Abstract
Male silkworm moths, Bombyx mori,in response to the sex-attractant pheromone released by conspecific females, walk upwind in a zigzag path with fluttering their wings, in what is called the “mating dance” (Kramer 1975, 1986; Ohara 1979; Olberg 1983a; Kaissling and Kramer 1990; Kanzaki and Shibuya 1992b; Kanzaki et al. 1992). Even though they vibrate their wings at 40-50 Hz (Kanzaki and Shibuya 1986b), they are too heavy to fly. Zigzag walking is also initiated by a synthetic primary pheromone component (E, Z)-10,12-hexadecadienol or bombykol) (Butenandt et al. 1959).
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Kanzaki, R. (1997). Pheromone Processing in the Lateral Accessory Lobes of the Moth Brain: Flip-Flopping Signals Related to Zigzagging Upwind Walking. In: Cardé, R.T., Minks, A.K. (eds) Insect Pheromone Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6371-6_26
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