Mixed signals: heat stress alters chemical profiles and increases same-sex sexual behaviour in an insect https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.21.753124v1

🌡️How might an increase in extreme thermal events with climate change impact the reproductive success of ectotherms? 🪲 @jakobwiil.bsky.social and @nataliepilakouta.bsky.social show that beetle larvae exposed to a heatwave suffered a reduction in survival to adulthood. 📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.jt...