Eusocial insects represent one of nature’s most sophisticated social systems, in which chemical communication forms the backbone of colony cohesion and regulation. Chemical signals, including ...

A research team demonstrates that increased levels of ozone resulting from anthropogenic air pollution can degrade insect sex pheromones, which are crucial mating signals, and thus prevent successful ...

Papers presented at a symposium, held at the Imperial College in London Sept. 7-9, 1983, sponsored by the Royal Entomological Society of London. Opening remarks / Sir Richard Southwood -- The elements ...

In a mating experiment, a Drosophila simulans female is courted by a Drosophila mauritiana male. The flies were previously exposed to ozone levels found in urban areas on hot days. Ozone disrupts the ...

Pheromone communication in social insects : sources and secretions / Johan Billen and E. David Morgan -- Cuticle and cuticular hydrocarbons of insects : structure, function, and biochemistry / Gary J.

Insect sexual communication relies to a significant extent on pheromones, chemical attractants that specifically allow males and females of a species to mate. Sex pheromones are distinctive to males ...