Abstract
Under strong selective pressure for survival, image-forming vision set off an ongoing predatory arms race 500 million years ago. Since then, and particularly so in the arthropods, predatory behavior has driven a myriad of eye adaptations that increase visual performance. In this review, we provide examples of how different arthropod predators have achieved improvements in key visual features such as spatial and temporal resolution of their retina. We then describe morphological, neural and behavioral strategies used by animals in this group to gather crucial information about the prey, such as its distance, velocity and size. We also highlight the importance of head and body tracking movements to aid in categorizing the potential prey, and briefly mention the ongoing work on the sensorimotor transformations necessary for target interception.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 100914 |
Journal | Current Opinion in Insect Science |
Volume | 52 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research ( FA9550-18-1-0339 to PTGB) and by the National Science Foundation ( IOS-1856241 to EKB).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Inc.
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article
- Review
- Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.