Researchers at the University of Oxford have discovered the ‘snapping organ’ that enables planthopper bugs to communicate over distances.
Planthoppers are a serious pest for rice in the developing world. Understanding how they communicate may help us fight them.
http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2019-03-13-courting-bugs-attract-mates-using-elastic-snapping-organ-vibrational-communication
Planthoppers are a serious pest for rice in the developing world. Understanding how they communicate may help us fight them.
http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2019-03-13-courting-bugs-attract-mates-using-elastic-snapping-organ-vibrational-communication
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