Sara Seidita, “Lifetime Changes in Mate Choosiness in Enchenopa binotata Treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae)” Mentors: Rafael Rodríguez Sevilla & Bretta Speck, Biological Sciences Mate choice decisions are influenced by choosiness, the effort individuals are prepared to invest in securing their preferred…… Read More
Tiffany Antonopoulos, “No Place Like Home: Do Black Widow Spiders Use Path Integration to Navigate Their Webs?” Mentors: Rafael Rodriguez & Clinton Sergi, Biological Sciences Animals store memories about the layout of their environment and use this stored information to…… Read More
Margaret Marshall, “O Cricket, Where Art Thou: Do Black Widow Spiders Remember the Site of Prey Capture in a Complex Web.” Mentors: Rafael Rodríguez Sevilla & Clinton Sergi, Biological Sciences Different animals form memories about varied aspects of their environment……. Read More
Vladislav Melnikov, “Rational Transitive Mate Choice in Enchenopa binotata Treehoppers (Hemipera: Membracidae)” Mentor: Rafael Rodríguez Sevilla, Biological Sciences Mate choice is a crucial decision for females. Mate choice decisions are based on mate preference functions, which are curves that describe…… Read More
Audrey Schlais, “Sizing Up the Memory of Western Black Widow Spiders, Latrodectus hesperus (Araneae: Theridiidae)” Mentors: Rafael Rodríguez Sevilla & Clinton Sergi, Biological Sciences The memory capabilities of animals vary according to their ecology and the limitations imposed by the…… Read More
Nour Abuomar, “Social Experience and Reproductive Isolation in a Vibrational Insect” Mentors: Rafael Rodriguez, Camille Desjonqueres & Jak Maliszewski, Biological Sciences Enchenopa binotata treehoppers are host plant-feeding insects that communicate through plant-borne vibrational signals. Typically, each species has a distinctive…… Read More
Nathaniel Wagner, “The Impact of Interspecies Interaction on Adult Male Treehoppers Signaling Behavior” Mentor: Rafael Rodríguez Sevilla, Biological Sciences We focused on Enchenopa binotata, a species of treehopper that communicates through vibrational signals on a plant medium. While most species…… Read More