Two new papers out showing that plant beneficial fungi enhance indirect plant resistance against Nezara viridula, by Sara VanHee and Tugcan Alinc. Great collaboration with MarcelDicke and Antonino Cusumano and colleagues !! ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… and besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/13…

Caterpillars can sense static electricity produced by predatory wasps as they move through the air. A stimulus designed to simulate the electrostatic characteristics and timing of wasp wingbeats caused caterpillars to go into defense mode. In PNAS: ow.ly/ewaG50RXaLU

Microbiota of pest insect Nezara viridula mediate detoxification and plant defense repression academic.oup.com/ismej/article/…

The beauty of aboveground biodiversity wouldn't be possible without the hidden heroes of belowground biodiversity! #SoilBiodiversity 🍄🦠From fungi to bacteria, the soil is teeming with life that keeps our planet healthy and thriving! #BuildBackBiodiversity FAO Land, Soil and Water

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A caterpillar that takes the form of a snake when it feels threatened

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Foraging for a paper on foraging? Forage no longer! Check out our (Antonino Cusumano ,Ilka Vosteen) new review on insect foraging: En route to resources: Foraging strategies of plant‐associated insects to identify resources in complex dynamic environments besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Christelle AM Robert International Society of Chemical Ecology Ricardo AR Machado It was a great session and wonderful conference! Glad I came to the #ISCE2024 after such a long time of being absent! Thanks to the organizers and all chairs!

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How does host-symbiont specificity emerge at the very beginning of symbiosis? Takema Fukatsu #mBio journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mb…

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Head-banging bumble bees bite flowers to shake loose more pollen. Learn more: scim.ag/8j0 News from Science

Wasps are endlessly surprising! Syntretus parasitoid of adult Drosophila. For how long have Drosophila been studied…?

👀Behind the Paper!👀 🦠Tuğcan Alınç unveils the wonderful complexity of biotic interactions, discusses the importance of indirect paths for sustainable agriculture, and shares his inspiring visits to his grandfather’s farm🚜 Read it here👇 buff.ly/4e30U8W