[Leps-l] Stinky caterpillars

[Jim Mason]

A new study concludes the exhalations from tobacco hornworm caterpillar
spiracles may assist in defending them from predation by wolf spiders.

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/12/27/1314848111 

 

I wonder if the same holds true for other caterpillars that consume plants
with toxins in them?

 

Jim Mason, Naturalist

Jim at gpnc.org

Great Plains Nature Center

6232 E. 29th Street North

Wichita, KS 67220-2200

316-683-5499 x103 - voice

316-688-9555 - fax

www.gpnc.org

 

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