Meeting Abstract 85.4 Monday, Jan. 6 11:00 Odor tracking behavior of fruit flies in the presence of landmark cues SAXENA, N.**; NATESAN, D.; SANE, S.P.; National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India; National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India; National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India niteshs@ncbs.res.in Flying insects rely heavily on visual cues for flight. For […]
year: 2014
Motion Perception of Composite Patterns in Fruit Flies
Meeting Abstract 85.5 Monday, Jan. 6 11:15 Motion Perception of Composite Patterns in Fruit Flies CURREA, J; Florida International University jcurr001@fiu.edu Reliably detecting visual motion in a natural environment is an important survival trait for many animals, but a computationally difficult problem. Despite a radically different eye structure, insects are a surprisingly useful model for human motion […]
Flies use visual elevation to modulate different responses to translational and rotational displacements
Meeting Abstract 85.6 Monday, Jan. 6 11:30 Flies use visual elevation to modulate different responses to translational and rotational displacements THEOBALD, J.C.*; MAZO, C.; Florida International University, Miami; Florida International University, Miami theobald@fiu.edu When a flying insect deviate from its intended path, it uses the optic flow field help steer back. Unexpected rotational optic flow indicates an […]
Active head control and its role in steering during dragonfly interception flights
Meeting Abstract 85.2 Monday, Jan. 6 10:30 Active head control and its role in steering during dragonfly interception flights MISCHIATI, M.*; LIN, H.; SIWANOWICZ, I.; LEONARDO, A.; HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus mischiatim@janelia.hhmi.org During high-speed interception flights, dragonflies make continuous head movements. These movements are hypothesized to hold prey foveated in a high acuity zone of the […]
Wings wobble when waggled detecting Coriolis forces from bending dynamics
Meeting Abstract 84.5 Monday, Jan. 6 11:30 Wings wobble when waggled: detecting Coriolis forces from bending dynamics EBERLE, AL*; DICKERSON, BH; REINHALL, P; DANIEL, TL; Univ. of Washington; Univ. of Washington; Univ. of Washington; Univ. of Washington eberle10@uw.edu Insect wings are flexible structures that are subject to Coriolis forces when they experience rotational motions in an axis […]
The impact of scale on ecomorphology Using the feeding systems of bats and crocodilians as ontogenetic and macroevolutionary models
Meeting Abstract 84.3 Monday, Jan. 6 11:00 The impact of scale on ecomorphology: Using the feeding systems of bats and crocodilians as ontogenetic and macroevolutionary models GIGNAC, PM*; SANTANA, SE; Oklahoma State University, CHS ; University of Washington paul.gignac@okstate.edu What links phenotypic stability and instability with morphological diversity? Comparative anatomists tend to approach this question from one […]
Organismal-, ciliary- motion and resulting fluid disturbances of freely swimming veligers
Meeting Abstract 84.2 Monday, Jan. 6 10:45 Organismal-, ciliary- motion and resulting fluid disturbances of freely swimming veligers CHAN, K.Y.K.*; PADILLA, D.K. ; JIANG, H.S. ; Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. ; Stony Brook Univ. ; Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. kchan@whoi.edu Planktonic larvae of marine invertebrates play significant roles in shaping abundance and distribution of benthic adult populations. […]
Modeling the collective dynamics of metabolic allometry
Meeting Abstract 84.1 Monday, Jan. 6 10:30 Modeling the collective dynamics of metabolic allometry WATERS, J. S.; Princeton University jswaters@princeton.edu Social insect colonies are model systems to investigate the mechanistic basis for the complex emergence of patterns across levels of biological organization as well as spatial and temporal scales. In the absence of hierarchical control, social insect […]
A robotic model of inertial flight maneuvering in the hawkmoth
Meeting Abstract 84.4 Monday, Jan. 6 11:15 A robotic model of inertial flight maneuvering in the hawkmoth ROMBOKAS, E*; SCHEUER, L; DYHR, JP; DANIEL, TL; University of Washington eric.rombokas@gmail.com Recent studies have shown that the hawkmoth Manduca sexta displays a marked abdominal flexion reflex in response to both visual and mechanical cues associated with pitch perturbations. The […]
The role of a fluctuating environment on multiple signals
Meeting Abstract 83.3 Monday, Jan. 6 11:00 The role of a fluctuating environment on multiple signals SIMPSON, RK*; MCGRAW, KJ; Arizona State University; Arizona State University rksimps1@asu.edu Many animals communicate using more than one modality (e.g. acoustic, visual), and several hypotheses have arisen to explain the evolution of multiple signals. These hypotheses typically assume static selection pressures […]
