Meeting Abstract 51-6  Sunday, Jan. 5 11:30 – 11:45  Visual Avoidance Behavior in Mosquito Larvae and Adults CHANDRASEGARAN, K; WYNNE, N; VINAUGER, C*; Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA vinauger@vt.edu http://www.vinaugerlab.com Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals on earth and the diseases they transmit, such as zika, chikungunya and malaria, are responsible for at least one million deaths each year. […]

Meeting Abstract 51-2  Sunday, Jan. 5 10:30 – 10:45  Neural processing in distributed visual systems – many eyes, many solutions CHAPPELL, DR*; SPEISER, DI; University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC danielrc@email.sc.edu Most research on visual systems has focused on animals with paired cephalic eyes; however, some animals have distributed visual systems […]

Meeting Abstract 51-1  Sunday, Jan. 5 10:15 – 10:30  Navigating Towards Defensive Hosts: Mosquito Visual Avoidance Behavior WYNNE, NE*; FRYZLEWICZ, LH; VINAUGER, C; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA nwynne@vt.edu In order to produce progeny female mosquitoes require proteins […]

Meeting Abstract 51-3  Sunday, Jan. 5 10:45 – 11:00  Multimodal sensory responses from descending neurons in Squilla stomatopod crustaceans FELLER, KD*; SUPPLE, J; GONZALEZ-BELLIDO, PT; Univ of Minnesota; Univ of Cambridge; Univ of Minnesota kfeller@umn.edu Though stomatopods (commonly known as mantis shrimp) possess one of the world’s most complex visual sensors, we know very little about how […]

Meeting Abstract 51-5  Sunday, Jan. 5 11:15 – 11:30  How Do Seabirds See Light? Visual sensitivity and light attraction in Hawaiian seabirds MOON, H*; ANDERSON, T; TRAVERS, M; LOEW, E; PORTER, M; University of Hawaii at Manoa; Kauai Endangered Seabird Recovery Project; Cornell University; University of Hawaii at Manoa hmoon@hawaii.edu Artificial lights at night cause high mortality […]

Meeting Abstract 51-7  Sunday, Jan. 5 11:45 – 12:00  Fruit Flies Respond to Ventral Parallax During Strong Sideslip Disturbances RUIZ, CA*; THEOBALD, JC; Florida International University; Florida International University cruiz093@fiu.edu http://faculty.fiu.edu/~theobald/people/ Flies and other insects use incoherent motion (parallax) to the front and sides to measure distances and identify obstacles during translation. Although additional depth information could […]

Meeting Abstract 51-4  Sunday, Jan. 5 11:00 – 11:15  Drosophila melanogaster uses its regional attention to maxamize spatial information during flight. PALERMO, NA*; SIDDIQUI, SG; THEOBALD, JC; Florida International University; Florida International University; Florida International University npale005@fiu.edu Fruit flies rely heavily on their visual field to stabilize flight. The images projected onto their retinas are only as […]

Vess, T.J.*; Frederik, H. Nijhout: Unraveling the Evolution of Color Pattern: Exploring Sources of Variation in Coccinellid Spots Development is the vehicle by which genetic and environmental inputs affect morphology and is critical for accurate interpretation of the evolution of Coccinellid color pattern. Ladybug spots are of particular interest because the genetics and the distributions […]

DAHLGREN, T.G.; WEINBERG, J.R.; HALANYCH, K.M.*: Phylogeography of the ocean quahog (Arctica islandica): influences of paleoclimate on genetic diversity and species range The ocean quahog, Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767), is a commercially important bivalve found on continental shelves throughout much of the North Atlantic. To assess genetic subdivision in this species, we sequenced 385 nucleotides […]

OAKLEY, T.H.: Multiple lines of evidence support the independent origin of an arthropod compound eye One of the most debated issues in arthropod evolution is whether compound eyes evolved once or multiple times. One reason this issue has remained unresolved is that most previous researchers have relied on single lines of evidence. Here I present […]