Defensive function of caterpillar hairs

• Project/Area Number: 26450065
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Plant protection science
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Sugiura Shinji 神戸大学, 農学研究科, 准教授 (70399377)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MAETO Kaoru 神戸大学, 大学院農学研究科, 教授 (80346238)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
• Keywords: 鱗翅目幼虫 / 捕食性昆虫 / 捕食寄生性昆虫 / 害虫 / 天敵 / 被食防衛 / 寄生蜂 / 二次刺毛 / マイマイガ / ギンケハラボソコマユバチ / 被食防衛機能 / 鱗翅目

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We clarified the defensive function of caterpillar hairs. (1) Long hairs could protect middle and late instar larvae of Lemyra imparilis (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) from the insect predator Calosoma maximowiczi (Coleoptera: Carabidae). (2) Long and thick hairs of second and later instars of Lymantria dispar japonica (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) could function as a physical barrier against the parasitoid Meteorus pulchricornis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Scavenging behavior in leaf-feeding caterpillars. (2017)
  • Author(s): Shinji Sugiura, Kazuo Yamazaki
  • Journal Title: Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society Volume: 71 Issue: 1 Pages: 59-61
  • DOI: 10.18473/lepi.v71i1.a8
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Fork-tailed caterpillars bite off their long anal prolegs to pupate in fallen branches. (2017)
  • Author(s): Daichi Funamoto, Shinji Sugiura
  • Journal Title: Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology Volume: 20
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Chemical defence of turnip sawfly larvae against Japanese tree frogs. (2017)
  • Author(s): Satoru Matsubara, Shinji Sugiura
  • Journal Title: Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology Volume: 20 Issue: 1 Pages: 225-227
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.aspen.2017.01.001
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Caterpillar hairs as an anti-parasitoid defence. (2016)
  • Author(s): Azusa Kageyama, Shinji Sugiura
  • Journal Title: The Science of Nature - Naturwissenschaften Volume: 103 Issue: 9-10 Pages: 86-86
  • DOI: 10.1007/s00114-016-1411-y
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Bagworm bags as portable armour against invertebrate predators (2016)
  • Author(s): Shinji Sugiura
  • Journal Title: PeerJ Volume: 4 Pages: e1686-e1686
  • DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1686
  • NAID: 120005766824
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 隠岐諸島におけるクワゴマダラヒトリ幼虫の天敵昆虫 (2016)
  • Author(s): 前田侑大・杉浦真治
  • Journal Title: ホシザキグリーン財団研究報告 Volume: 19 Pages: 177-179
  • NAID: 40020845074
  • Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Caterpillar hair as a physical barrier against invertebrate predators. (2014)
  • Author(s): Shinji Sugiura and Kazuo Yamazaki
  • Journal Title: Behavioral Ecology Volume: 25 Issue: 4 Pages: 975-983
  • DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru080
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] 鱗翅目幼虫における二次刺毛の寄生蜂に対する防衛効果 (2016)
  • Author(s): 影山梓・杉浦真治
  • Organizer: 日本昆虫学会第76回大会・第60回日本応用動物昆虫学会合同大会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪府立大学中百舌鳥キャンパス
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-26
• [Presentation] イモムシ・ケムシの護身術 (2015)
  • Author(s): 杉浦真治
  • Organizer: 日本蛾類学会 平成27年度研究発表会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪弥生会館
  • Year and Date: 2015-01-25
  • Invited
• [Presentation] イモムシハンター・クロカタビロオサムシの得手不得手 (2014)
  • Author(s): 杉浦真治
  • Organizer: 日本甲虫学会第5回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 倉敷市立自然史博物館・倉敷市立美術館
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-22 – 2014-11-23
  • Invited
• [Remarks] ケムシの防衛／Caterpillar hair as a physical defence
  • URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBzpHUgxI_Y