Adult behaviour as the next frontier for optimising industrial production of the black soldier flyHermetia illucens (L.)(Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

M Meneguz, CD Miranda, JA Cammack… - Journal of Insects as …, 2023 - brill.com
The black soldier fly is the 'crown jewel'of the insects as feed industry. Over the past two
decades, a tremendous amount of research has been published on larval development …

Sexual dimorphism in the structural colours of the wings of the black soldier fly (BSF) Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

M Rebora, S Piersanti, A Romani, A Kovalev, S Gorb… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The black soldier fly (BSF) Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) plays a significant role
at the larval stage in the circular economy due to its ability to convert organic waste into …

Deep learning and wing interferential patterns identify Anopheles species and discriminate amongst Gambiae complex species

A Cannet, C Simon-Chane, M Akhoundi, A Histace… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
We present a new and innovative identification method based on deep learning of the wing
interferential patterns carried by mosquitoes of the Anopheles genus to classify and assign …

Discrimination of hover fly species and sexes by wing interference signals

M Li, A Runemark, J Hernandez, J Rota… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Remote automated surveillance of insect abundance and diversity is poised to revolutionize
insect decline studies. The study reveals spectral analysis of thin‐film wing interference …

Remote nanoscopy with infrared elastic hyperspectral lidar

L Müller, M Li, H Månefjord, J Salvador… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Monitoring insects of different species to understand the factors affecting their diversity and
decline is a major challenge. Laser remote sensing and spectroscopy offer promising novel …

Wing Interferential Patterns (WIPs) and machine learning, a step toward automatized tsetse (Glossina spp.) identification

A Cannet, C Simon-Chane, M Akhoundi, A Histace… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
A simple method for accurately identifying Glossina spp in the field is a challenge to sustain
the future elimination of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) as a public health scourge …

The jum** spider Saitis barbipes lacks a red photoreceptor to see its own sexually dimorphic red coloration

M Glenszczyk, D Outomuro, M Gregorič… - The Science of …, 2022 - Springer
Examining the role of color in mate choice without testing what colors the study animal is
capable of seeing can lead to ill-posed hypotheses and erroneous conclusions. Here, we …

Feasibility of insect identification based on spectral fringes produced by clear wings

M Li, A Runemark, N Guilcher… - IEEE Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the growing awareness that insects' diversity and populations are in decline, there is
an increased need for monitoring insects. Entomological lidars and photonic sensors can …

Quantitative analysis of wing interference patterns in Drosophila spp. using hyperspectral images

KH Takahashi - Physiological Entomology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies have reported wing interference patterns (WIPs), which reflect the
microstructure of the wing, for small insects belonging to the Diptera and Hymenoptera …

Structural colouration in Drosophila wings is thermally plastic and exhibits ecological variation

D Garg, K Dhotre, HV Mayekar… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Structural colour patterns and their functions in insect wings are less known.
Wing interference patterns (WIPs) are colour patterns apparent when wings are viewed …