...Jili Xi; Yoshitaka Hamanaka; Sakiko Shiga ABSTRACT Insects in mid- to high latitudes predict unfavorable seasons through changing photoperiod, and undergo diapause to survive harsh conditions. The circadian clock and brain neurosecretory systems are key components in regulating photoperiodic...

...Annkathrin Sonntag; Martin Egelhaaf; Olivier J. N. Bertrand; Mathieu Lihoreau ABSTRACT When foraging, flying insects such as bees are often required to change their flight altitude from close to the ground to above the height of vegetation to reach their nest or a food source. Although...

... different longitudinal muscle groups specific to each response. Withdrawal Insect Muscle Soft-bodied Caterpillar Nociception National Science Foundation http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000001 IOS-1456471 National Institutes of Health 1R34NS118412-01 Insects...

...Vincent Godesberg; Till Bockemühl; Ansgar Büschges ABSTRACT Insects use walking behavior in a large number of contexts, such as exploration, foraging, escape and pursuit, or migration. A lot is known about how nervous systems produce this behavior in general and also how certain parameters vary...

... in insect navigation . Anim. Cogn. 23 , 1129 - 1141 . 10.1007/s10071-020-01383-2 Byrne , M. , Dacke , M. , Nordström , P. , Scholtz , C. and Warrant , E . (2003). Visual cues used by ball-rolling dung beetles for orientation . J. Comp. Physiol. A Neuroethol. Sens...

...Brent J. Sinclair; Stefane Saruhashi; John S. Terblanche ABSTRACT Efficient water balance is key to insect success. However, the hygric environment is changing with climate change; although there are compelling models of thermal vulnerability, water balance is often neglected in predictions...

...Fleur Ponton; Yin Xun Tan; Casey C. Forster; Alexander J. Austin; Sinead English; Sheena C. Cotter; Kenneth Wilson ABSTRACT Insects are the most diverse animal group on the planet. Their success is reflected by the diversity of habitats in which they live. However, these habitats have undergone...

...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...

.... Aerodynamics Biomechanics Bird Control Bio-inspired Insect The Royal Veterinary College European Research Council ERC 682501 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/R002657/1 Aviation has been founded upon biological insight since its...

...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...

... on growth and metabolic rate in the tenebrionid beetles Alphitobius diaperinus and Tenebrio molitor . J. Insect Physiol. 107 , 89 - 96 . 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2018.02.010 Burggren , W. , Souder , B. M. and Ho , D. H. (2017). Metabolic rate and hypoxia tolerance are affected...

... . Bagheri , Z. M. , Wiederman , S. D. , Cazzolato , B. S. , Grainger , S. and O'Carroll , D. C. (2017). Performance of an insect-inspired target tracker in natural conditions . Bioinspir. Biomim. 12 , 025006 . 10.1088/1748-3190/aa5b48 Borenstein , J. and Koren , Y...

...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...