Pymetrozine represents a class of compounds for the control of sucking insects. However, chewing insects have also shown sensitivity to this compound. Therefore, although pymetrozine has been demonstrated to have a direct ...

Background: Triatomine bugs are blood-sucking insects, vectors of Chagas disease. Despite their importance, their oviposition behavior has received relatively little attention. Some triatomines including Rhodnius prolixus ...

Blood-sucking insects use olfactory cues in a variety of behavioral contexts, including host-seeking and aggregation. In triatomines, which are obligated blood-feeders, it has been shown that the response to CO2, a ...