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Secret Weapons: Defenses of Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, and Other Many-Legged Creatures
- T. Eisner, M. Eisner, M. V. Siegler
- Psychology
- 2005
This book is dominantly about chemical defences of terrestrial arthropods, though other types of defences (camouflage, catapulting, sticky traps) are also mentioned. Chapters are short, and typically… Expand
Defense by foot adhesion in a beetle (Hemisphaerota cyanea).
- T. Eisner, D. Aneshansley
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
- 6 June 2000
The beetle Hemisphaerota cyanea (Chrysomelidae; Cassidinae) responds to disturbance by activating a tarsal adhesion mechanism by which it secures a hold on the substrate. Its tarsi are oversized and… Expand
Vein-cutting behavior: insect counterploy to the latex defense of plants.
- D. E. Dussourd, T. Eisner
- Biology, Medicine
- Science
- 21 August 1987
Many mandibulate insects that feed on milkweeds, or other latex-producing plants, cut leaf veins before feeding distal to the cuts. Vein cutting blocks latex flow to intended feeding sites and can be… Expand
The chemistry of sexual selection.
- T. Eisner, J. Meinwald
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
- 3 January 1995
The moth Utetheisa ornatrix (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) is protected against predation by pyrrolizidine alkaloids that it sequesters as a larva from its foodplants. At mating, the male transfers… Expand
Defensive Secretions of Millipeds
- T. Eisner, D. Alsop, K. Hicks, J. Meinwald
- 1978
The millipeds, comprising the arthropodan class Diplopoda, are a relatively uniform and unspectacular lot. Generally slow and sluggish despite their many legs, they are for the most part furtive… Expand
Hindwings are unnecessary for flight but essential for execution of normal evasive flight in Lepidoptera
- Benjamin C. Jantzen, T. Eisner
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 28 October 2008
In Lepidoptera, forewings and hindwings are mechanically coupled and flap in synchrony. Flight is anteromotoric, being driven primarily by action of the forewings. Here we report that lepidopterans… Expand
Firefly "femmes fatales" acquire defensive steroids (lucibufagins) from their firefly prey.
- T. Eisner, M. Goetz, D. Hill, S. R. Smedley, J. Meinwald
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
- 2 September 1997
Female fireflies of the genus Photuris, the so-called firefly "femmes fatales," prey on male fireflies of the genus Photinus. The females are able to entrap the males by faking the flash signal… Expand
Seasonal Anointment with Millipedes in a Wild Primate: A Chemical Defense Against Insects?
- X. Valderrama, J. G. Robinson, A. Attygalle, T. Eisner
- Biology
- Journal of Chemical Ecology
- 1 December 2000
Members of a wild group of wedge-capped capuchin monkeys (Cebus olivaceus) intentionally anoint themselves with millipedes (Orthoporus dorsovittatus). Chemical analysis revealed these millipedes… Expand
Biparental defensive endowment of eggs with acquired plant alkaloid in the moth Utetheisa ornatrix.
- D. E. Dussourd, K. Ubik, C. Harvis, J. Resch, J. Meinwald, T. Eisner
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
- 1 August 1988
The eggs of Utetheisa ornatrix contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids. These compounds are contributed by both parents, who sequester them as larvae from their food plants. Females receive alkaloid from the… Expand