A Big-Eyed Bug (<i>Geocoris spp.</i>) (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

A Big-Eyed Bug (<i>Geocoris spp.</i>) (2 of 2)

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A big-eyed bug (Geocoris spp.) is attracted by green leaf volatiles and starts sucking a tobacco hornworm freshly hatched larva (right). By executing this kind of biocontrol, the tobacco plant rids itself of herbivore attackers.

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Merit Motion Pictures, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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