Francisella tularensis causes the zoonotic disease tularemia. Arthropod vectors are important transmission routes for the disease, although it is not known how Francisella survives the e
Social living poses challenges for individual fitness because of the increased risk of disease transmission among conspecifics. Despite this challenge, sociality is an evolutionarily successful lifest
Under strong pathogen pressure, insects often evolve resistance to infection. Many insects are also protected via immune memory (‘immune priming’), whereby sub-lethal exposure to a pathogen enhances s
Flight represents a key trait in most insects, being energetically extremely demanding, yet often necessary for foraging and reproduction. Additionally, dispersal via flight is especially important fo
