Frogs and toads are importat predators of arthropods. We used frogs and toads to investigate anti-predator defences of insects (e.g., beetles, wasps, sawfly larvae, butterfly larvae) under laboratory conditions.

Publication

Sugiura, S. & Hayashi, M. (2024) Defenses of whirligig beetles against native and invasive frogs. PeerJ, 12: e17214. [Altmetric]

Sugiura, S. & Hayashi, M. (2023) Bombardiers and assassins: mimetic interactions between unequally defended insects. PeerJ, 11: e15380. [Altmetric]

Sugiura, S. & Tsujii, M. (2022) Male wasp genitalia as an anti-predator defense. Current Biology, 32(24): R1336–R1337. [Highlighted in Science, Scientific American, New Scientist, etc.; Altmetric]

Sugiura, S. & Date, T. (2022) Bombardier beetles repel invasive bullfrogs. PeerJ, 10:e13805. [Altmetric]

Sugiura, S. (2020) Active escape of prey from predator vent via the digestive tract. Current Biology, 30(15): R867–R868. [Highlighted in Nature Index, Nature, CNN, The Guardian, Science News, etc.; Altmetric]

Sugiura, S. (2020) Predators as drivers of insect defenses. Entomological Science, 23(3): 316– 337 (invited review). [Highlighted in New York Times, etc.]

Sugiura, S. (2018) Anti-predator defences of a bombardier beetle: is bombing essential for successful escape from frogs? PeerJ, 6:e5942. [Highlighted in New York Times, etc.; Altmetric]

Sugiura, S. & Sato, T. (2018) Successful escape of bombardier beetles from predator digestive systems. Biology Letters, 14: 20170647.  [Highlighted in National Geographic, Science, Nature, etc.; Altmetric]

Matsubara, S. & Sugiura, S. (2017) Chemical defence of turnip sawfly larvae against Japanese tree frogs. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 20: 225–227.