Venus firefly traps

Comparative kinematical analyses of Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) snap traps

Although the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) can be considered as one of the most extensively investigated carnivorous plants, knowledge is still scarce about diversity of the snap-trap motion, the functionality of snap traps under varying environmental conditions, and their opening motion. By conducting simple snap-trap closure experiments in air and under water, we present striking evidence...

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Mary Ellen Avery Treasurer Francisco J. Ayala Richard S. Nicholson Robert A. Frosch Executive Officer John Abelson Frederick W. Alt Don L. Anderson Stephen J. Benkovic David E. Bloom Floyd E. Bloom Henry R. Bourne James J. Bull Kathryn Calame C. Thomas Caskey Dennis W. Choi John M. Coffin Bruce F. Eldridge Paul T. Englund Richard G. Fairbanks Douglas T. Fearon Harry A. Fozzard Victor R. Fuchs T...

Male Firefly

might allow sister-sister discrimination. The locations of the cues used in discrimination are not known. Egg-stage switches indicated that eggs or the comb, or their combination, are adequate for discrimination of a sister's comb from a nonsister's. For several reasons (7) we suspect that discrimination cues reside in the comb, not in brood members themselves, and are odors applied by the foun...

Venus Cloud Properties from Venus Express VIRTIS Observations

Near-infrared spectra from the Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer (VIRTIS) on Venus Express have been used to investigate the vertical structure and global distribution of cloud properties on Venus. The spectral range covered by VIRTIS is sensitive on the nightside to absorption by the lower and middle cloud layers, which are back-lit by radiation from the lower atmosphere and su...