Our Newest Cover Girl

A Himalayan Eristalis tenax feeding from mustard at 2500m asl in Lachen, Sikkim, India. A study in this issue found that these hoverflies are innately attracted to yellow flowers like mustard, but can unlearn this attraction after aversive training, and retain these aversive training memories much longer than their retention of learned positive cues. Photo: Shannon Olsson

The NICE Group is proud to congratulate our own Aditi Mishra, Deepa Rajan, Gauri Gharpure and Maansi Sharan on their Cover Article for the October 2025 Issue of the Journal of Chemical Ecology! The cover shows Himalayan Eristalis tenax feeding from mustard at 2500m asl in Lachen, Sikkim, India. Our study found that these hoverflies are innately attracted to yellow flowers like mustard, but can unlearn this attraction after aversive training, and retain these aversive training memories much longer than their retention of learned positive cues. Read the full study at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-025-01626-x

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