...; reorientation is achieved within 6 wingbeats and hoverfly head rotation follows that of their body after a time lag of 16 ms. Syrphidae Episyrphus balteatus Insect flight Body orientation Halteres The righting reflex in animals has been investigated in a long series of experiments...

...://www.biologists.com/user-licence-1-1/ Summary: Droneflies innately prefer to land on yellow colours irrespective of UV reflection characteristics and can learn other colours, but refuse dark ones; the proboscis reflex is triggered only by yellow UV-absorbing colours. Syrphidae Hoverfly Colour...

... mimicry; insects may acquire the similarities to their model more-or-less independently. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: r.ennos@manchester.ac.uk ) 14 10 2005 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2005 2005 flight mimicry Syrphidae behaviour Batesian and Müllerian...

...: morphology of the mouthparts in relation to feeding on nectar and pollen in some common urban species . Ecol. Entomol . 6 , 245 – 262 . 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1981.tb00612.x Gilbert , F. S. ( 1984 ). Thermoregulation and the structure of swarms in Syrphus ribesii (Syrphidae) . Oikos 42...