Current Opinion in Insect Science

Article	Citations
Publisher's Note	108
Direct sequencing of insect symbionts via nanopore adaptive sampling	90
Is the genetic architecture of behavior exceptionally complex?	88
Untangling plastic responses to combined thermal and dietary stress in insects	75
Editorial Board	69
Population dynamics and drivers of the eastern monarch (Danaus plexippus) across its full annual cycle: a cross-scale synthesis of a model migratory species	68
Origin of eusociality in termites: was genetic monogamy essential?	57
Decoding sex differences: how GABA shapes Drosophila behavior	56
Facing the flames: insect responses to megafires and changing fire regimes	53
The within-host ecology of insects and their parasites: integrating experiments and mathematical models	49
Ecological forecasts of insect range dynamics: a broad range of taxa includes winners and losers under future climate	45
Viviparity and obligate blood feeding: tsetse flies as a unique research system to study climate change	40
Contaminant fluxes across ecosystems mediated by aquatic insects	39
Extent and impacts of winter breeding in the North American monarch butterfly	38
Editorial overview: Global change biology (2023) — Novel perspectives on futures, mechanisms, and the human element of insect conservation in the Anthropocene	38
The social brain of ‘non-eusocial’ insects	38
Floral nectar and honeydew microbial diversity and their role in biocontrol of insect pests and pollination	37
Genomics of insect natural enemies in agroecosystems	37
Spatiotemporal dynamics of forest geometrid outbreaks	37
Environmentally responsive reproduction: neuroendocrine signalling and the evolution of eusociality	36
Editorial overview: Vectors and medical and veterinary entomology: Aedes-borne viral disease transmission: vector dynamics, plasticity, and prospects for control	34
Editorial Board	33
Experimental platforms for functional genomics in ticks	33
Editorial overview: Vectors and medical and veterinary entomology: an integrative view	33
Tick chemosensation and implications for novel control strategies	31

Parasitoid speciation and diversification	31
Large-scale omics analyses of nutrition-responsive mechanisms of female germline stem cell proliferation and maintenance in Drosophila melanogaster	30
Recent advances in agroecological research for increasing scope of areawide pest management of arthropods in cropping systems	28
An integrative genomic toolkit for studying the genetic, evolutionary, and molecular underpinnings of eusociality in insects	27
Editorial Board	27
Editorial overview: Spotlight on monarch butterflies: A treasure trove of biology to preserve	26
Climate change, temperature extremes, and impacts on hyperparasitoids	25
MicroRNAs in the developmental toolbox — a comparative approach to understanding their role in regulating insect development	25
Processing insects for use in the food and feed industry	25
Plant–pollinator conservation from the perspective of systems-ecology	25
Editorial Board	25
The neuroecology of olfaction in bees	25
Acylsugar-mediated resistance as part of a multilayered defense against thrips, orthotospoviruses, and beyond	25
Editorial Board	24
Editorial Board	24
Post-transcriptional regulation of behavior plasticity in social insects	23
The monarch butterfly in Mexico: a conservation model	23
Investigating the role of chemical ecology in plant-pathogen, vector, and secondary consumer interactions and their consequences for integrated pest management	23
Induced plant resistance and its influence on natural enemy use of plant-derived foods	22
A call to arms: novel strategies for thrips and tospovirus control	22
Plasticity of the olfactory behaviors in Bactrocera dorsalis under various physiological states and environmental conditions	22
Evolution of visual system specialization in predatory arthropods	22
Metabolomics as a tool to elucidate biochemical cold adaptation in insects	21
Osmoregulatory capacity at low temperature is critical for insect cold tolerance	20
Updates on ion and water transport by the Malpighian tubule	20
The effects of urbanisation on ecological interactions	20
Flipping indirect defense: chemical cues from natural enemies mediate multitrophic interactions	20
Honeydew management to promote biological control	19
Repetitive DNAs: the ‘invisible’ regulators of insect adaptation and speciation	19
Genetic and viral approaches to record or manipulate neurons in insects	19
Novel mechanisms of epithelial ion transport: insights from the cryptonephridial system of lepidopteran larvae	19
Editorial overview: Development and regulation: Lessons from a multispecies approach	19
Editorial overview: How do social insects know their tasks?	19
Evolution and loss of ß-catenin and TCF-dependent axis specification in insects	18
Cold-induced immune activation in chill-susceptible insects	18
Vibration receptor organs in the insect leg: neuroanatomical diversity and functional principles	18
Vector microbiota and immunity: modulating arthropod susceptibility to vertebrate pathogens	18
Foe to frenemy: predacious ant nest beetles use multiple strategies to fully integrate into ant nests	18
Virus and endogenous viral element-derived small non-coding RNAs and their roles in insect–virus interaction	17
Adaptation to urban environments	17
Regulation of insect cuticular hydrocarbon biosynthesis	17
Community change and population outbreak of grasshoppers driven by climate change	17
Anticipating evolutionary responses of mosquito mating systems to population suppression with mass-reared males	16
Editorial Board	16
Edible insect farming as an emerging and profitable enterprise in East Africa	16
The self as part of the sensory ecology: how behavior affects sensation from the inside out	16
Insect olfactory neurons: receptors, development, and function	16
Editorial overview: Effects of global change on species interactions and biodiversity in natural and managed landscapes	15
Editorial Board	15
Editorial overview: Molecular physiology of ion transport	15

Insect visual perception and pest control: opportunities and challenges	14
Evolution of Odonata: genomic insights	14
Beyond the bite: how mosquito salivary proteins modulate midgut biology and malaria parasite transmission	14
Measuring and modelling crop yield losses due to invasive insect pests under climate change	14
Prospects for application of population genetics for control of tsetse flies in Africa	14
Mosquito floral visitation and pollination	14
Editorial overview: Insecticide resistance mechanisms — from behavior and physiology to microbiome science	14
Biogenic amines in honey bee cognition: neurochemical pathways and stress impacts	14
Where do all the pests go? Understanding the genomic mechanisms of crop pest dynamics during the off-season	14
Insects and microbes: best friends from the nursery	14
Taste adaptations in blood-feeding arthropods: mechanisms and ecological implications	14
Editorial overview: Classical, novel and underrated regulators of development in the omics era	14
New insight into molecular mechanisms underlying division of labor in honeybees	13
Pathogen within-host dynamics and disease outcome: what can we learn from insect studies?	13
Firefly genomes illuminate the evolution of beetle bioluminescent systems	13
VectorBase.org updates: bioinformatic resources for invertebrate vectors of human pathogens and related organisms	13
Microbial influence on reproduction, conversion, and growth of mass produced insects	13
Gene editing in agricultural, health, and veterinary pest arthropods: recent advances	13
Behavioral, ecological and evolutionary mechanisms underlying caterpillar-ant symbioses	13
Extracting spatial information from temporal odor patterns: insights from insects	13
Interactions between parasitism and migration in monarch butterflies	13
Monocot crop–aphid interactions: plant resilience and aphid adaptation	13
Heat stress and host–parasitoid interactions: lessons and opportunities in a changing climate	12
Global change and adaptive biosecurity: managing current and emerging Aleurocanthus woglumi threats to Europe	12
Chemically mediated trophic interactions of invasive herbivorous insects and their applications for monitoring and management	12
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
Chemical ecology of nectar–mosquito interactions: recent advances and future directions	12
Genomics and genome editing techniques of crickets, an emerging model insect for biology and food science	12
A cold and quiet brain: mechanisms of insect CNS arrest at low temperatures	12
Phenomenon of reproductive plasticity in ants	12
Oviposition decisions under environment-induced physiological stress in parasitoids	11
Insecticide resistance in social insects: assumptions, realities, and possibilities	11
Complexity, humility, and action: a current perspective on monarchs in Western North America	11
Editorial overview: The time is ripe for expanded research on mass production of insects as food and feed	11
Editorial overview: Arthropod population dynamics at regional scales: Novel approaches and emerging insights	11
Invasive ant establishment, spread, and management with changing climate	11
Anthropogenic noise affects insect and arachnid behavior, thus changing interactions within and between species	11
Molecular physiology of copper in Drosophila melanogaster	11
Elevated CO2, nutrition dilution, and shifts in Earth’s insect abundance	11
Collective decision-making during reproduction in social insects: a conceptual model for queen supersedure in honey bees (Apis mellifera)	11
Editorial Board	10
Extrinsic and intrinsic regulation of blood feeding in mosquitoes	10
Editorial overview: Adaptive genomic of economically important insects	10
Advances in monitoring of indoor pests	10
Metal ions in the physiology of insects	10
Gene regulatory networks underlying the development and evolution of plasticity in horned beetles	10
Parasitoids for biological control in dryland agroecosystems	10
Invasive indoor pests under the microbiological lens: bacterial and viral diversity from local to global scales in bed bugs and cockroaches	10
Daily temperature fluctuations can magnify the toxicity of pesticides	9
The future of tropical insect diversity: strategies to fill data and knowledge gaps	9
Editorial Board	9
Mechanisms and adaptations that shape division of labour in stingless bees	9
From Wolbachia genomics to phenotype: molecular models of cytoplasmic incompatibility must account for the multiplicity of compatibility types	9
Forecasting insect dynamics in a changing world	9
Is the evolution of insect odorscapes under anthropic pressures a risk for herbivorous insect invasions?	9
Exotic bees in urban ecosystems: establishment, impact, and potential for invasion	9
Ice queens: bumble bee social organization shaped by adaptations to cold climates	9
Chironomid midges (Diptera) provide insights into genome evolution in extreme environments	9
Like a moth to a flame: the effect of megafires on pollinators and pollination systems	9
Advances in understanding the drivers of population spatial synchrony	8
The diversity of endogenous viral elements in insects	8
Editorial overview: Parasites/parasitoids/biological control (2024) — research advances on plant-derived food sources in biological control	8
Evolving dynamics of Aedes-borne diseases in Africa: a cause for concern	8
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
Molecular physiology of iron trafficking in Drosophila melanogaster	8
Community scientists produce open data for understanding insects and climate change	8
Understanding and counteracting the denial of insect biodiversity loss	8
The roles of viruses in tephritid pest multitrophic interactions and an outlook for biological control	8
Dynamics of Aedes aegypti mating behaviour	8
Publisher Note	8
Immune interactions between mosquitoes and microbes during midgut colonization	7
Impact of parasitoid-associated polydnaviruses on plant-mediated herbivore interactions	7
Balancing sensitivity, risk, and immunopathology in immune regulation	7
Institutional and policy bottlenecks to IPM	7
Global change in marine coastal habitats impacts insect populations and communities	7
Plasticity of aggregation pheromones in insects	7
NLRs are highly relevant resistance genes for aphid pests	7
Editorial Board	7

Evolution of chemical interactions between ants and their mutualist partners	7
Potential distribution of invasive crop pests under climate change: incorporating mitigation responses of insects into prediction models	7
Parallel evolutionary paths of rove beetle myrmecophiles: replaying a deep-time tape of life	7
Anthropogenic effects on the eco-immunology of herbivorous insects	7
Sex determination in moths and butterflies: Masculinizer as key player	7
Spatiotemporal outbreak dynamics of bark and wood-boring insects	6
Dramatically increased accessibility and decreased cost-per-person impacts are needed for scaling IPM in Africa	6
The neurobiology of the Monarch butterfly compass	6
Integrated neural circuits of sleep and memory regulation in Drosophila	6
Strengthening adult mosquito surveillance in Africa for disease control: learning from the present	6
An insect’s energy bar: the potential role of plant guttation on biological control	6
Microbe-mediated alterations in floral nectar: consequences for insect parasitoids	6
Chilled, starved or frozen: insect mitochondrial adaptations to overcome the cold	6
Independent somatic distribution of heme and iron in ticks	6
Parallel olfactory processing in a hemimetabolous insect	6
Chromosomal inversions and their impact on insect evolution	6
Integrating computer vision and molecular neurobiology to bridge the gap between behavior and the brain	6
Genomics of the semi-aquatic bugs (Heteroptera; Gerromorpha): recent advances toward establishing a model lineage for the study of phenotypic evolution	6
Interactions between insect species: their evolution and mechanistic architecture	5
The role of ATP-binding cassette transporters in arthropod pesticide toxicity and resistance	5
Neuropeptidergic regulation of insect diapause by the circadian clock	5
Nutrition- and hormone-controlled developmental plasticity in Blattodea	5
Developmental genetics of cuticular micro- and nano-structures in insects	5
Artificial light at night disrupts species interactions and changes insect communities	5
Ethical issues in lethal insect monitoring	5
Historical invasion of medfly in the Neotropical region and adoption of management techniques	5
Semiochemicals and natural repellents in biting fly management	5
Population genetics as a tool to understand invasion dynamics and insecticide resistance in indoor urban pest insects	5
Nutritional inequalities structure worker division of labor in social insects	5
Spatial odor map formation, development, and possible function in a nocturnal insect	5
Supergenes in organismal and social development of insects: ideas and opportunities	5
Genetic control strategies for population suppression in the Anopheles gambiae complex: a review of current technologies	5
Editorial overview: Current Opinion of Insect Science turns 10: updates to fields covered	5
Regulation of division of labor in insects: a colony-level perspective	5
Competitive interactions in insect parasitoids: effects of microbial symbionts across tritrophic levels	5
Gamma-aminobutyric acid in the honey bee mushroom bodies — is inhibition the wellspring of plasticity?	5
Editorial overview: Aroma nudges in bugs: Sensory perception and memory in insects	5
Recent advances in understanding horn formation in the Japanese rhinoceros beetle Trypoxylus dichotomus using next-generation sequencing technology	5
Microbial interactions shaping host attractiveness: insights into dynamic behavioral relationships	5
The emerging role of epigenetic mechanisms in insect defense against pathogens	5
Multimodal floral recognition by bumblebees	4
The importance of fat accumulation and reserves for insect overwintering	4
Editorial Board	4
Exploring new genomic territories with emerging model insects	4
Editorial overview: global change: coping with the complexity of interacting stressors, interacting responses, and their feedback loops	4
Spatial distribution of campaniform sensilla mechanosensors on wings: form, function, and phylogeny	4
The evolutionary outcomes of climate-change-induced hybridization in insect populations	4
Editorial overview: Special section on vector sensory ecology (2024)	4
Context and the functional use of information in insect sensory ecology	4
‘Junk’ that matters: the role of transposable elements in bumblebee genome evolution	4
Livestock–vector interaction using volatile organic metabolites	4
Tracking technologies: advances driving new insights into monarch migration	4
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and One Health — a call for action to integrate	4
Effects of phytochemical diversity on multitrophic interactions	4
Invasive termites and their growing global impact as major urban pests	4
Thermal biology of invasive Aedes mosquitoes in the context of climate change	4
The neuronal building blocks of the navigational toolkit in the central complex of insects	4
Time memory in social insects with a special focus on honey bees	4
Editorial overview: From neurons to ecology: how sensory information guides insect behaviour	4
Recent approaches lead to a deeper understanding of diverse segmentation mechanisms in insects, with a focus on the pair-rule genes	4
Host–parasitoid trophic webs in complex agricultural systems	4
Clines of resistance to parasitoids: the multifarious effects of temperature on defensive symbioses in insects	4
Genetic architecture of morphological adaptation and plasticity in insects: gaps, biases, and future directions	4
Circadian and daily rhythms of disease vector mosquitoes	4
Recent advances in insect vision in a 3D world: looming stimuli and escape behaviour	4
Crustaceans played a primary role in establishing gamma-aminobutyric acid as a neurotransmitter	4
Flourishing with sugars - following the fate of parasitoids in the field	4
Identifying bracovirus and ichnovirus genes involved in virion morphogenesis	4
Mosquitoes feeding on ectothermic hosts: from host seeking to pathogen transmission	4
Adapting to change: bee pollinator signatures in anthropized environments	4
Feasibility of sand fly control based on knowledge of sensory ecology	4
Editorial overview: Vectors, symbionts, and pathogen interactions: prospects for controlling vector-borne diseases	4
Pests and resistance: The biology and control of supervectors and superpests	4