...Volker Berendes; Volker Dürr ABSTRACT Many animals use their tactile sense for active exploration and tactually guided behaviors such as near-range orientation. In insects, tactile sensing is often intimately linked to locomotion, resulting in the orchestration of several concurrent active...

... features and learn a more direct strategy to locate the tiny nectary hole at the flower center. Mechanosensory feedback Tactile sensing Proboscis Hawkmoth Learning Insect–plant pollination interactions have shaped the spectacular diversity of both plants and insects. The ability...

... that phonotaxis to male calling song is suppressed while the animals explore objects with their antennae. Phonotaxis Antenna Tactile sensing Bimodal sensory integration Trackball Mating success reflects an animal's fitness ( Rodríguez-Muñoz et al., 2010 ; Simmons, 1988 ). This renders mating...

.... Comp. Physiol. A   166 , 915 - 927 . 10.1007/BF00187338 Mongeau , J.-M. , Demir , A. , Lee , J. , Cowan , N. J. and Full , R. J. ( 2013 ). Locomotion- and mechanics-mediated tactile sensing: antenna reconfiguration simplifies control during high-speed navigation...

... . Loudon   C. ( 2005 ). Flexural stiffness of insect antennae . American Entomologist   51 , 48 - 49 . Mongeau   J.-M. , Demir   A. , Lee   J. , Cowan   N. J. , Full   R. J. ( 2013 ). Locomotion- and mechanics-mediated tactile sensing: antenna reconfiguration simplifies control...