ArticleNature communications2018
A balance between aerodynamic and olfactory performance during flight in Drosophila.
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- Postural Change of the Annual Cicada (Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Numerical Investigation of Odor-Guided Navigation in Flying Insects: Impact of Turbulence, Wingbeat-Induced Flow, and Schmidt Number on Odor Plume Structures.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Active smelling in the American cockroach.The Journal of experimental biology · 2023Article
- Wing Kinematics and Unsteady Aerodynamics of a Hummingbird Pure Yawing Maneuver.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Bio-Inspired Propulsion: Towards Understanding the Role of Pectoral Fin Kinematics in Manta-like Swimming.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Active sensing in a dynamic olfactory world.Journal of computational neuroscience · 2022Article
- The role of food odor in invertebrate foraging.Genes, brain, and behavior · 2022Review
- Thermal and Oxygen Flight Sensitivity in AgeingBiology · 2021Article
- Joint improvements of radar/infrared stealth for exhaust system of unmanned aircraft based on sorting factor Pareto solution.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- The reverse flight of a monarch butterfly (Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2020Article
- Odor Stimuli: Not Just Chemical Identity.Frontiers in physiology · 2019Review
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Abstract
The ability to track odor plumes to their source (food, mate, etc.) is key to the survival of many insects. During this odor-guided navigation, flapping wings could actively draw odorants to the antennae to enhance olfactory sensitivity, but it is unclear if improving olfactory function comes at a cost to aerodynamic performance. Here, we computationally quantify the odor plume features around a fruit fly in forward flight and confirm that the antenna is well positioned to receive a significant increase of odor mass flux (peak 1.8 times), induced by wing flapping, vertically from below the body but not horizontally. This anisotropic odor spatial sampling may have important implications for behavior and the algorithm during plume tracking. Further analysis also suggests that, because both aerodynamic and olfactory functions are indispensable during odor-guided navigation, the wing shape and size may be a balance between the two functions.
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