Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Short antennas in the flies

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-04-2008 00:57
#1
If the flies are really very sensitive to the chemicals of the air... why they do have shorter antennas in relation to the other insects??

Posted by John Bratton on 14-04-2008 17:36
#2
It might be because they can smell with their feet, but I suspect it is more complicated than that.

Posted by mwkozlowski on 17-09-2008 10:09
#3
... flies perceive taste by their feet. I think short but loaded with sensilla atennae ate trade offs between requirements of swift and fast movement and sensoral capacity. It would be interesting to compare how the length of feniculus and movement ability are related in different Musciforma
Edited by mwkozlowski on 18-09-2008 08:37