... proboscises capable of exploiting nectar from deep corolla tubes. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg European Synchrotron Radiation Facility http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001671 Respiration Air sacs Acherontia Manduca Xanthopan Editor's...

... disruption of parasitism – of the parasitoid wasp, Cotesia congregata , and two co-occurring congeneric larval hosts, Manduca sexta and M. quinquemaculata. Both host species had higher thermal tolerance than C. congregata , resulting in a thermal mismatch characterized by parasitoid (but not host) mortality...

... to a better understanding of treatment options; however, there is no single cause of atrophy identified to date. To gain insight into this problem, we chose to investigate changes in protein profiles during muscle atrophy in Manduca sexta and Drosophila melanogaster . The use of insect models provides...

... preference tests and associative learning paradigms to examine the nectar preferences of the flower-visiting hawkmoth Manduca sexta , in relation to both sugar and amino acid content. Manduca sexta exhibited a strong preference for higher sucrose concentrations, while the effect of amino acids on innate...

.... This is particularly true of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), in which studies of whole-animal patterns of behavior are far outweighed by examinations of tissue-specific molecular clocks. Here, we used a comparative approach to examine the circadian patterns of flight behavior in Manduca sexta and Hyles lineata...

... and neurophysiological perspectives on behaviour. [email protected] 9 4 2012 28 5 2012 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 parasitic manipulation Manduca wasp psychoneuroimmunology brain nervous system host behaviour Over the last 500 million years, parasites...

...James W. Truman; Philip F. Copenhaver ABSTRACT Larval and pupal ecdyses of the moth Manduca sexta are triggered by eclosion hormone (EH) released from the ventral nervous system. The major store of EH activity in the latter resides in the proctodeal nerves that extend along the larval hindgut...

...M. B. Rheuben; A. E. Kammer ABSTRACT The morphology, ultrastructure, innervation and physiology of the third axillary muscle in Manduca sexta were examined to investigate the role of this muscle in flight. The muscle consists of three parts: the upper bundle, which originates on the episternum...