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Cover: Mechanical phase shifter in the cricket left forewing. Male crickets produce tonal calls in the range from 2 to 6 kHz to attract conspecific females. Sounds are generated by stridulation: a plectrum on the left forewing tegmen strikes teeth of a modified vein on the right tegmen. Remarkably, both tegmina contribute to sound radiation; therefore, they must oscillate in phase to circumvent destructive interference. But the nature of tooth impacts causes both forewings to react in opposite oscillatory directions. To overcome this problem, the plectrum bears a mechanical phase shifter that changes the phase of the left forewing into that of the right forewing (see article by F. Montealegre-Z, J. F. C. Windmill, G. K. Morris and D. Robert, pp. 257-269). Illustrations and photograph by F. Montealegre-Z.Close Modal - PDF Icon PDF LinkTable of contents
Celebrating 100 years of discovery
We are proud to be celebrating 100 years of discovery in Journal of Experimental Biology. Visit our centenary webpage to find out more about how we are marking this historic milestone.
Craig Franklin launches our centenary celebrations
Editor-in-Chief Craig Franklin reflects on 100 years of JEB and looks forward to our centenary celebrations, including a supplementary special issue, a new early-career researcher interview series and the launch of our latest funding initiatives.
Looking back on the first issue of JEB
Journal of Experimental Biology launched in 1923 as The British Journal of Experimental Biology. As we celebrate our centenary, we look back at that first issue and the zoologists publishing their work in the new journal.
Webinar: Increasing the visibility and impact of your research
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Would you like to increase the visibility and impact of your research and raise your profile internationally? If so, register for the very practical webinar we are running in association with HUBS on 23 February 2023.
Biology Communication Workshop: Engaging the world in the excitement of research
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We are delighted to be sponsoring a Biology Communication Workshop for early-career researchers as part of JEB’s centenary celebrations. The workshop focuses on how to effectively communicate your science to other researchers and the public and takes place the day before the CSZ annual meeting, on 14 May 2023. Find out more and apply here.
Mexican fruit flies wave for distraction
Dinesh Rao and colleagues have discovered that Mexican fruit flies vanish in a blur in the eyes of predatory spiders when they wave their wings at the arachnids, buying the flies time to make their escape.
