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Head-banging bumble bees bite flowers to shake loose more pollen. Learn more: scim.ag/8j0 @NewsfromScience
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Researchers have found a better way to keep track of insects as they buzz around in their natural habitats—using a technique called Fast Lock-On (FLO) tracking, according to a new @SciRobotics study. Learn more in #ScienceAdviser: bit.ly/4hnpWS0 📩 Sign up for the free #newsletter: bit.ly/4f4BGqT
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@Nature17 Apr 2024
Nature research paper: Machine learning reveals the control mechanics of an insect wing hinge go.nature.com/4atT0DD

Machine learning reveals the control mechanics of an insect wing hinge

Nature - Measurements of fly muscle activity using a genetically encoded calcium indicator and high-speed imaging of wing movement were used to construct a model of the insect wing hinge and the...

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🦟 By infusing a virtual fruit fly with artificial intelligence, @HHMIJanelia and @GoogleDeepMind scientists have created a computerized insect that can walk and fly just like the real thing. 🤖 🔗janelia.org/news/artificial-…
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Lars Chittka@LChittka7 Mar 2024
Our new paper is out today in @Nature , showing that bumblebees possess the cognitive capacity for some of the key ingredients of cumulative culture, previously though to be unique to humans nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

Bumblebees socially learn behaviour too complex to innovate alone

Nature - Bumblebees can learn how to open a two-step puzzle box by observing another trained bee, indicating that these insects can use social learning to acquire a behaviour too complex to...

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I’m thrilled to announce the launch of BehaviorSync. We customize behavior apparatus to support scientific discoveries in academia and industry. Innovate with us! More at behaviorsync.com #BehavioralNeuroscience #DrugDiscovery

BehaviorSync | Custom devices for Neuroscience and Behavior research

BehaviorSync is dedicated to utilizing cutting-edge innovations to facilitate groundbreaking discoveries in neuroscience and expedite preclinical research.

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@Nature30 Jan 2024
‘Like a moth to a flame’ 🔥 This strange insect behaviour is finally explained
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Paper🚨t.ly/Q1EV- we show how hummingbird hawkmoths visually control their proboscis when probing flower patterns. Basically: not so different from how we get our fingers to an app on our phone! But using a "tongue". t.ly/HTIcM (PR @UniKonstanz) 🧵
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NEW PAPER: Ever wondered why insects fly in all sorts of crazy patterns around lights at night? So did we! We set about recording flying insects to work out what's going on. I'll summarise what we found in this 🧵. Spoiler: We don't think they confuse lights with the moon.
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Why are insects attracted to artificial light? Scientists say they finally have an answer, thanks to a chance observation and hundreds of hours of video footage. Story: floridamuseum.ufl.edu/scienc… Study: nature.com/articles/s41467-0… @Mothyash @FIUnews @UFNews
a person in a working lab leans over a large moth he is holding carefully with tweezers and brushing a soft paintbrush along its back

ALT a person in a working lab leans over a large moth he is holding carefully with tweezers and brushing a soft paintbrush along its back

a large sheet is suspended horizontally in a small forest clearing and a person has equipment set up to shine deeply purple light into the sheet underside throwing murky light around the nighttime space

ALT a large sheet is suspended horizontally in a small forest clearing and a person has equipment set up to shine deeply purple light into the sheet underside throwing murky light around the nighttime space

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New paper @CurrentBiology Orchid bees are best known for their perfume concocting behavior. Males acquire volatile compounds from the environment to use in courtship. However, the function of these chemical bouquets has remained unknown, until now! cell.com/current-biology/ful… 🧵

Function of environment-derived male perfumes in orchid bees

Henske et al. reveal the function of perfume signaling in orchid bees (Euglossini), an enigmatic chemical communication system in which males combine volatiles from environmental sources to concoct...

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【蟻医者】傷ついた仲間がいるとアリは自らが分泌する抗菌物質で治療してあげるそうです。これで90%の命が救われるのだとか。今朝の『ネイチャー通信』誌より→ nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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An interesting example of superpowers and plasticity of behavior was found in tiny insects. Matvey Nikelshparg has discovered that they can drill through plastic with their ovipositor and do it in a very different way than they drill into natural materials doi.org/10.3897/jhr.96.10778…
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Greg Jefferis@gsxej6 Jun 2023
Delighted that @flyconnectome group @CamZoology (and local collaborators @MRC_LMB) could play their part in finishing this major new #drosophila #connectome supported by @wellcometrust. Tweeprints coming soon, but links to data, tools and papers already at janelia.org/project-team/fly…

MANC connectome

With about 23,000 neurons, 10 million pre-synaptic sites, and 74 million post-synaptic densities, the male adult nerve cord (MANC) connectome is a densely reconstructed map of synaptic connections in

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HHMI | Janelia@HHMIJanelia6 Jun 2023
🔥 Today, researchers unveiled the connectome of the male adult fruit fly nerve cord. 🧠 With about 23K neurons, 10 million pre-synaptic sites & 74 million post-synaptic densities, it’s the most in-depth & complete wiring diagram of a fly nerve cord. 🔗janelia.org/news/janelia-sci…
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Evidence suggests that some #insect species might feel #pain. @AndrewCrump94 @matilda_gibbons @Bee_Bytes @birchlse & @LChittka argue that researchers need to consider the welfare implications of these findings for insect experiments #PLOSBiology plos.io/3OQvwk0
Three longhorn bees on a brittle bush. Credit: Bruce Taubert

ALT Three longhorn bees on a brittle bush. Credit: Bruce Taubert

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I'm really proud of this work published today in Proc B with @SmithBeeLab & @ben_koger on the importance of the 3D nest structure and building strategies in developing honeybee colonies doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.25… We observe, manipulate, and model 3D nest construction - see below.
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WVUToday@wvutoday4 Apr 2023
WVU chemist makes insect wing discovery that could advance technology dlvr.it/SlzMB4

WVU chemist makes insect wing discovery that could advance technology

The key to insect success may be their wings. That’s what West Virginia University researcher Terry Gullion, professor of chemistry in the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, has learned by...

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My first paper is out 🥳 Can you learn without a brain? Turns out - YES! doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2220685… @simon_sprecher @martinezserrap1

Associative learning in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis | PNAS

The ability to learn and form memories allows animals to adapt their behavior based on previous experiences. Associative learning, the process thro...

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My first primary research article is finally here: in #PLOSBiology ! "Bumblebees acquire alternative puzzle-box solutions via social learning". doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio…
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Bonnie Blaimer@BBlaimer3 Mar 2023
I’m thrilled that our work on the evolution of Hymenoptera is now out in @NatureComms! We inferred a new phylogeny and investigated the influence of key innovations on the diversification of the order. nature.com/articles/s41467-0…

Key innovations and the diversification of Hymenoptera

Nature Communications - Hymenoptera is an incredibly diverse order, with numerous behavioral and morphological innovations. Here, the authors compile a time-calibrated Hymenoptera phylogeny and...

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