Pot pourri 2

Insect navigation papers have been coming thick and fast in the last weeks, so to catch up here is a mini-batch. Enjoy.

Schultheiss, P., Wystrach, A., Schwarz, S., Tack, A., Delor, J., Nooten, S. S., … & Cheng, K. (2016). Crucial role of ultraviolet light for desert ants in determining direction from the terrestrial panorama. Animal Behaviour, 115, 19-28.

Liang, C.-H., Chuang, C.-L., Jiang, J.-A. & Yang, E.-C. 2016 Magnetic Sensing through the Abdomen of the Honey bee. Scientific Reports 6, 23657. doi: 10.1038/srep23657.

Wiegmann, D. D., Hebets, E. A., Gronenberg, W., Graving, J. M. & Bingman, V. P. 2016 Amblypygids: Model Organisms for the Study of Arthropod Navigation Mechanisms in Complex Environments? Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 10. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00047.

Reber, T., Baird, E. & Dacke, M. 2016 The final moments of landing in bumblebees, Bombus terrestris. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 202, 277-285. doi: 10.1007/s00359-016-1073-4.

Warrant, E., Frost, B., Green, K., Mouritsen, H., Dreyer, D., Adden, A., Brauburger, K. & Heinze, S. 2016 The Australian Bogong moth Agrotis infusa: A long-distance nocturnal navigator. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 10. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00077.