Special Issue: Ecology of Sex and Sexual Communication in Insects.

Insects represent one of the best-studied groups for long-distance sexual communication, using species-specific sex pheromones. Aggregation pheromones are used to monitor and to attract and kill pest insects, and the female sex pheromone of many moth and some scale insect species is used for mating disruption, preventing males from locating receptive females. Sexual reproduction places constraints on both the place and time in which individuals can reproduce, as the sperm and ova need to meet in a certain location within a specific time frame for successful reproduction. [Extracted from the article]