this is a collection of symposium papers — (conference papers?) — all about flight of insects. I think this will be a good reference to go back to to answer questions about early flight
notes
-
the reflex for stimulating flight by blowing air on the head of an insect was first described in 1949 by Weis-Fogh, using a locust (Fig 2.2-1, pg 3)
-
“the endogeneous rhythm generated by the central nervous flight oscillator is controlled by proprio and exteroreceptive feedback” (pg11)
-
large indirect muscles (dvm 1, 2, 3 and dlm)
- produce power# Biona report II physiology and biophysics of insect flight
-
small direct steering muscles
-
flight muscles are asynchronous to neuron firing - one action potential for every couple of wing beats
-
the most famous proprioceptive organ in the locust is the wing hinge stretch receptor - responds to raising and lowering of the wing (pg 81)
-
there is another proprioceptor - the forewing tegula
papers to look up:
flight muscles in locusts:
-
Wilson and Weis-Fogh 1962
-
Wilson 1968
cpgs in flight -
Waldron 1967a, 1968
-
Gerhard Heide
- 1971a
- 1979
-
Pringle 1978 review
-
Pabst 1965
references
Nachtigall W (ed) BIONA Report 2, Physiology and biophysics of insect flight. Fischer, Stuttgart New York