#pheromones — Public Fediverse posts
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RE: https://scicomm.xyz/@dantheclamman/116196703399022292
How do #animals #aggregate?#Mites can find each other based on #pheromones, while #sight is important for herd-forming #mammals. In #marine #habitats, #hearing plays a major role. D.McAfee et al.(2022) showed that #oyster #larvae react to the #soundscape of a healthy #reef via #statocysts in front of their bodies, thus finding their adult conspecifics for #reefformation. Reef formation can be artificially #stimulated via artificial #soundwaves.
©#StefanFWirth 2026
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RE: https://scicomm.xyz/@dantheclamman/116196703399022292
How do #animals #aggregate?#Mites can find each other based on #pheromones, while #sight is important for herd-forming #mammals. In #marine #habitats, #hearing plays a major role. D.McAfee et al.(2022) showed that #oyster #larvae react to the #soundscape of a healthy #reef via #statocysts in front of their bodies, thus finding their adult conspecifics for #reefformation. Reef formation can be artificially #stimulated via artificial #soundwaves.
©#StefanFWirth 2026
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https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14307 -
RE: https://scicomm.xyz/@dantheclamman/116196703399022292
How do #animals #aggregate?#Mites can find each other based on #pheromones, while #sight is important for herd-forming #mammals. In #marine #habitats, #hearing plays a major role. D.McAfee et al.(2022) showed that #oyster #larvae react to the #soundscape of a healthy #reef via #statocysts in front of their bodies, thus finding their adult conspecifics for #reefformation. Reef formation can be artificially #stimulated via artificial #soundwaves.
©#StefanFWirth 2026
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https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14307 -
RE: https://scicomm.xyz/@dantheclamman/116196703399022292
How do #animals #aggregate?#Mites can find each other based on #pheromones, while #sight is important for herd-forming #mammals. In #marine #habitats, #hearing plays a major role. D.McAfee et al.(2022) showed that #oyster #larvae react to the #soundscape of a healthy #reef via #statocysts in front of their bodies, thus finding their adult conspecifics for #reefformation. Reef formation can be artificially #stimulated via artificial #soundwaves.
©#StefanFWirth 2026
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https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14307 -
RE: https://scicomm.xyz/@dantheclamman/116196703399022292
How do #animals #aggregate?#Mites can find each other based on #pheromones, while #sight is important for herd-forming #mammals. In #marine #habitats, #hearing plays a major role. D.McAfee et al.(2022) showed that #oyster #larvae react to the #soundscape of a healthy #reef via #statocysts in front of their bodies, thus finding their adult conspecifics for #reefformation. Reef formation can be artificially #stimulated via artificial #soundwaves.
©#StefanFWirth 2026
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https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14307 -
🐞 Mirror image pheromones help beetles 'swipe right' to find mates
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-mirror-image-pheromones-beetles-swipe.html
#bugs #insects #chemistry #biology #entomology #beetles #pheromones
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PhD position available for international (despite what the page says) or UK students in @lena_r Lena Riabinina's lab at Durham University:
"Novel behavioural assays to study mosquito pheromone signalling"
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/novel-behavioural-assays-to-study-mosquito-pheromone-signalling/?p193732Deadline for applications: 5 pm (GMT) on Friday 27th Feb 2026. Project is part of a BBSRC-funded programme:
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my latest feature in #CurrentBiology is about #FakeNews and #deception in nature:
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/09/fake-news-in-nature.html #science #ecology #mimicry #pheromones #ultrasound #insects
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my features published in #CurrentBiology this year, issue 18: The truth about #FakeNews and #deception in nature: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/09/fake-news-in-nature.html #science #ecology #behaviour #communication #ultrasound #pheromones
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Whether humans influence each other with #pheromones has been a contested topic for decades (seems right now the leaning is "no"). But that doesn't mean#humans do not #communicate and signal each other chemically in other ways - because we do.
Link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17456916231188147
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Whether humans influence each other with #pheromones has been a contested topic for decades (seems right now the leaning is "no"). But that doesn't mean#humans do not #communicate and signal each other chemically in other ways - because we do.
Link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17456916231188147
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Whether humans influence each other with #pheromones has been a contested topic for decades (seems right now the leaning is "no"). But that doesn't mean#humans do not #communicate and signal each other chemically in other ways - because we do.
Link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17456916231188147
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🐜🔨 So, humans are apparently just glorified termites, bumbling around without a clue and somehow expecting to build #empires with invisible blueprints. 😂 Just slather some #pheromones on that to-do list and wait for the magic to happen! ✨📋
https://aethermug.com/posts/human-stigmergy #glorifiedtermites #humanbehavior #humor #HackerNews #ngated -
2/2 be found sunbathing on stones, and tree trunks. They love #climatechange and wander slowly northwards.
Gardeners, who don't like them, can prevent nymphae becoming adult by talking to them ... via the pheromones of Abies balsamea wood chips. Their scent, the #Juvabione, mimicks the juvenile hormone of firebugs. But why should one do this!
#NatureMatchCuts #ReconnectWithNature #biodiversity #pheromones #interspeciesCommunication #firebugs #bugstodon
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2/2 be found sunbathing on stones, and tree trunks. They love #climatechange and wander slowly northwards.
Gardeners, who don't like them, can prevent nymphae becoming adult by talking to them ... via the pheromones of Abies balsamea wood chips. Their scent, the #Juvabione, mimicks the juvenile hormone of firebugs. But why should one do this!
#NatureMatchCuts #ReconnectWithNature #biodiversity #pheromones #interspeciesCommunication #firebugs #bugstodon
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2/2 be found sunbathing on stones, and tree trunks. They love #climatechange and wander slowly northwards.
Gardeners, who don't like them, can prevent nymphae becoming adult by talking to them ... via the pheromones of Abies balsamea wood chips. Their scent, the #Juvabione, mimicks the juvenile hormone of firebugs. But why should one do this!
#NatureMatchCuts #ReconnectWithNature #biodiversity #pheromones #interspeciesCommunication #firebugs #bugstodon
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2/2 be found sunbathing on stones, and tree trunks. They love #climatechange and wander slowly northwards.
Gardeners, who don't like them, can prevent nymphae becoming adult by talking to them ... via the pheromones of Abies balsamea wood chips. Their scent, the #Juvabione, mimicks the juvenile hormone of firebugs. But why should one do this!
#NatureMatchCuts #ReconnectWithNature #biodiversity #pheromones #interspeciesCommunication #firebugs #bugstodon
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2/2 be found sunbathing on stones, and tree trunks. They love #climatechange and wander slowly northwards.
Gardeners, who don't like them, can prevent nymphae becoming adult by talking to them ... via the pheromones of Abies balsamea wood chips. Their scent, the #Juvabione, mimicks the juvenile hormone of firebugs. But why should one do this!
#NatureMatchCuts #ReconnectWithNature #biodiversity #pheromones #interspeciesCommunication #firebugs #bugstodon
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1/2 In our #museum, visitors are often surprised when I show them our housemates, err, #garden mates. 😁
These #firebugs are also visitors, enjoying some warm stones. Normally, they live on the lime trees at the church beside the museum.
Firebugs feed on fallen lime seeds (and seeds of some other plants) and dead insects. They are no pest.
They communicate and gather with the help of #pheromones. Loving heat, they can#insects #biodiversity #naturepark #VosgesDuNord #mosstodon #lichenSubscribe
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1/2 In our #museum, visitors are often surprised when I show them our housemates, err, #garden mates. 😁
These #firebugs are also visitors, enjoying some warm stones. Normally, they live on the lime trees at the church beside the museum.
Firebugs feed on fallen lime seeds (and seeds of some other plants) and dead insects. They are no pest.
They communicate and gather with the help of #pheromones. Loving heat, they can#insects #biodiversity #naturepark #VosgesDuNord #mosstodon #lichenSubscribe
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1/2 In our #museum, visitors are often surprised when I show them our housemates, err, #garden mates. 😁
These #firebugs are also visitors, enjoying some warm stones. Normally, they live on the lime trees at the church beside the museum.
Firebugs feed on fallen lime seeds (and seeds of some other plants) and dead insects. They are no pest.
They communicate and gather with the help of #pheromones. Loving heat, they can#insects #biodiversity #naturepark #VosgesDuNord #mosstodon #lichenSubscribe
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1/2 In our #museum, visitors are often surprised when I show them our housemates, err, #garden mates. 😁
These #firebugs are also visitors, enjoying some warm stones. Normally, they live on the lime trees at the church beside the museum.
Firebugs feed on fallen lime seeds (and seeds of some other plants) and dead insects. They are no pest.
They communicate and gather with the help of #pheromones. Loving heat, they can#insects #biodiversity #naturepark #VosgesDuNord #mosstodon #lichenSubscribe
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1/2 In our #museum, visitors are often surprised when I show them our housemates, err, #garden mates. 😁
These #firebugs are also visitors, enjoying some warm stones. Normally, they live on the lime trees at the church beside the museum.
Firebugs feed on fallen lime seeds (and seeds of some other plants) and dead insects. They are no pest.
They communicate and gather with the help of #pheromones. Loving heat, they can#insects #biodiversity #naturepark #VosgesDuNord #mosstodon #lichenSubscribe
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In #Astigmata #mites #chemosensitive/#tactile interactions take precedence over #visualsenses. #Histiostomatidae (here, #Histiostoma sp., H. feroniarum complex, ex #rottinglemons, #Italy) communicate using various #pheromones/allomones produced by the #opisthonotal #glands. See here a #glandularopening on the upper hindbody #(hysterosoma) of a #female, #SEM.
© #StefanFWirth, 2025
Reference:
Stefan F. Wirth about a lemon mite (2024): https://www.fao.org/global-soil-partnership/gsid24/posters/en/
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© SFWirth Bln, 2006-25 -
In #Astigmata #mites #chemosensitive/#tactile interactions take precedence over #visualsenses. #Histiostomatidae (here, #Histiostoma sp., H. feroniarum complex, ex #rottinglemons, #Italy) communicate using various #pheromones/allomones produced by the #opisthonotal #glands. See here a #glandularopening on the upper hindbody #(hysterosoma) of a #female, #SEM.
© #StefanFWirth, 2025
Reference:
Stefan F. Wirth about a lemon mite (2024): https://www.fao.org/global-soil-partnership/gsid24/posters/en/
Photos:
© SFWirth Bln, 2006-25 -
In #Astigmata #mites #chemosensitive/#tactile interactions take precedence over #visualsenses. #Histiostomatidae (here, #Histiostoma sp., H. feroniarum complex, ex #rottinglemons, #Italy) communicate using various #pheromones/allomones produced by the #opisthonotal #glands. See here a #glandularopening on the upper hindbody #(hysterosoma) of a #female, #SEM.
© #StefanFWirth, 2025
Reference:
Stefan F. Wirth about a lemon mite (2024): https://www.fao.org/global-soil-partnership/gsid24/posters/en/
Photos:
© SFWirth Bln, 2006-25 -
In #Astigmata #mites #chemosensitive/#tactile interactions take precedence over #visualsenses. #Histiostomatidae (here, #Histiostoma sp., H. feroniarum complex, ex #rottinglemons, #Italy) communicate using various #pheromones/allomones produced by the #opisthonotal #glands. See here a #glandularopening on the upper hindbody #(hysterosoma) of a #female, #SEM.
© #StefanFWirth, 2025
Reference:
Stefan F. Wirth about a lemon mite (2024): https://www.fao.org/global-soil-partnership/gsid24/posters/en/
Photos:
© SFWirth Bln, 2006-25 -
In #Astigmata #mites #chemosensitive/#tactile interactions take precedence over #visualsenses. #Histiostomatidae (here, #Histiostoma sp., H. feroniarum complex, ex #rottinglemons, #Italy) communicate using various #pheromones/allomones produced by the #opisthonotal #glands. See here a #glandularopening on the upper hindbody #(hysterosoma) of a #female, #SEM.
© #StefanFWirth, 2025
Reference:
Stefan F. Wirth about a lemon mite (2024): https://www.fao.org/global-soil-partnership/gsid24/posters/en/
Photos:
© SFWirth Bln, 2006-25 -
Some good #SciComm with a natural segue into #ClimateProtest - thanks, #DrWyatt #pheromones #S4XR @ExtinctionR @ScientistRebellion https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2018973083/the-science-of-pheromones-smell-and-attraction
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#RNA_editing plays critical role in fruit #flies' sense of #smell and social interactions.
#drosophila #olfaction #sensing #semiochemistry #GluClα #pheromones
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-rna-plays-critical-role-fruit.html
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#RNA_editing plays critical role in fruit #flies' sense of #smell and social interactions.
#drosophila #olfaction #sensing #semiochemistry #GluClα #pheromones
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-rna-plays-critical-role-fruit.html
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#RNA_editing plays critical role in fruit #flies' sense of #smell and social interactions.
#drosophila #olfaction #sensing #semiochemistry #GluClα #pheromones
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-rna-plays-critical-role-fruit.html
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#RNA_editing plays critical role in fruit #flies' sense of #smell and social interactions.
#drosophila #olfaction #sensing #semiochemistry #GluClα #pheromones
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-rna-plays-critical-role-fruit.html
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#RNA_editing plays critical role in fruit #flies' sense of #smell and social interactions.
#drosophila #olfaction #sensing #semiochemistry #GluClα #pheromones
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-rna-plays-critical-role-fruit.html
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'Amazon' #algae shed light on what happens to populations when #females switch to #asexual #reproduction.
#pheromones #evolution #parthenogenesis
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-amazon-algae-populations-females-asexual.html
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Some bacterial #QuorumSensing (QS) systems use oligopeptide pheromones. @AlbertoMarina14 &co show that extracellular proteases yield multiple #pheromones from tandemly duplicated propeptides, adding complexity to QS responses #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/46PGqxl
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The aroma of #tomato resistance—discovery of a new compound to protect from #bacteria and #drought.
#alpha_terpineol #Pseudomonas #agriculture #semiochemistry #signalling #pheromones
https://phys.org/news/2024-07-aroma-tomato-resistance-discovery-compound.html
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The aroma of #tomato resistance—discovery of a new compound to protect from #bacteria and #drought.
#alpha_terpineol #Pseudomonas #agriculture #semiochemistry #signalling #pheromones
https://phys.org/news/2024-07-aroma-tomato-resistance-discovery-compound.html
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The aroma of #tomato resistance—discovery of a new compound to protect from #bacteria and #drought.
#alpha_terpineol #Pseudomonas #agriculture #semiochemistry #signalling #pheromones
https://phys.org/news/2024-07-aroma-tomato-resistance-discovery-compound.html
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The aroma of #tomato resistance—discovery of a new compound to protect from #bacteria and #drought.
#alpha_terpineol #Pseudomonas #agriculture #semiochemistry #signalling #pheromones
https://phys.org/news/2024-07-aroma-tomato-resistance-discovery-compound.html
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New findings shed light on how #BellaMoths use #poison to attract mates
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-bella-moths-poison.htmlWhat one genus of showy moths can say about migration, adaptation, and wing pattern https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2319726121
"These day-flying #moths exclusively eat the #alkaloid-laden leaves and seeds of rattlebox #plants. They then use the toxin to guard their eggs and deter predators in later life stages. They even use it to make #pheromones that attract mates."
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A nose for love
https://oceanbites.org/a-nose-for-love/First evidence of #SexualDimorphism in olfactory organs of #DeepSea #lanternfishes (Myctophidae) https://peerj.com/articles/17075/
"In some #lanternfish, males and females are the same size, but males have bigger noses (olfactory rosettes). This suggests that the males have a more sensitive sense of smell, which they could use to detect chemical signals (#pheromones) produced by females."
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The differing olfactory worlds of female and male silk #moths https://phys.org/news/2024-01-differing-olfactory-worlds-female-male.html paper by Elisa Schuh et al.: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.2578
"they discovered that the antenna, which is specialized in males to detect female #pheromones, is particularly sensitive to the scent of #silkworm excrement in females. Components of this scent turned out to be a deterrent for mated females, probably allowing them to avoid competition for their own offspring when laying eggs."
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Ants make their own ant-ibiotic for infected wounds - Enlarge / An ant carrying away one of the termites it preys on. (credit... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1996092 #biochemistry #antibiotics #pheromones #infection #science #biology #ants