Sentences with phrase «sexta moths»
The scientists filmed the visits of Manduca sexta moths in a tent experiment with Nicotiana attenuata plants.
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They were able to show that Manduca sexta moths acquired the highest energy gain when they visited flowers that matched the length of their proboscis.
A Manduca sexta moth visits the flowers of Nicotiana attenuata, a wild tobacco species.
Not exact matches
The scientists used 80 environmental odors that are ecologically relevant for Manduca sexta and showed where these odors are processed in the moths» brains.
Nocturnal moths, such as the tobacco hawkmoth Manduca sexta, rely on their extremely sensitive sense of smell in order to locate their food sources: flowers that contain nectar.
The tobacco hornworm, or Manduca sexta, develops into the Carolina sphinx moth.
Offering hawk moths (Manduca sexta) a range of 3 - D printed flowers with different curvatures shows that a moderately curved trumpet shape lets moths sip most efficiently, Foen Peng reported June 24 at the Evolution 2017 meeting.
The researchers showed that floral scent is crucial for successful pollination: Manduca sexta hawk moths, the most important pollinators of the wild tobacco species Nicotiana attenuata, use their proboscis to smell the floral volatiles when they visit flowers.
A pollinating moth Manduca sexta, this one with a wing span of about 4 inches, feeds from a Sacred Dutura, or Datura wrightii, flower.
A hawk moth (Manduca sexta) uses its eight - centimeter - long proboscis to drink nectar from a flower of Nicotiana alata, a species of wild tobacco also called jasmine or winged tobacco.
«Scent guides hawk moths to the best - fitting flowers: Researchers show that Manduca sexta recognizes scent of flowers matching its proboscis, thereby optimizes energy gain.»
He hatched 72 tobacco hornworms (Manduca sexta), a common North American moth, and dosed the caterpillars with varying levels of antibiotics intended to wipe out any microbes the insects contained.
Active olfactory receptor genes on the proboscis Using molecular biology techniques the scientists identified the Manduca sexta genes which were active on the proboscis of the moth.