Studies on communication control methods using vibrational signals of termites

• Project/Area Number: 19580197
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 林産科学・木質工学
• Research Institution: Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
• Principal Investigator: OHMURA Wakako Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 木材改質研究領域, 主任研究員 (00343806)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TAKANASHI Takuma 独立行政法人森林総合研究所, 森林昆虫研究領域, 主任研究員 (60399376) ; SUZUKI Yoki 独立行政法人森林総合研究所, 木材特性研究領域, 室長 (90353739)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2009
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
• Keywords: シロアリ / 振動シグナル / 振動行動パターン / コミュニケーション / 社会性昆虫 / 振動パターン

Research Abstract

We focused on tapping (head bumping) and tremulation (especially back and forth movement) behaviors in four species of termites. These were analyzed using a high-speed video camera, to compare the differences among species. Tremulation and tapping behaviors are found to be species-specific. A termite was disturbed by the vibrational pattern of the other termite, which were synthesized with a function generator.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Behavioral analysis of tremulation and tapping of termites (2009)
  • Author(s): Wakako Ohmura、Takuma Takanashi、Yoki Suzuki
  • Journal Title: Sociobiology 54 Pages: 269-274
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] イエシロアリの走光性に対する波長の影響 (2009)
  • Author(s): 大村和香子、片岡厚、木口実
  • Journal Title: 環動昆 20 Pages: 185-190
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Moths are not silent, but whisper ultrasonic courtship songs (2009)
  • Author(s): Nakano, R., Takanashi, T.Fujii, T., Skals, N., Surlykke, A., Ishikawa, Y.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Experimental Biology 212 Pages: 4072-4078
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Private ultrasonic whispering in moths (2009)
  • Author(s): Nakano, R., Ishikawa, Y., Tatsuki, S., Skals, N., Surlykke, A., Takanashi, T.
  • Journal Title: Communicative & Integrative Biology 2 Pages: 123-126
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Private ultrasonic whispering in moths (2009)
  • Author(s): Ryo Nakano, Yukio Ishikawa, Sadahiro Tatsuk, Niels Skals, Annemarie Surlykke, Takuma Takanashi
  • Journal Title: Communicative & Integrative Biology 2(印刷中)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] シロアリの味覚感覚と摂食行動 (2008)
  • Author(s): 大村和香子
  • Journal Title: 木材保存 34 Pages: 102-106
  • NAID: 10021213556
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Moths produce extremely quiet ultrasonic courtship songs by rubbing specialized scales (2008)
  • Author(s): Ryo Nakano, Niels Skals, Takuma Takanashi, Annemarie Surlykke, Takuji Koike, Keisuke Yoshida, Hirotaka Maruyama, Sadahiro Tatsuki, Yukio Ishikawa
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105 Pages: 11812-11817
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Zinc distribution on the mandible cutting edges of two drywood termites,Incisitermes minor and Cryptotermes domesticus (2007)
  • Author(s): Wakako Ohmura
  • Journal Title: Sociobiology 50 Pages: 1035-1050
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] PIXE analysis on predominant elemental accumulation on the mandibles of various termites (2007)
  • Author(s): Wakako Ohmura
  • Journal Title: International Journal of PIXE 17 Pages: 113-118
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 振動に対するマツノマダラカミキリの反応性とマツの「自己」振動の特性 (2010)
  • Author(s): 高梨琢磨、深谷緑、中野亮、久保島吉貴、神崎菜摘、小池卓二、石田厚、西野浩史
  • Organizer: 日本応用動物昆虫学会第54回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-03-26
• [Presentation] Influence of wavelength on phototaxis in the termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (2010)
  • Author(s): Wakako Ohmura, Yutaka Kataoka, Makoto Kiguchi
  • Organizer: 7^<th> Pan-Pacific Termite Research Group
  • Place of Presentation: シンガポール
  • Year and Date: 2010-03-22
• [Presentation] マツノマダラカミキリの振動反応性とその受容器としての腿節内弦音器官 (2009)
  • Author(s): 高梨琢磨, 中牟田潔, Niels Skals, 西野浩史
  • Organizer: 日本応用動物昆虫学会第53回大会講演要旨
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌
  • Year and Date: 2009-03-29
• [Presentation] シロアリの振動コミュニケーションに関する研究(II)-ネバダオオシロアリの警報行動解析- (2009)
  • Author(s): 大村和香子、高梨琢磨、鈴木養樹, 大谷英児
  • Organizer: 第59回日本木材学会研究発表要旨集
  • Place of Presentation: 松本大学(松本市)
  • Year and Date: 2009-03-15
• [Presentation] シロアリの振動コミュニケーションに関する研究(II)-ネバダオオシロアリの警報行動解析- (2009)
  • Author(s): 大村和香子, 高梨琢磨, 鈴木養樹, 大谷英児
  • Organizer: 第59回日本木材学会研究発表要旨集
  • Place of Presentation: 松本
  • Year and Date: 2009-03-15
• [Presentation] Behavioral analysis of tremulation and tapping of termites (2009)
  • Author(s): Wakako Ohmura、Takuma Takanashi、Yoki Suzuki
  • Organizer: The 6th Conference of the Pacific Rim Termite Research Group
  • Place of Presentation: 全日空ホテル(京都市)
  • Year and Date: 2009-03-03
• [Presentation] Behavioral analysis of tremulation and tapping of termites (2009)
  • Author(s): Wakako Ohmura, Takanashi Takuma, Yoki Suzuki
  • Organizer: The 6^<th> Conference of the Pacific Rim Termite Research Group
  • Place of Presentation: 京都
  • Year and Date: 2009-03-03
• [Presentation] ロアリの振動コミュニケーションに関する研究(I) (2008)
  • Author(s): 大村和香子、高梨琢磨、鈴木養樹
  • Organizer: 第20回日本環境動物昆虫学会年次大会要旨集
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学(京都市)
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-17
• [Presentation] シロアリの振動コミュニケーションに関する研究(I) (2008)
  • Author(s): 大村和香子, 高梨琢磨, 鈴木養樹
  • Organizer: 第20回日本環境動物昆虫学会年次大会要旨集
  • Place of Presentation: 京都
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-17
• [Presentation] Private whispering : Ostrinia moths produce quiet ultrasonic courtship songs by rubbing scales (2008)
  • Author(s): Takuma Takanashi, Ryo Nakano, Yukio Ishikawa, Haruki Tatsuta, Annemarie Surlykke, Niels Skals
  • Organizer: XIIth Invertebrate Sound and Vibration Meeting Abstract book
  • Place of Presentation: Tours, France
  • Year and Date: 2008-10-29
• [Presentation] Chemical and mechanical properties on termite mandibles (2008)
  • Author(s): Wakako Ohmura
  • Organizer: The 5th Conference of the Pacfic Rim Termite Research Group
  • Place of Presentation: Bali,Indonesia
  • Year and Date: 2008-03-05
• [Presentation] Ultrasounds:acommullication channel other than pheromones (2007)
  • Author(s): Takuma Takanashi
  • Organizer: The 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Chemical Ecology
  • Place of Presentation: つくば
  • Year and Date: 2007-09-12
• [Book] 昆虫ミメティックス (2008)
  • Author(s): 大村和香子, 他
  • Publisher: エヌ・ティ・エス
• [Book] 昆虫ミメティックス (2008)
  • Author(s): 大村和香子
  • Total Pages: 949
  • Publisher: エヌ・ティ・エス
• [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] 振動により害虫を防除する方法 (2009)
  • Inventor(s): 高梨琢磨、大村和香子、大谷英児、久保島吉貴、森輝夫、小池卓二、西野浩史
  • Industrial Property Rights Holder: 独立行政法人森林総合研究所、電気通信大学、北海道大学
  • Industrial Property Number: 2009-208413
  • Filing Date: 2009-09-09