Featured on the cover! #Ormiaochracea
July 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Featured on the cover! #Ormiaochracea
Our latest work on song recognition in Floridian #Ormiaochracea led by @laurenbitner.bsky.social !
Multidimensional encoding of temporal features underlies song recognition in Floridian Ormia ochracea https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.07.723390v1
May 12, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Our latest work on song recognition in Floridian #Ormiaochracea led by @laurenbitner.bsky.social !
To find a host cricket, this parasitic fly listens to more than the beat | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release... #auditory #neuroethology #ormiaochracea
To find a host cricket, this parasitic fly listens to more than the beat
A study from St. Olaf College reveals a surprisingly sophisticated way that a tiny parasitoid fly recognizes the calling songs of its cricket hosts.
www.eurekalert.org
September 28, 2026 at 5:48 PM
To find a host cricket, this parasitic fly listens to more than the beat | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release... #auditory #neuroethology #ormiaochracea
We show that compared to Floridian #Ormiaochracea, Hawaiian flies have evolved more sensitive hearing - allowing for better detection of evolving cricket songs!
February 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
We show that compared to Floridian #Ormiaochracea, Hawaiian flies have evolved more sensitive hearing - allowing for better detection of evolving cricket songs!
2️⃣ Led by Parker Henderson, on a detailed look at reproductive anatomy and embryogenesis in #Ormiaochracea
doi.org/10.1093/aesa...
doi.org/10.1093/aesa...
Reproductive anatomy and embryogenesis of a viviparous, phonotactic, parasitoid fly
Abstract. Ormia ochracea (Bigot 1889) is a phonotactic parasitoid fly that targets a variety of field cricket species as hosts for their developing young.
doi.org
July 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
2️⃣ Led by Parker Henderson, on a detailed look at reproductive anatomy and embryogenesis in #Ormiaochracea
doi.org/10.1093/aesa...
doi.org/10.1093/aesa...
We show that compared to Floridian #Ormiaochracea, Hawaiian flies have evolved more sensitive hearing - allowing for better detection of evolving cricket songs!
February 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We show that compared to Floridian #Ormiaochracea, Hawaiian flies have evolved more sensitive hearing - allowing for better detection of evolving cricket songs!
Lee Lab Postbac Lauren Bitner @laurenbitner.bsky.social gave a “dynamite talk” (as recognized by Marlene Zuk)! In her latest work, she discovered that auditory sensitivity in the acoustic parasitoid fly #Ormiaochracea is modulated by their reproductive status. Gravid flies hear better!
July 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Lee Lab Postbac Lauren Bitner @laurenbitner.bsky.social gave a “dynamite talk” (as recognized by Marlene Zuk)! In her latest work, she discovered that auditory sensitivity in the acoustic parasitoid fly #Ormiaochracea is modulated by their reproductive status. Gravid flies hear better!
How does an eavesdropping acoustic parasitoid fly recognize host cricket calling songs? Our new paper, led by @Laurenbitner.bay.social, out today shows that #Ormiaochracea do not rely on pulse rate alone but evaluate multiple song features together to recognize host crickets. doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
Song recognition in Floridian Ormia ochracea reflects multidimensional temporal tuning
Summary: The acoustic parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea is behaviourally tuned to combinations of durations and interpulse intervals of cricket songs in the context of host recognition.
journals.biologists.com
September 15, 2026 at 11:04 AM
How does an eavesdropping acoustic parasitoid fly recognize host cricket calling songs? Our new paper, led by @Laurenbitner.bay.social, out today shows that #Ormiaochracea do not rely on pulse rate alone but evaluate multiple song features together to recognize host crickets. doi.org/10.1242/jeb....
🎉 Two new papers from the Lee Lab on #Ormiaochracea development now published in Annals of the Entomological Society of America!
#UndergraduateResearch #LiberalArtsSTEM #SmallCollegeBigImpact
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
#Stolaf
#UndergraduateResearch #LiberalArtsSTEM #SmallCollegeBigImpact
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
#Stolaf
July 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🎉 Two new papers from the Lee Lab on #Ormiaochracea development now published in Annals of the Entomological Society of America!
#UndergraduateResearch #LiberalArtsSTEM #SmallCollegeBigImpact
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
#Stolaf
#UndergraduateResearch #LiberalArtsSTEM #SmallCollegeBigImpact
@entsocamerica.bsky.social
#Stolaf