Antlions are sensitive to subnanometer amplitude vibrations carried by sand substrates

  1. Vanessa Martinez
  2. Elise Nowbahari
  3. David Sillam-Dussès
  4. Vincent Lorent

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  1. Version published to 10.1007/s00359-020-01437-3
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    Antlion larvae hiding in their sand pits detect sand vibrations just a fraction of a nanometer in size. These vibrations inform the antlion of an approaching ant, and they respond by throwing sand to prevent prey from escaping their sand pits.

  3. Version published to 10.1101/429209 on bioRxiv