About the Authors

Nicole Vo

Affiliations Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan, Insect Biomedical Research Center, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan

Ayano Taga

Affiliations Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan, Insect Biomedical Research Center, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan

Yasuhiro Inaba

Affiliations Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan, Insect Biomedical Research Center, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan

Hideki Yoshida

Affiliations Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan, Insect Biomedical Research Center, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan

Sue Cotterill

Affiliation Department of Basic Medical Sciences, St Georges University of London, London, United Kingdom

Masamitsu Yamaguchi

myamaguc@kit.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan, Insect Biomedical Research Center, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

Dr. Sue Cotterill is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NV. Performed the experiments: NV AT YI. Analyzed the data: NV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NV MY. Wrote the paper: NV HY SC MY.