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Special issue of J Comp Phys A on non-celestial polarization vision in arthropods, co-edited by me, M. Wernet and N. Roberts, is finally complete; most articles in open access. link.springer.com/journal/359/vo…

Our recent insect #biotremology review published in Annual Review of Entomology was selected as the exceptional achievement in biology by ARIS. 😎 Still free to read at doi.org/10.1146/annure…!

New cost:benefit approach shows photoreceptor costs shape entire eye, including optics. Investments in photoreceptors compete with investments in optics to determine eye design biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Made possible by brilliant co-author, Fran Heras

Nocturnal dung beetles keep oriented using a dorsal rim, made of broadband-sensitive, green-peaking photoreceptors. Last article w Ayse Yilmaz & Lund Vision Group from the series, based on a 2 week recording session during the first lockdown in 2020. journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/do…

Colour vision folks, kindly invited to the colvis society meeting in Ljubljana, 5-9 July 2024! Now accepting abstracts. Conference web site icvs2024.com

TIL that Myxococcus llanfair­pwll­gwyn­gyll­go­gery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­gochensis is a gram-negative, rod-shaped species of myxobacteria found in soil, with the longest scientific name. Found in a village where Naomi Watts lived as a child... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myxococcu…

Mutant daisy en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasciation

New paper on the wonderful googly eyes of alciopid worms out now in Current Biology! We found that alongside vertebrates, arthropods, and cephalopods, this group of polychaetes is capable of high-resolution vision - but mysteries remain...🪱👀 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New preprint by the twitterless Tessa Herzog & colleagues: Individual cones of the vertebrate eye are exceptionally reliable and precise, but functionally heterogeneous as a population: shorturl.at/aGIMT Takeshi Yoshimatsu Leon Lagnado José Moya Díaz BenJames

Stunningly blue Gentiana utriculosa. The phone camera did not exaggerate the contrast this time.

Did you know bumblebee ocelli can detect polarized light in dim light? 🐝🧠💡 Check out our new paper led by Priscila Araújo, Gregor Belusic, JJFosterLab royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.10…

New paper on Morpho butterfly flashy wing colours. Open access in Biology Letters, Royal Society Publishing royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

With behavioral and neurophysiological experiments, and modelling of neuronal responses, we uncovered a new mechanism of disrupting recognition and localization of stink bug vibrational signals by ambient noise. The study is just out in Communications Biology! nature.com/articles/s4200… 1/🧵

New paper, about how to use animal vision models to interpret flower colour. Open access in Wiley Plant Science. ColSci SCAPE Pollination Ecology PollinationPapers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pl…

Never interrupt your enemy while he is making a mistake.

Read all about miniature eyes elifesciences.org/articles/105736

Photoreceptors in bee dorsal rim area are electrically coupled. A great collaboration with James Foster and George Kolyfetis, Uni Konstanz. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

This is how the high meadows (mt. Olympus in the back) look like if there are red-loving beetles around! We revisit the 2012 study on Glaphyridae (link.springer.com/article/10.100…) and reveal the basis for their visual preferences. journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/do…

Maestro Jack Supple, working in our lab, discovers colour-tuned target-selective descending neurons in two nymphalids: orange-tuned in the monarch, blue-tuned in the blue-iridescent Myscelia cyaniris.

New paper on red colour vision in two Mediterranean beetle pollinators: doi.org/10.1242/jeb.25…