Publication/Presentation

Peer-reviewed journal papers

  • Moran, N.P., Wang, L.-Y., Hanea, A.M., Kompas, T. (2025). An invasive species cost review for New South Wales, Australia, highlights key drivers and limitations of economic cost estimates. NeoBiota 104: 319-337. doi: 10.3897/neobiota.104.157434
  • Medina, I., Exnerová, A., Daňková, K.,…Wang, L.Y., …& Allen, W.L. (2025). Global selection on insect antipredator coloration. Science, 389(6767), 1336-1341. doi: 10.1126/science.adr7368
  • Wang, L.Y., Stuart-Fox, D., Lee, K.H., Franklin, A.M. (2025). A new ultrafast movement enables escape at low temperature. Communications Biology, 8, 229. doi: 10.1038/s42003-025-07650-7
  • Stuart-Fox, D., Rankin K.J., Scott M.S., Wang, L.Y., Franklin, A.M. (2025). Infrared camouflage in leaf-sitting frogs: a cautionary tale on adaptive convergence. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 22:20240771. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2024.0771
  • Wang, L.Y., Lin, C.P., Gorb, S.N., Rajabi, H. (2023). Strong attachment as an adaptation of flightless weevils on windy oceanic islands. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 20, 208. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2023.0447
  • Wang, L.Y., Franklin, A.M., Hugall, A.F., Medina, I., Stuart-Fox, D. (2023). Disentangling thermal from alternative drivers of reflectance in jewel beetles: A macroecological study. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–13. doi: 10.1111/geb.13632
  • Wang, L.Y., Stuart-Fox, D., Walker, Roberts, G. N.W., Franklin, A.M. (2022). Insect visual sensitivity to long wavelengths enhances colour contrast of insects against vegetation. Scientific Reports, 12,982. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-04702-w
  • Franklin, A. M., Rankin, K. J., Ospina Rozo, L., Medina, I., Garcia, J. E., Ng, L., Dong, C., Wang, L.Y., Aulsebrook, A. E., Stuart‐Fox, D. (2022). Cracks in the mirror hypothesis: high specularity does not reduce detection or predation risk. Functional Ecology, 36(1), 239–248. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13963
  • Wang, L.Y., Franklin, A.M., Black, J.R., Stuart-Fox, D. (2021). Heating rates are more strongly influenced by near-infrared than visible reflectance in beetles. Journal of Experimental Biology; 224 (19): jeb242898. doi: 10.1242/jeb.242898
  • Wang, L.Y., Jafarpour, M., Lin, C.P., Appel, E., Gorb, S.N., Rajabi, H. (2019). Endocuticle sclerotisation increases mechanical stability of cuticle. Soft Matter, 15, 8272-8278. doi: 10.1039/C9SM01687B
  • Rudolfa, J., Wang, L.Y., Wang, Gorb, S.N., Rajabi, H. (2019). On the fracture resistance of dragonfly wings. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 99: 127-133. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2019.07.009
  • Tseng, H.Y., Liao, C.P., Hsu, J.Y., Wang, L.Y., Huang, W.S. (2018). Parental behavior drives large bite force in an insular skink population. Journal of Zoology, 307: 223-231. doi: 10.1111/jzo.12638
  • Wang, L.Y., Rajabi, H., Ghoroubi, N., Lin, C.P., Gorb, S.N. (2018). Biomechanical strategies underlying the robust body armour of an aposematic weevil. Frontiers in Physiology, 9, 1410. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01410
  • Wang, L. Y., Huang, W. S., Tang, H. C., Huang, L. C., & Lin, C. P. (2018). Too hard to swallow: A secret secondary defence of an aposematic insect. Journal of Experimental Biology, 221(2), jeb-172486. doi: 10.1242/jeb.172486

Technical Reports

  • Hollings, T., Arndt, E., Hanea, A., Li, C., Wang, L.Y., Kompas, T. (2025) Valuing ACIAR’s contribution to biosecurity in Australia and overseas. Project 3: Cost effective biosecurity for nonindustrial commercial poultry sector (NICPS) in Indonesia.
  • Hanea, A., Wang, L.Y., Kompas, T. (2025) Benefits of pre-border capacity building for biosecurity.
  • Hollings, T., Arndt, E., Hanea, A., Li, C., Wang, L.Y., Kompas, T. (2025) Valuing ACIAR’s contribution to biosecurity in Australia and overseas. Project 2: Livestock diseases in Indonesia and Australia.
  • Hanea, A., Moran, N., Wang, L.Y., Li, C., Baumgartner, J., Palma, E., Camac, J., Bell, J., Kompas, T. (2024) Invasive Species Cost Assessment for New South Wales. Link: https://www.nrc.nsw.gov.au/invasive
  • Hollings, T., Arndt, E., Hanea, A., Li, C., Wang, L.Y., Kompas, T. (2024) Valuing ACIAR’s contribution to biosecurity in Australia and overseas. Project 1: Mangoes in the Philippines and Australia.

Media Press

  • Inside JEB – Dull jewel beetles given warm boost by sun’s infrared rays (2021). Link
  • Inside JEB – Weevils too tough to chew for safety (2018). Link
  • The Economist – Not all warning colouration signals toxicity (2017). Link

Selected Academic Seminar

  • 2024
    • Wang LY, Hollings T, Arndt E, Hanea A, Li C, Kompas T. (2024) 3rd Australian Biosecurity Symposium. Evaluating AICAR’s contribution to biosecurity in Australia and Southeast Asia. Gold coast, Australia. (Poster).
  •  2022
    • Wang LY, Stuart-Fox D, Lee KH, Franklin AM. Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour Annual Meeting. Bug off: biomechanics underlying the defensive flicking behaviour of Astraeus jewel beetles. Online. (Oral)
    • Wang LY, Stuart-Fox D, Lee KH, Franklin AM. Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) Annual Meeting. Bug off: biomechanics underlying the defensive flicking behaviour of Astraeus jewel beetles. Montpellier, France. (Oral)
  •  2021
    • Wang LY, Franklin AM, Black JR, Stuart-Fox D. Australian Entomological Society Conference, online conference. Heating rates are more strongly influenced by near-infrared than visible reflectance in beetles (Invited talk as a Phil Carne Prize finalist; Oral)
    • Wang LY, Franklin AM, Hugall A, Stuart-Fox D. Body size and climate as drivers of sunlight reflectance in jewel beetles. Australasian Evolution Society Conference, Melbourne, Australia. (Oral)
    • Wang LY, Franklin AM, Black JR, Stuart-Fox D. 2021. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB). Heating rates in jewel beetles are more strongly influenced by near-infrared than visible reflectance. Online (Oral).
  •  2019
    • Wang LY, Stuart‑Fox D, Walker G, Roberts N, Franklin A. 2019. The European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB). Beyond the ‘red edge’: does visual sensitivity to long wavelengths facilitate resource location in beetles? Turku, Finland. (Oral)
  •  2018
    • Wang LY, Rajabi, H, Huang WS, Tang HC, Huang LC, Gorb, SN, Lin CP. 2018. Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) Annual Meeting. Too hard to swallow: the secondary defence strategies of an aposematic insect and its underlying mechanisms. Florence, Italy. (Oral)
  •  2017
    • Wang LY, Huang WS, Tang HC, Huang LC, Lin CP. 2017. International Ethological Conference. Too Hard to Eat: A Novel Defense Mechanism in an Aposematic Beetle. Estoril, Portugal. (Oral)
  •  2016
    • Wang LY, Lin CP, Huang WS. 2016. International Congress of Entomology. Defense mechanism of aposematic Pachyrhynchus weevils. Orlando, USA. (Oral)
    • Wang LY, Tseng HY, Hsu JY, Huang WS. 2016. World Congress of Herpetology. Denser the intraspecific competition, higher the bite force? Comparison the Bite Force among three Populations of Japalura swinhonis in Taiwan. Hangzhou, China.  (Poster+flash talk)