The scientific program for the XVI International Congress of Entomology, held in Kyoto, Japan August 3-9, 1980 included a symposium on the subject of "Energy Me

In this volume, seven of the chapters deal with feeding and diet, which is reasonable since insects consume an estimated l5-20% of all the world's planted crops

Metabolic and enzyme adaptation to temperature; Temperature and insect development; Environemntal aspects of insect dormancy; Metabolic energy expenditure and i

Energy metabolism; Transporting tissues; Growth and development; Nervous and sensory systems; Muscles and movement; Behaviour; Interactions with the environment