ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2024
Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air.
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- Electrosensitivity in planthoppers (Insecta: Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoromorpha).Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026Article
- The sensory ecology of caterpillars.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026Review
- Electrostatics facilitate midair host attachment in parasitic jumping nematodes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Electroreception in treehoppers: How extreme morphologies can increase electrical sensitivity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Weak anthropogenic electric fields affect honeybee foraging.iScience · 2025Article
- The five senses of immunity.Trends in immunology · 2025Article
- Sensation of electric fields in the Drosophila melanogaster larva.Current biology : CB · 2025Article
- Electric transportation and electroreception in hummingbird flower mites.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Electrostatic pollination by butterflies and moths.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2024Article
- Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
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Abstract
Predators and prey benefit from detecting sensory cues of each other's presence. As they move through their environment, terrestrial animals accumulate electrostatic charge. Because electric charges exert forces at a distance, a prey animal could conceivably sense electrical forces to detect an approaching predator. Here, we report such a case of a terrestrial animal detecting its predators by electroreception. We show that predatory wasps are charged, thus emit electric fields, and that caterpillars respond to such fields with defensive behaviors. Furthermore, the mechanosensory setae of caterpillars are deflected by these electrostatic forces and are tuned to the wingbeat frequency of their insect predators. This ability unveils a dimension of the sensory interactions between prey and predators and is likely widespread among terrestrial animals.
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