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 Short antennas in the flies
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 14-04-2008 01:57
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
If the flies are really very sensitive to the chemicals of the air... why they do have shorter antennas in relation to the other insects?? |
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| John Bratton |
Posted on 14-04-2008 18:36
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Member Location: Menai Bridge, North Wales, UK Posts: 650 Joined: 17.10.06 |
It might be because they can smell with their feet, but I suspect it is more complicated than that. |
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| mwkozlowski |
Posted on 17-09-2008 11:09
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 Member Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 761 Joined: 17.10.06 |
... flies perceive taste by their feet. I think short but loaded with sensilla atennae ate trade offs between requirements of swift and fast movement and sensoral capacity. It would be interesting to compare how the length of feniculus and movement ability are related in different Musciforma
Edited by mwkozlowski on 18-09-2008 09:37 very general entomologist |
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