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Vibrational Communication in Insects

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The modern literature on insect vibroacoustics is reviewed. Various methods of recording vibrational signals and their possible applications to taxonomic, ethological, and biophysical research are described. The dependence of the type of acoustic communication (vibrational or sound) on body size in insects is discussed. It is shown that vibrational communication exists in representatives of most orders of insects. Vibrational signals are used not only in communication between sexes, but also in other intra- and interspecific interactions of adult insects and occasionally larvae, including acoustic mimicry. Predators and parasitoids can locate their prey by vibrations generated during its mechanical activity, while the prey can also perceive noises produced by the predator’s movements. Some soundproducing insects can also produce and perceive vibrational signals, i.e., use bimodal vibrational-sound communication. Various aspects of oscillation propagation in solid substrates are considered, including the effect of frequency filtering in the substrate on the signal characteristics, the communication range, the possibility of vibrational signals spreading between plants via the contact of their aboveground or underground parts, the mechanisms of locating the vibration source due to nonlinear signal attenuation and resonance in the substrate, as well as biotic and abiotic noise in the vibrational communication channels. The main possible applications of insect vibroacoustics are briefly discussed, such as the use of noise to disrupt male-female communication, acoustic traps, repelling signals, and detection of insect pests in various substrates.

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I am deeply grateful to Dr. V.Yu. Vedenina (Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences) and Prof. K.V. Makarov (Moscow Pedagogical State University) for reading the manuscript and providing valuable comments and suggestions.

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The reported study was carried out as part of the Scientific Project of the State Order of the Government of Russian Federation to Lomonosov Moscow State University No. 121032300063-3 and financially supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Project No. 20-14-50068.

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Tishechkin, D.Y. Vibrational Communication in Insects. Entmol. Rev. 102, 737–768 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S001387382206001X

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