Publications

Preprints

Ko E, Lier C, Blake AJ, Takács S, Gries G (2021) Long- and short-range bimodal signals mediate mate location and recognition in yellow fever mosquitoes. bioRxiv doi:10.1101/2021.04.27.441577

Blake AJ, Couture C, Go MC, Gries G (2020) Approach trajectory and solar position affect host plant attractiveness to the small white butterfly. bioRxiv doi:10.1101/2020.10.04.325639

Blake AJ, Hahn G, Grey H, Kwok SA, McIntosh D, Gries G (2020) Investigating mechanisms of polarized light sensitivity in the small white butterfly Pieris rapae. bioRxiv doi:10.1101/2019.12.19.883272

Peer-reviewed Scientific Articles

Blake AJ, Hung E, To S, Ng G, Qian J, Gries G (2023) Stable flies sense and behaviorally respond to the polarization of light. J Comp Physiol A

Peach DAH, Blake AJ (2023) Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) vision and associated electrophysiological techniques. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Peach DAH, Blake AJ (2023) Measuring mosquito spectral sensitivity using electroretinograms. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Blake AJ, Couture S, Go MC, Gries G (2021) Approach trajectory and solar position affect host plant attractiveness to the small white butterfly. Vis Res 186:140–149

Blake AJ, Hahn G, Grey H, Kwok SA, McIntosh D, Gries G (2020) Polarized light sensitivity in Pieris rapae is dependent on both color and intensity. J Exp Biol 223:jeb220350

Fischer A, Goh XH, Varney J-LS, Blake AJ, Takács S, Gries G (2020) Multimodal and multifunctional signaling? – Web reduction courtship behavior in a North American population of the false black widow spider. PLoS ONE 15:e0228988

Blake AJ, Couture S, Go MC, Hahn G, Grey H, Gries G. (2019) Use of polarized light by plant feeding insects as a cue for host plant location and selection. Proc Biol Sci B 286:20192198

Peach DAH, Ko E, Blake AJ, Gries G. (2019) Ultraviolet inflorescence cues enhance attractiveness of inflorescence odour to Culex pipiens mosquitoes. PLoS ONE14:e0217484

Blake AJ, Pirih P, Qiu X, Stavenga DG, Arikawa K, Gries G. (2019) Compound eyes of the small white butterfly Pieris rapae have three distinct classes of red photoreceptors. J Comp Physiol A 205:553–565

Eichorn C, Hrabar M, Van Ryn EC, Brodie BS, Blake AJ, Gries G (2016) How flies are flirting on the fly. BMC Biology 15:2

Blake, AJ, Tansey JA, Dosdall LM (2014) Nutritional effects on the appearance of canola and its attractiveness to the cabbage seedpod weevil. J Insect Behav 27:759-775

Tansey JA, Dosdall LM, Keddie BA, Blake AJ (2012) A novel trapping system for monitoring insect flight heights. Can Entomol 144:1-4

Blake AJ, Dosdall LM, and Keddie BA (2011) Bottom-up effects of Brassica napus nutrition on the oviposition preference and larval performance of Ceutorhynchus obstrictus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Arthropod Plant Interact 5:39-48

Blake AJ, Dosdall LM, Keddie BA (2010) Plant nutrients and the spatiotemporal distribution dynamics of Ceutorhynchus obstrictus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and its parasitoids. Environ Entomol 39:1195-1205

Sarfraz RM, Dosdall LM, Blake AJ, Keddie BA (2010) Leaf nutrient levels and the spatio-temporal distributions of Plutella xylostella and its larval parasitoids Diadegma insulare and Microplitis plutellae in canola. Biocontrol 55:229-244

Datasets

Blake AJ, Hung E, To S, Ng G, Qian J, Gries G (2023) Data, code, and output files associated with: Polarization-sensitive photoreceptors inform host-seeking in stable flies, v2. Mendeley Data doi:10.17632/7n2h8w3464.2

Blake AJ, Hung E, Peach DAH (2023) Electroretinogram analysis code from: Measuring mosquito spectral sensitivity using electroretinograms, Mendeley Data, v1. Mendeley Data doi:10.17632/tzfyx575m6.1

Ko E, Blake AJ, Lier C, Takács S, Gries G (2021) R modeling code, high-speed video, sound files and other data from: Long- and short-range bimodal signals mediate mate location and recognition in yellow fever mosquitoes, v3. Mendeley Data doi:10.17632/6gvs94p6r2.3

Blake AJ, Couture C, Go MC, Gries G (2020) Polarimetry data, ImageJ/FIJI macros, R modeling code, and other data from: Approach trajectory and solar position affect host plant attractiveness to the small white butterfly, v2, Mendeley Data doi:10.17632/5bh5mhmvrk.2

Blake AJ, Hahn G, Grey H, Kwok SA, McIntosh D, Gries G (2020) Spectral data and R modeling code from: Polarized light sensitivity in Pieris rapae is dependent on both color and intensity, Dryad doi:10.5061/dryad.kd51c5b39

Blake AJ, Couture S, Go MC, Hahn G, Grey H, Gries G. (2019) λ/4 retarder film measurement from: Polarization of foliar reflectance – novel host plant cue for insect herbivores, v7, Dryad doi:10.5061/dryad.xgxd254bs

Patents

Gries GJ, Hrabar MG, Stepanovic LC, Eichorn CE, Van Ryn EC, Brodie BS, Blake AJ, Thandi R. (2018) Systems and methods for attracting insects by simulating wing flash. U.S. Patent Application No. 15/773, 985.