Journal of Insect Physiology

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Light pollution disrupts seasonal reproductive phenotypes and reduces lifespan in the West Nile vector, Culex pipiens	50
S6K1 acts through FOXO to regulate juvenile hormone biosynthesis in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum	36
A sperm-activating trypsin-like protease from the male reproductive tract of Spodoptera litura: Proteomic identification, sequence characterization, gene expression profile, RNAi and the effects of io	32
Nutritional optima for life-history traits vary with temperature and across locally-adapted populations	29
Sunflower pollen induces rapid excretion in bumble bees: Implications for host-pathogen interactions	29
The larval saliva of an endoparasitic wasp, Pteromalus puparum, suppresses host immunity	28
Editorial 2025: Changes and the future of JIP	26
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A CYP380C10 gene is required for waterproofing and water retention in the insect integument	22
Methoprene treatment increases activity, starvation and desiccation risk of Queensland fruit fly	20
The female Euscepes postfasciatus refractory period is induced by the male but length is determined by the female	20
Two distinct aphid diapause strategies: slow development or development arrest	20
Interaction between females and males grapevine moth Lobesia botrana modifies further mating preference	19
Timing of the co-activation of antagonist muscles affects foreleg movements during mantis strikes	19
Establishment of a rapid, cost-effective, and accurate method for assessing insect sperm viability	18
Functional analysis of Ornithine decarboxylase in manipulating the wing dimorphism in Nilaparvata lugens (Stål) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae)	17
Cardiac performance in heat-stressed flies of heat-susceptible and heat-resistant Drosophila melanogaster	17
Effects of temperature and humidity on the survival and hatching response of diapausing and non-diapausing Aedes aegypti eggs	16
Hotter-is-not-better: A study on the thermal response of a winter active and nocturnal beetle	15
Seasonal changes in ultrastructure and gene expression in the fat body of worker honey bees	15
Protein-rich trophallactic contents transferred from reproductives are crucial for termite soldier differentiation in Zootermopsis nevadensis	15
Time- and tissue-specific antimicrobial activity of the common bed bug in response to blood feeding and immune activation by bacterial injection	15
Activation of mating-related behavior by serotonin in males of the Japanese yellow hornet Vespa simillima	14
Sex peptide receipt alters macronutrient utilization but not optimal yeast-sugar ratio in Drosophila melanogaster females	14
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Identification and functional characterization of insulin-like peptides in a pine beetle	13
Clinal variation in the temperature and photoperiodic control of reproductive diapause in Drosophila montana females	13
Three antenna-specific odorant binding proteins in Protaetia brevitarsis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) involve in recognition of floral volatiles	13
Sex-specific effects of the microbiota on adult carbohydrate intake and body composition in a polyphagous fly	12
Selective protein self-deprivation by Mormon crickets following fungal attack	12
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Autophagy in the retina affects photoreceptor synaptic plasticity and behavior	12
Hot and cold waves decrease sperm production and bias sex ratio in the parasitoid wasp Cotesia typhae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)	12
Size constrains oxygen delivery capacity within but not between bumble bee castes	11
Signaling in cAMP-stimulated ecdysteroidogenesis in prothoracic glands of the silkworm, Bombyx mori	11
Ovarian apoptosis is regulated by carbohydrate intake but not by protein intake in speckled cockroaches	11
Enterococcal symbionts of caterpillars facilitate the utilization of a suboptimal diet	11
Plasticity in moth mating behavior and ejaculate proteomic diversity induced by male competition	10
Ultrasensitive detection by maxillary palp neurons allows non-host recognition without consumption of harmful allelochemicals	10
Does the presence of heavy metal and catechol contaminants in organic waste challenge the physiological performance of the bioconverter Hermetia illucens?	10
Dying of thirst: Osmoregulation by a hawkmoth pollinator in response to variability in ambient humidity and nectar availability	10
Sexual maturation and allometry of reproductive traits in large- and small-sized male honeybees	10
Dietary salt supplementation adversely affects thermal acclimation responses of flight ability in Drosophila melanogaster	10
Wolbachia infection modifies phloem feeding behavior but not plant virus transmission by a hemipteran host	9
Farnesol, a component of plant-derived honeybee-collected resins, shows JH-like effects in Apis mellifera workers	9
Probing behavior of the leafhopper analyzed through DC electropenetrography and microscopy	9
Odor composition of field versus laboratory desert locust populations	9
Effects of temperature, fungal infection and weight on intermoult duration and survival of starving earwig larvae	9
Band movement and thermoregulation in Schistocerca cancellata	9
Spectral sensitivities of the orchid bee Euglossa dilemma	9
Prolonged diapause in Mormon crickets: Embryonic responses to three measures of time	9
Mating success at elevated temperature is associated to thermal adaptation in a set of recombinant inbred lines of Drosophila melanogaster	8
Gas exchange and dive behaviour in the diving beetle Platynectes decempunctatus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)	8
Faeces’ odours attract gregarious locust hoppers	8
Ultraviolet reflection in mayfly wings	8
The closer the better: Sensory tools and host-association in blood-sucking insects	8
Physiological trade-offs in male social insects: Interactions among infection, immunity, fertility, size, and age in honey bee drones	8
Serotonin- and eicosanoid-dependent rapid hemocyte aggregation in the hemolymph is the first step in nodule formation in Bombyx mori larvae	8
Microbial colonization promotes model cockroach gut tissue growth and development	8
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Differential expression of fibroin-related genes in middle silk glands is induced by dietary differences in a strain-dependent manner in Bombyx mori	8
The relationship between body size and flight power output in the mango stem borer (Batocera rufomaculata)	7
Proteomic analysis of summer and winter Apis mellifera workers shows reduced protein abundance in winter samples	7
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Fat enough for the winter? Does nutritional status affect diapause?	7
Schistocerca neuropeptides – An update	7
Characterization of trehalose metabolic genes and corresponding enzymatic activities during diapause of Sitodiplosis mosellana	7
The proximate sources of genetic variation in body size plasticity: The relative contributions of feeding behaviour and development in Drosophila melanogaster	7
Recording central neurophysiological output from mosquito larvae for neuropharmacological and insecticide resistance studies	7
Acclimation, duration and intensity of cold exposure determine the rate of cold stress accumulation and mortality in Drosophila suzukii	7
Egg size-dependent embryonic development in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria	7
Central role of squid gene during oocyte development in the Hemiptera Rhodnius prolixus	6
An improved method to assess the encapsulation response in arthropods	6
Evidence of plasticity, but not evolutionary divergence, in the thermal limits of a highly successful urban butterfly	6
Varroa destructor exacerbates the negative effect of cold contributing to honey bee mortality	6

An experimental setup for decoupling optical invariants in honeybees’ altitude control	6
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Photoprotective egg pigmentation reduces negative carryover effects of ultraviolet radiation on stink bug nymph survival	6
Potential trade-offs between reproduction and migratory flight in Spodoptera frugiperda	6
Nutritional quality regulates postnatal wing morph in pea aphids	6
The effects of diet and semiochemical exposure on male Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) metabolic rate at a range of temperatures	6
A potential role for the interaction of Wolbachia surface proteins with the Drosophila microtubulin in maintenance of endosymbiosis and affecting spermiogenesis	6
Roles of neural communication between the brain and thoracic ganglia in the selection and regulation of the cricket escape behavior	6
“A comparison of thermal stress response between Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila pseudoobscura reveals differences between species and sexes”	6
PKG acts in the adult corpora cardiaca to regulate nutrient stress-responsivity through adipokinetic hormone	6
Bombyx mori Flap endonuclease 1 correlates with the repair of ultraviolet-induced DNA damage	6
A functional study of the role of Turandot genes in Drosophila melanogaster: An emerging candidate mechanism for inducible heat tolerance	5
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Temperature and age, individually and interactively, shape the size, weight, and body composition of adult female mosquitoes	5
Lipid droplets in the pheromone glands of bombycids: Effects of larval diet on their size and pheromone titer	5
Effect of summer temperature on prolonged diapause of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) under realistic field conditions	5
Diet and pheromones interact to shape honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker physiology	5
Timing of starvation determines its effects on susceptibility to bacterial infection in female fruit flies independent of host evolutionary history	5
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Trends and emerging hotspots in RNAi-based arthropod pest control: A comprehensive bibliometric analysis	5
Fusion of silkworm polar body nuclei	5
Weak and strong phase response curves of the onion fly circadian clock at temperature changes of 1 °C and 4 °C	5
The IRM cell adhesion molecules Hibris, Kin of irre and Roughest control egg morphology by modulating ovarian muscle contraction in Drosophila	5
Intestinal flow and digestive parameters of Lutzomyia longipalpis larvae	5
Effect of brief exposures of anesthesia on thermotolerance and metabolic rate of the spotted-wing fly, Drosophila suzukii: Differences between sexes?	5
Spatial distancing by fungus-exposed Myrmica ants is prompted by sickness rather than contagiousness	5
Parthenogenesis in the neotropical katydid Conocephalus ictus	5
Examining the individual and additive effects of cold storage and CO2 narcosis on queen survival and reproduction in bumble bees	5
Exploring dose–response relationships in Aedes aegypti survival upon bacteria and arbovirus infection	4
LmCHS1 mediates pro-nymphal cuticle formation in Locusta migratoria embryogenesis	4
Adult brain neurogenesis does not account for behavioral differences between solitary and social bees	4
Regulation of dopamine production in the brains during sexual maturation in male honey bees	4
β-tubulin functions in spermatogenesis in Lygus hesperus Knight	4
Caste-specific development of the dopaminergic system in bumble bees (Bombus ignitus)	4
Drosophila melanogaster females prioritise dietary sterols for producing viable eggs	4
Sex- and maturity-dependent antennal detection of host plant volatiles in the cabbage root fly, Delia radicum	4
Effects of phthalate and bisphenol plasticizers on the activity of glycolytic enzymes of the moth Spodoptera littoralis	4
Gene editing of the ABC Transporter/White locus using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutagenesis in the Indian Meal Moth	4
Plasticity of cold and heat stress tolerance induced by hardening and acclimation in the melon thrips	4
Sperm can’t take the heat: Short-term temperature exposures compromise fertility of male bumble bees (Bombus impatiens)	4
Comprehensive transcriptome and metabolome analysis of the adaptability and detoxification ability of Spodoptera frugiperda larvae to tobacco	4
Microplastic exposure reduced the defecation rate, altered digestive enzyme activities, and caused histological and ultracellular changes in the midgut tissues of the ground beetle (Blaps polychresta)	4
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Larval stress affects adult Drosophila behavior and metabolism	4
Molecular basis of host plant recognition by silkworm larvae	4
Termite queen physogastry and associated mechanisms shaping a high lifetime fecundity	4
Expressions of sugar transporters/trehalases in relation to PTTH-stimulated ecdysteroidogenesis in the silkworm, Bombyx mori	4
Chronic nicotine exposure influences learning and memory in the honey bee	4
The effects of dietary amino acid balance on post-embryonic development in a lubber grasshopper	4
Knockdown of a chemosensory protein disrupts soil-guided behavior of a subterranean larval pest	4
The effects of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial toxins (LTA & LPS) on cardiac function in Drosophila melanogaster larvae	4
Gonadal development of adultoid reproductive in subterranean termites indicates strong reproductive potential	4
Metabolites, ions, and the mechanisms behind seasonal cold hardening of Pyrochroa coccinea (Pyrochroidae) larvae	4
Aversive sexual learning in the kissing bug Rhodnius prolixus: Modulation of different sexual responses in males and females	4
Comparing the accuracy of protein measures for arthropods	4
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Diet impacts the reproductive system’s maturation in the male moth Agrotis ipsilon (Noctuidae, Lepidoptera)	4
Leafhopper feeding behaviour on three grapevine cultivars with different susceptibilities to Flavescence dorée	4
Inotocin, a potential modulator of reproductive behaviours in a biparental beetle, Lethrus apterus	3
Assessing learning in mosquito larvae using video-tracking	3
Evidence for a command neuron controlling calling song in the cricket Gryllus assimilis	3
Balance between larval and pupal development time in carrion blowflies	3
A humoral factor, hemolymph proteinase 8, elicits a cellular defense response of nodule formation in Bombyx mori larvae in association with recognition by C-type lectins	3
The heat shock response in Polistes spp. brood from differing climates following heat stress	3
Evolution of proteins involved in the final steps of juvenile hormone synthesis	3
Identification and expression of short neuropeptide F and its receptors in the tick Ixodes ricinus	3
Chemical defence of a centipede (Clinopodes flavidus)	3
Cold tolerance and diapause within and across trophic levels: Endoparasitic wasps and their fly host have similar phenotypes	3
Wing movements underlying sound production in calling, rivalry, and courtship songs of the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus (DeGeer)	3
The effects of female age on blood-feeding, insemination, sperm storage, and fertility in the dengue vector mosquito Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)	3
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Non-targeted metabolomics reveals differences in the gut metabolic profile of the fall armyworm strains when feeding different food sources	3
Evaluation of topical application as a delivery method of double-stranded RNA in Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera, Triatominae) for salivary gene silencing	3
Transport of tetraethylammonium by the Malpighian tubules of Trichoplusia ni: Regional specialization and the influence of diet	3
Prior infection of Galleria mellonella with sublethal dose of Bt elicits immune priming responses but incurs metabolic changes	3
František Sehnal: A project that worked out	3
Temperature dependence of gas exchange patterns shift as diapause progresses in the butterfly Pieris napi	3
A C-type lectin of Helicoverpa armigera maintains the stability of the hemolymph microbiota by regulating the expression of lysozyme	3
Metabolomes of bumble bees reared in common garden conditions suggest constitutive differences in energy and toxin metabolism across populations	3
Do bumble bees make optimal nutritional choices?	3

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Host plant shift differentially alters olfactory sensitivity in female and male Drosophila mojavensis	3
VRILLE shows high divergence among Higher Diptera flies but may retain role as transcriptional repressor of Clock	3
Hollow mandibles: Structural adaptation to high-speed and powerful strike in the trap-jaw ant Odontomachus monticola	2
Ecdysone promotes gene- and pathogen-specific immune responses to Micrococcus luteus and Bacillus subtilis in Drosophila S2 cells	2
The plant-derived triterpenoid, cucurbitacin B, but not cucurbitacin E, inhibits the developmental transition associated with ecdysone biosynthesis in Drosophila melanogaster	2
Influence of temperature on the restoration of the ability of Trichogramma principium to undergo diapause	2
The maxillary palps of Tephritidae are selectively tuned to food volatiles and diverge with ecology	2
Antennal olfactory responses in the black soldier fly Hermetia illucens	2
Successful oral RNA interference efficiency in the silkworm Bombyx mori through nanoparticle-shielded dsRNA delivery	2
Bloodmeal regulation in mosquitoes curtails dehydration-induced mortality, altering vectorial capacity	2
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N-(3-methylbutyl)butanamide: A novel amide in the venom of female social wasps, Vespula vulgaris	2
Host plant-induced changes in metabolism and osmotic regulation gene expression in Diaphorina citri adults	2
Activation of the immune deficiency pathway (IMD) reduces the mosquito heart rate via a nitric oxide-based mechanism	2
3D reconstruction of larval and adult brain neuropils of two giant silk moth species: Hyalophora cecropia and Antheraea pernyi	2
MicroRNA-34 disrupts border cell migration by targeting Eip74EF in Drosophila melanogaster	2
Contribution of cysteine and serine proteases to proteolytic digestion in an allergy-eliciting house dust mite	2
Hemocyanin contributes to embryonic adaptation to hypoxia in the migratory locust	2
A mitotoxic fungicide alters post-ingestive glucose signals necessary for associative learning in honey bees	2
Dynamic response of essential amino acid biosynthesis in Buchnera aphidicola to supplement sub-optimal host nutrition	2
Simulated climate warming scenarios lead to earlier emergence and increased weight loss but have no effect on overwintering survival in solitary bees	2
Validating the automation of different measures of high temperature tolerance of small terrestrial insects	2
Prey availability affects developmental trade-offs and sexual-size dimorphism in the false widow spider, Steatoda grossa	2
Anchor maintains gut homeostasis by restricting the JNK and Notch pathways in Drosophila	2
Thermal boldness: Volunteer exploration of extreme temperatures in fruit flies	2
The female sex pheromone (Z)-4-undecenal mediates flight attraction and courtship in Drosophila melanogaster	2
Development time integrates temperature and host plant cues for eyespot size in three tropical satyrine butterflies	2
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No physiological costs of dual sequestration of chemically different plant toxins in the milkweed bug Spilostethus saxatilis (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae)	2
Sugar response and gustatory gene expression in the stingless bee Tetragonisca fiebrigi	2
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Acute cold stress and supercooling capacity of Mediterranean fruit fly populations across the Northern Hemisphere (Middle East and Europe)	2