new preprint on stick insect wing evolution https://doi.org/10.1101/774067 (more is coming)
Discovery of a novel hunting behavior, an effective maneuvering mechanism and by far the fastest turning movement in legged animals known to science. News features: Atlas Obscura Smithsonian Magazine National Geographic Magazine Inside JEB
(this is part of an article written for the Phasmid Studies Group news letter, June issue 2017) Most stick insects are friendly and easy to rear, which made them convenient for lab studies. Also, there are more important reasons why they are suitable for the topics I was addressing – flight evolution. Anybody who has
Following my discovery of gliding behaviors of nymphal Extatosoma tiaratum stick insect at UW greenhouse in fall 2005, I conducted a series of researches on gliding behavior of nymphal stick insects as an undergrad. It was extended into my PhD thesis research, which addressed key issues in insect flight evolution by using the stick insects as a model system. The
