);Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul.J.J.T.received a research productivity scholarship from CNPq(process number 316281/2021-22).
Bats are the second-most diverse group of mammals in the world,and bat flies are their main parasites.However,significant knowledge gaps remain regarding these antagonistic interactions,especially since diverse factor...
supported by the Science and Technology Basic Resources Investigation Program of China(2018FY101105);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31972272,31871969);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(SWU-XDPY22001)of China;the China Agricultural Research System of MOA and MARA.
Insecticide resistance in Panonychus citri is a major obstacle to mite control in citrus orchards.Pyrethroid insecticides are continually used to control mites in China,although resistance to pyrethroids has evolved i...
Support for this study was provided by grants from the Key Project of Basic Research of Yunnan Province,China(202101AS070035;202201AS070337);the Yunnan Ten Thousand Talents Plan Young&Elite Talents Project(YNWR-QNBJ-2018-017);the CAS Interdisciplinary Innovation Team of“Light of West China”Program,and the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31970443).
Examples of predator–prey interactions in which flies rob ants are uncommon.To date,this behavior has only been recorded in the genus Bengalia Robineau-Desvoidy(Bengaliinae,Diptera,Calliphoridae).These predatory flie...
Supported by Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System(CARS-45);Science and Technology Major Project of Hunan Province(2017NK1030).
[Objectives]This study was conducted to evaluate the nutritional value and safety of black soldier flies fed with dead pig meat and bone meal(DPMBM)and to explore the resource utilization of DPMBM.[Methods]The general...