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Quantification of bush-cricket acoustic trachea mechanics using Atomic Force Microscopy nanoindentation (2022)
Journal Article
Siamantouras, E., Woodrow, C., Celiker, E., Cullen, D. A., Hills, C. E., Squires, P. E., & Montealegre-Z, F. (2022). Quantification of bush-cricket acoustic trachea mechanics using Atomic Force Microscopy nanoindentation. Acta Biomaterialia, 153, 399-410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2022.08.056

Derived from the respiratory tracheae, bush-crickets’ acoustic tracheae (or ear canals) are hollow tubes evolved to transmit sounds from the external environment to the interior ear. Due to the location of the ears in the forelegs, the acoustic trach... Read More about Quantification of bush-cricket acoustic trachea mechanics using Atomic Force Microscopy nanoindentation.

Behavioural phase change in the Australian plague locust, Chortoicetes terminifera, is triggered by tactile stimulation of the antennae (2010)
Journal Article
Cullen, D. A., Sword, G. A., Dodgson, T., & Simpson, S. J. (2010). Behavioural phase change in the Australian plague locust, Chortoicetes terminifera, is triggered by tactile stimulation of the antennae. Journal of Insect Physiology, 56(8), 937-942. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.04.023

Density-dependent phase polyphenism is a defining characteristic of the paraphyletic group of acridid grasshoppers known as locusts. The cues and mechanisms associated with crowding that induce behavioural gregarization are best understood in the des... Read More about Behavioural phase change in the Australian plague locust, Chortoicetes terminifera, is triggered by tactile stimulation of the antennae.