... olfactory memory in all three castes of an Asian hornet, Vespa velutina . Using the first proboscis extension reflex assay developed for hornets or wasps, we found that all hornet castes could learn and remember odours associated with a food reward. Moreover, long-lasting memory was retained without...

...Maayan Kaiser; Frederic Libersat ABSTRACT The jewel wasp stings cockroaches and injects venom into their cerebral ganglia, namely the subesophageal ganglion (SOG) and supraesophageal ganglion (SupOG). The venom induces a long-term hypokinetic state, during which the stung cockroach shows little...

... and neurophysiological perspectives on behaviour. sadamo@dal.ca 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...

...Eric J. Warrant SUMMARY In response to the pressures of predation, parasitism and competition for limited resources, several groups of (mainly) tropical bees and wasps have independently evolved a nocturnal lifestyle. Like their day-active (diurnal)relatives, these insects possess apposition...

...Aviva Weisel-Eichler; Gal Haspel; Frederic Libersat ABSTRACT The parasitoid wasp Ampulex compressa hunts cockroaches Periplaneta americana , stinging them first in the thorax and then in the head, the sting penetrating towards the subesophageal ganglion. After being stung the cockroach grooms...