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Airborne Sound Detection in Manduca sexta Caterpillars
Sara Aghazadeh, Aishwarya Sriram, Carol I. Miles, Ronald N. Miles
This study shows that Manduca sexta caterpillars detect airborne sound directly, not through substrate vibrations, by measuring behavioral responses to pure-tone stimuli at 150 Hz and 2000 Hz.
DOI 10.64898/2026.09.19.752919