Right." Unlike humans, most insects rely on their sense of smell when looking for a mate. Scientists have found that sex pheromones play an important role in finding a suitable partner of the same ...

The choice of mate is not only a matter of genetic and instinctive behaviour, as has often been assumed for such small and short-lived creatures. "It is fascinating to see that even small insects ...

When the insects do appear, they make an impressive amount ... Bugs quickly will move on to the trees where they mate and lay eggs. Cicadas prefer to lay eggs on the outer parts of pencil-size ...

Languages: English, Spanish As periodical cicadas emerge from the ground across the eastern U.S., some might be infected by a bizarre parasitic fungus that hijacks the brains of the insects ...

The infected insects mate nearly nonstop ... The team is also trying to determine what the other molecules do to influence cicada behavior. M. Kasson. Psychoactive plant- and mushroom-associated ...

Some insects may struggle to find mates of the same ... The researchers then gave females the choice to mate with a male of either the same or a different species. After exposure to ozone, hybrid ...

insects off sex Turning off a sex switch triggered when female insects mate may be a smart and green way of controlling pests in future, scientists say. They've found a molecular receptor ...

To mate, male and female insects join together in the sky ... and remain fertile after they have mated. How do such a large number of ants affect the ecosystem? By burrowing to create a new ...

Intriguingly, he found several male-female pairs katydids resting side by side—possibly a clue that the insects mate for life, he says. Some of the newfound katydids were discovered in male ...