PLoS ONE, 2021 Despite its deleterious impact on farming and agriculture, the physiology and energetics of insect migration is poorly understood due to our inability to track their individual movements in the field. Many insects, e.g.
Patil Jyothi +9 more
doaj +1 more source
Honeybees modify flight trajectories in turbulent wind
New Journal of Physics, 2022 In windy conditions, the air is turbulent. The strong and intermittent velocity variations of turbulence are invisible to flying animals. Nevertheless, flying animals, not much larger than the smallest scales of turbulence, manage to maneuver these ...
Bardia Hejazi +3 more
doaj +1 more source
Oxygen Dependence of Flight Performance in Ageing Drosophila melanogaster
Biology, 2021 Similar to humans, insects lose their physical and physiological capacities with age, which makes them a convenient study system for human ageing. Although insects have an efficient oxygen-transport system, we know little about how their flight capacity ...
Valeriya Privalova +4 more
doaj +1 more source
FMRFa receptor stimulated Ca2+ signals alter the activity of flight modulating central dopaminergic neurons in Drosophila melanogaster. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2018 Neuropeptide signaling influences animal behavior by modulating neuronal activity and thus altering circuit dynamics. Insect flight is a key innate behavior that very likely requires robust neuromodulation.
Preethi Ravi +2 more
doaj +1 more source
Using cloud radar to investigate the effect of rainfall on migratory insect flight
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 The fate of migrating insects that encounter rainfall in flight is a critical consideration when modelling insect movement, but few field observations of this common phenomenon have ever been collected due to the logistical challenges of witnessing these
Charlotte E. Wainwright +4 more
doaj +1 more source
Behavioral control and changes in brain activity of honeybee during flapping
Brain and Behavior, 2021 Introduction Insect cyborg is a kind of novel robot based on insect–machine interface and principles of neurobiology. The key idea is to stimulate live insects by specific stimuli; thus, the flight trajectory of insects could be controlled as anticipated.
Haojia Ding, Jieliang Zhao, Shaoze Yan
doaj +1 more source
Towards the Long-Endurance Flight of an Insect-Inspired, Tailless, Two-Winged, Flapping-Wing Flying Robot [PDF]
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2020 A hover-capable insect-inspired flying robot that can remain long in the air has shown its potential use for both confined indoor and outdoor applications to complete assigned tasks.
H. Phan +4 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
Insect flight velocity measurement with a CW near-IR Scheimpflug lidar system.
Optics Express, 2020 Flight velocity measurement is an important aspect of insect research that can aid insect identification and facilitate studies and monitoring of insect movements.
Yiyun Li +5 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
RoboFly: An Insect-Sized Robot With Simplified Fabrication That Is Capable of Flight, Ground, and Water Surface Locomotion [PDF]
IEEE Transactions on robotics, 2020 Insect-sized ($\sim$100 mg) aerial robots have advantages over larger robots because of their small size, low weight, and low materials cost. Previous iterations have demonstrated controlled flight but were difficult to fabricate because they consisted ...
Yogesh M. Chukewad +3 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2019 The flight capacity of different ages and sexes of the sycamore lace bug, Corythucha ciliata, was studied at different temperatures using a flight mill system.
Shao-hui LU +4 more
doaj +1 more source