Post Views: 2,432 Mushroom ants have the particularity of feeding exclusively on a Basidiomycete fungus, which they grow on a substrate fed by the collection
Tag: evolution
A beetle that is not lacking in spiciness: Onychocerus albitarsis
Post Views: 3,766 Anatomical structures whose role is venom injection have appeared independently in several orders of arthropods. They can thus be found in Chelerates
Phylogeny of Dictyoptera: origin of cockroaches, termites and mantis religions
Post Views: 2,602 Cockroaches, termites and mantis, despite obvious morphological and behavioural differences, share a common ancestor and belong to the order Dictyoptera. The small
Cryoprotection: the art of surviving extreme cold
Post Views: 1,827 In the Arctic and subarctic regions, living organisms must, during winter, survive extreme temperatures sometimes reaching -60°C. There are two strategies for
Morpho’s blue colour: a structural origin
Post Views: 3,263 Color is not an intrinsic characteristic (own to) of living objects and organisms. It depends on the type of receivers and the
Mechanisms at the origin of defensive spraying in beetle bombers
Post Views: 1,761 Threatened, the bombardier beetles spray from their abdomen an irritating defensive liquid by a succession of very fast jets. This phenomenon begins
Weta: giant insects from New Zealand
Post Views: 4,097 Regions of the world, geographically isolated from other continents for millions of years, have allowed the appearance of unique, rare and incredible
Publication in the journal Nature/Heredity of some of my results on Heliconius butterflies
Post Views: 1,680 Heliconius within the “Institute of Systematics, Evolution and Biodiversity” of Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris (UMR 7205-CNRS) and on the Gamboa
Insect wings are also gyroscopes!
Post Views: 1,219 Insects have flying capabilities far beyond what robotics engineers can produce. However, the control of manoeuvres and posture during the flight remains
Revision of lepidopteran (butterfly) phylogeny
Post Views: 2,584 The discovery of a new lepidopteran family, unpublished since the 1970s, was made with the capture of a small butterfly on “Kangaroo
