A. Ayali

When Night Becomes Day: Artificial Light at Night Alters Insect Behavior under Semi-Natural Conditions

This study examines how artificial light at night affects cricket behavior under semi-natural conditions, finding light-intensity-dependent disruptions in their stridulation rhythms and activity patterns.

Obstacle Negotiation in Female Locust Oviposition Digging

This study investigates how female locusts navigate and circumvent obstacles during oviposition digging using 3D-printed obstacles and imaging techniques.

Vision-Based Collective Motion: A Locust-Inspired Reductionist Model

This paper develops a vision-based model of collective motion inspired by locusts, showing that ordered swarming can emerge despite non-stereoscopic vision and occlusions.

Visual processing and collective motion-related decision-making in desert locusts

This study investigates how desert locusts process visual information and make collective motion decisions, finding they filter and weigh stimuli based on speed, coherence, and motion direction.

Transcriptional response of circadian clock genes to an 'artificial light at night' pulse in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus

This study examines how a dim artificial light at night pulse affects circadian clock gene expression in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus, showing tissue-dependent changes in key genes.

Intense sexual conflict affects the female choice strategy in the gregarious desert locust

The paper investigates how intense sexual conflict influences female choice strategies in gregarious desert locusts but has been withdrawn due to disputes over result interpretation.

The Biomechanics of the Locust Ovipositor Valves: a Unique Digging Apparatus

This paper studies the biomechanics of locust ovipositor valves, showing that mature females have stiffer valves that resist mechanical failure and are anisotropic in stiffness.

Microbiome-related aspects of locust density-dependent phase transition

This study investigates how locust microbiome composition changes during phase transition and identifies a bacterial species linked to aggregation behavior.

The maternal foam plug constitutes a reservoir for the desert locust's bacterial symbionts

The paper identifies the maternal foam plug as a medium for vertical transmission of locust gut bacteria, revealing its role in symbiont inheritance and swarm formation.

Collective motion as a distinct behavioral state of the individual

The paper identifies a distinct behavioral state in locusts induced by collective motion, which enhances swarm robustness through individual behavioral adaptation.

Sexual behavior of the desert locust during intra- and inter-phase interactions

This study describes pre-copulatory behavior of solitarious desert locusts and compares it with gregarious locusts, finding asymmetry in inter-phase reproductive success.

Precopulatory behavior and sexual conflict in the desert locust

This study describes the precopulatory behavior of desert locusts, identifying sexual conflict and novel behaviors in both sexes.