Comparison of bacterial microbiota of the predatory mite Neoseiulus cucumeris (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and its factitious prey Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Acari: Acaridae)

Apostolos Pekas, E. Palevsky, Jason Sumner-Kalkun, +3

Scientific Reports

Sugar provisioning maximizes the biocontrol service of parasitoids

Alejandro Tena, Apostolos Pekas, Dalmert Cano, +2

Journal of Applied Ecology

Biocontrol ServiceConservation Biological ControlEngineeringPlant-insect InteractionAugmentative Biological Control +13

One stone; two birds: concurrent pest control and pollination services provided by aphidophagous hoverflies

Apostolos Pekas, Ines De Craecker, Sten Boonen, +2

Biological Control

BiologyInsect ConservationConcurrent Pest ControlEntomologyAphidophagous Hoverflies +4

Energy reserves of parasitoids depend on honeydew from non‐hosts

Alejandro Tena, Apostolos Pekas, Felix Wäckers, +1

Ecological Entomology

BiologyHigh Sugar ContentEngineeringEntomologyAgricultural Economics +10

Spatio‐temporal patterns and interactions with honeydew‐producing Hemiptera of ants in a Mediterranean citrus orchard

Apostolos Pekas, Alejandro Tena, Amparo Aguilar, +1

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Attract and distract: Manipulation of a food-mediated protective mutualism enhances natural pest control

Felix Wäckers, Jesús Sánchez Alberola, Ferrán García Marí, +1

Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

BiologyFood-mediated Protective MutualismBehavioral SciencesNatural SciencesSocial Behavior +9

The invasive spider mite Tetranychus evansi (Acari: Tetranychidae) alters community composition and host-plant use of native relatives

Francisco Ferragut, Eva Garzón-Luque, Apostolos Pekas

Experimental and Applied Acarology

BiologyNative RelativesTerrestrial ArthropodAlters Community CompositionPlant-insect Interaction +4

Type and spatial distribution of food supplements impact population development and dispersal of the omnivore predator Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur) (Hemiptera: Miridae)

Kurt Put, Tim Bollens, Felix Wäckers, +1

Biological Control

BiodiversityPredator-prey InteractionEntomologyEvolutionary BiologySpatial Distribution +1

Chronic exposure of bumblebees to neonicotinoid imidacloprid suppresses the entire mevalonate pathway and fatty acid synthesis

Tomáš Erban, Bruno Sopko, Pavel Talacko, +5

Journal of Proteomics

BiologyAllergyEntire Mevalonate PathwayImidacloprid SuppressesToxicology +4

Sugar provisioning for ants enhances biological control of mealybugs in citrus

Jesica Pérez‐Rodríguez, Apostolos Pekas, Alejandro Tena, +1

Biological Control

BiologyInsect Social BehaviorEngineeringCarbohydrates RequirementsFitness +9