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The main component of an alarm pheromone of kissing bugs plays multiple roles in the cognitive modulation of the escape response
(Frontiers, 2013-07)
Innate responses in animals can be modulated by experience. Disturbed adults of the triatomine bug Triatoma infestans release an alarm pheromone (AP) that elicits an escape response in conspecific larvae. The main component ...
Filling dynamics of the Brindley’s glands in the blood-sucking bug Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
(Elsevier, 2014-12)
The filling dynamics of exocrine defensive glands is an important component of the defensive capacity of an insect in its natural environment. We studied the filling state and reloading rate of the Brindley’s glands in the ...