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Insect pests --- Biological control. --- Biological control of insects --- Insects --- Biological control --- Control --- Control biològic de plagues --- Àcars --- Insectes --- Hexàpodes --- Invertebrats --- Apterigots --- Coleòpters --- Col·lèmbols --- Dermàpters --- Dictiòpters --- Dípters --- Efemeròpters --- Hemípters --- Himenòpters --- Homòpters --- Insectes aquàtics --- Insectes fitòfags --- Insectes hematòfags --- Insectes paràsits --- Insectes saproxílics --- Insectes útils --- Lepidòpters --- Mal·lòfags --- Mecòpters --- Neuròpters --- Odonats --- Ortòpters --- Papallones --- Plagues d'insectes --- Plecòpters --- Puces --- Tèrmits --- Tricòpters --- Entomologia --- Acàrids --- Aràcnids --- Paparres --- Acarologia --- Biocontrol de plagues --- Control de plagues --- Agents de control biològic de plagues

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Threatening pests or threatened beneficials? Biting midges are wonderful insects. The animals are so tiny and uniquely shaped that they are particularly good at pollinating the small and tight flowers of the cocoa tree. Without them, there would be much less chocolate. We associate other insects more with the damage that they cause. Mosquitoes and wasps bite us. Moth larvae damage textiles and contaminate foods. Ants undermine our paths and flies are just a pain. But what exactly is our relationship with insects? Are they more beneficial or harmful? What role do they play in the world? What are the effects of climate change: Will the number of insects continue to increase? This book discusses the beneficial and harmful effects of insects and explains their development and significance for biodiversity. This second, fully reviewed and enlarged, edition provides new insights, especially about the value of specific insect species that are generally seen as pests (e.g. ants and moths), as well as an extended chapter on the development of insects and especially their decline in different regions in the world, the industrialized countries in particular. Numerous info graphics show connections between changes in the environment due to human expansion and the number of insects and species. Studies from the US, Canada, Asia, Africa, Europe and Switzerland are used to point out the dramatic reduction of biodiversity. New tables illustrate these developments. The glossary as well as the insects index is extended, the text, tables, pictures and graphs provide even more well-rounded image. Readers will find the argumentation even more clearly and detailed.

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This book provides a complete overview of cutting-edge research on insect sex pheromones and pheromone communication systems. The coverage ranges from the chemistry, biosynthesis, and reception of sex pheromones to the control of odor-source searching behavior, and from molecules to the application of research findings to robotics. The book both summarizes the progress of studies conducted using Bombyx mori and several groups of moths and reviews sex pheromones of some non-lepidopteran insect groups of agricultural importance. Attention is drawn to recent findings on elaborate neural information processing in the brain in male moths and to the importance of olfactory receptors specifically tuned to sex pheromone molecules. Featuring contributions from leading experts on the topic, this book will be a unique and valuable resource for researchers and students in the fields of entomology, chemical ecology, insect physiology and biochemistry, evolution, biomimetics, and bioengineering. In addition to researchers, general insect lovers will find the book fascinating for its descriptions of the marvelous abilities of insects and the underlying mechanisms involved.

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