YACK LAB

Yadav C, Smith ML, Yack JE (2020) Transcriptome analysis of a social caterpillar, Drepana arcuata: De novo assembly, functional annotation and developmental analysis.

PLoS ONE  15(6): e0234903.

Taylor CJ, Yack JE (2019) Hearing in caterpillars of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)

Journal of Experimental Biology jeb 211862

Kawahara AY et al. (2019) Phylogenomics reveals the evolutionary timing and pattern of butterflies and moths

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA . pnas 1907847116

Lindeman AL, Yack JE (2019) Bark beetles use a spring-loaded mechanism to produce variable song patterns

Journal of Experimental Biology 222 jeb 190660

Sun P, Mhatre N, Mason AC, Yack JE (2018) In that vein: inflated wing veins contribute to butterfly hearing

Biology Letters 14:20180496

Mikhail A, Lewis JE, Yack JE (2018) What does a butterfly hear? Physiological characterization of auditory afferents in Morpho peleides (Nymphalidae)

Journal of Comparative Physiology A  204:791–799

Rosi-Denadai CA, Scallion ML, Merrett CG, Yack JE (2018) Vocalization in caterpillars: a novel sound-producing mechanism for insects

Journal of Experimental Biology Vol 21 (4) DOI: 10.1242/jeb.169466

Yadav C, Yack JE (2018) Immature stages of the masked birch caterpillar, Drepana arcuata (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) with comments on feeding and shelter building.

Journal of Insect Science DOI:10.1093/jisesa/iiey006

Dobai A, Sivalinghem S, Guedes RN, Yack JE (2017) Acoustic communication in the pine engraver bark beetle: Do signals vary between behavioural contexts?

Physiological Entomology DOI: 10.1111/phen.12222

Yadav C, Timbers TA, Guedes RN, Matheson S, Yack JE (2017) Invitation by vibration: Vibration-mediated recruitment to social groups in caterpillars.

Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology. 71:51

Dookie AL, Young CA, Lamothe G, Schoenle LA, Yack JE (2017) Why do caterpillars whistle at birds? Insect defence sounds startle avian predators.

Behavioural Processes. 138: 58-66

Bura VL, Kawahara AY, Yack JE (2016) A comparative analysis of sonic defences in Bombycoidea caterpillars.

Scientific Reports 6:31469 doi:10.1038/srep31469

Yack JE (2016) Vibratory Communication.

In: Pollack G, Mason A (eds.) Insect Hearing: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research. Series Editors: Fay RR, Popper AN Springer Verlag, pp. 99-123

Guedes RN, Yack JE (2016) Shaking youngsters and shaken adults: Female beetles eavesdrop on larval seed vibrations to make egg-laying decisions.

PLoS ONE 11(2): e0150034. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0150034

Lindeman AA, Yack JE (2015) What’s the password? Female bark beetles (Scolytinae) grant males access to their galleries based on courtship song.

Behavioural Processes 115:123-131

Lucas KM, Mongrain JK, Windmill JFC, Robert D, Yack JE (2014) Hearing in the crepuscular owl butterfly (Caligo eurilochus, Nymphalidae).

Journal of Comparative Physiology A 200:891-898

Yack JE, Gill S, Drummond-Main D, Sherratt TN (2014) Residency duration and shelter quality influence vibratory signalling displays in a territorial caterpillar

Ethology. 120:354-364

Fournier JP, Mikhail A, Dawson J, Yack JE (2013) If a bird flies in the forest, does an insect hear it?

Biology Letters 9(5): 20130319

Fleming AJ, Lindeman A, Carroll AL, Yack JE (2013) Acoustics of the Mountain Pine Beetle Dendroctonus ponderosae (Curculionidae, Scolytinae): Sonic, ultrasonic and vibration characteristics.

Canadian Journal of Zoology 91:235-244

Cruz I, Cheetham J, Yack JE, Smith M (2013) Alkamides from Echinacea disrupt fungal cell wall.

Phytomedicine. 21:435-442

Scott JL, Yack JE (2012) Vibratory territorial signals in caterpillars of the poplar lutestring, Tethea or (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae)

European Journal of Entomology 109(3): 411–417

Guedes RNC, Bond SM, Frei B, Smith ML, Yack JE (2012) Vibration detection and discrimination in the masked birch caterpillar (Drepana arcuata)

Journal of Comparative Physiology A 198:325-335

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Bura VL, Hnain AK, Hick JN, Yack JE (2012) Defensive sound production in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta (Bombycoidea: Sphingidae).

Journal of Insect Behavior 25:114-126

Bura VL, Rohwer VG, Martin PR, Yack JE (2011) Whistling in caterpillars (Amorpha juglandis, Bombycoidea): Sound-producing mechanism and function.

Journal of Experimental Biology 214:30-37

Scott JL, Bond SM, Yack JE (2010) Variations on a theme: Vibrational signaling in the rose hook-tip caterpillar, Oreta rosea (Drepanoidea: Drepanidae).

Journal of Insect Science 10:54

Scott JL, Kawahara AY, Skevington JH, Yen S, Sami A, Smith ML, Yack JE (2010) The evolutionary origins of ritualized acoustic signals in caterpillars.

Nature Communications doi:10.1038/ncomms1002

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Lucas KM, Windmill JFC, Robert D, Yack JE (2009) Auditory mechanics and sensitivity in the tropical butterfly Morpho peleides (Papilionoidea, Nymphalidae).

Journal of Experimental Biology 212:3533-354

Bura VL, Fleming AJ, Yack JE (2009) What's the buzz? Ultrasonic and sonic warning signals in caterpillars of the great peacock moth (Saturnia pyri).

Naturwissenschaften 9:713-718

Rashed A, Khan MI, Dawson JW, Yack JE, Sherratt TN (2009) Do hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) sound like the Hymenoptera they morphologically resemble?

Behavioral Ecology 20(2):396-402

Mitra O, Callaham MA, Smith ML, Yack JE (2009) Grunting for worms: seismic vibrations cause Dipolocardia earthworms to emerge from the soil.

Biology Letters 5(1):16-19

Faure PA, Mason AC, Yack JE (2009) Invertebrate ears and hearing.


In: Binder MD, Hirokawa N, Windhorst U, Hirsch MC (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Springer, Berlin, pp. 2035-2042

Bowen JL, Mahony SJ, Mason AC, Yack JE (2008) Vibration mediated territoriality in the warty birch caterpillar Drepana bilineata (Drepanoidea: Drepanidae).

Physiological Entomology 33:238-250

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Lane KA, Lucas KM, Yack JE (2008) Hearing in a diurnal, mute butterfly, Morpho peleides (Papilionoidea, Nymphalidae).

Journal of Comparative Neurology 508:677-686

Mogg C, Smith ML, Petit P, Cappuccino N, Durst T, McKague C, Foster M, Yack JE, Arnason JT (2008) Tests of the antibiotic properties of the invasive vine, Vincetoxicum rossicum against bacteria, fungi, and insects.

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 36:383-391

Brown SG, Boettner GH, Yack JE (2007) Clicking caterpillars: acoustic aposematism in Antheraea polyphemus and other Bombycoidea.

Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 993-1005

Yack JE, Kalko EKV, Surlykke A (2007) Neuroethology of ultrasonic hearing in nocturnal butterflies (Hedyloidea).

Journal of Comparative Physiology A 193:577-590

Yack JE, Dawson J (2007) Insect Ears.

In: The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference. (Eds. Hoy, R.R., Shepherd GM, Basbaum AI, Kaneko A, and Westheimer G) Vol. 3, pp.35-54

Yack JE, Johnson SE, Brown SG, Warrant EJ (2007) The eyes of nocturnal butterflies.

Arthropod Structure and Development 36: 11-22

Fletcher LE, Yack JE, Fitzgerald TD, Hoy, RR (2006) Acoustic communication in the Cherry Leaf Roller Caloptilia serotinella (Gracillarioidea: Gracillariidae).

Journal of Insect Behavior 19: 1-18

Yack JE (2004) The structure and function of auditory chordotonal organs in insects.

Microscopy Research and Technique 63: 315-337

Yack JE, Aiello A, Conner WE, Timbers TA, Schroeder F (2004) Defensive 'flocculent' emissions in a neotropical tiger moth, Homoeocera stictosoma (Arctiidae).

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 58: 173-177

Surlykke AM, Yack JE, Hasenfuss I, Spence A (2003) Hearing in hooktip moths.

Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 2653-2663

Yack JE, Homberg U (2003) The functional organization of the nervous system in Lepidoptera.

In: Handbook of Zoology: Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies, Vol. 2 (Ed. NP Kristensen). WG de Gruyter, New York. pp. 229-265

Yack JE, Hoy RR (2003) Insect Ears.

In: The Encyclopedia of Insects (Eds. Resh, V.H. & Cardé, R.). Academic Press, San Diego, CA. pp. 498-505

Yack JE, Smith ML, Weatherhead PJ (2001) Caterpillar talk: Acoustically mediated territoriality in larval Lepidoptera.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98: 11371-11375

Eisner T, Aneshansley DJ, Yack JE, Attygalle AB, Eisner M (2001) Spray mechanism of crepidogastrine bombardier beetles (Carabidae; Crepidogastrini).

Chemoecology 11: 209-219

Eisner T, Yack JE, Aneshansley DJ (2001) Acoustic concomitants of the defensive discharges of a primitive bombardier beetle (Metrius contractus).

Chemoecology 11: 221-223

Yack JE, Fullard JH (2000) Flapping ears.

Current Biology 10 (7):R257

Yack JE, Fullard JH (2000) Ultrasonic hearing in nocturnal butterflies.

Nature 403: 265-266

Yack JE, Otero DL, Dawson J, Surlykke A, Fullard JH (2000) Sound production and hearing in the Blue Cracker Butterfly, Hamadryas feronia (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) from Venezuela.

Journal of Experimental Biology 203: 3689-3702

Yack JE, Scudder GGE, Fullard JH (1999) Evolution of the metathoracic tympanal organ and its mesothoracic homologue in Macrolepidoptera.

Zoomorphology 119: 93-103

Yack JE (1993) Janus Green B as a rapid, vital stain for peripheral nerves and chordotonal organs in insects.

Journal of Neuroscience Methods 49: 17-22

Yack JE, Fullard JH (1993) Proprioceptive activity of the wing hinge stretch receptor in Manduca sexta and other atympanate moths: A study of the noctuoid moth ear homologue.

Journal of Comparative Physiology A 173: 301-307

Yack JE, Fullard JH (1993) What is an insect ear?

Annals of the Entomological Society of America 86: 677-682

Fullard JH, Yack JE (1993) The evolutionary biology of insect hearing.

Trends in Ecology and Evolution  8: 248-252

Yack JE (1992) A multiterminal stretch receptor, chordotonal organ, and hair plate at the wing-hinge of Manduca sexta : Unravelling the mystery of the noctuid moth ear B cell.

Journal of Comparative Neurology 324: 500-508

Yack JE, Roots BI (1992) The metathoracic wing-hinge chordotonal organ of an atympanate moth, Actias luna (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae): A light- and electron-microscopic study.

Cell and Tissue Research 267:455-471

Yack JE, Fullard JH (1990) The mechanoreceptive origin of insect tympanal organs: A comparative study of similar nerves in tympanate and atympanate moths.

Journal of Comparative Neurology 300: 523-534

Yack JE (1988) Seasonal partitioning of atympanate moths in relation to bat activity.

Canadian Journal of Zoology 66: 753-755