A recent study published in Soil Ecology Letters has elucidated the combined effects of soil amendments and pest attacks on plant-induced defence ...

It is notable that three specific volatile compounds – 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one, acetic acid and nonanal – were found to consistently attract the lacewing Chrysoperla carnea. These findings emphasise ...

A gardener has warned people never to sow tomato seeds in their garden without first planting two other plants that will help ...

More information: Carolin Haug et al, Cretaceous lacewing larvae with binocular vision demonstrate the convergent evolution of sophisticated simple eyes, Insect Science (2025). DOI: 10.1111/1744 ...

Paleontologists have found three lacewing larvae with large forward-directed stemmata (eyes in holometabolans) in 100-million-year-old Kachin amber from Myanmar. These specimens demonstrate the ...