locust
- Aimed limb movements in a hemimetabolous insect are intrinsically compensated for allometric wing growth by developmental mechanisms
Highlighted Article: A developmentally programmed change in the scratching movements of locusts permits adult animals to aim their movements at new wing tip targets, without learning.
- Three-dimensional shape and velocity changes affect responses of a locust visual interneuron to approaching objects
Summary: A locust motion-sensitive visual neuron responds later to approaches of a three-dimensional sphere than to a two-dimensional disc and tracks expansion of looming objects that speed up or slow down.
- Flight metabolic rate of Locusta migratoria in relation to oxygen partial pressure in atmospheres of varying diffusivity and density
Highlighted Article: Locusts flying in atmospheres of varying oxygen partial pressure, diffusivity and density reveal an economically designed respiratory system where convection is the principal mechanism of oxygen delivery to the flight muscle.