For insects, olfaction plays an essential role in processing chemical signals from the environment, leading to the detection of food, reproductive partners, oviposition sites, host, prey or predators.

• 研究表明,昆虫的嗅觉在处理来自环境的化学信号过程中起着非常重要的作用,从而使昆虫能够觅食,寻找配偶、产卵场所、寄主和猎物,及发现捕食者等。