Towards an integrative approach to understanding collective behaviour in caterpillars

Gregarious caterpillars shorten their larval development time in response to simulated predation threat

(2022) Mónica F. Cisternas et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Octopamine receptor gene influences social grouping in the masked birch caterpillar

(2022) Chanchal Yadav et al.   BMC Research Notes

Expanding evolutionary neuroscience: insights from comparing variation in behavior

(2021) Nicholas Jourjine et al.   NEURON

CRISPR/Cas9 in lepidopteran insects: Progress, application and prospects

(2021) Jiang-Jie Li et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Studying convergent evolution to relate genotype to behavioral phenotype

(2020) Jason R. Gallant et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Gregariousness affects performance and defensive reactions in swallowtail caterpillars

(2020) Mónica F. Cisternas et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Transcriptome analysis of a social caterpillar, Drepana arcuata: De novo assembly, functional annotation and developmental analysis

(2020) Chanchal Yadav et al.   PLoS One

Where one species leads, another follows: interspecies processions in tropical caterpillars

(2020) Stefanie A. White et al.   ECOLOGY

Priors and Posteriors in Bayesian Timing of Divergence Analyses: The Age of Butterflies Revisited

(2019) Nicolas Chazot et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Acoustic stimuli from predators trigger behavioural responses in aggregate caterpillars

(2019) Crasso Paulo B. Breviglieri et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Caterpillars Cooperate to Overcome Plant Glandular Trichome Defenses

(2019) Emma Despland   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Host-plant mediated effects on group cohesion and mobility in a nomadic gregarious caterpillar

(2018) C. Plenzich et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

A Comprehensive and Dated Phylogenomic Analysis of Butterflies

(2018) Marianne Espeland et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Lepidoptera genomes: current knowledge, gaps and future directions

(2018) Deborah A Triant et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

DeepLabCut: markerless pose estimation of user-defined body parts with deep learning

(2018) Alexander Mathis et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Evolution of ontogenic change in color defenses of swallowtail butterflies

(2018) Nikhil Gaitonde et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Colour pattern variation affects predation in chrysomeline larvae

(2016) Eunice J. Tan et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Major Hurdles for the Evolution of Sociality

(2016) Judith Korb et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Silk drives aggregation and following in the neotropical caterpillarMechanitis menapis(Nymphalidae: Ithomiini)

(2016) Emma Despland et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Will climate change affect insect pheromonal communication?

(2016) Antoine Boullis et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

A field demonstration of the costs and benefits of group living to edible and defended prey

(2015) Edward A. M. Curley et al.   Biology Letters

Growth Performance and Biometric Characteristics ofSpodoptera litura(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Reared on Different Host Plants

(2015) Shu-Jen Tuan et al.   JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY

Gregariousness as a defence strategy of moderately defended prey: experiments with Pyrrhocoris apterus and avian predators

(2014) Kateřina Hotová Svádová et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Benefits of gregarious feeding by aposematic caterpillars depend on group age structure

(2014) Stuart A. Campbell et al.   OECOLOGIA

The Ecology of Collective Behavior

(2014) Deborah M. Gordon   PLOS BIOLOGY

Bitter taste enhances predatory biases against aggregations of prey with warning coloration

(2013) Hannah M. Rowland et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Plastic larval development in a butterfly has complex environmental and genetic causes and consequences for population dynamics

(2013) Marjo Saastamoinen et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Density-dependent investment in costly anti-predator defences: an explanation for the weak survival benefit of group living

(2012) Derek Daly et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

To grow fast or to grow big? Time-limited larvae of Eilema depressum speed up their growth and reduce number of instars

(2012) Heikki Pöykkö et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Vibration detection and discrimination in the masked birch caterpillar (Drepana arcuata)

(2012) R. N. C. Guedes et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Temperature, size, reproductive allocation, and life-history evolution in a gregarious caterpillar

(2011) CARLA PIMENTEL et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Trail Marking by Caterpillars of the Silverspot ButterflyDione Juno Huascuma

(2011) Alfonso Pescador-Rubio et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE

Defensive responses by a social caterpillar are tailored to different predators and change with larval instar and group size

(2011) Melanie McClure et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Linking the evolution and form of warning coloration in nature

(2011) M. Stevens et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Group size effects on survivorship and adult development in the gregarious larvae of Euselasia chrysippe (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae)

(2010) P. E. Allen   INSECTES SOCIAUX

The cloning, phylogenetic relationship and distribution pattern of two new putative GPCR-type octopamine receptors in the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria)

(2010) Heleen Verlinden et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

The immature stages, larval food plants and biology of Neotropical mistletoe butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). II. TheCatastictagroup (Pierini: Aporiina)

(2010) Michael F. Braby et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY

Leaf toughness changes the effectiveness of larval aggregation in the butterflyByasa alcinous bradanus(Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)

(2009) Nami KAWASAKI et al.   ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Growth and Survival of a Tropical Polyphagous Caterpillar: Effects of Host and Group Size

(2009) Alfonso Pescador-Rubio   SOUTHWESTERN ENTOMOLOGIST

Vibration-mediated territoriality in the warty birch caterpillarDrepana bilineata

(2008) JACLYN L. BOWEN et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Developmental variation in the forest tent caterpillar: life history consequences of a threshold size for pupation

(2007) Elsa Etilé et al.   OIKOS