Extracellular recordings from the cervical connectives in both long- and short-winged E. carolinus reveal auditory units that are sensitive to frequencies >15 kHz with best sensitivity at 35 kHz (79 dB SPL threshold). Stimuli in this frequency range also elicit a startle response in long-winged individuals flying on a tether. For single-pulse stimuli, startle and neck connective thresholds decrease with increasing ultrasound duration, consistent with the operation of an exponential integrator with a ∼32.5-ms time constant. There is evidence for adaptation to long duration pulses (>20 ms) in the neck connectives, however, as it is more difficult to elicit responses to the later stimuli of a series. For paired-pulse stimuli consisting of 1-ms pulses of 40 kHz, temporal integration was demonstrated for pulse separations <5 ms. For longer pulse separations, startle thresholds were elevated by 3 dB and appear to be optimally combined. Startle thresholds to 5 ms frequency modulated (FM) sweeps (60–30 kHz) and pure tone pulses (40 kHz) did not differ. The characteristics and sensitivity of this ultrasound-induced startle response did not differ between males and females. As in some other tympanate insects, ultrasound sensitivity in E. carolinus presumably functions in the context of predation from echolocating bats.
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