title: Turing model for the patterns of lady beetles.
abstract: We simulate the patterns on the hard wings of lady beetles using a reaction-diffusion equation based on the Turing model. A part of a spherical surface is used to approximate the geometry of the hard wings. Various patterns common to lady beetles in Taiwan can be produced on this curved surface by adjusting the parameters of the model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Liaw
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Hong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera; D004058:Diffusion; D005260:Female; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D008954:Models, Biological; D015233:Models, Statistical; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000502:physiology*