All Stories

  1. Short day-triggered quiescence promotes water conservation in the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis

    Article • Journal of Comparative Physiology B, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Joshua B Benoit

  2. Suppression of net transpiration by multiple mechanisms conserves water resources during pupal diapause in the corn earwormHelicoverpa zea

    Article • Physiological Entomology, October 2015, Wiley

    Dr Joshua B Benoit

  3. Adenotrophic Viviparity in Tsetse Flies: Potential for Population Control and as an Insect Model for Lactation

    Article • Annual Review of Entomology, January 2015, Annual Reviews

    Dr Joshua B Benoit

  4. Vitamin B6Generated by Obligate Symbionts Is Critical for Maintaining Proline Homeostasis and Fecundity in Tsetse Flies

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Joshua B Benoit

  5. Amelioration of Reproduction-Associated Oxidative Stress in a Viviparous Insect Is Critical to Prevent Reproductive Senescence

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2014, PLOS

    Dr Joshua B Benoit

  6. Juvenile hormone and insulin suppress lipolysis between periods of lactation during tsetse fly pregnancy

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, June 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Joshua B Benoit

  7. Mechanisms that contribute to the establishment and persistence of bed bug infestations

    Article • Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews, January 2013, Brill

    Dr Joshua B Benoit

  8. Analysis of lipolysis underlying lactation in the tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans

    Article • Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, May 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Joshua B Benoit

  9. Multiple traumatic insemination events reduce the ability of bed bug females to maintain water balance

    Article • Journal of Comparative Physiology B, August 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Joshua B Benoit

  10. Stress Tolerance of Bed Bugs: A Review of Factors That Cause Trauma to Cimex lectularius and C. Hemipterus

    Article • Insects, April 2011, MDPI AG

    Dr Joshua B Benoit

  11. Increased cave dwelling reduces the ability of cave crickets to resist dehydration

    Article • Journal of Comparative Physiology B, February 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Joshua B Benoit

  12. Meeting the challenges of on-host and off-host water balance in blood-feeding arthropods

    Article • Journal of Insect Physiology, October 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Joshua B Benoit

  13. Heat shock proteins contribute to mosquito dehydration tolerance

    Article • Journal of Insect Physiology, February 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Joshua B Benoit

  14. Water Management by Dormant Insects: Comparisons Between Dehydration Resistance During Summer Aestivation and Winter Diapause

    Article • September 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Joshua B Benoit

  15. Desiccation tolerance and drought acclimation in the Antarctic collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus

    Article • Journal of Insect Physiology, October 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Joshua B Benoit

  16. Stress-induced accumulation of glycerol in the flesh fly, Sarcophaga bullata: Evidence indicating anti-desiccant and cryoprotectant functions of this polyol and a role for the brain in coordinating the response

    Article • Journal of Insect Physiology, February 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Joshua B Benoit

  17. Critical transition temperature and activation energy with implications for arthropod cuticular permeability

    Article • Journal of Insect Physiology, October 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Joshua B Benoit

  18. Maternal transmission of a fungus to eggs in the American dog tick,Dermacentor variabilis(Say)

    Article • International Journal of Acarology, March 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Joshua B Benoit

  19. Water vapor absorption by nymphal lone star tick,Amblyomma americanum(Acari: Ixodidae), and its ecological significance

    Article • International Journal of Acarology, September 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Joshua B Benoit

  20. Moisture requirements of a soil imperfect fungus,Scopulariopsis brevicaulisBainier, in relation to its tick host

    Article • International Journal of Acarology, September 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Joshua B Benoit