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The cover page

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Editorial board

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Contents

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Editorial Note

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TÊTE-À-TÊTE 

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A dialogue with Dr. R.C. Joshi

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WOMEN IN ENTOMOLOGY

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In conversation with crème de la crème of Indian Science:
Prof. Renee Maria Borges

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FEATURE ARTICLES

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Termites as source of sciences: An untold tale of termite mounds and beyond
Kalleshwaraswamy C.M.

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Drone application in pest management: A step towards precision agriculture
Kolla Sreedevi, Sushil S.N., Rami Reddy P.V. and Vishnuvardhan Reddy A.

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GENERAL ARTICLES

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Discovery of new social behaviour in ant colonies
Anand Harshana

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Companions of the ‘fun-loving’ fireflies in the wild: friends or foes?
Chakravarthy A.K., Parvez, Ashutosh Dey and Amlan Das

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Life lessons from social insects
Sunny Maanju and Preeti Sharma

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Foldscope - a versatile tool in agriculture for on-site and
off-site identification of insects and pathogens
Raghavendra K.V., Ramesh K.B., Subhash S., Rajgopal N.N., Rekha Balodi and Subhash Chander

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The Calabash connection: Crescentia cujete and the preservation of honeybees
Rudra Gouda M.N. and Yogananda M.

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Weed flora: A blessing in disguise to bees
Samrat Saha, Pushpa Kalla and Riju Nath

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Sirens and sailors: collective sexual deception at its finest
Sangeeta Dash

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Entomophagy practices among the tribes of Andhra Pradesh
Swapna Rani K.

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Bumble bee: The teddy bear of class Insecta
Neha Negi

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REVIEW ARTICLES

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Potential insect vectors of plant virus diseases
Mayank Kumar and Bijendra Kumar

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Social immunity in insects
Neelakanta Rajarushi Chava, Vinod K. Padala, Suresh M Nebapure and Sagar D.

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FIELD NOTES

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Oviposition mistake in plain tiger butterfly, Danaus chrysippus L.
Kunal Ankola

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Occurrence of a large congregation of synchronous Fireflies and
Firefly species diversity at Anamalai Tiger Reserve, India.
Sriram Murali, Geetha G. Thimmegowda, Mathi Thumilan B., Ramasubramanian, Ganesan M.G., Bhargava Teja K. and Selvan V.

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AMATEUR TALES

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Do you know me? I am buzz bee
Jyoti Falswal

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BUG STUDIO

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Eighth Indian Entomologist photo contest

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Lovely Professional University
“Insect Photo contest-cum-Exhibition”
in Collaboration with Entomological Society of India (ESI)

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STUDENT CORNER