... 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...

...Alice A. Robie; Andrew D. Straw; Michael H. Dickinson SUMMARY Walking fruit flies, Drosophila melanogaster , use visual information to orient towards salient objects in their environment, presumably as a search strategy for finding food, shelter or other resources. Less is known, however, about...

...: Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA 20147, USA 6 8 2007 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2007 2007 Drosophila insect flight search anemotaxis flight control Johnston's organ mechanoreceptor sensor fusion...

... or alanine release. These responses were indicative of predatory search. Arginine was the strongest attractant tested, with a response threshold (median effective dose)of 8.3×10 –7 mol l –1 (uncorrected for dilution associated with chemical release and delivery). In contrast to adult behavior, arginine...

... mechanisms. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 26 4 2006 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 Drosophila insect free flight odor olfaction search chemotaxis anemotaxis flight control The responses of flying insects to attractive...