Coordination of Translation and Rotation in Insects: a Behavioural Homology with Rodents?

In previous studies it has been shown that in vertebrates the ground plan of locomotor behavior consists of a transition from extensive mobility to immobility through an increase and then a gradual decrease in forward translation, accompanied by a concurrent gradual increase in whole body rotation around the hindquarters (shutdown of behavior). The opposite transition from immobility to extensive mobility involves an increase and then decrease in rotation around the hindquarters, accompanied by a concurrent gradual increase in forward translation (warm-up) [1,2,3].