Meeting Abstract 61-8  Friday, Jan. 6 15:15 – 15:30  Changes in the functional morphology of a praying mantis feeding strike across ontogeny and between the sexes. OUFIERO, CE; Towson Univ. coufiero@towson.edu http://www.oufiero.wordpress.com Sexual dimorphism in morphological traits, resulting from male-male competition or fecundity selection on females, has been well documented in many species. These differences between the […]

Meeting Abstract 61-3  Friday, Jan. 6 14:00 – 14:15  Assessing the protein and metabolic costs of a trade-off between reproduction and immunity SMITH, GD*; DURSO, AM; ANGILLETTA, MJ; DENARDO, DF; FRENCH, SS; Utah State University; Utah State University; Arizona State University; Arizona State University; Utah State University geoff.smith@usu.edu Trade-offs between competing physiological systems comprise a core pillar […]

Meeting Abstract 61-7  Friday, Jan. 5 15:00 – 15:15  Trap-jaw ant-inspired jaw-jumping mechanisms explore energetics of insect jumping TEMEL, FZ*; SUTTON, GP; PATEK, SN; WOOD, RJ; Harvard Univ., MA; Univ. of Bristol, Bristol; Duke Univ., NC; Harvard Univ., MA fztemel@seas.harvard.edu Jumping locomotion has been of great interest in mobile robotics to help robots overcome the obstacles that […]

Meeting Abstract 61-4  Friday, Jan. 5 14:15 – 14:30  Slingshot Motion of the Hyptiotes Spider Created by External Power Amplification in the Web HAN, SI*; ASTLEY, HC; BLACKLEDGE, TA; University of Akron; University of Akron; University of Akron sih12@zips.uakron.edu Power amplification through elastic body structures allows animals to generate fast motion beyond the capacity of muscle contraction […]

Meeting Abstract 61-3  Friday, Jan. 5 14:00 – 14:15  Repeated Evolution of Power-Amplified Predatory Strikes in Trap-Jaw Spiders WOOD, HM*; PARKINSON, DY; GRISWOLD, CE; GILLESPIE, RG; ELIAS, DO; Smithsonian Institution; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; California Academy of Sciences; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Berkeley woodhannahmarie@gmail.com Small animals possess intriguing morphological and behavioral traits that allow […]

Meeting Abstract 61-5  Friday, Jan. 5 14:30 – 14:45  Kinematics, Evolution and Functional Morphology of Miniature Trap-Jaw Ant (Strumigenys spp.) Mandible Strikes GIBSON, JC*; BOOHER, DB; ECONOMO, EP; SUAREZ, AV; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; University of California Los Angeles; Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign jcgibso2@illinois.edu Power amplifying “trap-jaws” have evolved […]

Meeting Abstract 61-6  Friday, Jan. 5 14:45 – 15:00  Fast Strike of Twisted Mandible in Termite Soldiers of Pericapritermes nitobei KUAN, K-C; SHIH, M-C; CHIU, C-I; CHI, K-J*; LI, H-F; National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan; National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan; National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan; National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan; National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan kjchi@phys.nchu.edu.tw The soldiers in different termite species, […]

Meeting Abstract 61-8  Friday, Jan. 5 15:15 – 15:30  Elastic energy delivery and power amplification of trap-jaw ant strikes PATEK, S.N.*; SUTTON, G. P.; KUO, C. Y.; TEMEL, F. Z.; WOOD, R. J.; Duke; Bristol; Duke; Harvard; Harvard snp2@duke.edu http://www.thepateklab.org/ Trap-jaw ants strike with such extreme accelerations and speeds that they must use springs, rather than muscles, […]

Meeting Abstract 61-2  Friday, Jan. 5 13:45 – 14:00  Does an anatomical latch amplify power during a frog jump? PERLMAN, BM*; POURESFANDIARI, P; DANKOVICH IV, LJ; AZIZI, E; Univ. of California, Irvine; Univ. of California, Irvine; Univ. of Maryland, College Park; Univ. of California, Irvine bperlman@uci.edu To amplify power a number of invertebrates rely on anatomical latches […]

Meeting Abstract 61-1  Friday, Jan. 5 13:30 – 13:45  Correlated morphological evolution of ballistic tongue projection in plethodontid salamanders SCALES, J.A.*; BLOOM, S.V.; DEBAN, S.M.; CSU, Stanislaus; Univ. of South Florida; Univ. of South Florida jscales1@csustan.edu Tongue projection in plethodontid salamanders ranges from relatively low performance, muscle-powered projection to extremely high performance, elastically powered, ballistic tongue projection. […]