mealworm

[ meel-wurm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the larva of any of several darkling beetles of the genus Tenebrio, which infests granaries and is used as food for birds and animals.

mealworm

/ ˈmiːlˌwɜːm /

the larva of various beetles of the genus Tenebrio, esp T. molitor, feeding on meal, flour, and similar stored foods: family Tenebrionidae

First recorded in 1650–60; meal ² + worm

They seem to be updating their mental model on how the mealworm is moving.

In some tests, the mealworm moves behind an obstacle and then speeds up or slows down.

This allows her to track how successful the bats are at grabbing the mealworms.

In their experiments, the bats echolocate toward a moving mealworm.

They make fewer calls because they aren’t receiving as much data on the moving mealworm.

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