ArticleScientific reports2022
Insect visual sensitivity to long wavelengths enhances colour contrast of insects against vegetation.
Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Using artificial neural networks to explain the attraction of jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) to colored traps.Insect science · 2026Article
- Spectral sensitivity and color discrimination of Euxesta eluta and Chaetopsis massyla (Diptera: Ulidiidae).PloS one · 2026Article
- Light Intensity Modulates Locomotor Behavior and Predation in Different Color Morphs of the Harlequin Ladybird,Insects · 2025Article
- Infrared camouflage in leaf-sitting frogs: a cautionary tale on adaptive convergence.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2025Article
- Red vision in animals is broadly associated with lighting environment but not types of visual task.Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Long-Read Genome Sequencing ofZoological studies · 2023Article
- The Effect of Trap Color on Catches ofInsects · 2022Article
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Abstract
The sensitivity of animal photoreceptors to different wavelengths of light strongly influence the perceived visual contrast of objects in the environment. Outside of the human visual wavelength range, ultraviolet sensitivity in many species provides important and behaviourally relevant visual contrast between objects. However, at the opposite end of the spectrum, the potential advantage of red sensitivity remains unclear. We investigated the potential benefit of long wavelength sensitivity by modelling the visual contrast of a wide range of jewel beetle colours against flowers and leaves of their host plants to hypothetical insect visual systems. We find that the presence of a long wavelength sensitive photoreceptor increases estimated colour contrast, particularly of beetles against leaves. Moreover, under our model parameters, a trichromatic visual system with ultraviolet (λ
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