Eye to eye with the world of substrate-borne vibrational communication.

Campylenchia nymph (Hemiptera: Membracidae)

Cladonota adult (Hemiptera: Membracidae)

Entylia adults (Hemiptera: Membracidae) being tended by ants

Membracis mexicana (Hemiptera: Membracidae) on a Calliandra (Fabaceae) host plant, Costa Rica

Wisconsin Fall

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Welcome to the Arthropod Behavioral Ecology Lab of Rafael L. Rodríguez

We are interested in the evolu- tion of arthropod behavior, with emphasis on how behavior influences the way in which insects and spiders relate to
their environment and other individuals in it.

The main current topics are the evolution of behavioral plasticity, with a focus on mate preference functions, and various aspected of the evolution and ecology of substrate-borne vibrational communication.