Theoretic and empirical studies show that social surroundings experienced by male insects during their larval or adult stage can influence testicular investment in diverse ways. Although insect pupae do not feed crawl, they communicate using sex-specific and/or non-sex specific cues. Yet, it is unknown, any insect, whether how fine-tune resource allocation to sperm production testis size respon...

The autosomal recessive mutation short antennae (sa) causes considerable shortening of antennae in male and female Mediterranean flour moths (Ephestia kuehniella Zeller). However, the sa phenotype can be suppressed by several physical factors, making sa moths indistinguishable from wild-type moths (sa(WT)). This can be done by subjecting larva and pupa to a higher temperature (25 degrees C), to...