Peer review is an essential part in the publication process, ensuring that Insects maintains high quality standards for its published papers. In 2017, a total of 127 papers were published in the journal. Thanks to the cooperation of our reviewers, the median time to first decision was 24 days and the median time to publication was 62 days. The editors would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for their time and dedication in 2017:
| Aak, Anders | Lövei, Gabor L. |
| Abro, G. H. | Lower, Sarah E. |
| Addesso, Karla | Luchetti, Andrea |
| Adler, Peter | Luvall, Jeffrey C. |
| Agerbirk, Niels | Mackay, William P. |
| Agnello, Arthur | Madeira, Filipe Nogueira |
| Akhtar, Yasmin | Maisonhaute, Julie-Éléonore |
| Allan, Sandra | Malacrinò, Antonino |
| Alyokhin, Andrei | Martínez, Luis Carlos |
| Amendt, Jens | Marzachi, Cristina |
| Amiri, Esmaeil | Massimino Cocuzza, Giusepe |
| Arango, Rachel A. | Maxwell, Michael R. |
| Arrieta, Juanita Rodriguez | Mcfadyen, Rachel E.c. |
| Asgari, Sassan | Mebs, Dietrich |
| Aubret, Fabien | Medrzycki, Piotr |
| Bagnoli, Bruno | Mehlhorn, Heinz |
| Banks, John Edward | Merritt, David |
| Banschbach, Valerie S. | Merritt, Richard W. |
| Barclay, Max | Mikonranta, Lauri |
| Barman, Apurba | Millar, Jocelyn |
| Basche, Andrea | Miller, Jim |
| Bažok, Renata | Milotic, Tanja |
| Becher, Paul G. | Mody, Karsten |
| Benecke, Mark | Mogren, Christina |
| Beresford, David | Mohr, Rachel M. |
| Beugnet, Frederic | Moore, Hannah |
| Beza, Cristian | Morales-Ramos, Juan A. |
| Bixler, Robert D. | Moreau, Gaétan |
| Blatt, Suzanne | Mori, Boyd |
| Bokhorst, Stef | Morrell, Jeff |
| Booth, Warren | Morrison, Lloyd W. |
| Borges, Paulo A. V. | Morrison, William R. |
| Bose, Joy | Mottern, Jason L. |
| Bourgeois, Lanie | Mullin, Chris |
| Bradshaw, Terence | Muniappan, Rangaswamy(Muni) |
| Bradshaw, Terence | Murchie, Archie K. |
| Brénière, Simone Frédérique | Mussury, Rosilda M. |
| Brett, Blaauw | Nanetti, Antonio |
| Brown, William D. | Nehring, Volker |
| Brundage, Adrienne | Nice, Chris |
| Bryant, Bart | Nino, Elina |
| Büchs, Wolfgang | Nishiwaki, Hisashi |
| Burks, Charles | O’neill, Kevin |
| Burritt, James B | Obrycki, John |
| Cammack, Jonathan | Ogórek, Rafał |
| Castle, Steven | Oi, Faith |
| Caterino, Michael | Okabe, Kimiko |
| Chang, Chiou Ling | Oppenheim, Sara |
| Charabidze, Damien | Osada, Yohei |
| Charrel, Rémi | Osbourn, Anne |
| Cheng, Xiaoyan | Pappas, Maria L. |
| Choe, Dong-Hwan | Park, Kye Chung |
| Christiaens, Olivier | Patt, Joseph |
| Cornelius, Mary | Patten, Kim |
| Crozatier-Borde, Michele | Pechal, Jennifer |
| Currie, Cameron R. | Peletto, Simone |
| Cuthbertson, Andrew G. S. | Perring, Thomas M. |
| Daane, Kent. M | Petrakis, Panos. V. |
| Dadour, Ian R. | Pfeiffer, Douglas |
| Dahlem, Gregory A. | Phillips, Thomas |
| De Souza, Danival José | Picard, Christine |
| DeBano, Sandy | Plarre, Ruediger |
| Denux, Olivier | Pleasants, John M |
| Di Prisco, Gennaro | Pleydell, David |
| Ditrich, Tomáš | Polaszek, Andrew |
| Doggett, Stephen | Pondeville, Emilie |
| Dohmen-Vereijssen, Jessica | Pons, Xavier |
| Dooremalen, Coby Van | Poyet, Mathilde |
| Dorin, Alan | Pozsgai, Gabor |
| Doublet, Vincent | Pozzebon, Alberto |
| Drijfhout, Falko | Prischmann-Voldseth, Deirdre |
| Dufour, Bernard P. | Ramasamy, Srinivasan |
| Durdle, Annalisa | Reimer, Adam P. |
| Duso, Carlo | Reisen, William K. |
| Dutcher, James D. | Renkema, Justin M. |
| Dyer, Adrian | Resh, Vincent |
| Edwards, Marten John | Riehle, Michael |
| Eger, Joseph | Ring, Dennis |
| Eizaguirre, Matilde | Rinkevich, Frank |
| Ellsworth, Peter C. | Rivera-Pérez, Crisalejandra |
| Endersby, N.M. | Roe, Amanda |
| Erler, Silvio | Rojo, Santos |
| Evans, BRADEN G. | Römer, Daniela |
| Evenden, Maja L. | Romero, Alvaro |
| Ewing, Curtis | Rondoni, Gabrielle |
| Fellowes, Mark | Rossi-Stacconi, Marco Valerio |
| Fernández, Irene García | Ruberson, John R. |
| Finke, Mark D. | Rumble, Heather |
| Fleming, Daniel | Rust, Michael |
| Fowler, Simon | Rybska, Eliza |
| Franca, Filipe Machado | Sangha, Jatinder Singh |
| Frank, Daniel L. | Saunders, Manu |
| Gangloff-Kaufman, Jody | Scharf, Inon |
| Ganjisaffar, Fatemeh | Scharf, Michael |
| Garrick, Ryan | Scheffrahn, Rudolf H. |
| Gezon, Zachariah J. | Schetelig, Marc F. |
| Giorgini, Massimo | Scott, Ian |
| Gippet, Jérôme M. W. | Seeley, Thomas |
| Gnanvossou, Desire | Severns, Paul M. |
| Gogol-Döring, Andreas | Sgolastra, Fabio |
| Gols, Rieta | Shearer, Peter W. |
| Gondhalekar, Ameya D. | Shelomi, Matan |
| Grab, Heather | Shelton, Thomas |
| Grabenweger, Giselher | Shik, Jonathan Z. |
| Gradish, A. E. | Shrestha, Sony |
| Green, Frederick | Shuey, John |
| Großhans, Jörg | Sial, Ashfaq Ahmad |
| Gruner, Susan | Smartt, Chelsea T. |
| Guastella, Devid | Smith, Hugh A. |
| Guerrero, Angel | Smith, Judith |
| Gut, Larry | Smodiš Škerl, Maja |
| Guzmán-Novoa, Ernesto | Solensky, Michelle |
| Habel, Jan Christian | Solis, Alma |
| Hall, David | Sommaggio, Daniele |
| Harbison, Justin | Spies, Janine |
| Hart, Adam | Stamper, Trevor |
| Hatt, Séverin | Stark, John D. |
| Hayford, Barbara | Steckel, Juliane |
| Headrick, David H. | Stefano, Cassanelli |
| Healy, Kristen | Stelinski, Lucasz |
| Heerman, Matthew | Stevenson, Philip C. |
| Helantera, Heikki | Stock, Patricia |
| Helden, Maarten Van | Stockan, Jenni |
| Henderson, Gregg | Stökl, Johannes |
| Hendriksma, Harmen | Suiter, Dan |
| Henry, Morgane | Sylvain, Poggi |
| Henry, Thomas J. | Tabata, Jun |
| Himler, Anna | Tamburini, Giovanni |
| Hoffmann, Benjamin D. | Tarone, Aaron |
| Hoffmann, Klaus | Taylor, David |
| Hogsette, Jerome A. | Thomassin, Paul |
| Holmes, Michael | Thomson, Linda |
| Hopkinson, Jamie | Tillman, Patricia G. |
| Horowitz, A. Rami | Tixier, Marie-Stéphane |
| Horton, David R | Toft, Søren |
| Hottel, Benjamin | Tomažič, Iztok |
| Howell, Kate | Trager, James C. |
| Hu, David L. | Trdan, Stanislav |
| Hughes, Gabriel | Trematerra, Pasquale |
| Hvenegaard, Glen T. | Tronstad, Russell |
| Ibrahim, Sulaiman Sadi | Trumbo, Stephen |
| Ingram, Erin | Tsagkarakou, Anastasia |
| Isman, Murray | Tschinkel, Walter R. |
| Jandt, Jennifer | Tseng, Shu-Ping |
| Jaronski, Stefan | Tuda, Midori |
| Javan, Gulnaz | Turroni, Silvia |
| Jenkins, Nina | Unlu, Isik |
| Johnson, D. T. | Van Den Hurk, Andrew |
| Johnston, J. Spencer | Van Der Borght, Mik |
| Jones, Carol | Van Der Werf, Wopke |
| Jones, Ian | Van Leeuwen, Thomas |
| Jordan, Heather | Vanlandingham, Dana |
| Judd, Timothy | Varloud, Marie |
| Kaiser, Matthew C. | Vilcinskas, Andreas |
| Kamble, Shripat | Vogelweith, Fanny |
| Kampen, Helge | Voss, Sasha C. |
| Karimzadeh, Roghaiyeh | Vosteen, Ilka |
| Kim, Ke Chung | Vuts, Jozsef |
| Klassen, Jonathan L | Wagner, Sven |
| Klotz, Stephen A. | Walgenbach, James |
| Knight, Kathleen | Waller, Deborah |
| Knyshov, Alexander | Wallner, Adam M |
| Kobori, Y. | Wang, Cai |
| Kolev, Yanko | Watanabe, Mamoru |
| Kooij, Pepijn W. | Watson, Gillian W. |
| Kozlov, Mikhail V. | Webster, Ben |
| Krams, Indrikis | Weeks, Emma |
| Kristensen, Michael | Weeks, Faith |
| Kryger, Per | Weetman, David |
| Kyle, Christopher | Wells, Carrie N. |
| Lahiri, Sriyanka | Wells, Jeffrey |
| Lake, Ellen | Wenninger, Erik |
| Landolt, Peter J. | Wetterer, James K. |
| Langrock, Roland | Wilson, Houston |
| Larsen, Diane L. | Wise, John |
| Leather, Simon | Wolf, Stephan |
| LeBlanc, Helene | Wood, Thomas |
| LeBrun, Edward | Woodring, Joseph |
| Lecocq, Antoine | Wu-Smart, Judy |
| Lee, Jana C. | Wybouw, Nicky |
| Lees, Rosemary | Yanagawa, Aya |
| Leibovici, Didier | Yang, Chin-Cheng |
| Lents, Nathan | Yang, Chiou-Herr |
| Leonhardt, Sara | Yang, Sheng |
| Lesnik, Julie | Yee, Wee L. |
| Liberti, Joanito | Yorzinski, Jessica |
| Long, Elizabeth Y. | Young, Daniel K. |
| Loni, Augusto | Zhang, Qing-he |
| Lövei, Gabor | Zhang, Yangzhuo |