Why Every Fly Counts

Introduction

1. Insects as Beneficials

1.1 Insects Pollinate Plants

1.1.1 Pollination

1.1.2 Plants and their Pollinators

1.1.3 Flies, the Unknown Pollinators

1.1.4 The Value of Insect Pollination

1.2 Insects Accelerate Plant Growth

1.3 Insects Promote Biodiversity

1.4 Insects Connect the Food Chain

1.5 Insects as the Most Important Element of Nutrition

1.5.2 Insects as Feed

1.6 Insects Help Considerably with Hygiene

1.7 Insects as Inexpensive Biocide Alternatives

2. Insects as Pests

2.1 Insects as a Danger to Humans

2.1.1 Virus-Transmitting Insects

2.1.2 Causes and Trends of Virus Transmission

2.1.3 Diseases that Are Caused by Mosquitoes: Chikungunya Fever, Dengue Fever, Yellow Fever, Japanese Encephalitis, Leishmaniasis, Malaria, St. Louis Encephalitis, West-Nile Fever

2.1.5 Other Dangers Caused by Insects: Tsetse Fly, Sarcoptes, "Killer Bees", Wasps and Bees, Dust Mines, Fleas, Lice, Oak Processionary Moth

2.2.1 Nagana

2.2.2 Bluetongue Disease

2.2.3 Schmallenberg Virus

2.3 Insects as a Danger to Plants

2.3.1 Agricultural Damage in Developing and Threshold Nations: Danger to the Manioc Plant due to Insects, Spreading of Fruit

Flies, Locust Infestations, Storage Pests

2.3.2 Agricultural Damage in Europe: European Corn Borer, Introduced Pests, "Post-Harvest" Damage

2.3.3 Forest Damage

3. Insects Today and in the Future

3.1.1 Climate Change

3.1.2 Urbanization and Traffic

3.1.3 Agriculture

3.1.5 Forestry

3.2 Population Development

3.3 Outlook

List of Insects

Glossary

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