Hawkmoth research funded by the Volkswagenstiftung's Experiment!

I am overjoyed to receive support from the Volkswagenstiftung’s funding initiative Experiment! for one of my research projects. I will be investigating the neural basis of a fascinating behaviour of hummingbird hawkmoths: they use their proboscis to essentially scan visual patterns on flowers - expecting them to help them find the nectary. This funding will help me dissect how the nervous system of the hawkmoths is controlling this behaviour - and whether they might use similar strategies for the task as we mammals do when reaching out for a visual goal.