Orientation of a hemipteran predator to vibrations produced by feeding caterpillars

Pfannenstiel, R. S.; Hunt, Randy E.; Yeargan, Kenneth V.

doi:10.1007/bf01990965

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“…P. rostralis maintained its antenna in horizontal position in relation to its head during feeding which was also observed for Geocoris punctipes (Say) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) (Cohen, 1995). This predator attacked prey feces showing that it could use, beside visual cues, odor to find prey in the field which was also observed for P. maculiventris (Pfannenstiel et al, 1995). Several asopines can also use airborne chemical to detect prey (De Clercq, 2000).…”

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Attack behavior of Podisus rostralis (Heteroptera: Pentatomidade) adults on caterpillars of Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae)

Lemos

Zanúncio

Serrão

2005

Braz. arch. biol. technol.

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Attack behavior of Podisus rostralis (Heteroptera: Pentatomidade) adults on caterpillars of Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae)

Lemos

Zanúncio

Serrão

2005

Braz. arch. biol. technol.

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“…There is increasing evidence that both prey and their predators can use substrate-borne vibrations in their interactions (Bleckmann, 1985;Pfannenstiel et al, 1995;Bacher et al, 1996;Meyhofer et al, 1997;Randall and Matocq, 1997;Burger, 1998;Brownell and Van Hemmen, 2001;Warkentin, 2005). Indeed, vibrational cues as a means of predator detection offer certain advantages over other sensory modalities.…”

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Temporal pattern cues in vibrational risk assessment by embryos of the red-eyed treefrog, Agalychnis callidryas

Warkentin

Caldwell

McDaniel

2006

Journal of Experimental Biology

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Vibration duration and interval appear to function as two necessary elements of a composite cue, rather than as redundant cues. This increases response specificity and reduces the range of stimuli that elicit hatching, likely reducing the chance of hatching unnecessarily in a benign disturbance. Vibration-cued hatching in A. callidryas embryos offers an opportunity to experimentally assess the behavioral decision rules underlying an effective and costly anti-predator defense.

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“…spiders [54], ants (reviewed in [26]), pentatomids [55]) and some of which have been shown to use vibrational cues [ 55 -57] to locate prey. The study of predator eavesdropping on vibrational signals is a nascent field, but evidence is growing that vibration-sensitive invertebrate predators can home in on prey vibrational signals [58 -60].…”

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Negative feedback from maternal signals reduces false alarms by collectively signalling offspring

Hamel

Cocroft

2012

Proc. R. Soc. B.

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Within animal groups, individuals can learn of a predator's approach by attending to the behaviour of others. This use of social information increases an individual's perceptual range, but can also lead to the propagation of false alarms. Error copying is especially likely in species that signal collectively, because the coordination required for collective displays relies heavily on social information. Recent evidence suggests that collective behaviour in animals is, in part, regulated by negative feedback. Negative feedback may reduce false alarms by collectively signalling animals, but this possibility has not yet been tested. We tested the hypothesis that negative feedback increases the accuracy of collective signalling by reducing the production of false alarms. In the treehopper Umbonia crassicornis, clustered offspring produce collective signals during predator attacks, advertising the predator's location to the defending mother. Mothers signal after evicting the predator, and we show that this maternal communication reduces false alarms by offspring. We suggest that maternal signals elevate offspring signalling thresholds. This is, to our knowledge, the first study to show that negative feedback can reduce false alarms by collectively behaving groups.

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Orientation of a hemipteran predator to vibrations produced by feeding caterpillars

Cited by 99 publications

References 16 publications

Attack behavior of Podisus rostralis (Heteroptera: Pentatomidade) adults on caterpillars of Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae)

Attack behavior of Podisus rostralis (Heteroptera: Pentatomidade) adults on caterpillars of Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae)

Temporal pattern cues in vibrational risk assessment by embryos of the red-eyed treefrog, Agalychnis callidryas

Negative feedback from maternal signals reduces false alarms by collectively signalling offspring

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