{"title":"Microbial interactions shaping host attractiveness: insights into dynamic behavioral relationships","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.cois.2024.101275","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cois.2024.101275","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Insects discern the presence of hosts (host plants) by integrating chemosensory, gustatory, and visual cues, with olfaction playing a pivotal role in this process. Among these factors, volatile signals produced by host-associated microbial communities significantly affect insect attraction. Microorganisms are widely and abundantly found on the surfaces of humans, plants, and insects. Notably, these microorganisms can metabolize compounds from the host surface and regulate the production of characteristic volatiles, which may guide the use of host microorganisms to modulate insect behavior. Essentially, the attraction of hosts to insects is intricately linked to the presence of their symbiotic microorganisms. This review underscores the critical role of microorganisms in shaping the dynamics of attractiveness between insects and their hosts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11038,"journal":{"name":"Current opinion in insect science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142343349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perspectives on the manipulation of mosquito hearing","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.cois.2024.101271","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cois.2024.101271","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Vector control is essential for preventing mosquito-borne diseases. However, different challenges associated with the development of insecticide resistance and behavioural adaptations across mosquito populations means novel control strategies are urgently needed. In recent years, disrupting mosquito mating has emerged as an alternative target of control tools because of its potential to reduce mosquito population numbers. Mosquito mating relies on sophisticated auditory processing for mate finding in many medically important species. Manipulating this key process could provide novel methods for mosquito control.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11038,"journal":{"name":"Current opinion in insect science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142307342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Host–parasitoid food webs in oil palm plantations in Asia","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.cois.2024.101272","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cois.2024.101272","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Oil palm plantations are typically managed as wide monocultures and cover large areas, which can lead to a reduction in biodiversity and the provision of biological control services. However, it is less clear what the factors are and how the management of these plantations affects the biological control services, in particular, the host–parasitoid food webs. Understanding host–parasitoid food webs and the factors influencing species interactions is important for the development of pest management strategies in oil palm plantations. Food webs are critically linked to the stability and function of ecological communities by describing their underlying structure. The variation in the interactions can be different not only between the oil palm plantations within the same landscape but also between different geographical areas. Several factors have an influence on these interactions and should be taken into account in the management of oil palm plantations. This review highlights the host–parasitoid food webs in oil palm plantations in Asia, particularly in Indonesia, and explores the key factors influencing these interactions, providing insights that are critical for developing effective pest management strategies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11038,"journal":{"name":"Current opinion in insect science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142307341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Insects and microbes: best friends from the nursery","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.cois.2024.101270","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cois.2024.101270","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Insects host microbes and interact with them throughout their life cycle. This microbiota is an important, if not essential, partner participating in many aspects of insect physiology. Recent omics studies have contributed to considerable advances in the current understanding of the molecular implications of microbiota during insect development. In this review, we present an overview of the current knowledge about the mechanisms underlying interactions between developing insects and their microbial companions. The microbiota is implicated in nutrition, both via compensating for metabolic pathways lacking in the host and via regulating host metabolism. Furthermore, the microbiota plays a protective role, enhancing the insect’s tolerance to, or resistance against, various environmental stresses.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":11038,"journal":{"name":"Current opinion in insect science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142281763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Livestock–vector interaction using volatile organic metabolites","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.cois.2024.101269","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cois.2024.101269","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Biological interaction between two organisms living together in a given habitat is essential for healthy ecosystem functionality, got complexity, and exerts an arms race between the interacting organisms. Some vectors are exclusively blood feeders, and others supplement their diet with plant nectar. The feeding dynamics may determine their olfactory system complexity. Arthropod vectors that interact with livestock rely mainly on olfaction. Livestock odor profile is a complex trait and depends on host genetics, microbes, diet, and health status, which highlights its dynamic nature. Furthermore, volatile metabolites are shared between host animals, which exert its own challenge for vectors to find their preferred host. Elucidating the underlying host chemodiversity, especially signature scents, neuroethological mechanism of discrimination of preferred/unpreferred host from plethora of coexisting host is crucial to understand evolution and adaptation in vector–livestock interaction.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11038,"journal":{"name":"Current opinion in insect science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142272463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Insect conservation, technological traps, and the fading arts of natural history and field ecology","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.cois.2024.101261","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cois.2024.101261","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11038,"journal":{"name":"Current opinion in insect science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142281762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial overview: How do social insects know their tasks?","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.cois.2024.101257","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cois.2024.101257","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":11038,"journal":{"name":"Current opinion in insect science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142153394","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Collective decision-making during reproduction in social insects: a conceptual model for queen supersedure in honey bees (Apis mellifera)","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.cois.2024.101260","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cois.2024.101260","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Insect societies have served as excellent examples for co-ordinated decision-making. The production of sexuals is the most important group decision that social insects face since it affects both direct and indirect fitness. The behavioral processes by which queens are selected have been of particular interest since they are the primary egg layers that enable colony function. As a model system, previous research on honey bee reproduction has focused on swarming behavior and nest site selection. One significant gap in our knowledge of the collective decision-making process over reproduction is how daughter queens simply replace old or failing queens (=supersedure) rather than being reared for the purposes of colony fission (=swarming) or queen loss (=emergency queen rearing). Here, I present a conceptual model that provides a framework for understanding the collective decisions by colonies to supersede their mother queens, as well as provide some key recommendations on future empirical work.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11038,"journal":{"name":"Current opinion in insect science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214574524001020/pdfft?md5=5435dd5aaeec7a1569e1516f727d3a34&pid=1-s2.0-S2214574524001020-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142145366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How does communication evolve? Insights from geographic variation in facial signaling in Polistes paper wasps","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.cois.2024.101258","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cois.2024.101258","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Communication systems require coordination between senders and receivers; therefore, understanding how novel signals arise is challenging. Intraspecific geographic variation in signaling provides an opportunity to investigate the factors that shape signal evolution. Facial signals in <em>Polistes</em> paper wasps provide an interesting case study for the causes and consequences of geographic variation in signaling systems. Two species of paper wasps, <em>Polistes dominula</em> and <em>Polistes fuscatus</em>, have been well studied for their facial patterns that signal quality and individual identity, respectively. Remarkably, whether or not facial patterns are used as signals at all appears to vary geographically in both species. The relative evidence for the roles of phenotypic plasticity versus genetic differentiation is discussed. Future research directions that leverage geographic variation in <em>Polistes</em> hold promise to substantially contribute to understanding the links between signals and behavior, as well as the evolution of cognition.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11038,"journal":{"name":"Current opinion in insect science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142145367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrating computer vision and molecular neurobiology to bridge the gap between behavior and the brain","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.cois.2024.101259","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cois.2024.101259","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The past decade of social insect research has seen rapid development in automated behavioral tracking and molecular profiling of the nervous system, two distinct but complementary lines of inquiry into phenotypic variation across individuals, colonies, populations, and species. These experimental strategies have developed largely in parallel, as automated tracking generates a continuous stream of behavioral data, while, in contrast, ‘omics-based profiling provides a single ‘snapshot’ of the brain. Better integration of these approaches applied to studying variation in social behavior will reveal the underlying genetic and neurobiological mechanisms that shape the evolution and diversification of social life. In this review, we discuss relevant advances in both fields and propose new strategies to better elucidate the molecular and behavioral innovations that generate social life.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":11038,"journal":{"name":"Current opinion in insect science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214574524001019/pdfft?md5=9c0bd2bbf26744ead0ba9ee62900968b&pid=1-s2.0-S2214574524001019-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142145368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}