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Additional Assay Desert Locust

Feeding (Plant Choice)

Schistocerca gregaria

Behavioral test for Schistocerca gregaria — Time on host plant, bites

Desert Locust — Feeding (Plant Choice)

Key Parameters

Time on host plant, bites

Citations for Feeding (Plant Choice)

  1. Bernays EA, Chapman RF. (1994). Host-Plant Selection by Phytophagous Insects.

Hardware for Desert Locust Research

Tethered Flight Arena (Free-Beating Wings)

Flight motor output

Looming-Stimulus Display Rig

Collision detection assays

Walking Belt with Optogenetic Compatibility

Motor control studies

Phase-Conditioning Cage Stack

Crowding manipulation

Tarsal-Contact Olfactometer

PER conditioning

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