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YACK LAB

Publications

Turchen LM, Yack JE (2025) Warty birch caterpillar, Falcaria bilineata (Drepanidae): ontogenetic changes in morphology and behaviour.

Journal of Insect Behavior 38:21

Matheson SM, Turchen LM, Mauduit E, Yack JE (2025) Buzzing boundaries: tiny caterpillars vibrate to defend leaf tip territories.

Journal of Experimental Biology 288 (7)

Arjomandi E, Turchen LM, Connolly AA, Léveillée MB, Yack JE (2024) Acoustic communication in bark beetles (Scolytinae): 150 years of research.

Physiological Entomology 49:281-300. DOI: 10.1111/phen.12453

Low ML, Turchen LM, Yack JE (2024) Caterpillar sonic defences: diversity of vocalisations in silk and hawk moth (Bombycoidea) larvae.

Bioacoustics 33(2), 122-137. doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2024.2309355

Low ML, Bura V, Yack JE (2023) Caterpillar sonic defences: mechanisms and diversity of mandible stridulation in silk and hawk moth (Bombycoidea) larvae.

Bioacoustics, 32(3), 348-372

Drinkwater E, Allen WL, Endler JA, Hanlon RT, Holmes G, Homziak NT, Kang C, Leavell BC, Lehtonen J, Loeffler-Henry K, Ratcliffe JM, Rowe C, Ruxton GD, Sherratt TN, Skelhorn J, Skojec C, Smart HR, White TE, Yack JE, Young CM, Umbers, KDL (2022) A synthesis of deimatic behaviour

Biological Reviews DOI: 10.1111/brv.12891

Yadav C, Yack JE, Smith ML (2022) Octopamine receptor gene influences social grouping in the masked birch caterpillar

BMC Research News 15: 211 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-022-06102-3

Turchen LM, Cosme Jr. L, Yack JE, Guedes RNC (2022) What’s shaking for caterpillars? Leaf-borne vibratory stimuli and behavioral responses in the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda

Journal of Pest Science DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-022-01496-2

Yack JE (2022) Acoustic Defence Strategies in Caterpillars

In: Marquis, RJ, Koptur, S (eds) Caterpillars in the Middle. Fascinating Life Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86688-4_7

Turchen LM, Cosme Jr. L, Yack JE, Guedes RN (2022) Bug talk trends and biases: literature survey and meta-analyses of vibratory sensing and communication in insects

Entomologia Generalis. 42: 335-348

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