Ashlesh Pattanaik
@orthopterizzt.bsky.social
I see sounds | Acoustic communication in orthoptera | Grad student at University of Tennesse, Knoxville_EEB
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Baffling in North American tree crickets
This project aims to collect data on “baffling” behaviour in tree crickets (subfamily: Oecanthinae). Baffling is a strategy used by males to make themselves louder. They do so by calling from leaf edg...
www.inaturalist.org
Tree crickets build megaphones, called "baffles", by chewing holes in leaves to attract mates. For my PhD, I am studying the evolution of baffling. Lil bit of phylogenetics, lil bit of citizen science. Follow the link to my new project on @inaturalist.bsky.social
www.inaturalist.org/projects/baf...
www.inaturalist.org/projects/baf...
Reposted by Ashlesh Pattanaik
Look - it's a new preprint!
Predatory attacks change bee visual perception and decision-making, making bees better prepared to detect threats.
Excellent work by the brilliant Olga Procenko for her (prize-winning) PhD with us! #bees #vision #predation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Predatory attacks change bee visual perception and decision-making, making bees better prepared to detect threats.
Excellent work by the brilliant Olga Procenko for her (prize-winning) PhD with us! #bees #vision #predation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Acute stress modulates early visual perception and decision-making speed in bees without compromising accuracy
Acute stress is known to influence decision-making, but it can also directly affect earlier stages of sensory processing. In humans, stress alters the perception of basic visual features, fine-tuning ...
www.biorxiv.org
August 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Look - it's a new preprint!
Predatory attacks change bee visual perception and decision-making, making bees better prepared to detect threats.
Excellent work by the brilliant Olga Procenko for her (prize-winning) PhD with us! #bees #vision #predation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Predatory attacks change bee visual perception and decision-making, making bees better prepared to detect threats.
Excellent work by the brilliant Olga Procenko for her (prize-winning) PhD with us! #bees #vision #predation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Ashlesh Pattanaik
It’s national #mothweek ! Elegant, mysterious, and incredibly diverse, moths are such fantastic creatures that deserve as much or even more attention as butterflies 🦋 there’s not even a moth emoji yet!
July 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It’s national #mothweek ! Elegant, mysterious, and incredibly diverse, moths are such fantastic creatures that deserve as much or even more attention as butterflies 🦋 there’s not even a moth emoji yet!
Thanks for posting this, @omearabrian.bsky.social! If anyone's wondering, yes, I am the grad student in question. Follow the iNat link and spread the word! Feel free to send any questions my way
July 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Thanks for posting this, @omearabrian.bsky.social! If anyone's wondering, yes, I am the grad student in question. Follow the iNat link and spread the word! Feel free to send any questions my way
Tree crickets build megaphones, called "baffles", by chewing holes in leaves to attract mates. For my PhD, I am studying the evolution of baffling. Lil bit of phylogenetics, lil bit of citizen science. Follow the link to my new project on @inaturalist.bsky.social
www.inaturalist.org/projects/baf...
www.inaturalist.org/projects/baf...
Baffling in North American tree crickets
This project aims to collect data on “baffling” behaviour in tree crickets (subfamily: Oecanthinae). Baffling is a strategy used by males to make themselves louder. They do so by calling from leaf edg...
www.inaturalist.org
July 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Tree crickets build megaphones, called "baffles", by chewing holes in leaves to attract mates. For my PhD, I am studying the evolution of baffling. Lil bit of phylogenetics, lil bit of citizen science. Follow the link to my new project on @inaturalist.bsky.social
www.inaturalist.org/projects/baf...
www.inaturalist.org/projects/baf...