INSECTS – Electric Life Book

Electric life

Chapter 1 – Insects

BIBLIOGRAPHY – CHAPTER 1 – INSECTS

Bees

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Locusts

Shepherd, Sebastian, Chris Jackson, Suleiman M. Sharkh, Hitoshi Aonuma, Eugênio E. Oliveira, and Philip L. Newland. “Extremely Low‐Frequency Electromagnetic Fields Entrain Locust Wingbeats.” Bioelectromagnetics 42, no. 4 (April 6, 2021): 296–308. https://doi.org/10.1002/bem.22336.

Vanbergen, Adam J., Simon G. Potts, Alain Vian, E. Pascal Malkemper, Juliette Young, and Thomas Tscheulin. “Risk to Pollinators From Anthropogenic Electro-magnetic Radiation (EMR): Evidence and Knowledge Gaps.” Science of the Total Environment 695 (December 1, 2019): 133833. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133833.

Wyszkowska, Joanna, Sebastian Shepherd, Suleiman M. Sharkh, Chris Jackson, and Philip L. Newland. “Exposure to Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields Alters the Behaviour, Physiology and Stress Protein Levels of Desert Locusts.” Scientific Reports 6, no. 1 (November 3, 2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep36413.

Butterflies

Guerra, Patrick A., Robert J. Gegear, and Steven M. Reppert. “A Magnetic Compass Aids Monarch Butterfly Migration.” Nature Communications 5, no. 1 (June 24, 2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5164.

Reppert, Steven M., Patrick A. Guerra, and Christine Merlin. “Neurobiology of Monarch Butterfly Migration.” Annual Review of Entomology 61, no. 1 (March 11, 2016): 25–42. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-010814-020855.

Wan, Guijun, Ashley Hayden, Samantha E. Iiams, and Christine Merlin. “Cryptochrome 1 Mediates Light-dependent Inclination Magnetosensing in Monarch Butterflies.” Nature Communications 12, no. 1 (February 3, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21002-z.

Dung Beatles

Dacke, Marie, Marcus J. Byrne, Clarke H. Scholtz, and Eric J. Warrant. “Lunar Orientation in a Beetle.” Proceedings – Royal Society. Biological Sciences (Print) 271, no. 1537 (February 22, 2004): 361–65. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2003.2594.

Dacke, Marie, Emily Baird, Marcus J. Byrne, Clarke H. Scholtz, and Eric J. Warrant. “Dung Beetles Use the Milky Way for Orientation.” Current Biology 23, no. 4 (February 1, 2013): 298–300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.12.034.

Dacke, Marie, Emily Baird, Basil El Jundi, Eric J. Warrant, and Marcus J. Byrne. “How Dung Beetles Steer Straight.” Annual Review of Entomology 66, no. 1 (January 7, 2021): 243–56. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-042020-102149.

Vrins, J.C.M., and M.C. Arendse. “Magnetic Orientation and Its Relation to Photic Orientation in Tenebrio Molitor L. (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae).” Netherlands Journal of Zoology 25, no. 4 (January 1, 1974): 407–37. https://doi.org/10.1163/002829675×00047.

Ticks

Baňas, Miroslav, Lívia Šofranková, Juraj Kurimský, Marek Pavlík, Mário Pikalík, Viktória Majláthová, Roman Cimbala, Natália Pipová, Liliana Wurfl, and Igor Majláth. “Interspecific Differences in the Behavioral Response of Ticks Exposed to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Radiation.” Experimental & Applied Acarology 91, no. 3 (October 11, 2023): 477–85. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-023-00847-7.

England, Sam J., Katie Lihou, and Daniel Robert. “Static Electricity Passively Attracts Ticks Onto Hosts.” Current Biology 33, no. 14 (July 1, 2023): 3041-3047.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.021.

Frątczak, Martyna, Blažena Vargová, Piotr Tryjanowski, Igor Majláth, Leszek Jerzak, Juraj Kurimský, Roman Cimbala, Łukasz Jankowiak, Zsolt Čonka, and Viktória Majláthová. “Infected Ixodes Ricinus Ticks Are Attracted by Electromagnetic Radiation of 900 MHz.” Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases 11, no. 4 (July 1, 2020): 101416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101416.

Vargová, Blažena, Igor Majláth, Juraj Kurimský, Roman Cimbala, Michal Kosterec, Piotr Tryjanowski, Łukasz Jankowiak, Tomáš Raši, and Viktória Majláthová. “Electromagnetic Radiation and Behavioural Response of Ticks: An Experimental Test.” Experimental and Applied Acarology 75, no. 1 (March 31, 2018): 85–95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-018-0253-z.

Vargová, Blažena, Igor Majláth, Juraj Kurimský, Roman Cimbala, Natália Pipová, Jozef Živčák, Piotr Tryjanowski, et al. “Morphometric Analysis – Effect of the Radiofrequency Interface of Electromagnetic Field on the Size of Hatched Dermacentor Reticulatus Larvae.” AAEM. Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine/Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine 28, no. 3 (September 16, 2021): 419–25. https://doi.org/10.26444/aaem/139289.

Ants

Abraçado, Leida G., Darci M. S. Esquivel, Odivaldo C. Alves, and Eliane Wajnberg. “Magnetic Material in Head, Thorax, and Abdomen of Solenopsis Substituta Ants: A Ferromagnetic Resonance Study.” Journal of Magnetic Resonance (San Diego, Calif. 1997 : Print) 175, no. 2 (August 1, 2005): 309–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2005.05.006.

Alves, Odivaldo C., Robert B. Srygley, Andre J. Riveros, Marcia A Barbosa, Darci M. S. Esquivel, and Eliane Wajnberg. “Magnetic Anisotropy and Organization of Nanoparticles in Heads and Antennae of Neotropical Leaf-cutter Ants,Atta Colombica.” Journal of Physics. D, Applied Physics (Print) 47, no. 43 (October 3, 2014): 435401. https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/47/43/435401.

Anderson, James B., and Robert Κ. Vander Meer. “Magnetic Orientation in the Fire Ant,Solenopsis Invicta.” Naturwissenschaften 80, no. 12 (December 1, 1993): 568–70. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01149274.

Çamlıtepe, Yılmaz, Volkan Aksoy, N. C. Uren, Aykut Yılmaz, and İsmail Becenen. “An Experimental Analysis on the Magnetic Field Sensitivity of the Black-meadow antFormica pratensisRetzius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).” Acta Biologica Hungarica 56, no. 3–4 (August 1, 2005): 215–24. https://doi.org/10.1556/abiol.56.2005.3-4.5.

De Oliveira, J.F., Eliane Wajnberg, Darci Motta De Souza Esquivel, Sevil Weinkauf, Michael Winklhofer, and Marianne Hanzlik. “Ant Antennae: Are They Sites for Magnetoreception?” Journal of the Royal Society Interface 7, no. 42 (May 27, 2009): 143–52. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2009.0102.

Fleischmann, Pauline N., Robin Grob, Valentin Müller, Rüdiger Wehner, and Wolfgang Rößler. “The Geomagnetic Field Is a Compass Cue in Cataglyphis Ant Navigation.” Current Biology 28, no. 9 (May 1, 2018): 1440-1444.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.03.043.

Mannino, Giuseppe, Luca Pietro Casacci, Giorgia Bianco Dolino, Giuseppe Badolato, Massimo E. Maffei, and Francesca Barbero. “The Geomagnetic Field (GMF) Is Necessary for Black Garden Ant (Lasius Niger L.) Foraging and Modulates Orientation Potentially Through Aminergic Regulation and MagR Expression.” International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Online) 24, no. 5 (February 23, 2023): 4387. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms24054387.

Riveros, Andre J., and Robert B. Srygley. “Do Leafcutter Ants, Atta Colombica, Orient Their Path-integrated Home Vector With a Magnetic Compass?” Animal Behaviour 75, no. 4 (April 1, 2008): 1273–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.09.030.

Wajnberg, Eliane, Daniel Acosta‐Avalos, Odivaldo C. Alves, J.F. De Oliveira, Robert B. Srygley, and Darci M. S. Esquivel. “Magnetoreception in Eusocial Insects: An Update.” Journal of the Royal Society Interface (Online) 7, no. suppl_2 (January 27, 2010). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2009.0526.focus.

Wajnberg, Eliane, André L. Rossi, and Darci M. S. Esquivel. “Titanium and Iron Titanium Oxide Nanoparticles in Antennae of the Migratory Ant Pachycondyla Marginata: An Alternative Magnetic Sensor for Magnetoreception?” BioMetals 30, no. 4 (June 12, 2017): 541–48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10534-017-0024-z.

Hornets

Ishay, Jacob S., Zahava Barkay, Noam Eliaz, Marian Plotkin, Stanislav Volynchik, and David J. Bergman. “Gravity Orientation in Social Wasp Comb Cells (Vespinae) and the Possible Role of Embedded Minerals.” Naturwissenschaften 95, no. 4 (December 18, 2007): 333–42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-007-0334-z.

Kirshboim, Shira, and Jacob S. Ishay. “Silk Produced by Hornets: Thermophotovoltaic Properties—a Review.” Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part a, Molecular & Integrative Physiology 127, no. 1 (September 1, 2000): 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1095-6433(00)00237-3.

Kisliuk, M., and Jacob S. Ishay. “Influence of an Additional Magnetic Field on Hornet Nest Architecture.” Experientia 33, no. 7 (July 1, 1977): 885–87. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01951261.

Kisliuk, M., and Jacob S. Ishay. “HORNET BUILDING ORIENTATION IN ADDITIONAL MAGNETIC FIELDS.” In Elsevier eBooks, 57–62, 1978. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-022022-2.50012-5.

Kisliuk, M., and Jacob S. Ishay. “Influence of the Earth’s Magnetic Field on the Comb Building Orientation of Hornets.” Experientia 35, no. 8 (August 1, 1979): 1041–42. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01949929.

Padaki, Naveen V., Barun Das, and Arindam Basu. “Advances in Understanding the Properties of Silk.” In Elsevier eBooks, 3–16, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-1-78242-311-9.00001-x.

Da Graça Cardoso Pereira-Bomfim, Maria, William Fernando Antonialli-Júnior, and Daniel Acosta‐Avalos. “Effect of Magnetic Field on the Foraging Rhythm and Behavior of the Swarm-founding Paper Wasp Polybia Paulista Ihering (Hymenoptera: Vespidae).” Sociobiology 62, no. 1 (April 7, 2015). https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v62i1.99-104.

Plotkin, Marian, Natalya Y. Ermakov, David J. Bergman, and Jacob S. Ishay. “Electrical Properties of Hornet Silk: Temperature Dependence.” PubMed 37, no. 1 (January 1, 2005): 71–84. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16583994.

Plotkin, Marian, Idan Hod, Arie Zaban, Stuart A. Boden, Darren M. Bagnall, D. Galushko, and David J. Bergman. “Solar Energy Harvesting in the Epicuticle of the Oriental Hornet (Vespa Orientalis).” Naturwissenschaften 97, no. 12 (October 29, 2010): 1067–76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-010-0728-1.

Steven, Eden, Jin Gyu Park, Anant K. Paravastu, Elsa B. Lopes, J. S. Brooks, Ongi Englander, T. Siegrist, Papatya Kaner, and Rufina G. Alamo. “Physical Characterization of Functionalized Spider Silk: Electronic and Sensing Properties.” Science and Technology of Advanced Materials 12, no. 5 (October 1, 2011): 055002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1468-6996/12/5/055002.

Stokroos, I., Luba Litinetsky, Johannes J.L. Van Der Want, and Jacob S. Ishay. “Keystone-like Crystals in Cells of Hornet Combs.” Nature 411, no. 6838 (June 1, 2001): 654. https://doi.org/10.1038/35079679.

Thermosilk team “University of California, Berkeley: ThermoSilk,” June 16, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFnFLokMGxE.

Volynchik, Stanislav, Marian Plotkin, Natalya Y. Ermakov, David J. Bergman, and Jacob S. Ishay. “Thermovoltaic Properties of Hornet Silk.” Microscopy Research and Technique 69, no. 11 (October 6, 2006): 852–60. https://doi.org/10.1002/jemt.20360.

EXTRA REFERENCES ON THE ELECTRIC SIDE OF INSECTS

Fruitflies – Drosophila

Bae, Ji-Eun, Sunhoe Bang, Soohong Min, Sang-Hyup Lee, Soon-Hwan Kwon, Youngseok Lee, Yong-Ho Lee, Jongkyeong Chung, and Kwon‐Seok Chae. “Positive Geotactic Behaviors Induced by Geomagnetic Field in Drosophila.” Molecular Brain 9, no. 1 (May 18, 2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13041-016-0235-1.

Damulewicz, Milena, and Gabriella Mazzotta. “One Actor, Multiple Roles: The Performances of Cryptochrome in Drosophila.” Frontiers in Physiology 11 (March 5, 2020). https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.00099.

Dyka, L. D., Lyubov A. Shakina, V. Yu. Strashnyuk, and Y. G. Shckorbatov. “Effects of 36.6 GHz and Static Magnetic Field on Degree of Endoreduplication inDrosophila Melanogasterpolytene Chromosomes.” International Journal of Radiation Biology 92, no. 4 (February 16, 2016): 222–27. https://doi.org/10.3109/09553002.2016.1137105.

Hoang, Nathalie, Erik Schleicher, Sylwia Kacprzak, Jean-Pierre Bouly, Marie Christine Picot, William Wu, Alex Berndt, Eva Wolf, Robert Bittl, and Margaret Ahmad. “Human and Drosophila Cryptochromes Are Light Activated by Flavin Photoreduction in Living Cells.” PLoS Biology 6, no. 7 (July 1, 2008): e160. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060160.

Oh, In‐Taek, Hyejin Kwon, Soo Chan Kim, Hyungjun Kim, Kenneth J. Lohmann, and Kwon‐Seok Chae. “Behavioral Evidence for Geomagnetic Imprinting and Transgenerational Inheritance in Fruit Flies.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117, no. 2 (December 30, 2019): 1216–22. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1914106117.

Painter, Michael S., David H. Dommer, William W. Altizer, Rachel Muheim, and John B. Phillips. “Spontaneous Magnetic Orientation in Larval Drosophila Shares Properties with Learned Magnetic Compass Responses in Adult Flies and Mice.” Journal of Experimental Biology, January 1, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.077404.

Wehner, Riidiger, and Th. Labhart. “Perception of the Geomagnetic Field in the flyDrosophila Melanogaster.” Experientia 26, no. 9 (September 1, 1970): 967–68. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02114135.

Wu, Chia‐Lin, Tsai‐Feng Fu, Meng-Hsuan Chiang, Yu‐Wei Chang, Jim-Long Her, and Tony Wu. “Magnetoreception Regulates Male Courtship Activity in Drosophila.” PloS One 11, no. 5 (May 19, 2016): e0155942. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155942.

Yoshii, Taishi, Tomoki Todo, Corinna Wülbeck, Ralf Stanewsky, and Charlotte Helfrich‐Förster. “Cryptochrome Is Present in the Compound Eyes and a Subset of Drosophila’s Clock Neurons.” Journal of Comparative Neurology (1911) 508, no. 6 (April 9, 2008): 952–66. https://doi.org/10.1002/cne.21702.

Mealworms

Prolić, Zlatko, and Vera Nenadović. “The Influence of a Permanent Magnetic Field on the Process of Adult Emergence in Tenebrio Molitor.” Journal of Insect Physiology 41, no. 12 (December 1, 1995): 1113–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1910(95)00061-x.

WanYong, Z., Y.ZhaoFen, Q. ChengKui. “Effects of Pulse Magnetic Field on the Frowth and Development of Tenebrio Molitor (Mealworm Beetle).” Journal of Economic Animal 8, no. 1 (2004): 41–43. https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:88055771.

Moths

Dreyer, David L., Brian J. Frost, Henrik Mouritsen, Anja Günther, Ken Green, Mary Whitehouse, Sönke Johnsen, Stanley Heinze, and Eric J. Warrant. “The Earth’s Magnetic Field and Visual Landmarks Steer Migratory Flight Behavior in the Nocturnal Australian Bogong Moth.” CB/Current Biology 28, no. 13 (July 1, 2018): 2160-2166.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.030.

Ilijin, Larisa, Milena Vlahović, Marija Mrdaković, Dejan Mirččićć, Zlatko Prolićć, Jelica Lazarević, and Vesna Perićć-Mataruga. “The Effects of Acute Exposure to Magnetic Fields on Morphometric Characteristics of Bombyxin-producing Neurosecretory Neurons in Gypsy Moth Caterpillars.” International Journal of Radiation Biology 87, no. 5 (January 10, 2011): 461–71. https://doi.org/10.3109/09553002.2011.542544.