..., which are perfused by a stream of air at controlled relative humidity (RH). The resolution for metabolic heat flow and water flux is 1 μW and 5 μg h -1 , respectively. The method was used to investigate water vapour absorption (WVA) in drought-stressed larvae of the common mealworm Tenebrio molitor...

...U. I. M. Wiehart; S. W. Nicolson; R. A. Eigenheer; D. A. Schooley SUMMARY Fluid secretion by insect Malpighian tubules is controlled by haemolymph-borne factors. The mealworm Tenebrio molitor provides the first known example of antagonistic interactions between endogenous neuropeptides acting...

... © 1991 by Company of Biologists 1991 Tenebrio molitor mealworm epithelial ion transport electrochemical gradients rectal complex transepithelial potential difference ion activities pH. One of the pre-eminent physiological adaptations of insects to dry habitats is the ability...