Neuroethology of audition and bat evasion in praying mantises

Many praying mantises have a unique auditory system comprising a single ear located in the ventral midline of the thorax. The hearing is nondirectional, and best frequencies range from 25 kHz to over 100 kHz depending on the species. Bat-like ultrasound triggers complex evasive maneuvers in flying m...

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Published in:The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2002-11, Vol.112 (5_Supplement), p.2287-2288
Main Author: Yager, David D.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Many praying mantises have a unique auditory system comprising a single ear located in the ventral midline of the thorax. The hearing is nondirectional, and best frequencies range from 25 kHz to over 100 kHz depending on the species. Bat-like ultrasound triggers complex evasive maneuvers in flying mantises that requires CNS processing in the head. A mirror-image pair of interneurons (501) rapidly (
ISSN:0001-4966
1520-8524
DOI:10.1121/1.4779190