...Miriam J. Henze; Thomas Labhart SUMMARY Field crickets ( Gryllus campestris L.) are able to detect the orientation of the electric vector (e-vector) of linearly polarized light. They presumably use this sense to exploit the celestial polarization pattern for course control or navigation...

..., 1997 ). Although in five insect orders evidence for polarization-opponency is based on the architecture of the dorsal rim ommatidia alone, there is direct electrophysiological evidence in orthopterans ( Gryllus campestris, Schistocerca gregaria : e.g. Labhart, 1988 ; Vitzthum, 1997...

... system of crickets to exploit polarized light from the sky for orientation even under unfavourable meteorological conditions. 22 3 1996 ©The Company of Biologists Limited 1996 polarization vision interneurones optic lobe electrophysiology cricket Gryllus campestris Many...