FREE WEBINAR: Sex, Bugs, and Rock n' Roll - October 14🦗
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Emily Uhrig
Oct 7, 2026, 11:45:54 AMOct 7
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Join us at the Center for Wildlife Studies for our latest Wildlife Wednesday webinar on October 14, 2026 at 5:30pm Eastern US Time.
Sex, Bugs, and Rock n' Roll
Presentation Summary:
Sexual communication in bugs and insects is fundamental to their survival. While there are many ways to communicate (e.g., visually or with pheromones), sound and vibration is one of the earlier, more fundamental ways insects find mates.
In this Wildlife Wednesday presentation, Dr. Shira Gordon shares some of her research about insect communication. She discusses research projects spanning her career as a scientist. She will explain how leaf hoppers use vibrations to talk to each other. Within this framework, farmers could play their calls back to them to control them on grapevines—in a pesticide-free method. She will share how her work studying insect ear mechanics and neurobiology connects to engineers making miniature microphones. If an insect can hear with a 1-mm-sized ear, shouldn’t we have better cell phone microphones? Finally, she will discuss the importance of having correct communication as a spider. If spiders do not signal mate, they could easily become a meal.
In this Wildlife Wednesday presentation, Dr. Shira Gordon shares some of her research about insect communication. She discusses research projects spanning her career as a scientist. She will explain how leaf hoppers use vibrations to talk to each other. Within this framework, farmers could play their calls back to them to control them on grapevines—in a pesticide-free method. She will share how her work studying insect ear mechanics and neurobiology connects to engineers making miniature microphones. If an insect can hear with a 1-mm-sized ear, shouldn’t we have better cell phone microphones? Finally, she will discuss the importance of having correct communication as a spider. If spiders do not signal mate, they could easily become a meal.
Presenter:
Dr. Shira Gorden, Entomologist, Science Communication, & Instructor for Center for Wildlife Studies
LEARN MORE & REGISTER (for free!):
https://www.centerforwildlifestudies.org/wildlife-wednesday-gordon-entomologyCan't join us live? Watch the recording later on the CWS YouTube channel!
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