Title: | Pheromone-regulated anemotaxis in flying moths |
DOI: | 10.1126/science.184.4140.999 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking) |
Abstract: | Certain male moths flying upwind toward a scent-producing female appear to be guided anemotactically by optomotor reactions to the ground pattern. Loss of the odor stimulus changes the anemotactic angle from into wind to across wind with left-right reversals |
Keywords: | "*Air Movements Animals Female Form Perception Insecta/*physiology Male Orientation *Pheromones *Sexual Behavior, Animal;" |
Notes: | "MedlineKennedy, J S Marsh, D eng 1974/05/31 Science. 1974 May 31; 184(4140):999-1001. doi: 10.1126/science.184.4140.999" |