The electronic song “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites” reduces host attack and mating success in the dengue vector Aedes aegypti

Dieng, Hamady; Satho, Tomomitsu; Miake, Fumio; Wydiamala, Erida; Kassim, Nur Faeza Abu; Hashim, Nur Aida; Vargas, Ronald Enrique Morales; Morales, Noppawan Phumala

doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.03.027

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“…Group 2, the "music group" was tested a playback obtained from the instrumental version of Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites. The song was created by music producer Skrillex and was used by Dieng and colleagues (2019) to disrupt the feeding and mating behaviour of the mosquito A. aegypti [26]. The track was downloaded from the Soundboard website (©2015 Soundboard, https://www.soundboard.com/sb/sound/937286) and then modified using Audacity.…”

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“…Electronic music was recently used to disrupt insect behaviours as well. The airborne transmission of the song Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites by Skrillex [25], for instance, negatively influenced feeding, frequency of host attack, and mating in the mosquito Aedes aegypti [26]. However, B. cockerelli uses vibrational signals to communicate, thus airborne sounds are likely less effective than vibrations in disrupting relevant behaviours.…”

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Can Vibrational Playbacks Disrupt Mating or Influence Other Relevant Behaviours in Bactericera cockerelli (Triozidae: Hemiptera)?

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Behaviours of insects can be manipulated by transmitting vibrational signals to host plants in order to develop pest management techniques. Bactericera cockerelli is an important pest and uses vibrations for mate-finding. In order to design a future control strategy for B. cockerelli, three different bioassays were performed to assess whether vibrational signals could affect relevant behaviours. Single males or pairs were treated with a female playback in test 1 and 2, respectively. In test 3, mixed sex groups received either different disturbance playbacks. The use of a female playback significantly reduced the mating success of males, since they were attracted towards the source of the stimulus. Moreover, test 2 revealed that B. cockerelli females are competitive, since they used their signals to cover the playback and to duet with males, while in test 3, the disturbance playback, consisting of broadband noises significantly reduced male signalling activity. However, none of the treatments of test 3 negatively affected the mating success of males, which tended to mount the other conspecifics present on the same leaf. The role of vibrations in sexual communication and their potential application as control technique for B. cockerelli are discussed as well.

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