Literature DB >> 17796010

Camouflage by integumentary wetting in bark bugs.

R Silberglied, A Aiello.   

Abstract

Unlike most insect integuments, the body surfaces of certain bark-inhabiting bugs are wettable. A thin film of water reduces the reflectivity of the insect, resulting in a close match with the wettable bark upon which it rests. Wettability probably aids in concealing the insects from predators.

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Year:  1980        PMID： 17796010     DOI： 10.1126/science.207.4432.773

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Science        ISSN： 0036-8075            Impact factor:   47.728


  3 in total

1.  Adaptive camouflage: what can be learned from the wetting behaviour of the tropical flat bugs Dysodius lunatus and Dysodiusmagnus.

Authors:  Florian Hischen; Vladislav Reiswich; Desirée Kupsch; Ninon De Mecquenem; Michael Riedel; Markus Himmelsbach; Agnes Weth; Ernst Heiss; Oskar Armbruster; Johannes Heitz; Werner Baumgartner
Journal:  Biol Open       Date:  2017-08-15       Impact factor: 2.422

2.  Bioinspired polymer microstructures for directional transport of oily liquids.

Authors:  C Plamadeala; F Hischen; R Friesenecker; R Wollhofen; J Jacak; G Buchberger; E Heiss; T A Klar; W Baumgartner; J Heitz
Journal:  R Soc Open Sci       Date:  2017-03-15       Impact factor: 2.963

3.  Non-contaminating camouflage: multifunctional skin microornamentation in the West African Gaboon viper (Bitis rhinoceros).

Authors:  Marlene Spinner; Stanislav N Gorb; Alexander Balmert; Horst Bleckmann; Guido Westhoff
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2014-03-05       Impact factor: 3.240
  3 in total

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