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Cover: Acoustic caterpillars? One does not think of caterpillars as being especially noisy, but research by Brown, Boettner and Yack (see article on p. 993 ) demonstrates that several species of silk- and hawkmoth caterpillars produce audible clicking sounds. The silkmoth caterpillar portrayed on the cover, Antheraea polyphemus, clicks its mandibles following an attack by a live or simulated predator. Sound production typically precedes or accompanies defensive regurgitation. The authors provide evidence to support the hypothesis that caterpillar clicking functions as an acoustic aposematic signal to warn a predator of the impending regurgitant defense. (Photo credit: Sarah Brown.)Close Modal - PDF Icon PDF LinkTable of contents
Celebrating 100 years of discovery
We are proud to be celebrating 100 years of discovery in Journal of Experimental Biology. Visit our centenary webpage to find out more about how we are marking this historic milestone.
Craig Franklin launches our centenary celebrations
Editor-in-Chief Craig Franklin reflects on 100 years of JEB and looks forward to our centenary celebrations, including a supplementary special issue, a new early-career researcher interview series and the launch of our latest funding initiatives.
Looking back on the first issue of JEB
Journal of Experimental Biology launched in 1923 as The British Journal of Experimental Biology. As we celebrate our centenary, we look back at that first issue and the zoologists publishing their work in the new journal.
Webinar: Increasing the visibility and impact of your research
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Would you like to increase the visibility and impact of your research and raise your profile internationally? If so, register for the very practical webinar we are running in association with HUBS on 23 February 2023.
Biology Communication Workshop: Engaging the world in the excitement of research
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We are delighted to be sponsoring a Biology Communication Workshop for early-career researchers as part of JEB’s centenary celebrations. The workshop focuses on how to effectively communicate your science to other researchers and the public and takes place the day before the CSZ annual meeting, on 14 May 2023. Find out more and apply here.
Mexican fruit flies wave for distraction
Dinesh Rao and colleagues have discovered that Mexican fruit flies vanish in a blur in the eyes of predatory spiders when they wave their wings at the arachnids, buying the flies time to make their escape.
