Mud-puddling in the yellow-spined bamboo locust, Ceracris kiangsu (Oedipodidae: Orthoptera): Does it detect and prefer salts or nitrogenous compounds from human urine?

Shen, Kai-Feng; Wang, Haojie; Shao, Lin; Xiao, Kai; Shu, Jinping; Xu, Tao; Li, Guoqing

doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2008.10.011

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“…Moreover, ammonia is highly attractive to many insect species in Diptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Neuroptera, and Orthoptera ( Thomas 2003 ; Shen et al 2009 ; Leblanc et al 2010 ; Yu et al 2011 ). These insects may associate ammonia, through olfactory receptors, with high-protein foods, animal hosts, or other nutritional resources ( Mazor et al 1987 ; Kendra et al 2005 ; Manrakhan and Lux 2008; Shen et al 2009 ; Yu et al 2011 ). …”

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Mating experience and food deprivation modulate odor preference and dispersal in Drosophila melanogaster males

Wang¹,

Guo²,

Muhammad³

et al. 2014

Journal of Insect Science

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Rotting fruits offer all of the known resources required for the livelihood of Drosophila melanogaster Meigen (Diptera: Drosophilidae). During fruit fermentation, carbohydrates and proteins are decomposed to produce volatile alcohols and amines, respectively. It is hypothesized that D. melanogaster adults can detect these chemical cues at a distance to identify and locate the decaying fruits. In the present paper, we compared the olfactory responses and movement of male flies varying in mating status and nutritional state to methanol, ethanol, and ammonia sources using a glass Y-tube olfactometer. In general, ethanol vapor at low to moderate concentrations repelled more hungry mated males than satiated ones. In contrast, methanol showed little difference in the attractiveness to males at different nutritional states and mating status. Moreover, ammonia attracted more hungry mated males. The attractiveness increased almost linearly with ammonia concentration from lowest to highest. When ammonia and artificial diet were put together in the odor arm, the responses of male flies to mixed odor mimicked the response to ammonia. Furthermore, odorant concentration, mating status, and nutritional state affected the flies’ dispersal. Mated and starved males dispersed at a higher rate than virgin and satiated ones. Thus, our results showed that starved, mated males increased dispersal and preferred ammonia that originated from protein.

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Mating experience and food deprivation modulate odor preference and dispersal in Drosophila melanogaster males

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Muhammad³

et al. 2014

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“…Sodium concentration is very low in most terrestrial plants (Blair-West et al 1968, Smedley and Eisner 1995), and herbivores may expend considerable energy to find and harvest sodium. Some butterflies, moths, flies, honeybees, ants, and cicadellids are known to search for potential salt sources, such as moist ground, perspiration, tears, excrements, or rotten fish (Shen et al 2009; Molleman 2010). This phenomenon has been termed puddling, and some insect species, such as the notodontid moth (Smedley and Eisner 1995), some ants (Kaspari et al 2008), and Mormon crickets (Simpson et al 2006) are known to puddle to collect sodium.…”

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“…Adults of the yellow-spined bamboo locust, Ceracris kiangsu Tsai (Orthoptera: Oedipodidae), are known to visit excrements and perspiration, and feed on urine— and sweat—soaked materials, especially on hot summer days (Hilgartner et al 2007, Shen et al 2009, Molleman 2010). Human urine, especially when incubated, can stimulate the adults to consume filter paper in the laboratory.…”

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The Presence of Conspecific Decoys Enhances the Attractiveness of an NaCl Resource to the Yellow-Spined Locust,Ceracris kiangsu

Wang

Xiao

et al. 2011

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Adults of the yellow-spined bamboo locust, Ceracris kiangsu Tsai (Orthoptera: Oedipodidae), aggregate and gnaw at human urine-contaminated materials, a phenomenon termed puddling. Several urine-borne chemicals, including NaCl, are known to stimulate adult C. kiangsu to consume filter paper. Because in nature C. kiangsu adults may use cues to locate puddling resources, we tested the influence of conspecific decoys (dried C. kiangsu) on foraging and consumption of 3% NaCl—treated filter paper. In a two—choice test experiment in the laboratory, female adults showed no preference for filter papers (not treated with NaCL) with or without decoys. In contrast, C. kiangsu females consumed significantly more NaCl—treated filter paper on which conspecific decoys were attached than those without decoys in both the laboratory and in a bamboo forest. When the bait was changed to 3% NaCl plus the insecticide bisultap, significantly more C. kiangsu were killed in the bamboo forest when decoys were present, however the results were not significant when the experiment was done in the laboratory. Hence, moving towards conspecifics seems to facilitate NaCl resource foraging in C. kiangsu, suggesting that the presence of conspecifics promotes feeding on puddling resources.

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“…The nymphs and adults of this locust mainly feed in large groups on the leaves of bamboo plants, often causing new culms to die and a decrease in the production of new shoots (Xu & Wang, 2004). Great efforts have been made to find effective strategies and methods for controlling this species (Shen et al, 2009). Here we describe the development of twelve microsatellite loci from R. kiangsu.…”

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Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the bamboo locust Rammeacris kiangsu (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Wen-Juan¹,

Zhang²,

Liu³

et al. 2009

Eur. J. Entomol.

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Abstract. Twelve polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed and characterized from the bamboo locust, Rammeacris kiangsu, based on enriched genomic libraries. Analysis of 30 individuals showed that the number of alleles ranged from seven to 25 with the observed heterozygosity ranging from 0.333 to 0.767 and expected heterozygosity from 0.784 to 0.963. Test of cross-species amplification showed that some of these microsatellite markers could be used for studying other species such as Ceracris nigricornis, C. fasciata, and Chorthippus brunneus.

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Mud-puddling in the yellow-spined bamboo locust, Ceracris kiangsu (Oedipodidae: Orthoptera): Does it detect and prefer salts or nitrogenous compounds from human urine?

Cited by 24 publications

References 40 publications

Mating experience and food deprivation modulate odor preference and dispersal in Drosophila melanogaster males

Mating experience and food deprivation modulate odor preference and dispersal in Drosophila melanogaster males

The Presence of Conspecific Decoys Enhances the Attractiveness of an NaCl Resource to the Yellow-Spined Locust,Ceracris kiangsu

Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the bamboo locust Rammeacris kiangsu (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

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