parallel processing, 6
peacock mantis shrimps
(Odontodactylus
scyllarus)
, 51.
See also
mantis shrimps
play, 8, 27, 31–32, 75.
See
intelligence; octopuses
(Octopus vulgaris)
polarized light, 54, 56
power amplification, 53
reflex behavior, 31
robobees,
scientists:
Argentine ants:
Bert Hölldobler,
; E. O. Wilson,
; Mark W. Moffett,
;
Melissa Thomas,
;
box jellyfish:
Anders
Garm, 62;
collective insect behavior and
swarm robotics:
Radhika Nagpal,
dragonflies:
David O’Carroll, 69–70; Paloma
Gonzalez-Bellido, 71; Robert Olberg, 71;
Steven Wiederman, 69–70;
earthworms:
Hermann Jordan, 15; Ken Catania, 17;
Ned Friedman, 12; Robert Yerkes, 15–16;
European paper wasps:
Michael Sheehan,
41–42;
honey bees:
Tom Seeley, 35–36,
38–39;
jumping spiders:
Duane Harland,
23–24; Elizabeth Jakob, 24; Michael
Tarsitano, 25; Robert Ray Jackson, 21–23;
Stimson (Stim) Wilcox, 21–23;
mantis
shrimps:
Justin Marshall, 54, 56; Kristina M.
Vetter, 56; Michael F. Land, 53; Roy Caldwell,
55–57; Sheila Patek, 52–53;
octopuses:
Ian Gleadall, 28; Jennifer Mather, 29, 33;
Julian Finn, 29, 31; Lauren de Vos, 28; Mark
Norman, 29, 31; Michael Kuba, 31; Roland
Anderson, 32–33;
paper wasps:
Elizabeth
Tibbetts, 41;
slime molds:
Tetsu Saigusa,
67; Toshiyuki Nakagaki, 64, 67;
tarantula
hawk wasps:
Camilla Strausfeld, 72; Nick
Strausfeld, 72, 74
selective attention, 69–70
slime mold
(Physarum polycephalum)
, 64–67;
experiments, 64–67; intelligence, 64–66;
memory, 66; spatial awareness, 67
social insects,
–
spider eye tracker, 25
stomatopods, 51, 53, 57–58.
See
Caribbean rock
mantis shrimps
(Neogonodactylus bredini)
supercolony,
superorganism,
75
surplus resource theory, 32
swarmbots, 5,
swarm intelligence,
tarantula hawk wasp
(Pepsis thisbe)
, 72–74;
behavior, 72; brain size, 73
target-selective descending neurons (TSDNs),
71
tau emerald dragonfly
(Hemicordulia tau)
, 69.
See
dragonflies
vision, 24, 70
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