Defensive Regurgitation by a Noctuid Moth Larva (Litoprosopus Futilis)
Larvae of the noctuid moth Litoprosopus futilis regurgitate when disturbed. The oral effluent proved deterrent to ants on nearcontact, and topically irritating in a scratch test with a cockroach. Larvae regurgitated when attacked by lycosid spiders and derived some protection from this behavior. Cat...
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| author | Scott R. Smedley Elizabeth Ehrhardt Thomas Eisner |
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| description | Larvae of the noctuid moth Litoprosopus futilis regurgitate
when disturbed. The oral effluent proved deterrent to ants on nearcontact,
and topically irritating in a scratch test with a cockroach.
Larvae regurgitated when attacked by lycosid spiders and derived
some protection from this behavior. Caterpillars were able to
regurgitate even when emerging from the eggs; however, at this
stage, they proved vulnerable to attack by chrysopid larvae and
ants. |
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| institution | Kabale University |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2f912138706d4b218452feeb3ac014e02025-02-03T05:47:33ZengWileyPsyche: A Journal of Entomology0033-26151687-74381993-01-011003-420922110.1155/1993/67950Defensive Regurgitation by a Noctuid Moth Larva (Litoprosopus Futilis)Scott R. Smedley0Elizabeth Ehrhardt1Thomas Eisner2Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca 14853, NY, USASection of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca 14853, NY, USAUniversity of Wisconsin Medical School, 1300 University Ave., Madison 53706, WI, USALarvae of the noctuid moth Litoprosopus futilis regurgitate when disturbed. The oral effluent proved deterrent to ants on nearcontact, and topically irritating in a scratch test with a cockroach. Larvae regurgitated when attacked by lycosid spiders and derived some protection from this behavior. Caterpillars were able to regurgitate even when emerging from the eggs; however, at this stage, they proved vulnerable to attack by chrysopid larvae and ants.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1993/67950 |
| spellingShingle | Scott R. Smedley Elizabeth Ehrhardt Thomas Eisner Defensive Regurgitation by a Noctuid Moth Larva (Litoprosopus Futilis) Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
| title | Defensive Regurgitation by a Noctuid Moth Larva (Litoprosopus Futilis) |
| title_full | Defensive Regurgitation by a Noctuid Moth Larva (Litoprosopus Futilis) |
| title_fullStr | Defensive Regurgitation by a Noctuid Moth Larva (Litoprosopus Futilis) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Defensive Regurgitation by a Noctuid Moth Larva (Litoprosopus Futilis) |
| title_short | Defensive Regurgitation by a Noctuid Moth Larva (Litoprosopus Futilis) |
| title_sort | defensive regurgitation by a noctuid moth larva litoprosopus futilis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1993/67950 |
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