{"id":1078,"date":"2009-10-27T16:06:25","date_gmt":"2009-10-27T20:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:51:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:51:51","slug":"hearing-on-the-wing-new-structure-discovered-in-butterfly-ears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2009\/hearing-on-the-wing-new-structure-discovered-in-butterfly-ears\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearing on the wing: New structure discovered in butterfly ears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Hearing on the wing: New structure discovered in butterfly ears\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div id=\"news-article-lead-in\">\n<p>Publication: University of Bristol<br>\nDate: Wednesday October 21st, 2009<br>\nSource: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bris.ac.uk\/news\/2009\/6609.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.bris.ac.uk\/news\/2009\/6609.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;A clever structure in the ear of a tropical butterfly that potentially makes it able to distinguish between high and low pitch sounds has been discovered by scientists from the University of Bristol.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><!--Start content-->The team believes that the remarkable structure may be associated with the detection of predators, in particular birds.&nbsp; The Blue Morpho butterflies (<em>Morpho peleides<\/em>), native to Central and South America, are more famous for their amazing wing colouration and now turn out to have ears on their wings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The research was carried out by scientists working at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bio.bris.ac.uk\/\">School of Biological Sciences<\/a>, University of Bristol, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.strath.ac.uk\/\">University of Strathclyde<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/\">Carleton University<\/a>, Ontario, Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Paper<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jeb.biologists.org\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/212\/21\/3533\">Auditory mechanics and sensitivity in the tropical butterfly <em>Morpho peleides<\/em> (Pampilionoidea, Nymphalidae)<\/a> by Kathleen M. Lucas, James F. C. Windmill, Daniel Robert and Jayne E. Yack&nbsp; <em>The Journal of Experimental Biology<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publication: University of Bristol Date: Wednesday October 21st, 2009 Source: http:\/\/www.bris.ac.uk\/news\/2009\/6609.html &nbsp;A clever structure in the ear of a tropical butterfly that potentially makes it able to distinguish between high and low pitch sounds has been discovered by scientists from the University of Bristol. 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