...Jan Lubawy; Szymon P. Chowański; Hervé Colinet; Małgorzata Słocińska ABSTRACT The cockroach Gromphadorhina coquereliana can survive at low temperatures under extensive periods of cold stress. To assess energy management and insect adaptation in response to cold, we measured mitochondrial activity...

... systems on the mandible forming a ‘ball-joint’ in trap-jaw ants. X-ray live imaging X-ray microCT Mandibular joint Multi-latch system Insect Ultra-fast movement Japan Science and Technology Agency http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002241 JPMJCR14D5 Japan Society...

...Jon F. Harrison; Evan K. G. McKenzie; Stav Talal; John J. Socha; Mark W. Westneat; Philip G. D. Matthews ABSTRACT Air sacs are a well-known aspect of insect tracheal systems, but have received little research attention. In this Commentary, we suggest that the study of the distribution and function...

...Stacey A. Combes; Nick Gravish; Susan F. Gagliardi ABSTRACT Foraging insects fly over long distances through complex aerial environments, and many can maintain constant ground speeds in wind, allowing them to gauge flight distance. Although insects encounter winds from all directions in the wild...

... has been no small feat, and it is no coincidence that one of the most highly cited papers in JEB is a Review on the topic of insect aerodynamics ( Sane, 2003 ). Modern robotics teams have built upon this knowledge to develop advanced flapping wing UAVs. From Delft University's DelFly to DARPA's...

...Laura V. Ferguson; Shelley A. Adamo ABSTRACT Insects are critical to our ecosystems, but we do not fully understand their future in our warming world. Rising temperatures are affecting insect physiology in myriad ways, including changes to their immune systems and the ability to fight infection...

... to their survival. Odor-modulated changes in locomotion in insects constitute a whole suite of flexible behaviors that allow insects to close in on these resources from long distances and perform local searches to locate and subsequently assess them. Here, we review changes in odor-mediated locomotion across many...

...Samiha A. M. Benrabaa; Ian Orchard; Angela B. Lange ABSTRACT Rhodnius prolixus is a blood-gorging insect that is medically important since it transmits Chagas disease via feces and urine that contain the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi . In adult females, ecdysteroid hormone (20-hydroxyecdysone, 20E...

...Leigh W. Simmons; Maxine Lovegrove; Xin (Bob) Du; Yonglin Ren; Melissa L. Thomas ABSTRACT The often complex cocktails of hydrocarbon compounds found on the cuticles of insects can serve both naturally and sexually selected functions, contributing to an individual's ability to withstand water loss...

...R. Meldrum Robertson; Christopher D. Moyes ABSTRACT Rapid cold hardening (RCH) is a type of phenotypic plasticity that delays the occurrence of chill coma in insects. Chill coma is mediated by a spreading depolarization of neurons and glia in the CNS, triggered by a failure of ion homeostasis. We...

... are permeable to O 2 at a magnitude that would confound measurement of V̇ O 2  of a single insect ( Norton, 1957 ). Glass is impermeable to O 2 , and its transparency allows visual monitoring of the subject. Chambers were sealed with 19/22 glass stoppers with fittings for 6–7 mm thermometers (Synthware...

... information about a moving target and a nearby obstacle to safely navigate to their goal. These flies sum the steering requirements of each task and take an intermediate path, much as humans do. Insect Flight Navigation Predation Air Force Office of Scientific Research http://dx.doi.org...

...Myriam Franzke; Christian Kraus; Maria Gayler; David Dreyer; Keram Pfeiffer; Basil el Jundi ABSTRACT Insects are well known for their ability to keep track of their heading direction based on a combination of skylight cues and visual landmarks. This allows them to navigate back to their nest...

...Klara Kihlström; Brett Aiello; Eric Warrant; Simon Sponberg; Anna Stöckl ABSTRACT Wing integrity is crucial to the many insect species that spend distinct portions of their life in flight. How insects cope with the consequences of wing damage is therefore a central question when studying how robust...

... prot5575 . 10.1101/pdb.prot5575 Engel , P. and Moran , N. A. ( 2013 ). The gut microbiota of insects - diversity in structure and function . FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 37 , 699 - 735 . 10.1111/1574-6976.12025 Evans , J. M. , Day , J. P. , Cabrero , P. , Dow , J...

... unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed. Highlighted Article: Motion tracing, acoustic recording and micro-CT imaging reveal a unique ultrasonic organ in a relict insect. Statistical quantification of organ morphology...

...Yonatan Meresman; Gal Ribak ABSTRACT To manoeuvre in air, flying animals produce asymmetric flapping between contralateral wings. Unlike the adjustable vertebrate wings, insect wings lack intrinsic musculature, preventing active control over wing shape during flight. However, the wings elastically...

... . Nature   430 , 781 - 785 . 10.1038/nature02787 Hedwig , B. and Stumpner , A. ( 2016 ). Central neural processing of sound signals in insects . In Insect Hearing (ed. G. S.   Pollack , A. C.   Mason , A. N.   Popper and R. R.   Fay ), pp. 177 - 214 . Cham...

...Hans Pohl; Elena V. Gorb; Stanislav N. Gorb ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to find out how strongly the parasitic insect Stylops ovinae , which has tarsi equipped with tenent hairs and lacking claws, attaches to different substrates. We investigated adhesion of male S. ovinae to the abdomen...

..., and treating mosquitoes with lysozyme reduces the heart rate in a manner reminiscent of the infection phenotype. These data demonstrate an exciting new facet of the integration between the immune and circulatory systems of insects, whereby a hemocyte-produced factor with immune activity, namely nitric oxide...