Current Opinion in Insect Science

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	122
Dynamics and evolution of transposable elements in mosquito genomes	97
Extent and impacts of winter breeding in the North American monarch butterfly	92
Decoding sex differences: how GABA shapes Drosophila behavior	85
Untangling plastic responses to combined thermal and dietary stress in insects	76
Population dynamics and drivers of the eastern monarch (Danaus plexippus) across its full annual cycle: a cross-scale synthesis of a model migratory species	58
Origin of eusociality in termites: was genetic monogamy essential?	52
Facing the flames: insect responses to megafires and changing fire regimes	50
The social brain of ‘non-eusocial’ insects	46
The within-host ecology of insects and their parasites: integrating experiments and mathematical models	44
Direct sequencing of insect symbionts via nanopore adaptive sampling	41
Ecological forecasts of insect range dynamics: a broad range of taxa includes winners and losers under future climate	40
Publisher's Note	40
Is the genetic architecture of behavior exceptionally complex?	38
Contaminant fluxes across ecosystems mediated by aquatic insects	38
Viviparity and obligate blood feeding: tsetse flies as a unique research system to study climate change	36
Parasitoid speciation and diversification	35
Editorial Board	35
Genomics of insect natural enemies in agroecosystems	33
Experimental platforms for functional genomics in ticks	31
Editorial overview: Vectors and medical and veterinary entomology: an integrative view	31
Tick chemosensation and implications for novel control strategies	29
Mosquito sex determination: recent advances and applications	29
Floral nectar and honeydew microbial diversity and their role in biocontrol of insect pests and pollination	28
Editorial overview: Global change biology (2023) — Novel perspectives on futures, mechanisms, and the human element of insect conservation in the Anthropocene	27

Spatiotemporal dynamics of forest geometrid outbreaks	27
Editorial overview: Vectors and medical and veterinary entomology: Aedes-borne viral disease transmission: vector dynamics, plasticity, and prospects for control	27
Environmentally responsive reproduction: neuroendocrine signalling and the evolution of eusociality	27
Climate change, temperature extremes, and impacts on hyperparasitoids	26
Large-scale omics analyses of nutrition-responsive mechanisms of female germline stem cell proliferation and maintenance in Drosophila melanogaster	26
MicroRNAs in the developmental toolbox — a comparative approach to understanding their role in regulating insect development	26
An integrative genomic toolkit for studying the genetic, evolutionary, and molecular underpinnings of eusociality in insects	26
Neuroanatomy of blood-feeding arthropods	26
Editorial overview: Spotlight on monarch butterflies: A treasure trove of biology to preserve	25
Editorial Board	25
Processing insects for use in the food and feed industry	24
The neuroecology of olfaction in bees	24
Recent advances in agroecological research for increasing scope of areawide pest management of arthropods in cropping systems	24
Editorial Board	23
Investigating the role of chemical ecology in plant-pathogen, vector, and secondary consumer interactions and their consequences for integrated pest management	23
Acylsugar-mediated resistance as part of a multilayered defense against thrips, orthotospoviruses, and beyond	23
Plasticity of the olfactory behaviors in Bactrocera dorsalis under various physiological states and environmental conditions	22
Flipping indirect defense: chemical cues from natural enemies mediate multitrophic interactions	22
Induced plant resistance and its influence on natural enemy use of plant-derived foods	21
Post-transcriptional regulation of behavior plasticity in social insects	20
Editorial Board	20
Repetitive DNAs: the ‘invisible’ regulators of insect adaptation and speciation	20
Metabolomics as a tool to elucidate biochemical cold adaptation in insects	20
The monarch butterfly in Mexico: a conservation model	20
Evolution of visual system specialization in predatory arthropods	19
Editorial Board	19
A call to arms: novel strategies for thrips and tospovirus control	18
Vibration receptor organs in the insect leg: neuroanatomical diversity and functional principles	18
Editorial overview: How do social insects know their tasks?	18
Community change and population outbreak of grasshoppers driven by climate change	18
The effects of urbanisation on ecological interactions	18
Honeydew management to promote biological control	18
Vector microbiota and immunity: modulating arthropod susceptibility to vertebrate pathogens	17
Editorial overview: Development and regulation: Lessons from a multispecies approach	17
Adaptation to urban environments	17
Evolution and loss of ß-catenin and TCF-dependent axis specification in insects	17
Foe to frenemy: predacious ant nest beetles use multiple strategies to fully integrate into ant nests	17
Virus and endogenous viral element-derived small non-coding RNAs and their roles in insect–virus interaction	17
Genetic and viral approaches to record or manipulate neurons in insects	16
Regulation of insect cuticular hydrocarbon biosynthesis	16
Cold-induced immune activation in chill-susceptible insects	16
Anticipating evolutionary responses of mosquito mating systems to population suppression with mass-reared males	16
Edible insect farming as an emerging and profitable enterprise in East Africa	16
Insect olfactory neurons: receptors, development, and function	16
Prospects for application of population genetics for control of tsetse flies in Africa	15
Editorial overview: Insecticide resistance mechanisms — from behavior and physiology to microbiome science	15
Where do all the pests go? Understanding the genomic mechanisms of crop pest dynamics during the off-season	15
Editorial Board	14
The self as part of the sensory ecology: how behavior affects sensation from the inside out	14
Insects and microbes: best friends from the nursery	14

New insight into molecular mechanisms underlying division of labor in honeybees	14
Taste adaptations in blood-feeding arthropods: mechanisms and ecological implications	14
Insect visual perception and pest control: opportunities and challenges	14
Measuring and modelling crop yield losses due to invasive insect pests under climate change	14
Evolution of Odonata: genomic insights	14
Editorial overview: Classical, novel and underrated regulators of development in the omics era	14
Mosquito floral visitation and pollination	14
Editorial Board	14
Biogenic amines in honey bee cognition: neurochemical pathways and stress impacts	14
Beyond the bite: how mosquito salivary proteins modulate midgut biology and malaria parasite transmission	14
VectorBase.org updates: bioinformatic resources for invertebrate vectors of human pathogens and related organisms	13
Pathogen within-host dynamics and disease outcome: what can we learn from insect studies?	13
Gene editing in agricultural, health, and veterinary pest arthropods: recent advances	13
Extracting spatial information from temporal odor patterns: insights from insects	13
Interactions between parasitism and migration in monarch butterflies	13
Collective decision-making during reproduction in social insects: a conceptual model for queen supersedure in honey bees (Apis mellifera)	13
Behavioral, ecological and evolutionary mechanisms underlying caterpillar-ant symbioses	13
Monocot crop–aphid interactions: plant resilience and aphid adaptation	13
Microbial influence on reproduction, conversion, and growth of mass produced insects	13
Advances in data-collection tools and analytics for crop pest and disease management	12
Genomics reveals widespread hybridization across insects with ramifications for species boundaries and invasive species	12
Heat stress and host–parasitoid interactions: lessons and opportunities in a changing climate	12
Phenomenon of reproductive plasticity in ants	12
Genomics and genome editing techniques of crickets, an emerging model insect for biology and food science	12
Chemically mediated trophic interactions of invasive herbivorous insects and their applications for monitoring and management	12
Global change and adaptive biosecurity: managing current and emerging Aleurocanthus woglumi threats to Europe	12
Firefly genomes illuminate the evolution of beetle bioluminescent systems	12
Chemical ecology of nectar–mosquito interactions: recent advances and future directions	12
A cold and quiet brain: mechanisms of insect CNS arrest at low temperatures	11
Complexity, humility, and action: a current perspective on monarchs in Western North America	11
Advances in monitoring of indoor pests	10
Editorial overview: Adaptive genomic of economically important insects	10
An intricate evolutionary connection between meiotic drive and sex	10
Elevated CO2, nutrition dilution, and shifts in Earth’s insect abundance	10
Gene regulatory networks underlying the development and evolution of plasticity in horned beetles	10
tRNA expression and modifications as critical components in the biology of blood-feeding arthropods	10
Invasive indoor pests under the microbiological lens: bacterial and viral diversity from local to global scales in bed bugs and cockroaches	10
Neuroendocrine control of insect aggression: do environmental stressors modulate aggressive behavior?	10
Molecular physiology of copper in Drosophila melanogaster	9
Extrinsic and intrinsic regulation of blood feeding in mosquitoes	9
Exotic bees in urban ecosystems: establishment, impact, and potential for invasion	9
From Wolbachia genomics to phenotype: molecular models of cytoplasmic incompatibility must account for the multiplicity of compatibility types	9
Oviposition decisions under environment-induced physiological stress in parasitoids	9
Insecticide resistance in social insects: assumptions, realities, and possibilities	9
Editorial overview: Innovative approaches to insect conservation in the face of global challenges	9
Chironomid midges (Diptera) provide insights into genome evolution in extreme environments	9
Metal ions in the physiology of insects	9
Editorial overview: The time is ripe for expanded research on mass production of insects as food and feed	9
Editorial overview: Arthropod population dynamics at regional scales: Novel approaches and emerging insights	9
Forecasting insect dynamics in a changing world	9
Daily temperature fluctuations can magnify the toxicity of pesticides	9
Parasitoids for biological control in dryland agroecosystems	9
Endocrine regulation of reproductive behaviors in insects: a comprehensive review	8
Towards a mechanistic understanding of the effects of artificial light at night on insect populations and communities	8
The diversity of endogenous viral elements in insects	8
The roles of viruses in tephritid pest multitrophic interactions and an outlook for biological control	8
Anthropogenic effects on the eco-immunology of herbivorous insects	8
Leveraging advances in RNAi and CRISPR for improved biological pest control	8
The future of tropical insect diversity: strategies to fill data and knowledge gaps	8
Molecular physiology of iron trafficking in Drosophila melanogaster	8
Dynamics of Aedes aegypti mating behaviour	8
Editorial overview: Parasites/parasitoids/biological control (2024) — research advances on plant-derived food sources in biological control	8
Like a moth to a flame: the effect of megafires on pollinators and pollination systems	8
Understanding and counteracting the denial of insect biodiversity loss	8
Editorial Board	8
Is the evolution of insect odorscapes under anthropic pressures a risk for herbivorous insect invasions?	8
Community scientists produce open data for understanding insects and climate change	8
Mechanisms and adaptations that shape division of labour in stingless bees	8
Balancing sensitivity, risk, and immunopathology in immune regulation	7
Editorial Board	7
Advances in understanding the drivers of population spatial synchrony	7
Sex determination in moths and butterflies: Masculinizer as key player	7
Evolving dynamics of Aedes-borne diseases in Africa: a cause for concern	7
Publisher Note	7
Crosstalk between environmental factors and sex determination pathway: insights from lepidopteran insects and cladoceran crustaceans	6
An insect’s energy bar: the potential role of plant guttation on biological control	6
Chilled, starved or frozen: insect mitochondrial adaptations to overcome the cold	6
Immune interactions between mosquitoes and microbes during midgut colonization	6
Evolution of chemical interactions between ants and their mutualist partners	6
The neurobiology of the Monarch butterfly compass	6

Plasticity of aggregation pheromones in insects	6
Chromosomal inversions and their impact on insect evolution	6
Dramatically increased accessibility and decreased cost-per-person impacts are needed for scaling IPM in Africa	6
Impact of parasitoid-associated polydnaviruses on plant-mediated herbivore interactions	6
NLRs are highly relevant resistance genes for aphid pests	6
Potential distribution of invasive crop pests under climate change: incorporating mitigation responses of insects into prediction models	6
Microbe-mediated alterations in floral nectar: consequences for insect parasitoids	6
Strengthening adult mosquito surveillance in Africa for disease control: learning from the present	6
Integrating computer vision and molecular neurobiology to bridge the gap between behavior and the brain	6
The dose makes the poison: plant toxin concentrations and herbivore immunity against pathogens and parasitoids	6
Institutional and policy bottlenecks to IPM	6
Parallel evolutionary paths of rove beetle myrmecophiles: replaying a deep-time tape of life	6
Integrated neural circuits of sleep and memory regulation in Drosophila	5
Population genetics as a tool to understand invasion dynamics and insecticide resistance in indoor urban pest insects	5
Regulation of division of labor in insects: a colony-level perspective	5
Ethical issues in lethal insect monitoring	5
Parallel olfactory processing in a hemimetabolous insect	5
Gamma-aminobutyric acid in the honey bee mushroom bodies — is inhibition the wellspring of plasticity?	5
The role of ATP-binding cassette transporters in arthropod pesticide toxicity and resistance	5
Editorial overview: Current Opinion of Insect Science turns 10: updates to fields covered	5
Editorial overview: Aroma nudges in bugs: Sensory perception and memory in insects	5
Nutritional inequalities structure worker division of labor in social insects	5
Competitive interactions in insect parasitoids: effects of microbial symbionts across tritrophic levels	5
Genomics of the semi-aquatic bugs (Heteroptera; Gerromorpha): recent advances toward establishing a model lineage for the study of phenotypic evolution	5
The evolutionary outcomes of climate-change-induced hybridization in insect populations	5
Nutrition- and hormone-controlled developmental plasticity in Blattodea	5
Identifying bracovirus and ichnovirus genes involved in virion morphogenesis	5
Spatiotemporal outbreak dynamics of bark and wood-boring insects	5
Microbial interactions shaping host attractiveness: insights into dynamic behavioral relationships	5
Neuropeptidergic regulation of insect diapause by the circadian clock	5
The neuronal building blocks of the navigational toolkit in the central complex of insects	5
Semiochemicals and natural repellents in biting fly management	5
Spatial odor map formation, development, and possible function in a nocturnal insect	5
Independent somatic distribution of heme and iron in ticks	5
Thermal biology of invasive Aedes mosquitoes in the context of climate change	5
Developmental genetics of cuticular micro- and nano-structures in insects	5
Mosquitoes feeding on ectothermic hosts: from host seeking to pathogen transmission	5
Supergenes in organismal and social development of insects: ideas and opportunities	5
Interactions between insect species: their evolution and mechanistic architecture	5
Recent advances in understanding horn formation in the Japanese rhinoceros beetle Trypoxylus dichotomus using next-generation sequencing technology	5
Historical invasion of medfly in the Neotropical region and adoption of management techniques	5
Exploring new genomic territories with emerging model insects	4
Editorial overview: Vectors, symbionts, and pathogen interactions: prospects for controlling vector-borne diseases	4
Circadian and daily rhythms of disease vector mosquitoes	4
The importance of fat accumulation and reserves for insect overwintering	4
Time memory in social insects with a special focus on honey bees	4
Effects of phytochemical diversity on multitrophic interactions	4
Recent advances in insect vision in a 3D world: looming stimuli and escape behaviour	4
The emerging role of epigenetic mechanisms in insect defense against pathogens	4
Tracking technologies: advances driving new insights into monarch migration	4
Agonist-dependent action of the juvenile hormone receptor	4
Context and the functional use of information in insect sensory ecology	4
Chemosensory and behavioral effects of Methoprene, a commonly used juvenile hormone analog and insect pesticide	4
An integrative framework for tick management: the need to connect wildlife science, One Health, and interdisciplinary perspectives	4
Chromosomal rearrangements in mosquitoes: from micro- to macroevolution	4
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and One Health — a call for action to integrate	4
Multimodal floral recognition by bumblebees	4
Clines of resistance to parasitoids: the multifarious effects of temperature on defensive symbioses in insects	4
Editorial Board	4
Crustaceans played a primary role in establishing gamma-aminobutyric acid as a neurotransmitter	4
Adapting to change: bee pollinator signatures in anthropized environments	4
Genetic architecture of morphological adaptation and plasticity in insects: gaps, biases, and future directions	4
Editorial overview: From neurons to ecology: how sensory information guides insect behaviour	4
Host–parasitoid trophic webs in complex agricultural systems	4
Pests and resistance: The biology and control of supervectors and superpests	4
Recent approaches lead to a deeper understanding of diverse segmentation mechanisms in insects, with a focus on the pair-rule genes	4
Social aphids: emerging model for studying insect sociality	4
Feasibility of sand fly control based on knowledge of sensory ecology	4
Livestock–vector interaction using volatile organic metabolites	4
Editorial overview: Special section on vector sensory ecology (2024)	4
Editorial overview: global change: coping with the complexity of interacting stressors, interacting responses, and their feedback loops	4
Invasive termites and their growing global impact as major urban pests	4
Spatial distribution of campaniform sensilla mechanosensors on wings: form, function, and phylogeny	4
Flourishing with sugars - following the fate of parasitoids in the field	4
‘Junk’ that matters: the role of transposable elements in bumblebee genome evolution	4
Urban insect bioarks of the 21st century	4
Emerging technologies for pollinator monitoring	4
Neuropeptide regulations on behavioral plasticity in social insects	4