Diapause is an adaptation that insects have evolved to synchronize their life cycle with that of seasonal climatic changes and resources availability.However,cues for its induction are not always clear and,in some cas...
We are grateful for the assistance of all the members in the Key Laboratory of Applied Entomology,Northwest A&F University at Yangling,Shaanxi,China.Funding of this research was partially supported by the follow-ing grants:the Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31601691);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31272089);China Agriculture Research System(No.CARS-25-B-06).
Intraguild predation(IGP)has been commonly reported between predators and parasitoids used as biological control agents as predators consuming parasitoids within their hosts.However,the effect of parasitoid-mummy cons...