Frogs and toads are importat predators of arthropods. We used frogs and toads to investigate anti-predator defences of insects (e.g., assassin bugs, beetles, wasps, sawfly larvae, butterfly larvae) under laboratory conditions.
Publication
Sugiura, S. (2025) Effects of predator species and size on prey escape success through the digestive tract. Ecology and Evolution, 15: in press.
Sugiura, S. & Urano, K. (2025) Pseudostingers as defensive weapons: Male scoliid wasps counterattack frogs. Ecology, 106(10): e70213.
Sugiura, S. & Hayashi, M. (2025) Mimicry between adult rove beetles and assassin bug nymphs with unequal defenses: antagonistic or mutualistic? PeerJ, 13:e19942.
Sugiura, S. & Hayashi, M. (2025) Invasive predators can alter mimetic interactions between native insects. Biological Invasions, 27: 48.
Sugiura, S. & Hayashi, M. (2024) Defenses of whirligig beetles against native and invasive frogs. PeerJ, 12: e17214.
Sugiura, S. & Hayashi, M. (2023) Bombardiers and assassins: mimetic interactions between unequally defended insects. PeerJ, 11: e15380.
Sugiura, S. & Tsujii, M. (2022) Male wasp genitalia as an anti-predator defense. Current Biology, 32(24): R1336–R1337.
Sugiura, S. & Date, T. (2022) Bombardier beetles repel invasive bullfrogs. PeerJ, 10:e13805.
Sugiura, S. (2020) Active escape of prey from predator vent via the digestive tract. Current Biology, 30(15): R867–R868.
Sugiura, S. (2020) Predators as drivers of insect defenses. Entomological Science, 23(3): 316– 337 (invited review).
Sugiura, S. (2018) Anti-predator defences of a bombardier beetle: is bombing essential for successful escape from frogs? PeerJ, 6:e5942.
Sugiura, S. & Sato, T. (2018) Successful escape of bombardier beetles from predator digestive systems. Biology Letters, 14: 20170647.
Matsubara, S. & Sugiura, S. (2017) Chemical defence of turnip sawfly larvae against Japanese tree frogs. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 20: 225–227.