In the case of a butterfly, the pupa is inside the chrysalis (other insects may spin cocoons or pupate in the soil) until the adult emerges. Adults mate and lay eggs. An insect with incomplete ...

The sterile insect technique is an environmentally-friendly insect pest control method involving the mass-rearing and sterilization, using radiation, of a target pest, followed by the systematic ...

Yet, scientists know relatively little about how insect sense and respond to temperature. Using two species of flies from different climates -- one from the cool, high-altitude forests of Northern ...