Chemical convergence between a guild of facultative myrmecophilous caterpillars and host plants
L. Dias Lima, J. Trigo, L. A. Kaminski
This study finds that myrmecophilous caterpillars converge chemically with both their host plants and ants, using cuticular hydrocarbons as a defensive strategy and signaling mechanism.
bioRxiv · Jun 29, 2020Ecology