The Role of Chemo-orientation in Search Behavior

Bell, William J.; Kipp, Larry R.; Collins, Robert D.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-1765-8_4

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“…Among other modalities, several studies of chemical communication point to the operation of sequential comparison mechanisms for olfactory localization among aquatic (Yen et al 1998), terrestrial (Bell and Tobin 1981;Bell et al 1995), and aerial arthropods (Mankin and Hagstrum 1995). In general, these appear where the orientation cues normally provided by fluid current cannot be used, as when moths are forced to localize a pheromone source in nearly still air.…”

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Acoustic orientation via sequential comparison in an ultrasonic moth

Greenfield

Tourtellot

Tillberg

et al. 2002

Naturwissenschaften

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Orientation of female lesser wax moths (Achroia grisella) to male calling song was tested on a locomotion-compensator device that withheld all inter-aural acoustic differences from the insect. Under these circumstances, females remained longer in the vicinity of the sound source if they experienced a variable sound level that increased when approaching the source rather than a level that remained constant at all times. Analyses of orientation paths revealed that greater retention near the source was achieved by enhanced turning when the perceived sound level remained unchanged or decreased but retaining the previous heading when the level increased. These findings suggest that acoustic orientation can be supplemented by mechanisms based on sequential, as opposed to instantaneous, comparison of auditory input. Such mechanisms may be valuable when binaural hearing is impaired or asymmetric or in environments where acoustic differences at the two ears are unreliable indications of direction to the sound source.

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Acoustic orientation via sequential comparison in an ultrasonic moth

Greenfield

Tourtellot

Tillberg

et al. 2002

Naturwissenschaften

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“…This reproductive behaviour may be comparable, at least to some extent, to that of coniferophagous bark beetles (Borden 1982;Raffa et al 1993). Males respond to semiochemicals from a future larval habitat, and release intraspecific signals that enhance habitat attractiveness (Bell et al 1995). In WCM and bark beetles, these signals may have been produced to attract females, but may have secondarily been exploited by males to improve their chance of locating microhabitats and encountering females.…”

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Where to find a mate? Resource-based sexual communication of webbing clothes moth

Takács

Gries

2001

Naturwissenschaften

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Mate location in moths typically entails long-range attraction of males to female-produced pheromone. Here, we show that male and female webbing clothes moths, Tineola bisselliella, seek larval habitats (dry carrion, animal lairs, etc) to encounter mates. With males seeking, and arriving at, larval habitat earlier at night than females, male-produced pheromonal and sonic signals enhance the habitat's attractiveness to females. This resource-based mating strategy of T bisselliella differs from that known for most other moths. It may have evolved in response to larval habitats that are patchy and temporary, but that disseminate attractive semiochemicals so abundantly that T bisselliella encounter them more readily than their own pheromones.

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“…Using this type of moving-floor wind tunnel, the flight speed of the moth can be controlled and sustained flight experiments performed. Optomotor anemotaxis is the term used to explain the behavior of male moths orientating to female moths, in which they visually monitor their progress and react to this feedback (Bell et al, 1995). There are several ways to show moving patterns to insects (Baker and Linn, 1984).…”

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Wind Tunnel: a Tool to Test the Flight Response of Insects to Semiochemicals

Kainoh¹

2011

Wind Tunnels and Experimental Fluid Dynamics Research

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The Role of Chemo-orientation in Search Behavior

Cited by 24 publications

References 157 publications

Acoustic orientation via sequential comparison in an ultrasonic moth

Acoustic orientation via sequential comparison in an ultrasonic moth

Where to find a mate? Resource-based sexual communication of webbing clothes moth

Wind Tunnel: a Tool to Test the Flight Response of Insects to Semiochemicals

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